After their cleaning lady finds pot in the house, parents (Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney) hire motivational speaker Matt Foley (Chris Farley) to talk to their teens (David Spade, Christina Applegate) about drugs and their future. Aired 05/08/93
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“I want to live in a van down by the river” A joke in 1993, an actual goal in 2019.
The truth is too painful....
there's an entire KZhead genre of how to live in your van
Scary, isn't it?
@@binkymagnus i tried it for 4 months and I fucking miss it.
How many degrees of separation between living by the river and say, Mar A Largo?
My favorite part of this skit is watching David Spade and Christina Applegate desperately try to keep it together.
When the Ad-Libbing begins, they're Toast..I think that Table collapse was unknown to all. Spade looked totally shocked.. Tim Conway busting up Harvey Korman was GOLD. They would tape twice, one for TV, and a backup..Conway would make little changes from one to the other..keeping the Cast Mates off guard..😜
Yeah, watching this live Chris looked so damn manic & outrageous. You could just tell by those 2 keeping their hands over their heads they were struggling to keep a straight face. I don't blame them a bit. It just made me laugh even harder than I was already laughing.
yeah i love how christina is trying to hide her face with her hair as she was about to crack up
This is one those things that people say to emphasize something, but is totally over the top...lets face it, the favorite part of this skit is Chris Farley. Without Chris Farley, this skit...would be nothing. Just nothing. :) (I did find it hillarious that they tried to keep it together, but lets not kid ourselves)
@Peter Kocic I completely disagree. David Spade trying not to laugh is considerably more funny than the actual Cris Farley delivery.
Phil's ability to remain stone faced serious in ridiculous scenarios is just one of many reasons I love and miss him.
yet he basically lost that battle here.. he was super close to completely breaking character at one point for sure
We all do.
The Glue.
The older i get, the more people I miss
@@ILLUMINATED-1 Right?!💔
1993: "Living in a van down by the river? What a loser!" 2023: "Living in a van down by the river? Not a bad idea."
whats all this waterfront property? you get freight rail adjacent.
Learn to fish and never go hungry
@@robertwilliams3322 theres an over fishing epidemic you scum
Rent free...not paying some sleazeball slumlord!!!
2024, a steady diet of Government Cheese, and a bunkbed in a shelter down by the river.
Fun fact, Chris Farley intentionally did not tell the other actors that the table was breakable. So those were their true reactions
I always thought that the table breaking was improvised. Like he legitimately tripped, and he just happened to have the presence of mind to go "whoopsie daisies, we're going to have to clean that up later together!" to make it look like it was still in character.
That's not true
Yes, him and the stage hands were the only ones that knew! It made the bit that much better when Spade was seriously concerned when he broke the table! RIP CF!
Yes, you can see Christina mouthing, "Oh my God!"
Really bc Dave is the only one who really seems concerned
Fun Fact: Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill from Breaking Bad & Btter Call Saul) wrote this sketch. He even said that this was the pinnacle of his entire career
That is indeed a very fun fact
You also notice how he has a very similar fashion style to Saul Goodman. Interesting.
Bob is such a comedy genius, so many people don't know he wrote for SNL
Mr. Show with Bob and David is still one of the best things Odenkirk has ever done. Imagine if they could have got Farley on that show!
Someone must have listened to bob odenkirk on the Howard stern show
Is anybody watching this in 2024? This still makes me laugh 40 years later!! 😂❤
I Quote it every day
Just watched it again.Almost broke a rib laughing!
I had to look it up for a laugh because I am currently living in a honda civic down by the river dreaming of buying a van to live in down by the river.
30 years later, you mean. 40 years later, you will be 8 years deceased.
30 years. I thought I was older than I remembered there for a while 😅
Whenever I rewatch this sketch, I'm reminded that the people in the audience are hearing lines like "...in a van down by the river" for the first time, not knowing that the scene will become iconic. I can't even imagine the standing ovation Chris would get if he were here to reprise this character today. RIP Mr. Farley.
💚
I saw this live (on TV, not in the studio) and I just remember at one point hearing static ... it wasn't a technical problem, I was laughing that hard. How Christina Applegate held on to deadpan her line is a mystery.
