See You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis, usually referring to a fictional film that is rarely seen and never in its entirety. Each instance of See You Next Wednesday in Landis's films seems to be a completely different film. Landis got the title See You Next Wednesday from the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is the last line spoken by Frank Poole's father during Poole's video letter from his parents. References in Landis's works In Landis's first film, Schlock (1973), "See You Next Wednesday" is mentioned twice and is also shown as a poster. Brief casting and plot descriptions are given each time that it is mentioned, making it clear that this is in fact two different films, both titled See You Next Wednesday. In the sketch comedy film The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), the film is a melodrama presented in "Feel-Around," a technique where an usher stands behind each movie patron and does things to them as they occur in the film, enhancing the movie-going experience, at least until the scene where the woman puts a knife to the man's throat. In The Blues Brothers (1980), "See You Next Wednesday" is glimpsed on a billboard which also features a huge gorilla. It also appears on the cinema sign behind where the Nazi Pinto crashes through the road. It also says under the title on the marquee "Starring Donald Sutherland". Since Sutherland took $50,000 cash for his role in the Landis film Animal House instead of the offered 15%, he missed out on millions when the film became a huge hit. The film is directed by the fictional Carl La Fong, a reference to the W. C. Fields comedy It's a Gift (1934) and a character name that Landis has used as an anonymous credit on some of his other films. In An American Werewolf in London (1981), "See You Next Wednesday" is a porn film being shown in a seedy London pornographic theater. Advertised as "A Non-Stop Orgy", scenes from the movie are actually shown as the characters talk in the theater. A poster of "See You Next Wednesday" can also be seen on the wall in the Tube station. In Trading Places (1983), a poster for "See You Next Wednesday" is glimpsed in Ophelia's (Jamie Lee Curtis) apartment. On this poster it is directed by William