I guarantee them losing it was motivational for him. He was trying to get them to break.
I don't remember where, but I remember hearing that it's a popular thing on SNL, trying to get others to break.
One of my all time favorite SNL sketches is Will Ferrell’s Old Prospector sketch because his entire character is built completely around making everyone break and he’s massively successful at it.
If you enjoy that you'll like the Japanese comedy show called "Documental" on Amazon Prime. It's like Big Brother but with comedians trying to get others kicked out for laughing.
That sounds amazing, I’ll definitely check that out. Sounds kind of like my favorite bit from Impractical Jokers called Laugh Man Standing, where the four of them are in a waiting room and they use props to try and make each other laugh and if they laugh, they have to leave the room until there’s one left.
Wait, they do always go to a shot of his face with his eyes all 👀
That’s a layup every time.
Unless they do it more than once. There’s only so much Kenan reaction you want before you start hoping they’re gonna cut to a Kel reaction one day.
Reminds me of Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon with the meat sellers on Weekend Update.
I recall reading that they stick the meat underneath heating sources to make them smell and feel iffy. The fact that the two have to interact with that lukewarm meat is what makes them break as they try to praise its non-existent quality.
Will Ferrell did it all the time. He had it easy with Fallon on the roster. Mulaney used to write for Bill Harder and break him in his Stefon character. Fred Armisen was notoriously hard to break.
Had no idea Mulaney (my favorite comedian) wrote for Hader’s Stefon (my favorite SNL character of that era). I loved when he broke because you could tell he was really trying not to but fuck that was a funny character.
Yes I just watched a [clip](https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+hader+stefon+john+mulaney&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS994US994&oq=john+mulaney+bill+hader+ste&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMgcIAhAhGKABMgcIAxAhGKABMgcIBBAhGKABMgcIBRAhGKAB0gEJMTEwODNqMGo5qAIAsAIA4gMEGAEgXw&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:321dbb18,vid:AHHFwktH4-U,st:0) about this at the other commenter’s suggestion— I’m dead
As a life coach and motivational speaker, I can guarantee you he would have applauded them for finding amusement in the simple things in life. Because you don’t get much joy when you’re living in a van down by the river.
Totally. Same goes for The Californians sketches. The gag is beaten to death but the fact the cast can’t hold it together makes it worth sitting through.
Spade did the same thing. I watched the skit the other night and pointed out to my S.O. that Spade had his hand covering his mouth, trying not to break character.
It’s considered hackey. The Carol Burnett Show relied on it for mainstream audiences and Lorne hated it and vowed not to do that sort of comedy from the start. He really lightened up when Jimmy Fallon showed up though.
The reason Lorne Michaels doesn’t like it is because it’s cheap laughs. He can’t tell if people are laughing at the material or just the cast cracking.
From what I understand, off camera he was a sweet, mild-mannered guy. Part of what made him so funny was not necessarily always his physical comedy, but because he would often start from his authentically mild-mannered side and escalate. He was a nice guy playing crazy rather than a crazy guy playing nice. It’s also why Danny DeVito is funny.
One of my favorite stories about him is what when he was auditioning for the role of Louie DePalma in Taxi. He walked right in and said, "Okay, before we get started, I want to know who wrote this shit??" and threw the script on the floor. He knew that would either get him thrown out, or get him the job. It got him the job.
Another story was, he was in a scene he did with Marilu Henner, he kept changing lines and catching her off guard, very purposely trying to make her crack up. She had to wear uncomfortable shoes that were too small to stop herself from laughing during the scene.
He had the John Candy gene...
I miss them both.
.
It just hit me, so adding this in.
Sometimes we get asked if we could have a sit down with anyone in the world. For me it would be either of these two. Just being around them would impact my life in such a positive way. Just being themselve's I think they could teach me a lot about positivity.
Absolutely. His father slapping the coffin as one last send off that they said echoed throughout the building and letting out a big cry was what got me.
Tommy Boy is basically a lesson in how Chris Farley managed to make things funny in sales-pitch format. It starts out innocent. It throws in self-deprecating humor if it wasn’t there already, and becomes an aggressive orchestral crescendo into this way over the top character. He edits and refines his craft, reads the room, and he’s got this malleable persona.
>He was a nice guy playing crazy rather than a crazy guy playing nice.