@@TacoBellManager Comedy GOLD🤣
❤❤ R.I.P. Chris Farley
Many of the skits from those comedic genius during the days of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Jim Carry, Will Farell, etc. became the gold standard of iconic comedy. “Van by the River” “Jacuzzi Life Guard” “More Cow Bell” “Night Clubs” (precursor to Night At The Roxberry) all hilarious.
I love how, because Spade and Farley were friends, Farley would focus his rants on Spade more than anyone else just to have him break character, it's hysterical
Oh yeah he was targeting Spade most of the time. Just trying to give him hell lol
And that my friend is a defining characteristic of true comedy
Chris did that to Adam Sandler too lol
Just like how Tim Conway would always try to break Harvey Korman in The Carol Burnett Show. He'd succeed almost every single time.
Even going so far as to pick him up, yeah...
Bob Odenkirk wrote this! He originally wrote it for himself, but realized Chris would take it to another level. Mark of greatness.
Yea if I’m not mistaken wasn’t it in second city Chicago
@@Daniel-ep5bq Exactly. Second City had one of the original stage performances posted here for a little bit, But made it private. I copied it several different places before that happened though 😁
That's amazing and epic in a way that only odenkirk and Farley could make it
Was shocked to learn Bob odenkirk was on SNL as a writer, Don't remember him ever being in a sketch though.
He wasn't a sketch player on SNL, but he was the dad in it at Second City where they first showcased it.
This is one of those sketches where no matter what, you’re going to laugh like it’s the first time because Chris just nail is perfectly. Every delivery, the movements, the way he’s fixing his waistband? It’s just genius.
Pure comedy gold. And you notice the whole cast aren't reading cue cards like you see most of the latest skits on SNL nowadays. They did a little thing like REHEARSAL and became familiar with it. That's what makes a good skit really special.
@@spotter121877 They're actually supposed to read from the cue cards, it's just that not everybody is good at not making it obvious. What's on them can change at any point up to the last minute. This is how John Mulaney, when he was a writer, famously kept getting Bill Hader to break when he played Stefan-he'd add new, outrageous things to them just before the segment that Hader had never seen before, and he found it impossible not to react to what Mulaney came up with haha. Rehearsal only starts on Thursdays, so they wo Rehearsal only starts on Thursdays, so they only have a few days to learn the lines, and they can change at any point before the sketch, basically. They've said that they've even had times where up until Weekend Update started, they were changing things. So the cue cards are essential to the show. :) There's a cool video on the channel about the cue cards, actually! kzhead.info/sun/Zsijl5lxgYeooJs/bejne.html
Literally didn't chuckle once. I genuinely don't understand the humor.
Exactly! I've watched this after really bad days( at work, etc) and it never fails to cheer me up. I'm very tempted to call this perfection and I'm unsure if people would disagree with that statement. lol
@@tj12711Regardless of whether you laughed, the whole notion is hilarious beginning with the "intervention" concept within an otherwise moral family as well as the stereotypical motivational speaker who has no real world job and repeats cliches. On top of that, Chris's whole character was unprecedented. Anyone in the comedy business knows this was unprecedented gold and will always be a standard.
If anybody is from Chicagoland, Bob Odenkirk who wrote this sketch is from Naperville. The "river" the van is down by was inspired by the Naperville River walk.
Saul Goodman wrote this???
@@themakerstoolbox9688 kzhead.info/sun/ZahqntBqanacoIk/bejne.htmlsi=oBLrFNoEG3nd8JoB
Better Call Saul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then there's no way Matt Foley could afford to live in a van down by that river.
I used to live in Naperville, not a bad river to live in a van
He doesn’t live in a van down by the river. He lives in our hearts. RIP Chris.
RIP Phil Hartman (The dad in this skit) too. Two of the best comedians of the nineties.
For real! Miss him to this day. Phil too!
I live in a van down by the river, so in a way he still lives IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!
@@RacingVagabond cheers man 🍻
And my heart LIVES IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER
Rest in peace Phil Hartman and Chris Farley. They were legends of comedy.
