Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Beth McCarthy-Miller
Dave Wilson
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Writers:

Andy Breckman (writer) &
Tom Davis (writer) ...
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Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A compilation of the best Saturday Night Live sketches as a tribute to the late Chris Farley, one of SNL's greatest Stars.

Plot Keywords:

Clumsiness | Dance | Homosexuality | Motivational Speaker | Obesity

Cast

Chris Farley	...	Himself (Various Characters) (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christina Applegate	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dave Attell	...	Audience member (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alec Baldwin	...	Quiz Kings contestant (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jim Breuer	...	Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dana Carvey	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ellen Cleghorne	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Macaulay Culkin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Daniels	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Siobhan Fallon	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Quiz Kings contestant (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ana Gasteyer	...	Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Phil Hartman	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jan Hooks	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Melanie Hutsell	...	Various characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Hyde Pierce	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Victoria Jackson	...	Roseanne Arnold (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Jordan	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Keaton	...	Grandson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Kerrigan	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laura Kightlinger	...	Quiz Kings assistant (archive footage) (uncredited)
Norm MacDonald	...	Green Beans (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steve Martin	...	Himself (Various Characters) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul McCartney	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael McKean	...	The Devil (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tim Meadows	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lorne Michaels	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dennis Miller	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jay Mohr	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Myers	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kevin Nealon	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Angela Tucci (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chris Rock	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deion Sanders	...	Captain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adam Sandler	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Schiller	...	Knorben Knussen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rob Schneider	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Molly Shannon	...	Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sarah Silverman	...	Chop Suey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christian Slater	...	Son (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Smigel	...	Carl Wollarski (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Smits	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Spade	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrick Swayze	...	Adrian (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julia Sweeney	...	Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Wendt	...	Bob Swersky (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Wolf	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Beth McCarthy-Miller		(as Beth McCarthy)
Dave Wilson
Tom Schiller		(segment "Shillervision: Coffee")
James Signorelli		(segment "Paris Skating")

Writing credits
Andy Breckman		(writer) &
Tom Davis		(writer) &
James Downey		(writer) &
Hugh Fink		(writer) &
Al Franken		(writer) &
Jack Handey		(writer) &
Steve Koren		(writer) &
Norm MacDonald		(writer) &
Ian Maxtone-Graham		(writer) &
Michael McCullers		(writer) &
Tim Meadows		(writer) &
Marilyn Suzanne Miller		(writer) &
Lewis Morton		(writer) &
Adam Sandler		(writer) &
Rob Schneider		(writer) &
Robert Smigel		(writer) &
Bonnie Turner		(writer) &
Terry Turner		(writer) &
Fred Wolf		(writer) &
Christine Zander		(writer)
Dennis Miller		uncredited
Jay Mohr		uncredited
Bob Odenkirk		uncredited
David Spade		uncredited

Produced by
Ken Aymong	....	supervising producer
Leslie Carangi Kelley	....	producer (segment "Schillervision Coffee Commercial")
Stacey Foster	....	coordinating producer
Tom Gianas	....	producer
Lorne Michaels	....	executive producer
Tanya Ryno	....	associate producer
Robert Smigel	....	producer

Film Editing by
Nicholas S. Mallardi

Makeup Department
Joe Rossi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Leslie Carangi Kelley	....	unit production manager: second unit (segment "Schmitt's Gay")
Gary Considine	....	executive in charge of production

Sound Department
Chris Seeger	....	post-production audio
Jay Vicari	....	post-production audio

Editorial Department
Mark Jankeloff	....	editor: video tape

Other crew
Robert Caminiti	....	associate director (as Bobby Caminiti)
Stefani Cohen	....	script supervisor
Sharon Haskell	....	title sequence
Samantha Scharff	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Broadway Video
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Distributors

• Europa Filmes (2000) (Brazil) (VHS)

Runtime:

Brazil:50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Broadway Video

Trivia:

According to the Katakana at the beginning of the skit, the name of the Japanese game show that Farley's character Larry Templeton appears on is "Quiz Kings".

Quotes:

Herlihy Boy's Father: Sweet Mother of GOD, What is the Holdup?

Movie Connections:

Edited from "Saturday Night Live: Nancy Kerrigan/Aretha Franklin (#19.15)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Lunch Lady Land

The Best Farley Film Ever

Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Almost Heroes, Beverly Hills Ninja..... Those movies where Farley was in the leading role can't even compare to this Saturday Night Live compilation film of Chris Farley. He will definitely be missed.

If for some reason you didn't enjoy some of Farley's "newer" stuff, check out this film because it is absolutely hilarious. This is Chris Farley at his best. I have watched this film over 20 times already, and the "bill swerski's super fans" skit cracks me up every time. Highly recommended.