THE MOMENT MATT FOLEY WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR
Some comedy characters need complicated stories to become memorable.
Matt Foley needed only a few minutes, an oversized personality, and a van down by the river.
When Chris Farley first appears in this legendary SNL sketch, the entire atmosphere changes.
The family is attempting to have a serious conversation with their children about drugs and their future.
Then Matt Foley arrives.
Instead of calming the situation, he immediately makes everything louder, stranger, and completely unpredictable.
The original sketch aired on May 8, 1993, with Christina Applegate hosting Saturday Night Live.
Chris Farley played Matt Foley alongside Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney, David Spade, and Christina Applegate.
MEET MATT FOLEY
Matt Foley is supposed to be a motivational speaker.
But almost everything about him is the opposite of what you would expect from a successful motivational speaker.
He is aggressive.
He is clumsy.
He is wildly dramatic.
And his own life is clearly not going according to plan.
Instead of inspiring the teenagers, Matt essentially describes his own miserable future as a warning.
That contrast creates the central joke.
The parents have...