One was hilarious and one was Farley.
@@kaisercc wow what a spicy take hey everyone lets all gather around and take a look at this guys hot spicy take how impressive and contrarian, i wish i was cool enough to have such an epicly unique take
@@yeetusyourmeetus epically*
...not much to aspire to. Empty lives and premature deaths, one of them from drugs. 🤢
@@MisstyG How was Phil Hartman's life empty? He was very successful. His only downfall was his fatal decision to marry Vicki Omdahl
Awww, RIP Chris Farley and Phil Hartman. Love them both.
Chris Farley is a comedy legend we won’t have another one like him ever again
Because there's only one.
Exactly!
We will. Everyone can be replaced.
Guaranteed
John Candy was another great to bad they both died so young. Eugene Levy is another great comedian that is still around fortunately.
I don't know what's funnier, watching Chris Farley or watching David Spade desperately trying to hold it together watching Chris Farley.
Fun Fact: The reason the kids "broke character" and were chucking so much, wasn't entirely because of Chris Foley's antics. No. To the left, Julia Sweeney had broken first, and was laughing hysterically. The cameraman even saw her start, and had panned her out of the shot entirely. If you look closely, you can catch glimpses of her going, and of David Spade watching HER break, not Chris Farley. It was a rare break she regrets to this day.
I absolutely love watching actors break! David Spade was cracking me up.
@@1vw4me yeah I was just reading about that. It brought me back to the sketch
The rest of the cast & guest hosts trying not to laugh makes these skits even funnier. Still miss Chris Farley. From every thing I've heard he was a sweetheart in real life who always had time for his fans. Just sad he couldn't beat his own demons. We could so use a little of his kindness & sense of humor right now !!
@@1vw4me Who could regret laughing their keister off in a room with Farley
The wildest thing about this is that the sketch as-written isn't even *that* funny (imo), it is entirely elevated by Farley's insane performance.
Agreed! This wouldn’t be funny at all if it were anyone other than Farley!
I highly disagree, I think the script was written by a regular Bill shakespear
Agreed. Hartman was really good too.
Comedy is just as much about delivery as it is about material
That's something I've noticed about pretty much every SNL sketch: the writing tends to be "okay" at best, but it's the quality of the performers that make sketches like these absolute classics.
4:00 Christina Applegate's transition from just another human being enjoying Chris Farley to a "surly teenage daughter character" in about a quarter-second is absolutely amazing, what a pro. That smirk and eye roll are spot-on
Could you call it; synergy? I would.😆
I’m putting my serious face on!
I’m always convinced that if Phil had lived he would have ended up as Walter White in Breaking Bad. The guys was phenomenal. These were the best days of SNL.
RIP Phil
And he would have plenty of time to make the best crystal meth...WHEN HE'S LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!
I WAS JUST THINKING THIS but that he probably would have played hal in Malcolm in the middle. The role almost seems written for him. Him and Cranston have the same kinda demeanor, something about this scene made me realize it
@@Batchall_Accepted he would have been awesome as both. I would have loved to seen what he would have become post-SNL. He was a phenomenal actor and he was just starting to truly break into films when he died.
Still shocked his coked up bitch murdered him in his sleep.
When a skit is so legendary, you’re still seeing fresh comments roll in.
no that's just the algorithm
athul nair algorithm is triggering because this skit is frequently visited, because this skit is Legendary.
Its becasue we dont want to live in a van down by the river
and... 10 million views in Oct 2019
@@athulchand8302 Nah not the algorithm, this sketch is like 15 years before youtube existed, and it isn't a 10 minute video titled "I spent $50,000 on a cheeseburger, you won't believe what happened next!" with a red circle in the thumbnail
Every time Matt Foley fixes his belt an angel gets its wings.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He fixed his belt so much everyone up in heaven has a pair.
"Attached to a wing and hoof cast drinkin through a straw"
@@TheDuskOfAnEra of belts
You mean Chris Farley
I love Christina's delayed "oh my God" reaction after Farley broke the table 😂
This is what I love about comedians, the fact that Chris keeps a serious face the whole time is amazing.
how can anyone be that funny just adjusting his belt
Ask my wife she laughs every time I start to take it off.
