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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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
Feb 18, 2014 · Chris Farley’s river-van-living motivational speaker Matt Foley is easily one of SNL ’s most iconic characters and, like many of the show’s characters, he got his start on the Second City...
