Da Bears, Da Bears, Da....Farley

"Please don't leave me. Please don't leave me." The last words of Chris Farley. Chris Farley's death had to do with his obesity, alcoholism, and drug addictions. Chris Farley was a comedian, best known for his skits on Saturday Night Live. He was also in many successful movies. These include Beverly Hills Ninja, Tommy Boy, Wayne's World, Coneheads, and Wayne's World 2. He was on the show from 1990-1995. He was born on February 15th 1964 and he died on December 18th 1997.

Farley was announced as a new member of Saturday Night Live in 1990. The other comedian who was announced that night was Chris Rock. Chris Farley often worked with Rock, and many others including: David Spade, Adam Sandler, and Rob Schneinder. Chris Farley is one of my favorite comedians. His skits on SNL were so funny, and so original. My personal favorites are the ones with the "superfans" (DA BEARS) and Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker. But there were also a lot of skits that made fun of Farley's size. In fact, most of the skits had something to do with the fact that he was very overweight. But despite his obesity he was able to dance around on stage and be incredibly energetic.

Farley actually began recording vocals for an animated movie. That movie was Sherk. After his death, he was forced to be replaced. He was replaced with his fellow SNL cast member Mike Myers. He was supposed to appear in The Cable Guy. But due to scheduling conflicts he was unable to play the main role. The role again went to another famous comedian, Jim Carrey. On August 26th, 2005 he was awarded 2,289th star to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He obviously died before he got the award.

Chris Farley's declining health was a hot topic among the press. At the young age of 33, on December 18th 1997 Chris Farley died in his apartment. His younger brother John found him. The autopsy revealed that he took a very dangerous amount of heroin and cocaine together. There were over 500 people who attended his funeral, many of which included actors he had worked with. But his good friend David Spade was not in attendance. Spade was later quoted as saying that he did not attend Farley's funeral because he "could not be in a room where Farley was in a box." However he did appear on the 25th anniversary special of SNL to call for a moment of remembrance for his buddy, Chris.