{"id":14233,"date":"2019-05-05T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T15:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=14233"},"modified":"2019-05-09T13:53:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:53:06","slug":"adam-sandler-snl-chris-farley-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/adam-sandler-snl-chris-farley-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Sandler pays tribute to Chris Farley on \u201cSNL\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Sandler had never hosted <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> before last night.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a few former cast members have returned to Studio 8H to lead the show over the years. But Sandler, who was an <em>SNL<\/em> cast member from 1991-95, somehow had never done the honors. (Maybe because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eghK5yMpNuc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he was fired<\/a>.) And while the episode did feature a few nods to Sandler\u2019s tenure \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EngzvMC0jzE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Opera Man<\/a>! \u2014 the undisputed highlight was his tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/chris-farley-tour-madison\/\">Madison\u2019s own Chris Farley<\/a>, who died in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the night, Sandler\u2019s adeptness at musical comedy was on full display. But for the episode\u2019s final sketch, Sandler took the stage with his guitar and sang a song about Farley that was both hilarious and unexpectedly moving. (A longer version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tp2qkhHU0Mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">originally appeared<\/a> in Sandler\u2019s recent Netflix special, <em>100% Fresh<\/em>.)<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25IOsvWPQGQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>Sandler <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AvzNSCUV6pk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared an office with Farley<\/a> (and Chris Rock and David Spade) at <em>SNL<\/em>, and he recalls the late comic as a guy who \u201chungover as hell&#8230; would still show up to morning mass\u201d after a show. He sang about Farley\u2019s permeating sweetness and the litany of classic sketches he appeared in.<\/p>\n<p>But as with anything Farley-related, there was an undercurrent of sadness to it. Sandler remembers the pain of flying to Madison to bury him, and watching \u201cFarl\u2019s\u201d father cry at the funeral. In a particularly stinging lyric, Sandler speculated they would likely be working together on <em>Grown Ups 3<\/em>\u00a0if Farley was still around today.<\/p>\n<p>I never thought <em>Grown Ups<\/em> would make me cry, but here we are. Sandler clearly has trouble keeping it together during the song, and several cast members were spotted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2019\/05\/watch-adam-sandlers-moving-tribute-to-chris-farley-on-snl.html?utm_campaign=vulture&amp;utm_source=tw&amp;utm_medium=s1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stuff in their eyes<\/a> during the good nights. But in the end, the song was a goofy, heartfelt celebration of a guy who dedicated his life to making others laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Sandler had never hosted Saturday Night Live before last night. Quite a few former cast members have returned to Studio 8H to lead the show over the years. 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