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Sep 25, 2013 · Saturday Night Live. 14.4M subscribers. Subscribed. 271K. 30M views 10 years ago #SNL. After their cleaning lady finds pot in the house, parents (Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney) hire motivational...
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After his kids (Christian Slater, David Spade, Melanie Hutsell) get caught egging houses on Halloween, a father (Phil Hartman) hires Matt Foley (Chris Farley) to tell them the scary story...
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- Why "Matt Foley: Van Down by The River" Is Such A Popular Sketch
- Chris Farley Played Matt Foley Before Joining 'Saturday Night Live'
- Bob Odenkirk Talks About How Much He Loved Working with Chris Farley
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"Matt Foley: Van Down by the River" begins in a traditional American living room of the early '90s, with SNL's perfect everyman,Phil Hartman, sitting on a couch to the left with cast mate Julia Sweeney. On the couch to the right sits another cast mate and Farley's best friend, David Spade, as well as that week's Saturday Night Live guest host, Chri...
The character of Matt Foley wasn't a Saturday Night Live creation. It didn't start in 1993. No, it found its roots in 1990, in the famed Chicago improv group, The Second City. It's where many future SNL greats got their start, from Bill Murray and John Belushi, to Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler, and more recently, Cecily Strong and Aidy Bryant. It's wher...
Chris Farley and Bob Odenkirk are forever linked due to Matt Foley. Odenkirk has always had great things to say about Farley over the years, though he did make headlines last when he criticized the SNL "Chippendales Audition" sketch in his memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, saying, "It was a huge bummer to me to see that scene get on the air and g...
Learn how Chris Farley created the iconic character of Matt Foley, the motivational speaker who lived in a van down by the river, for Saturday Night Live. Discover the history of the sketch, from its origins in The Second City to its popularity on SNL and beyond.
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Dec 25, 2022 · 68.1K subscribers. 5.3K. 156K views 1 year ago. See the full skit here: • Matt Foley: Van Down By The River - SNL The Chris Farley Van Down by the River skit is one of the most...
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Mar 23, 2023 · Odenkirk reveals how he got the idea for the SNL sketch that made Farley famous as Matt Foley, a motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river. He also shares his memories of working with Farley and their improv comedy at Second City.
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Matt Foley is a fictional character from the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live performed by Chris Farley. Foley is a motivational speaker who exhibits characteristics atypical of someone in that position: whereas motivational speakers are usually successful and charismatic, Foley is abrasive, clumsy, and down on his luck.
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