@@icemule but you laugh every time she takes out the spatula.
It's Chris Farley dude! He could make anything hilarious!
@@SH00T_TH3PUMP he had a rare killer comedy instinct - like the bobby fischer of comedy
😂😂😂
Farley moved like he was weightless, weirdly graceful.
That was the coke
Proves dance and ballet lessons can help anyone...
he was an athletic dude. fueled by other stuff, too.
For someone his size he moved very well
@@bjbetti beat me to it
I saw this as a kid and I say "I wish you would shut your big yapper!" to this day. Chris Farley is a legend
When he is adjusting his pants before delivering the lines, that is a brilliant setup for the actual joke. Chris was brilliant at the setup. It's easily one of the best SNL sketches of all time. I think it's the whoops a daisy for me.
Same
Poor David Spade. Imagine trying to keep a straight face with Chris Farley right next to you.
He talks about this skit in a book he did. Hilarious.
I don’t know if you noticed but Christina Applegate kept covering her face cuz she was cracking up just as much lol
Honestly though, even if this were real and they were kids how would you not be cracking up?
If it we're me I couldnt keep a straight face
@@SenorWetback I did and she looked an awful lot like android 18
Quick Story: When I was maybe 10 or 11, I went with my siblings and mom to McDonalds for lunch (in Toronto). We were sitting on the outside patio and a stretch limo pulls up. Who gets out but our man Chris Farley and a few body guards. Well everyone went absolutely mental and my friend's mom who was there asked him to do "Down by the River". As cringe-worthy as that seems now, Chris didn't hesitate and proceeded to perform the skit at a random ass McDonalds in Toronto. The entire place erupted in laughter and happy tears. I'm now 35 and married, but that was the greatest day of my life.... don't tell my wife.
That’s so awesome. What was he like?
Ok
Hilarious! I hope this is true.
That's a long story
That's awesome!!
Applegate, Hartman, Spade, and Farley. It will never be this good ever in my lifetime.
This clip is much better than anything SNL puts out nowadays.
Because today wokism has destroyed comedy.
@ystebadvonschlegel3295 define "wokism"
they said the same thing 30 years ago when this came out. Farly was a genius.
It's hilarious how the kids are just really trying to stifle their laughter but it's still showing. Chris Farley what a legend
IS*
According to David Spade, when they did this sketch during dress rehearsal, Chris Farley said all of Matt Foley's lines in a normal speaking voice. The yelling took both David and Christina Applegate by surprise during the live taping, hence them trying to hide their laughter.
“Kids”
Didn’t they originally write this together for SCTV
I love love this skit so so so much Chris we lost him so early 💔 God bless
You can tell Farley just went straight into making Spade break character....He never had a chance.
He would fuck with spade hard..... Was very common on n off set.
@@jamesrucki4558 they were best friend, that's what you do. Spade didn't even go to his funeral because he just couldn't handle it. I understand although it's kinda messed up. I've been to enough to understand.
treefrog904 Very true. I’ve learned that everyone grieves differently, it’s not worth judging.
Christina Applegate also broke character.
David was POWERLESS to Chris's antics. It brings to mind the way Tim Conway "tortured" Harvey Korman. Or the way Burt Reynolds tormented Dom DeLuise! :-)
1:48 Chris Farley the GOAT RIP, you made me laugh when I was a kid in the 90s and you are still a legend and your humour lives on!
This is one of the best sketches ever made on SNL. Chris Farley was a genius. He was a man ahead of his time.
Thank You Bob Odenkirk for creating this Awesome Character✝ 💕
I love how Christina Applegate pulls it together JUST LONG ENOUGH to perfectly deliver "I wanna live in a van down by the river." :)
Literally a smartass remark I'd have pulled
Total professional
Meanwhile David just couldn't hold it and made it even harder for her.
I love the way she keeps her head in her hands because she’s about to laugh
She pulled a Kelly Bundy. She has a new show too.
