Which 1998 film was based on SNL's Roxbury Guys sketches?

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The 1998 film based on SNL’s Roxbury Guys sketches was A Night at the Roxbury.

The film expanded a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch about brothers Steve and Doug Butabi, played by Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan. The pair wore flashy suits, chased nightlife status and repeatedly tried—and usually failed—to enter fashionable clubs. Their trademark was bobbing their heads together to Haddaway’s dance hit “What Is Love.”

The Roxbury Guys debuted on SNL on March 23, 1996. The sketch’s usual third clubgoer was played by the week’s host, with performers including Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Sylvester Stallone, Martin Short and Alec Baldwin joining Ferrell and Kattan.

Released in 1998, A Night at the Roxbury turned the short sketch premise into a feature-length story. It follows the Butabi brothers as they pursue club success, clash with their father and attempt to create a nightclub of their own. The film is sometimes confused with other SNL-derived movies such as Coneheads, The Ladies Man and Superstar, but none of those centers on the Roxbury Guys.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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