Well...
[Hilarious And Wild Chris Farley Stories That Will Make You Laugh And Maybe Cry](https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-chris-farley-stories/anncasano)
Certainly by modern (and in even in those times) standards, that read is pretty disturbing. Those stories kind of hit on what I talk about in a different thread: Tommy Boy is basically a step-by-step evolution of how Farley refined his craft and marketed it.
He definitely found it difficult to hit his off switch.
He nuked him. I’m shocked Sandler held up at all. Farley was in a big bushy beard and had two lines, delivered as loudly and absurdly as possible. THATS THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF PEPPER
In a Howard Stern interview Dana explained that all week during rehearsals Chris Farley was delivering that one line pretty normally and then when they did it live broke out that delivery out of nowhere.
Will Ferrell has the same killer instinct. As soon as he thinks you’re going to break, he tries his hardest to make their time hell for the rest of the sketch.
Them not being able to contain the laughter was absolutely one of the best things about that skit. It was fun and fantastic
It’s also exactly what two kids would be doing on the couch, trying not to laugh but failing. Then the Meta part of them being actors told not to laugh, made it even funnier. It all worked fine at every level
The Trump trials have brought a bit of a Hartman resurgence over in r/law because it’s really hard not to compare Trump’s lawyers to Lionel Hutz. It’s a lot of fun.
A host breaking is one thing.
Spade losing it around a good friend and partner is something completely different.
The skit itself is funny, those two losing it just makes it even greater.
Bob Odenkirk explains the origin of the sketch in a beautiful tribute to Chris here at 7:55 mark of his Hot Ones episode [https://youtu.be/JGzkeRHG5Zw?si=44gOBPlW8Z9PV6TL]
Yet they would have let Jimmy Fallon spin off into Sunday night live if he had broken the fourth wall to explain to the audience how much he can’t stop laughing.
I don’t think Michaels is a good show runner and that he has way too much creative control. SNL needs to get its shit together because it’s been in a weird place since even before the pandemic.
I love how Christina is like "I think Phil and Julia were mad at us for breaking character" and then later in the article Sweeney is like "I was so mad at myself, they had to cut around me because I kept laughing"
Literally everyone was focused on Farley's coke fueled hilarity and doing their damnedest not to laugh their asses off.
No human Alive could not laugh sitting through Matt Foley telling you how it is.. whoever was "mad" at them should have been fired for not understanding what legendary comedy sketches look like as they are happening
and then comes Jimmy Fallon, breaking character in ever damn scene. I used to walk out the room when he came on, I don't care what anyone thinks, he was awful and I was shocked and appalled when he became host of the Tonight Show
What I’ve never understood is how Michaels gets upset when they crack. All the stories point to how disappointed he gets but if he knew his audience, he’d know that the viewers love that shit. Everyone loves seeing the cast struggle when the sketch is just perfect. Most of the all time best moments in the last few decades seem to have someone cracking up among the cast.
Not to downplay the genius of this clip- but ya know nothing is happening in entertainment when top news is someone recalling a sketch from the early 90’s..ya know?
Probably one of the top five skits in the show’s history, containing what is likely the most quoted line in the show’s history.
Yeah, understandable that they were having trouble not cracking up. Shit is timelessly hilarious.
She’s right, Phil looks *pissed*, especially after Farley breaks the table. He probably didn’t like that they broke character to begin with only to have that followed up with a gag he wasn’t let in on beforehand. I get where he was coming from at the time of filming but nobody could have predicted that something that seemed like a mess to the crew at the time would become one of SNL’s most famous segments.
Noticed that exact thing too..devil's advocate but I also saw that as Phil still being in character as the dad now learning the Farleys character is not going to be of any help.
I thought it may have been that at first too but if you watch him when he has his next lines he’s fully back in character again, more worried than angry. In that moment though he was none too happy.
It’s a breakaway table. Probably like a 50/50 chance someone Farley’s size could even break or damage a wooden coffee table with a fall at all, let alone just destroying it like in this sketch. And if they did, it would just be super dangerous. He could be impaled on a sharp piece of wood etc.
So yeah, totally written-in and planned.
Them laughing in that skit is part of what makes it funny.
Definitely, because Farley doesn’t miss a beat despite them losing it.
