In 1993’s goofy rom-com So I Married An Axe Murderer, we got a short scene of Mike Myers and Mike Myers (playing his protagonist’s own dad in old-age makeup) discussing a seedy underground society. Apparently it’s a secret group made up of “five of the wealthiest powers in the world: the queen, the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and Colonel Sanders before he went tits up.”
If you’re ready to go even deeper into Myers’ comedic conspiracy nonsense, every episode of The Pentaverate season one is now streaming on Netflix. It’s the first time in a while we’ve seen new, ridiculous characters from Myers, with one absolute Gen Z fave making an unexpected appearance.
Over six episodes of determined stupidity, Canadian reporter Ken Scarborough (Myers) will face mysterious figures Shep Gordon (Myers) and the all-powerful Lord Lordington (Myers), but there’s way more comedy talent in the supporting cast that isn’t just Myers in a different silly wig. Jennifer Saunders plays both the Maester and Saester of Dubrovnik, Ken Jeong and Keegan Michael-Key show up, and Rob Lowe plays some version of himself.
“Congratulations”, Lowe begins the trailer below. “You’ve just been kidnapped into the world’s oldest and most effective secret society”. The group has apparently been keeping humanity running through their specific plans since the Black Plague, with our future at stake according to Ken’s bumbling heroics.
With Netflix viewers still getting around to seeing the new spoof series, reviews for The Pentaverate are still conspiring on Rotten Tomatoes, where the show currently has a nasty 25% Rotten score. You know what’ll get the kids on board, though? Evergreen meme material SHREK, who makes a lovely cameo in the below clip from episode five of The Pentaverate.
This is a real scene from that new Netflix show Mike Myers made. I didn’t mess with this footage at all! pic.twitter.com/mlEyy6BQY6
— Johnny Weiss (@Johnny13) May 7, 2022
Myers knows just how to capitalise on his decades of juvenile goofiness. Let’s hope there’s a Wayne and Garth moment in there, too.
