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Lost Roles

The Lost Roles of Chris Farley

by | December 6th, 2012

Lost Roles is a weekly column exploring “what might have been” in movie and TV comedy as we take a different actor, writer, or comedian each week and examine the parts they turned down, wanted but didn't get, and the projects that fell apart altogether. This week, we turn our attention to Chris Farley, the beloved comedy actor who took Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movie industry by storm before dying a tragic death at the hands of drugs at the age of 33 in 1997. Throughout his career, Farley was tied to some pretty big movie projects that he didn't get to follow through [...]

Sounds Promising

Zach Galifianakis Set to Star in 'Confederacy of Dunces' if it Finally Gets Made

by | May 23rd, 2012

Zach Galifianakis has signed on to star in an adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces. This is very exciting news that should be taken with at least six grains of salt, as an adaptation of Confederacy has been the white whale to many a comedian. Since 1982, when Harold Ramis tried to adapt it for John Belushi to star, the film has been notoriously doomed. Belushi died right before the film was in pre-production, and same goes for John Candy in 1994 and Chris Farley in 1997. Most recently, Will Ferrell was in talks to star in Steven Soderbergh's version, which obviously didn't get made, though thankfully Ferrell is still completely alive.

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Impressions

Kenan and Fallon Have a Cosby-Off

by | September 12th, 2012

Ok, it was less a contest and more Fallon just taking over and doing his impression for 20% of Kenan's interview. That being said he does have a very good and thorough impression. But Kenan doesn't care; he's been on TV for 19 years, since he was a kid and Jimmy was a kid and everyone was a kid. Also, it seemed like he was just waiting for his chance to sing a Tom Jones song. Watch him singing and dancing below, as well as the aforementioned Chris Farley cake sketch from All That. Remember when people described things as "all that?" What a dumb thing to be nostalgic for [...]

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New Play About Chris Farley Called The Fatman Cometh Sounds Classy

by | February 7th, 2011

So this is happening: "The life of late Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Farley is being explored in The Fatman Cometh – The Life and Death of Chris Farley, which will receive a private industry reading Feb. 28 in Manhattan." [via]

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Saturday Night's Children: Chris Farley (1990-1995)

by | July 17th, 2012

Saturday Night Live has been home to over a hundred cast members throughout the past 36 years. In our column Saturday Night’s Children, we present the history, talent, and best sketches of one SNL cast member each week for your viewing, learning, and laughing pleasure.

Whether you admire his overly physical, overly sweaty, overly overweight and beet-red and all-around over-the-top legacy or find it too representative of SNL's early 90s dependence on frat boy humor, most fans can agree that Chris Farley had a fire inside that raged every second he spent onscreen, from his timid bumbling and self-hatred in "The Chris Farley Show" sketches to his frantic and [...]

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