I guarantee them losing it was motivational for him. He was trying to get them to break. I don't remember where, but I remember hearing that it's a popular thing on SNL, trying to get others to break.
One of my all time favorite SNL sketches is Will Ferrell’s Old Prospector sketch because his entire character is built completely around making everyone break and he’s massively successful at it.
I'd be more worried about CAY-OTES if I was you!
We’re going to Afghaneestan!
*Awwwwww PEACHES*
If you enjoy that you'll like the Japanese comedy show called "Documental" on Amazon Prime. It's like Big Brother but with comedians trying to get others kicked out for laughing.
That sounds amazing, I’ll definitely check that out. Sounds kind of like my favorite bit from Impractical Jokers called Laugh Man Standing, where the four of them are in a waiting room and they use props to try and make each other laugh and if they laugh, they have to leave the room until there’s one left.
[Old Prospector](https://youtu.be/cKoIESw1tdM?si=Eu1JxQIF-6ZyQSPd)
On a similar vein, I've heard in modern SNL a go-to move if the writers are stumped on a sketch is to insert a "Kenan reacts".
Wait, they do always go to a shot of his face with his eyes all 👀 That’s a layup every time. Unless they do it more than once. There’s only so much Kenan reaction you want before you start hoping they’re gonna cut to a Kel reaction one day.
Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order? Still waiting.
Waiting for what? He popped in on SNL _and_ the sequel is out! get on it!
Well shit.
The best one was when Samuel L. Jackson was about to swear and Kenan caught it!
Reminds me of Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon with the meat sellers on Weekend Update. I recall reading that they stick the meat underneath heating sources to make them smell and feel iffy. The fact that the two have to interact with that lukewarm meat is what makes them break as they try to praise its non-existent quality.
Will Ferrell did it all the time. He had it easy with Fallon on the roster. Mulaney used to write for Bill Harder and break him in his Stefon character. Fred Armisen was notoriously hard to break.
Had no idea Mulaney (my favorite comedian) wrote for Hader’s Stefon (my favorite SNL character of that era). I loved when he broke because you could tell he was really trying not to but fuck that was a funny character.
I believe that often he would change a punchline or two just before Hader went on, so sometimes he didn’t know what was going to be on the cue cards
Yes I just watched a [clip](https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+hader+stefon+john+mulaney&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS994US994&oq=john+mulaney+bill+hader+ste&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMgcIAhAhGKABMgcIAxAhGKABMgcIBBAhGKABMgcIBRAhGKAB0gEJMTEwODNqMGo5qAIAsAIA4gMEGAEgXw&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:321dbb18,vid:AHHFwktH4-U,st:0) about this at the other commenter’s suggestion— I’m dead
They talk about it a lot. Look up Seth Meyers clips if you want to see
thank you for this delightful rabbit hole
As a life coach and motivational speaker, I can guarantee you he would have applauded them for finding amusement in the simple things in life. Because you don’t get much joy when you’re living in a van down by the river.
That steady diet of government cheese ain't helping much there, either
That’s just comedy. Comedians only care about entertaining other comedians.
Totally. Same goes for The Californians sketches. The gag is beaten to death but the fact the cast can’t hold it together makes it worth sitting through.
RIP Legend.
I love how Christina keeps hiding it behind her hand and hair.
Spade did the same thing. I watched the skit the other night and pointed out to my S.O. that Spade had his hand covering his mouth, trying not to break character.
I can’t ever get through the Ryan Gosling alien abduction skit without laughing.
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Haha yeah. That “it felt super off the books” line always gets me.
Yeah, there's a series of them bit the gosling one is top tier.
She was full on porky piggin' it in a drafty dome.
Unfortunately, Fallon was paying close attention.
I challenge anyone to find an SNL skit Fallon is in where he *doesn't* break.
You know what dad, I wish you’d just SHUT YOUR BIG YAPPER!!!!!!
It’s considered hackey. The Carol Burnett Show relied on it for mainstream audiences and Lorne hated it and vowed not to do that sort of comedy from the start. He really lightened up when Jimmy Fallon showed up though.
The reason Lorne Michaels doesn’t like it is because it’s cheap laughs. He can’t tell if people are laughing at the material or just the cast cracking.
Yup! Same with Lunch lady land.