“I want to live in a van down by the river.” How Christina Applegate was able to say that with a straight face, I will never know 😂😂😂
Probably from all that time living as a Bundy.
She just -barely- pulls it off!! Look at that smirk!!
Shout out to Christina Applegate
And she makes Chris' brain reset for a second
@@slayerfan2 she really did. It was like Chris knew that was her line and yet, with her delivery it made them all struggle for a second to remember where they were: In a van down by te RIVER!
Chris' physical comedy is so good in this. The way he deliberately cracks his voice when he delivers his lines is especially brilliant.
Apparently, he didn't talk like this during the rehearsals, and it was only when he came out on stage that he put on the voice! I think this caught the cast members, especially David and Christina off guard, and added to their amusement!
Every time I'm in the menu of baulders gate 3 this comes to mind
"Is that Bill Shakespeare over there?" Underrated line.
Its the glasses lifting and lowering that really puts that line over the top.
Yup
We can be sure that Shakespeare never lived in a van down by the river.
That’s my favorite line lmao
Showed this to my daughter learning Shakespeare in school. "Why did he call him Bill instead of William?" You don't know Chris Farley 's humor...
I’ve heard you’ve been using your papers not for writin’ .....but for *ROLLIN’ DOOBIES!!!!*
You'll have plenty of time for doobie rollin'...when yer livin' in a VAN....down by the river!
Classic lines!!!!!!
This is actually sad when you remember that Chris died because of his drug addiction
@@SoggySlopster he didn’t die from marijuana, silly
@@SoggySlopster Yeah coke will do that...”doobies” will not
Everytime Matt adjusts his belt, it gets me every time LOL.
"You're gonna be a lotta doobie rolling when you're living in a van down by the river!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂
He ironically did his job and brought the family together
That’s a great point! I’ve watched this a million times and hadn’t noticed!
@@richardlacey4923 ... duh ...
You understood the sketch!!
Ok. What else happened?
Sad that they couldn't have done the same with Joe, Jill and Hunter.
Omg sooooooo funny. I love how David and Christina have to hide their faces cuz they are cracking up like the rest of us.😂
A comedy sketch classic that will never get old.
Probably outlast our comments 😅..which isn't a bad thing 😊😊
"Now he's been down in the basement drinking coffee for about the last 4 hours." for some reason this is my favorite line. hahahahaha
Lol same
4 hours is an insane amount of time to wait. DMV isn't even that bad.
It's funnier when you've seen it before. It all makes sense.
I think it’s how it’s delivered so casually 😂.
Watching David try not to totally lose it is the best
I have a weird hope that it will turn out Phil Hartman and Chris Farley are not dead, they're just living in vans down by the river.
Nah, they're not dead. They've just gone home.
And John Candy
You are no Ron Burgundy
Their living in a van down by the river up in the sky bub.
Last of a dying breed
RIP Chris Farley. You will be forever missed.
Baldur's Gate 3 always makes me think of this sketch.
Might I ask why?
@@TheMeMeGuy2 It has a song called "Down By the River"
@@userJanus3003 makes sense I guess
We will miss you forever Phil Hartman and Chris Farley, comedic legends.
Living in a van up in heaven.
2 of the greatest SNL members ever
Like everyone is talking about Chris Farley but Phil Hartman's appearance is more painful to me 😖😣.
Well said. Add norm, prob Sandler, spade..its Lorne Michaels that did thos
@@ms.rstake_1211 I know, could never predict both would be dead in a few years. So tragic. Remember all the comedy though . Rip Chris and phil
Bob Odenkirk's writing and Chris Farley's performance created one of the best sketches in the history of SNL.
Bob Odenkirk wrote this?
@@TheEpicProportion, he did indeed. The character of Matt Foley began at Second City in Chicago (with Chris Farley as Foley), and SNL used it a few years later. Oddly enough, Bob had left SNL before the sketch aired.
