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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.
Sep 25, 2013 · 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...
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...
May 24, 2023 · Prepare to be inspired and entertained as we take you back to the early days of comedy genius Chris Farley, where he first introduced his unforgettable "Matt Foley" character on the legendary...
Sep 23, 2021 · In January 1994, Farley played Foley in a special performance at the Rose Bowl where he gave his signature motivational talk to the Wisconsin Badgers football team. Farley grew up in Madison, WI, and had his service there after his passing.
Essentially, Foley was the very antithesis of a good motivational speaker: abrasive, loud, clumsy, and down on his luck. Farley named the character after one of his Marquette University rugby union teammates of the same name who is currently in the US Army as a Roman Catholic Chaplain.
Jun 6, 2023 · And he could act. Farley became Matt Foley, an intense man who, though he might be a motivational speaker, is in way more need of help than anyone he talks to.
Jul 23, 2012 · None of those characters were motivational speaker Matt Foley. On Friday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — 14 years after Foley’s last appearance on SNL as well as Farley’s death — we learned that the character was Bob Odenkirk’s favorite thing he has ever done in comedy.
In Chris Farley's Final Appearance on SNL (1997) Matt Foley hits the Gym and terrorizes Will Ferrell, Tim Meadows and more in this classic SNL sketch.
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...