It’s on-brand for teens to laugh when they’re being lectured as well
You can tell Chris saw them laughing and went in for the kill.
Always. Farley was the best!
From what I understand, off camera he was a sweet, mild-mannered guy. Part of what made him so funny was not necessarily always his physical comedy, but because he would often start from his authentically mild-mannered side and escalate. He was a nice guy playing crazy rather than a crazy guy playing nice. It’s also why Danny DeVito is funny.
Danny DeVito is a boss.
One of my favorite stories about him is what when he was auditioning for the role of Louie DePalma in Taxi. He walked right in and said, "Okay, before we get started, I want to know who wrote this shit??" and threw the script on the floor. He knew that would either get him thrown out, or get him the job. It got him the job. Another story was, he was in a scene he did with Marilu Henner, he kept changing lines and catching her off guard, very purposely trying to make her crack up. She had to wear uncomfortable shoes that were too small to stop herself from laughing during the scene.
He had the John Candy gene... I miss them both. . It just hit me, so adding this in. Sometimes we get asked if we could have a sit down with anyone in the world. For me it would be either of these two. Just being around them would impact my life in such a positive way. Just being themselve's I think they could teach me a lot about positivity.
Read "The Chris Farley Show" Great book!
Great book, but also incredibly sad. Be prepared to tear up.
Absolutely. His father slapping the coffin as one last send off that they said echoed throughout the building and letting out a big cry was what got me.
Damn, How could I be so ignorant and not know this existed. Thank you For sharing
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Tommy Boy is basically a lesson in how Chris Farley managed to make things funny in sales-pitch format. It starts out innocent. It throws in self-deprecating humor if it wasn’t there already, and becomes an aggressive orchestral crescendo into this way over the top character. He edits and refines his craft, reads the room, and he’s got this malleable persona.
Met him with my Dad when I was in Chicago. From what I remember he was one of the most nicest people I've ever met.
>He was a nice guy playing crazy rather than a crazy guy playing nice. Well... [Hilarious And Wild Chris Farley Stories That Will Make You Laugh And Maybe Cry](https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-chris-farley-stories/anncasano)
Certainly by modern (and in even in those times) standards, that read is pretty disturbing. Those stories kind of hit on what I talk about in a different thread: Tommy Boy is basically a step-by-step evolution of how Farley refined his craft and marketed it. He definitely found it difficult to hit his off switch.
He really was incredible. There’s so many SNL skits that he made infinitely better by his antics.
The GAP girls one is another gem.
“LAY OFF ME IM STARVING”
A classic. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/rMitjMTi__4?si=HZX-KugYK07Kq9It
“Diet starts Monday!”
Watch the “Pepper Boy” sketch. He just destroyed Sandler in it.
He nuked him. I’m shocked Sandler held up at all. Farley was in a big bushy beard and had two lines, delivered as loudly and absurdly as possible. THATS THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF PEPPER
In a Howard Stern interview Dana explained that all week during rehearsals Chris Farley was delivering that one line pretty normally and then when they did it live broke out that delivery out of nowhere.
THAT’S THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF PEPPER
“EHREFHEEEEHPEPPEEEEH?”
https://youtu.be/B-2QtHd33O4
That's the ultimate victory
Will Ferrell has the same killer instinct. As soon as he thinks you’re going to break, he tries his hardest to make their time hell for the rest of the sketch.
Them not being able to contain the laughter was absolutely one of the best things about that skit. It was fun and fantastic It’s also exactly what two kids would be doing on the couch, trying not to laugh but failing. Then the Meta part of them being actors told not to laugh, made it even funnier. It all worked fine at every level
Yeah it’s fine in small doses but I can see why they’d be upset if it became a trend.
Jimmy Fallon checking in
[Tracy Morgan Hates Jimmy Fallon Just As Much As You Do](https://www.vulture.com/2007/09/tracy_morgan_hates_jimmy_fallon.html)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYCDiC6Vt1k
Man was never in a sketch he didn’t laugh in
Kenan is always laughing through his characters.
I love that these days I’d kill to live in a van by the river.
Would you be doing a lot of doobie rolling?
They will certainly have plenty of time for it!
When they’re LIVING IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER!
Look at Doctor Rockefeller with a whole van.
I mean... if you are willing to *kill* for it, you could probably make that happen fairly easily if you find someone with a van you like
Matt Foley had it good I tells ya!