Hey everybody I happen to know Bob Odenkirk wrote this sketch. Ain't I amazing and special and wonderful? Love me everybody! Looooooooove MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
He cooked meth in a van down by the river
One of the most brilliant physical comedians of modern times. May you be out of pain. RIP ❤
Applegate trying not to laugh at one of the best hyper comics ever lol
The set up, the full on physical delivery, the inability of spade or Applegate to hold it together, the table, this may be the greatest sketch in SNL history
Thomas Payne greatest sketch is massive head wound Harry or hot tub life guard Jim Carrey
@@BradyA1124 he was talking about SNL sketches
@@obsolete8210 Um.. "Massive Headwound Harry" (Dana Carvey) S17E6, "Jacuzzi Lifeguard" (Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey) S20E21
"Debbie Downer At Disney" is my all-time favorite, but this Chris Farley/Matt Foley one is right near the top.
George Wodicka I LOVE the Disney Debbie downer! That’s also on my top 5 list.
It's that belt adjusting sumo wrestler body language that cracks me up the most.
Thank you for giving words to that! This makes me laugh every time.
My mans is just squatting the whole time lol
The belt adjusting is probably the funniest thing but that's hard I didn't think the sumu body language was necessary but it says so many things right that it doesn't bother me
Just goes to show how much Farley wanted to make you laugh --- just the words alone were hilarious but he needed to add that extra kick to bring it up a level
I love how he keeps his legs apart as though hes man spreading. And such a great man spreader Chris Farley was 😁
This is one of the top 10 SNL skits of all time
Thank You to Bob Odenkirk for creating this character ✝💕
So damn funny! He was a comedic genius!!! RIP Chris! You are missed!!💕
The world would be a better place if Matt Foley gave the commencement speech at every graduation. :)
Agreed
Facts
I can probably do that. I just need the same energy as Chris farley lolol.
Jk. Nothing can compare to Chris Farley
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I love how the actors are trying not to smile and are failing miserably.
Lol when they hugged at the end it was a genuine reaction to wtf chris Farley just did to them on live tv
Farley even chuckles a bit after he gets up after smashing the table
Apparently they didn’t actually know what the sketch was going to be, they weren’t even given lines for most of it
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Tom F. No I don’t even know what your trying to do
1:51 The start of the interminable belt adjusting ahahahahhahahajaha
Can't believe it's been 30 years since this skit was aired. And think that I watched it live on my 14" TV. Never missed an episode back then.
Chris Farley isn’t dead. He just went back to his VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!!
his soul tranfered recently 20 million unemployed people covid 19
@@gasdorficmuncher9943 oof
wait he's dead?
Yes
@@mynameberamen1779 Yeah, he passed away from an overdosing on a "speedball". He had a really bad drug and alcohol addiction. Its sad that most of the people who try to make us laugh are the ones who need the most help and to laugh themselves. John Belushi, Chris Farley, and Robin Williams, may they rest in peace.
I love how David Spade and Christina Applegate struggled to hold in their laughter for the entirety of the skit. Farley and Hartman were absolute legends in the business. RIP to you both, you are dearly missed.
Saw an interview with Christina Applegate, where she said she had to cover her face from the audience and kept saying to herself, "Don't look at him, Don't look at him, Don't look at him!" She said she about lost it a couple of times and had to muster up everything just to say her lines.
Let's give a quick shout-out to Christina Applegate.
Rip 2 legends 🐐🐐
Say what you want about Chris Farley...He knew how to make people laugh and that's one of the best gifts you can possess! Rest in peace Chris.
He also knew how to mix a speedball. Or… maybe not.
I had this episode taped off of television when it aired. I watched it a thousand times.
never gets old!
The 2 minute lead in before Chris even enters the scene really sets this whole sketch up. It's a rare comedic gift to get laughs just upon entrance. Still funny nearly 30 years later. RIP Chris Farley.
"he's been down in the basement drinkin coffee for about the last 4hrs" lmao
I just thought this same thing.
@@BobbehHeel not good for the bladder
will ferrel in the clothes store sketch, on the scooter. also one of those.
*Matt Foley sounds like he’s gonna break down crying at the end of every sentence*
ZachDanny23 it was the cocaine. Lol
Can you blame him I mean he lives in a van down by the river
That was very much on purpose. One of the SNL writing staff had mentioned to Chris that he was going to hurt his voice talking like that. Chris told him not to worry about it.
