The Chris Farley Show A Biography in Three Acts Hardback - 2008

by Jr., Tom Farley; Tanner Colby

A biographyof the SaturdayNight Live star astold by his friendsand family

No one dominated a stage the way Chris Farley did. For him,comedy was not a routine; it was a way of life. He could not enter aroom unnoticed or let a conversation go without making someonelaugh. Fans knew Chris as Saturday Night Live's sweaty, swaggering,motivational speaker; as the irresistible Chippendales stripper;and as Tommy Callahan, the underdog hero of Tommy Boy. Hisfamily knew him as sensitive and passionate, deeply religious, anddevoted to bringing laughter into others' lives.

But Chris did not know moderation, either in his boundlessgenerosity toward friends or in the reckless abandon of hisdrug and alcohol abuse. For ten years, Chris cycled in and out ofrehabilitation centers, constantly fighting his insecurities and hisfears. Despite three hard-fought years of sobriety, addiction wouldultimately take his life at the tragically young age of thirty-three.Fame on SNL and three straight number-one box office hits gaveway to a string of embarrassing public appearances, followed by afatal overdose in December 1997.

Here is Chris Farley as remembered by his family, friends, andcolleagues the true story of a man who lived to make us laughand died as a result. The Chris Farley Show is an evocative and harrowingportrait of a family trapped by addiction, a father forced tobury a son, and a gifted and kindhearted man ultimately torn apartby the demons inside him.