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...

Matt Foley is a fictional character from the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live performed by Chris Farley. Foley is a motivational speaker who exhibits characteristics atypical of someone in that position: whereas motivational speakers are usually successful and charismatic, Foley is abrasive, clumsy and down on his luck.

May 8, 1993 · Farley quickly became one of the sketch show’s most popular stars, delivering memorable turns as a Chippendale’s dancer opposite Patrick Swayze and helping create Bill Swerski's Superfans, a...

“Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker” earned the prestigious title of “Greatest Sketch in SNL History” when Rolling Stone published its list of the “50 Greatest Saturday Night Live Sketches of All Time.”

Jan 30, 2025 · Chris Farley's Matt Foley scared David Spade and Christina Applegate straight with his tale of "living in a van down by the river." Watch the sketch here.

Jun 6, 2023 · On this day a nationwide audience got to witness "Matt Foley: Van Down by the River," a Saturday Night Live sketch that just might be the best in the show's forty-plus-year history.

Mar 23, 2023 · Bob Odenkirk wrote the famous sketch which features Chris Farley as Matt Foley, a motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river.

Matt is an iconic character from Saturday Night Live, performed by Chris Farley. The character was created by Bob Odenkirk for the Second City theater troupe, although the idea for Farley to fall on the coffee table was added by Robert Smigel for SNL.

Mar 23, 2023 · During an appearance on "Hot Ones" Thursday, the Emmy-winning actor and Saturday Night Live vet looked back at his time at Chicago's Second City with the late Chris Farley.

Feb 18, 2014 · Chris Farley’s river-van-living motivational speaker Matt Foley is easily one of SNL ’s most iconic characters and, like many of the show’s characters, he got his start on the Second City...