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After their cleaning lady finds pot in the house, parents (Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney) hire motivational speaker Matt Foley (Chris Farley) to talk to their teens (David Spade, Christina...
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- Saturday Night Live
Sep 25, 2013 · 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 of...
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- Saturday Night Live
Nov 16, 2020 · Like most Saturday Night Live viewers, Julia Sweeney couldn't stop laughing watching Chris Farley as the motivational speaker who lived in a van down by the river. The only difference is she...
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May 24, 2023 · Join us as we revisit this iconic scene that laid the foundation for Farley's meteoric rise to fame on "Saturday Night Live" and cemented his status as one of the greatest comedians of all time...
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- The Second City
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. The character ...
May 8, 1993 · On May 8, 1993, Chris Farley made Saturday Night Live history when he premiered Matt Foley, the overaggressive motivational speaker who "lives in a van down by the river." Even though it was...
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Sep 23, 2021 · Chris Farley’s performance as motivational speaker Matt Foley can certainly be considered one of his career highlights, as well as one of the most popular and acclaimed sketches in SNL history. Foley is a larger-than-life dysfunctional man who has fallen on hard times and is, of course, “living in a van down by the river.”
