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2021-04-30 02:14:13 UTC
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chris-farley-chippendales-snl-sketch-defended-by-writer-robert-smigel
Former SNL writer Smigel discussed the 1990 sketch featuring Farley and
Patrick Swayze on The Howard Stern Show. Smigel told Stern that the sketch
is misunderstood. "I was in a debate about it with some people who wrote
Chris Farley's book, which was everyone weighing in on Chris' life and what
happened to him," Smigel said. "And I think someone in the book said, 'That
sketch was the first step in killing him,' because it was like he had no
respect for himself by doing that sketch." Smigel pointed out that Farley
was "incredibly nimble" and actually a great dancer. "In a way, it was a
very empowering sketch, and I think that is what people felt the first time
they watched it," he said.
Former SNL writer Smigel discussed the 1990 sketch featuring Farley and
Patrick Swayze on The Howard Stern Show. Smigel told Stern that the sketch
is misunderstood. "I was in a debate about it with some people who wrote
Chris Farley's book, which was everyone weighing in on Chris' life and what
happened to him," Smigel said. "And I think someone in the book said, 'That
sketch was the first step in killing him,' because it was like he had no
respect for himself by doing that sketch." Smigel pointed out that Farley
was "incredibly nimble" and actually a great dancer. "In a way, it was a
very empowering sketch, and I think that is what people felt the first time
they watched it," he said.