https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev Tom Farley JR. and Tanner Colby en-us 2021-04-27 20:47:44 UTC 2021-06-11 04:02:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3ac.png podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1577617518 Chris was born on February 15th, 1964 to Mary Anne and Tom Farley. He has a sister named Barbara and 3 brothers Tom Jr., Kevin, and John.

]]> 2021-06-01 20:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1577617518 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593942193 At his private high school Edgewood, Chris once flashed a girl and was expelled. His parents sent him off to a private boarding school in Indiana.

"this girl and her parents were making a real issue out of it. Chris wound up getting expelled." (28)]]> 2021-06-08 20:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593942193 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593943050 After high school Chris was enrolled in Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He majored in communications studies and minored in theater. ]]> 2021-06-08 20:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593943050 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593944346 Chris moved to Chicago wanting to go to Second City Improv but instead started at ImprovOlympic.

"Forced to look elsewhere for a place to learn and perform, he found it at ImprovOlympic." (62)]]> 2021-06-08 20:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593944346 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593945456 After 18 months at ImprovOlympic, Chris finally got offered a job at Second City.

"Chris auditioned for Second City's touring company in January 1989 and was offered a position." (73/74)]]> 2021-06-08 20:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593945456 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593946112 A talent scout at SNL came to watch Chris perform at Second City and signed him on 1990.

"His reputation began to draw interest from the talent scouts at Saturday Night Live as well as representatives at Brillstein-Grey, the power house management firm in Beverly Hills." (92)]]> 2021-06-08 20:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593946112 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593947322 On his fourth show, Chris performed the skit that is a very big part of his fame. He performed the Chippendale's skit which was an ultimate hit.]]> 2021-06-08 20:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593947322 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593948649 Chris started dating Lorne Michaels' assistant Erin. They were happy together for a while, then Chris went off the rails with his drinking, which she couldn’t handle so they broke up. 

"Chris was in love with Erin. He talked about her all the time. She was very smart." (116)]]> 2021-06-08 20:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593948649 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593950969 Chris badly relapsed with his drug problem so his family sent him to this place in Alabama where he stayed for a while and then for the next 3 years he was clean and sober.

"For the next three years, Chris Farley stayed clean and sober. At Lorne Michaels's behest, he had spent the entire Christmas break at a hard-core, locked-down rehab facility in Alabama." (145)]]> 2021-06-08 20:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593950969 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593952737 After getting clean and sober Chris made some of his most famous sketches like Matt Foley:Motivational Speaker, Gap Girls, Lunchlady Land, and more. 

"Chris was a changed man. He was calmer, more thoughtful, and more focused. He was also funnier" (146)]]> 2021-06-08 20:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593952737 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593954277 In 1994, Chris Farley and his best friend David Spade starred in the classic comedy film Tommy Boy which had a pretty rocky start on production. Chris and David fought a lot on set.]]> 2021-06-08 20:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593954277 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593957275 In 1994 Chris was joking around with a girl who has an extra on SNL and wanting to get a bigger role she complained about sexual-harassment from Chris. Even though he did not sexually harass her his friends blew it out of proportion and made him think he was going to get arrested.]]> 2021-06-08 20:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593957275 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593958715 Chris started dating Victoria's Secret model Lorri Bagley who he met through his best friend David Spade. This caused lots of drama between the three of them.]]> 2021-06-08 20:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593958715 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593960758 In 1997 Chris Farley performed his last show at SNL and did not return to the show.]]> 2021-06-08 20:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593960758 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593962856 In 1996 Chris had just finished filming Beverly Hills Ninja and in 1997 he started filming Edward and Hunt also known as Almost Heroes.]]> 2021-06-08 20:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593962856 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593964160 Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek but sadly passed away before they finished using his voice so that is why no one has ever heard his version of Shrek.

"His death was quite devastating, both personally and to the process of creating the film. We spent almost a year banging our heads against the wall until Mike Myers was able to come on board. Chris's Shrek and Mike's Shrek are really two completely different characters, as much as Chris and Mike are two completely different people." (273)]]> 2021-06-08 20:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593964160 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593965685 Leading up to his death Chris kept relapsing and relapsing up to the point where his friends could not be in a room with him.

"I remember dropping him off at his apartment. He wanted me to come up and see his place, and I just didn't have it in me." (283) ]]> 2021-06-08 20:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593965685 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593967154 Chris kept telling his friends that he was going to get clean after Christmas that year but his addiction was at a new low.]]> 2021-06-08 20:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593967154 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593968291 In December 1997, Chris had been partying for four days straight and had taken a lot of drugs and drank a lot of alcohol. When a woman was leaving his apartment he got up  to escort her out and collapsed on the floor, she thought he was just tired and left him a note thanking him. Later that day, his brother John and friend Ted walked in to his apartment to pick up something and found Chris dead on December 18.]]> 2021-06-08 20:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593968291 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593969239 With the parking lot filled with cameras and news station reporters, his family and close friends held Chris’s funeral two days before Christmas 1997. It was a very emotional day for everybody who attended including many comedians who were not as funny as normal that day.

"I was just blown away by the live that Chris had lived. There was a deep melancholy in the room, but you also felt this great love from everyone. He had touched so many people." (322)]]> 2021-06-08 20:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1593969239 podesell000 https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1597152360 Farley, Jr., Tom, and Tanner Colby. The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts. Penguin Books, 2009. ]]> 2021-06-10 00:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/podesell000/b5tzrk4ephmcbbev/wish/1597152360