ZachDanny23 kool lookin cat ! My cat looks the same✌😎🐈
* Much like Michael James Wixted on that horrible The Smith Family sitcom. OMG was that lad ever annoying. ♣
0:35 “ she didn’t smoke it did she 😒” lol I flipping love this
I come back to this one occasionally, it's like comfort food. Always hilarious no matter what's going on in life, I laugh every time. Lightning in a bottle.
"well la-dee-frICKIN'-DA" I use this line on a daily basis
@H Goode OR....It's a fitting comment when you are sarcastically impressed with someone while being a Farley fan. Don't be a douche,be fun.
I use “ my buddies, my pals , my amigos “ sometimes. Chris Farley. What a legend.
Your la dee da probably sounds like this... kzhead.info/sun/pthrYciBhJN9gKs/bejne.html
I use the line "I wish you could just shut your big YAPPER"
@@derekmartinez7134 i said that to my boss one time and i got written up
“WELL LA DE FRICKIN DA!” My favorite part that breaks me down into laughter 😂
I stole that line as a catchphrase.
Whoopsa daisy 😂😂😂
@@azchick7938 GOTTA GET BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK
I still use it when my kids go but Dad I wanted to do this
@@azchick7938 yes!
This is by far will always be my own favorite of all time SNL sketch
Applegate using her bangs to hide that she’s breaking 😂😂
I was lucky enough to have seen this in person. I was 17, my dad got tickets from a girl he was with at the time. We were seated directly in front of this set when it aired, on the 2nd tier, 1st row. Happy I was able to see two of the greatest perform live. Midnight Oil wasn't bad either, they sounded good live.
well ladi fricking da...were u living in a van..by the river
You got to see this AND midnight oil?? That's not fair
I doubt it
@@kershaw79 dan , i wish you would shut your damn cakehole !!!! haha
That’s cool.
The funniest part of this skit is watching David Spade and Christina Applegate trying not to lose it. She could at least use her hair for cover. Poor David had nowhere to hide 🤣🤣🤣
His cheeks were defibrillating trying not to laugh or smile! He looked like an alien.
🤣👌
It started right away with David Spade forgetting to take his eye-shadow off from the sketch before, as can be seen during some closeup shot.
Applegate also tried to fight back and break Farley by throwing him some curveball. "I wanna live in a van down by the river" I don't think that was in the script.
more like Christian was uncomfortable because david hit on her back set a lot and came out with the hand on the leg technique
"Well LA dee FRICKIN DAH!!" (Ohhh man that just absolutely DESTROYS me every time!! HYSTERICAL!!)
My older brother is actually gonna be performing this skit at second city in Chicago, it's the first time in 30/31 years that this sketch had been performed live
Jesus, Farley was just a force of nature.
Well, he was El Nino, which is Spanish for "The Nino".
As that coffee table found out... 😂
i acutally knew him back around '89. He was a friend of a friend and he came over to play D&D one time.. This clips brings me flashbacks lol
@J P D&D is Dungeons and Dragons. A sit down "pen and paper" role playing game.
YES HE FUCKING WAS!!!!!!!!
'Government cheese' is a criminally underrated line.
Some good cheese back in the day!
Agreed
Used to get that cheese in the commissary on base when I was stationed in West Germany in the army. I thought it was pretty good, actually.
...it was free 😊
@@jefffriedmann1482 shit I’m about to make a grilled cheese with some now
This was one for the books! Classic Farley! Genius comedian. ❤
drinking coffee in the basement for the last 4 hours ROFL
“Now he’s been down in the basement drinking coffee for about the last 4 hours...”
Thats a typical day for me.
@@Razorgeist do go on
AKA... A cover for the fact that he's tweeked out of his fucking mind on cocaine.
Something about basements and long stretches of time reminds me of Parasite and Pink Flamingos
Basement = green room backstage
Back in the day Living in a van down by the river sounded like punishment, NOW it sounds like a LIFE GOAL
4:02 umm well then how do you explain THIS???
