Posted on Feb 19, 2014

Chris Farley's Original "Van Down By The River" Sketch Is Even Better Than The SNL Version

It appears Matt Foley was in that van a lot longer than we thought.

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The sketch, titled "Motivation," takes place on Chicago's famed The Second City stage, birthplace of many a Saturday Night Live alum. The video (uploaded by The Second City) marks the date as July 26, 1990, which makes it almost a full three years in between the video and when the sketch would air on SNL in 1993. Not only does the original sketch still hold up, it features Bob Odenkirk (who co-wrote the sketch with Farley), Tim Meadows, Tim O'Malley, David Pasquesi, Jill Talley, and Holly Wortell.