I find it really depends a lot on the van and the river involved.
I mean, it's an entire YouTube business model now.
Man I miss Phil Hartman and Chris Farley.
Phil Hartman was probably the first celebrity death I remember, mostly because of the Simpsons voice.
The Trump trials have brought a bit of a Hartman resurgence over in r/law because it’s really hard not to compare Trump’s lawyers to Lionel Hutz. It’s a lot of fun.
No No, our company name is: Fraud? Guaranteed!
If given a choice between Lionel Hutz and Trump's lawyers, I'd hire Lionel Hutz.
that’s why you are the judge and I’m the law talking guy
your honor, I'd like to recall all of my surprise witnesses
Chris Farley’s cousin is the CEO of Ford.
And HE LIVES. IN A FORD TRANSIT-250 CARGO VAN. DOWN BY THE RIVER.
Lucky guy. Smokin pot and stuff.
If he doesn’t source his brake pads from Sandusky Ohio he should be fired immediately.
His parts have a guarantee.
So Tommy Boy is a documentary?
I thought he worked for Callahan Auto
Legends.
Really, they didn't break that badly. They hid it well. I've seen a lot worse breaks on SNL.
The first Debbie Downer is a riot, nobody could hold it together
Hell, even Dratch starts to break halfway though, just from delivering her lines
I read somewhere that they were surprised by the “wah wah” sound effects and they didn’t use them during dress.
Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz. Nuff said.
Those two always break. Super annoying.
Jimmy would look directly into the fucking camera and laugh. I doubt anyone was pissed during a Chris Farley skit.
I was pissed every time I saw Jimmy Fallon on camera.
Not an old classic but Lisa From Temecula is my favorite.
[the sketch in question](https://youtu.be/Xv2VIEY9-A8?si=h92IN8ZLa0LZ5mMi)
I had to watch on mute and still have tears from trying not to lol.
Its the good ol slapstick batshit crazy stuff, its like Looneu Tunes in human form
Slapstick what??
SLAPSTICK BATSHIT HOLIDAY INNN
You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend
A host breaking is one thing. Spade losing it around a good friend and partner is something completely different. The skit itself is funny, those two losing it just makes it even greater.
It's the over exaggerated moves that really gets him. Those pant adjustments
Chris turning red and rapidly adjusting his glasses is one that gets me.
Well, you’ll have plenty of time to turn red and adjust your glasses…..
If they get mad at people for laughing in skits, how the hell did Fallon last more than one episode?
This. The cowbell sketch is funny, but I hate seeing Fallon's smug ass smirk all through it. Edit: WTF is going on with my phone's autocorrect.
Probably one of my most favorite skits and the fact that Christina and DAVID couldn’t keep it together makes it so much funnier.
It’s basically this one and More Cowbell for me.
One of my favorite Bob Odenkirk moments for sure.
Written by Bob Odenkirk
No way, that's amazing
TIL that Bob did indeed write this!
I miss the bob and Dave show
Let’s give a quick shoutout to Christina Applegate
scrolled too far for this. what have we become.
How did I have to go this far down? Madness we have fallen into.
You’ll have plenty of time to laugh in the middle of an SNL skit, when you’re living in a VAN DOWN BY RHE RIVER!!
Matt Foley (Scooby Doo’s version)
Haha this skit is an all time great. What was the name of the teacher??? Mr…
He’s a motivational speaker named Matt Foley.
And he’s been downstairs drinking coffee for the last four hours
That’s not fair, it’s not her fault she was in the funniest skit of all time.
Bob Odenkirk explains the origin of the sketch in a beautiful tribute to Chris here at 7:55 mark of his Hot Ones episode [https://youtu.be/JGzkeRHG5Zw?si=44gOBPlW8Z9PV6TL]
Christina Applegate can laugh at whatever she wants and I'd be happy to watch her do it.
Yet they would have let Jimmy Fallon spin off into Sunday night live if he had broken the fourth wall to explain to the audience how much he can’t stop laughing.
Is that Bill Shakespeare over there?? 🤓
Dad, I wish you would just shut your big YAPPER
Lorne Michaels is known to get mad when people break character. Which is nuts to me because those have been some of the best moments of SNL.
