In the weeks leading up to February 16's three-hour 50th anniversary celebration on NBC, the team behind Saturday Night Live ...

Chris Farley is widely considered one of the most iconic “Saturday Night Live” cast members of all time, but “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels wouldn’t always allow him on the set of the prolific ...

Lorne Michaels knew when it was time to show Chris Farley “tough love” amid his drug addiction. During an appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, biographer Susan Morrison — who wrote Lorne: ...

The post Fans Believe Paul McCartney’s SNL50 Performance Included Easter Egg Tribute to Chris Farley appeared first on Consequence. In the February 13th, 1993 episode of SNL, McCartney was the show’s ...

He does not, sadly, appear in the documentary, nor do many other important characters in Farley’s life. But many are quite prominent in “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts,” a book ...

Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels reportedly took a “tough love” approach to helping Chris Farley overcome his substance abuse before the comedy legend tragically passed away in 1997. Michaels’ ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Chris Farley was only 33 years old when he died of an overdose on December 18, 1997, and it all felt horribly inevitable. He'd been in and out ...

Known as a blitz-eyed giggler from Half Baked, or the animal-hybrid, nostalgia talk-show host Goat Boy from Saturday Night Live, Jim Breuer has been subtly shifting his comedy content over the last ...

Ten years ago on Tuesday, Madison native and funnyman Chris Farley, 33, died from a drug overdose. He battled addictions while becoming a show business star. The anniversary will be quietly remembered ...