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Friday Jul 3 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Chippendales come back to Fairbanks

Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze can eat their hearts out. The two pop icons may have turned on the heat and hearts of thousands of women after their one-time Chippendales audition in a 1990s Saturday Night Live skit, but compared to the internationally acclaimed group of male dancers on their way to Fairbanks this weekend, the two comedians just ...

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Related Topix: Patrick Swayze

Sat Jun 27, 2009

TV Squad

Sketch Comedy Saturday: All That

This installment of Sketch Comedy Saturday holds a very specific goal. On one hand, it's to serve as a minor aid in the quest to overcome Saturday Night Live withdrawal.

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Related Topix: Amanda Bynes, Comedy Movies, Good Burger, Family, Entertainment, Television

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Iran election: What Chris Farley can teach us

While watching the street protests in Iran these past two weeks -- turns out more votes were cast in 50 cities in the June 12 presidential election than the actual number of Iranians who live there -- I kept asking myself the same question.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Sheep, David Spade, Tim Matheson

Sat Jun 06, 2009

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

Wayne's World

Studio: Paramount Year: 1992 Cast: Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn-Boyle, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Farley, Ed O'Neill, Ione Skye, Alice Cooper, Robert Patrick Director: Penelope Spheeris Release Date: May 12, 2009 Rating: PG-13 for sex-related dialogue Run Time: 01h:34m:00s Genre : comedy "Some I wish I could boldly go ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle

Thu Jun 04, 2009

McClatchy DC

Older workers muscling out teens for summer jobs

After three years of braving Alaska's minus 50-degree winter temperatures and round-the-clock summer sunshine, architect Victoria Schmitz is taking a break.

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Related Topix: Boulder Metro, Denver Metro, Boulder, CO, Adam Sandler, Family, Teenagers

Sat May 30, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Bookmarks: The Moth has tales to attract you to its light

When Tom Farley was approached by the storytelling show, The Moth, to join its performers in Milwaukee this Saturday, he hesitated for just the few minutes it took him to check out what The Moth was about.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Drugs, Entertainment

Wed May 20, 2009

DVDfile.com

Black Sheep - Blu-ray

It's been fourteen years since Chris Farley made his leading-man debut in Tommy Boy , and in that time, dumbass comedies like it have decidedly gone out of fashion.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, Western, Almost Heroes, Action Movies, Beverly Hills Ninja, Adventure, David Spade

Mon May 18, 2009

Detroit News

Neal Rubin

One of John Birney's alumni is a U.S. Marine who was President George W. Bush's favorite video game partner at Camp David.

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Related Topix: George Bush, W., Video Games, Social Software, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Opinion

Fri May 15, 2009

Http

Live from New York ... it's Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig still gets goosebumps when she hears the saxophone warming up for the introduction music to "Saturday Night Live." The actress is in her fourth season with the show, but Wiig said she still hasn't become accustomed to performing on the same stage that launched or boosted the careers of Bill Murray, Chris Farley, Tina Fey and Eddie ...

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Related Topix: Extract, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Adventureland, Tina Fey, Bill Murray

Wed May 13, 2009

The Numbers

DVD Releases for May 12th, 2009 - Part I

Thanks to last week's computer crash, and the overabundance of spotlight reviews, the rest of the list will be a lot shorter than usual.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, David Spade, There's Something About Mary

Wed May 06, 2009

FilmCritic

Black Sheep

Chris Farley's tragic, untimely death at age 33 sparked a newfound admiration of his talents, but loving eyes can't appreciate something as painfully unfunny as Black Sheep , the second and final pairing of Farley and David Spade.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Movies, Entertainment

Mon May 04, 2009

San Diego Reader

Tommy Boy

In the tramp, tramp, tramp of SNL alums to the big screen, Chris Farley takes a turn -- a star turn -- and takes along David Spade in support : fat jokes, stupid jokes, clumsy jokes.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Tommy Boy, David Spade, Dan Aykroyd, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Apr 23, 2009

The Review

Famed comedian's brother brings anti-drug message to college, middle school

All Chris Farley ever wanted was for people to like him. Farley, a comedian well known for his performances on both the small and large screen, died Dec.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Alliance, OH, Mount Union College

Fri Apr 17, 2009

The Review

Collaborative effort between Mount Union, middle school brings Tom Farley to town

Halle Bratz, a Mount Union College middle childhood education major from Parma, helps sixth-graders at Alliance Middle School, Emily Ferrall, left, Amber Faulkner and Anessa Fox, to write what their a oeAnti Druga is on their T-shirts on Wednesday .

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Related Topix: Mount Union College, Drugs, Education Etc., Family, Kids, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health

Wed Mar 25, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Will Bill Daley be ambassador to China?

Is former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley getting his chopsticks ready? To wit: Sneed hears rumbles Daley may become the next U.S. ambassador to China.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, House, Drama, Chicago, IL, Home Listing, Home

Wed Mar 18, 2009

Marquette Tribune

Tom Farley addresses brother's addictions

Chris Farley's brother, Tom, spoke in the Weasler Auditorium last night about the late comedian and the effects of substance abuse.

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Related Topix: Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Drugs, Patrick Swayze

Mon Mar 16, 2009

News Chief

Area group raises money for charity on comedy tour

Published: Monday, March 16, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 16, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. What started out as a conversation between friends about a road trip stemmed into a cross-country comedy trip ...

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Related Topix: Chicago, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Florida, Saturday Night Live

Wed Mar 11, 2009

Newsday.com

Big Guys We Love

Here's to the other big guys out there who make us laugh . March 11, 2009 Image 1 of 15 Chris Farley may not have been the first fat funny man on "Saturday Night Live" but he was a memorable one.

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Mon Mar 09, 2009

Things That ... Make You Go Hmm

MacGruber is the best SNL repeating skit in years

One of my favorite parts of Saturday Night Live over the years has been the repeatable skits like the classic Mr.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Comedy Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Coneheads, Eddie Murphy, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock

Wed Mar 04, 2009

The Big Lead

Listy: Top 10 Comedy Figures over the Last 20 Years

Just as sports debates are highly subjective, so is humor. Yesterday, a reader wondered who the Top 10 comedy figures might be over the last 20 years.

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Adam Sandler, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Old School, Artie Lange, In Living Color, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

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