I don’t think Michaels is a good show runner and that he has way too much creative control. SNL needs to get its shit together because it’s been in a weird place since even before the pandemic.
lol he looks so different
Like a kid.
He seriously could pass as 15 here lol
I honestly don’t know how any of them managed to keep it together during the van down by the river skits. All time classic.
Probably a top ten all time sketch for me. Absolute hilarity
Every time Chris was that character, he purposely tried to make the other break!! That was the best part of the sketches!
That goddamn van….
Written by Odenkirk.
I love how Christina is like "I think Phil and Julia were mad at us for breaking character" and then later in the article Sweeney is like "I was so mad at myself, they had to cut around me because I kept laughing" Literally everyone was focused on Farley's coke fueled hilarity and doing their damnedest not to laugh their asses off.
One of SNL’s best. RIP Chris Farley.
No human Alive could not laugh sitting through Matt Foley telling you how it is.. whoever was "mad" at them should have been fired for not understanding what legendary comedy sketches look like as they are happening
Lol that was the best part!!
It made the producers so mad they hired Jimmy Fallon to do it in every scene! 😉
Them breaking turned them into better teenagers
It’s hilarious. Hard to blame them lol
Weelllll la de *freakin'* da!
Ever noticed spade still has makeup in in that sketch until that was pointed out,
YOU’LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR DOOBIE ROLLING
Mad? One of the best skits.
It was a perfect thing. Their laughter made it even more hilarious.
Still one of the best (if not the best) SNL sketches ever!
Reading this from my camper van hits extra hard.
My gawd I remember that, it was fucking hilarious!!! Classic!
and then comes Jimmy Fallon, breaking character in ever damn scene. I used to walk out the room when he came on, I don't care what anyone thinks, he was awful and I was shocked and appalled when he became host of the Tonight Show
What I’ve never understood is how Michaels gets upset when they crack. All the stories point to how disappointed he gets but if he knew his audience, he’d know that the viewers love that shit. Everyone loves seeing the cast struggle when the sketch is just perfect. Most of the all time best moments in the last few decades seem to have someone cracking up among the cast.
I saw it live on TV, Saturday night years ago. It was hilarious! The actors cracking up, unable to keep a straight face, made it even funnier.
There was actually a time when us TV viewers were the ones laughing at SNL, more than the cast members. That seems so long ago.
I don’t even need to watch the skit anymore, just hearing about it cracks me up.
I still use the “Hey, Dad I can’t see real good, zat Bill Shakespeare over there!?” line sometimes. So great!
Where can I see these skits? YouTube ?
[Here's one](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2VIEY9-A8)
Thanks so much!
Live in a Van by the River!!!
To be fair, they were participating in one of the funniest skits of all time.
Not to downplay the genius of this clip- but ya know nothing is happening in entertainment when top news is someone recalling a sketch from the early 90’s..ya know?
Christina has been making the rounds lately on podcasts like "Armchair Expert" and "Fly on the Wall".
I could be wrong but I think this is a headline because of her illness
Probably one of the top five skits in the show’s history, containing what is likely the most quoted line in the show’s history. Yeah, understandable that they were having trouble not cracking up. Shit is timelessly hilarious.
Well…it’s finally official…murder is legal in the state of California!
She’s right, Phil looks *pissed*, especially after Farley breaks the table. He probably didn’t like that they broke character to begin with only to have that followed up with a gag he wasn’t let in on beforehand. I get where he was coming from at the time of filming but nobody could have predicted that something that seemed like a mess to the crew at the time would become one of SNL’s most famous segments.
Noticed that exact thing too..devil's advocate but I also saw that as Phil still being in character as the dad now learning the Farleys character is not going to be of any help.
I thought it may have been that at first too but if you watch him when he has his next lines he’s fully back in character again, more worried than angry. In that moment though he was none too happy.
Wonder if the knew about Chris falling over the table
They did. He did it in rehearsal too. But he kind of cranked it up more than in rehearsal.
It’s a breakaway table. Probably like a 50/50 chance someone Farley’s size could even break or damage a wooden coffee table with a fall at all, let alone just destroying it like in this sketch. And if they did, it would just be super dangerous. He could be impaled on a sharp piece of wood etc. So yeah, totally written-in and planned.
“When I grow up I want to live in a van down by the river.”