Maybe that's one of the meanings of trickle down economics,if so a lot of us folks are trickling down to living "IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!"
ha! These days it's called living sustainably and economically...lol
I'm saving up so I can live on a boat right now lmao.
Yes, everyone's living in tiny houses made from old school buses.
"You'll have plenty of time livin' in a van down by the river when... YOU'RE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!"🤣🤪
GREATEST SNL skit of all time!! Chris was the best physical comedian of the 20th century.
Excellent at it . John Ritter, Lucille Ball and Tim Conway were pretty amazing as well 💕
@@jeffreymiller9808 Don't forget Dick Van Dyke and Jackie Gleason.
Chris Farley was a comedic genius. While everyone is cracking up, he doesn’t break - he stays in character! What a loss!
He was an amazing guy! He was loved by all his co-workers. They said he was just as funny off camera and really cared a lot about everyone. He would always be trying to make strangers laugh when they'd all hang out, which they did often
@@lightbeforethetunnel he was loved by everyone not just his coworkers
@@ACOGLMT556 Yes, that's true. I would have said "only his co-workers" if that's what I meant. I just pointed out the co-worker thing because usually people have some co-workers they don't get along with as well as others but all of them seemed to like him. Chris Farley was a great guy and went to church every Sunday! He knew Jesus is the most high and we was right. Maybe this is why he was so likeable, he understood unconditional love like Jesus taught us
Up there with Jeff Buckley and the greatest of the greats
Trivia tidbit, he is acting like a guy his dad knew growing up.
Yeah, let's give a quick shout out to Christina Applegate.
Dated a girl that looked her as trashy Kelly Bundy
No shit. It's an actual miracle that she wasn't in a puddle of tears by the end of this sketch.
@@snidelywhiplash ya never heard of Hannibal Burress?
Best talk show ever
@@warrentransue3507 Eric Andre the best
I have watched this video like 3,000 times and it still makes me laugh.
Just never gets old.😂
Watchin' this reminds me that we are currently living in a very beautiful time to be alive. Because, even tho I don't have a TV set, I can still watch this skit whenever I want on my phone, while living... in a van down by the river.
Hahaha 😆 😂 good one!!!
Truth haha!
Got me. Totally didn't see that coming. Good job!
Better than living in a river down by a van
😂😂😂 It's a goal now to live in a van down by the river
This is probably the most iconic skit ever on SNL. Forever a classic.
There is only one thing that would have made this sketch better, and that is more cowbell
@@natesanderson7293 The last time I checked, they don't have a lot of songs that feature the cowbell. And he'd be doing himself and the entire band a disservice if he didn't play the hell out of it.
@@brettdeacon4464 I want you to really explorRrRre the studio space
lol...well, not ever, but its a good one
Dan Akroyd's Bass-o-matic was pretty darn good too.
This man changed comedy forever. Legend
"Drinking "coffee" for the last four hours." 😂😂😂😂
the fact the two kids on the couch start laughing and are constantly trying to straighten their faces and failing makes it funnier
Three kids,three....close though.
Sir Sumumabitch Pretty sure there are only two
thezec yeah you never call David Spade a kid
"titans of comedy"................ now that's fucking comedy in itself buddy!
thezec lol yeah
The constant fixing his belt makes me laugh every time 😂😂
Same here
The way he's standing you'd think he's just finished riding a horse for 12 hours. It adds extra absurdity to the performance.
He didn't do it in rehearsal. Spade said it broke them all instantly. Plus nobody knew about the prop table either
Gallager
He had what Dr’s call “a little bit of a weight problem” to quote him 😂
Rip comedy legend ❤
Every time I play Baldur's Gate 3 and hear the theme this is all I can think of
it seems Farley was very focused on cracking David up. it seems he's normally difficult to break, but Farley succeeded he looks so pleased with himself when David starts laughing.David's reaction when Chris fell on the table, is priceless.
echo 13 For those who don’t know, Farley was the only actor on set who knew that he’d fall on that table. It was a complete surprise to the rest of the cast.