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Chris Farley died 20 years ago today
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I caught this live back in the day, and it's still IMO one of the greatest sketch comedy bits of all time.
20 years though? Hard to believe. RIP to the fat man in a little coat.
20 years though? Hard to believe. RIP to the fat man in a little coat.
I unexpectedly saw the pictures of his corpse the other day which I didn't know existed. Really wish I hadn't seen them.
Just continues to blow my mind that my wife works as a mortician every day.
Just continues to blow my mind that my wife works as a mortician every day.
I don't know why, but this one always makes me laugh. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/chris-farley-coffee-commercial-snl-high-quality/83156267/
I sometimes think about how his career would've panned out if this didn't occur. Dude had every quality of a great comedian.
I loved him as a fan of my childhood, my parent was literally sent me a sad news about him and I was cried like a baby. He would be 53 if he was alive today.
"Not now dammit!" always brings a smile to my face. Reminds me of my dad too much.
He was certainly irreplaceable.
Christ I was only 10? I feel like he was a major part of most of my life. I've seen Tommy Boy, Black Sheep and all the other films he appeared like Airheads, Coneheads, Wayne's World, etc a thousand times it feels like, not to mention watching every episode of SNL he was a part of probably a dozen times each thanks to Comedy Central rerunning them 24/7 for years.
Got a mirror or such for this? Can't be viewed outside US/Canada it seems.
Not sure if true but I read a rumor years ago on AICN (so grain of salt) that he was in talks to do a possible film about the life of silent film era comedian Fatty Arbuckle at some point before he died. There was a special on A&E years ago that quoted him as saying he didn't like Beverly Hills Ninja because it made him feel 'fat and disgusting.' :( He was desperate to do more serious roles at some point so the Fatty Arbuckle rumor could be true.
He was also the original voice of Shrek but the movie was far different when he was involved to what we eventually got with Mike Myers.
It has been 20 years?!? He died when I was 9 years old. His movies were a cornerstone of my childhood movie experience. His death was way to soon and he could have easily been still a funny comedian today.
This is one case where it feels that long if not longer, I'm not sure why. I was pretty young when he died, but have grown to appreciate him more as I've gotten older.
Rest in peace, sir.
Rest in peace, sir.
Can't view it in Canada either. Copy and paste the url link to address bar and change "youtube" in link to "youpak"...enjoy.
Not everyone knows that the Matt Foley sketches were written by Bob Odenkirk of Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, and Mr. Show fame.
Bob actually played Matt Foley in Chicago before Farley did, and has referenced how seeing how Farley elevated the character made him consider doing something other than comedy, because Farley was so insanely good in the role.
I recommend reading The Chris Farley Show to anyone who's interested in his life. Lots of funny stories in there. It's a real shame that we lost him so early. It still feels so fresh and preventable to me.
The source of the leaked picture is the escord he had hired. He was dying on the floor, unable to move, and she came back, stole his watch and laughed, took a picture of him and ran off. She bragged and laughed to her friends the day after that, the last thing he said to her was "Don't leave me alone, please" . She tried to shop around the pictures to tabloids.
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Nothing yet, at least nothing worth posting. There's a lot of truncated clips and "Best Of" lists with narration over the dialogue (what's the bloody point of that?) but seems like the full sketch isn't available outside of the official channel.
It's the first Matt Foley Motivational Speaker sketch from the 90's -- Living in a VAN down by the RIVER. If you've got a youtube alternative available it might be there instead.
Edit: The documentary "I Am Chris Farley" is also worth watching if you can find it.
Such a damn shame, I remember being floored when I heard the news at the time. I hated reading later on that he was so lonely all the time, and always felt the need to be "on" to make up for his weight and not being happy with himself. He was very similar to John Candy in that regard, they both felt very sad and very lonely when the cameras were off. When they weren't being the "funny fat guy" they didn't feel like anyone wanted them around.
This is a lot of comedians. They use humor to make everyone around them happy while they themselves are miserable but never show that side if themselves.
Same. was 9 years old when it happened. it was surreal.
Jay Mohr's book, Gasping for Airtime has some funny/crazy stories about Farley. He would probably not have done well in the #metoo era.
