Chris Farley's sports skits and other classics

Ten years ago today, Chris Farley passed away. The man was a genius at physical comedy and I still miss his awesome SNL skits. In tribute to Farley, here's a look back at some of the sports-related skits and commercials he did over the years, and a few other choice clips.



This took me forever to find (suck it NBC). It's the ultra classic Superfans skit with Michael Jordan where they debate Ditka versus a hurricane and Farley has the massive heart attack.


Farley also once did an ad for ESPN, recreating the final moments of the Duke/Kentucky thriller.


About 1:40 into this video you get the classic Farley ice skating clip.



The famous El Nino clip.


This Colombian coffee ad always killed me.


The famous Chippendales dance.


And of course, the legendary Matt Foley skit.


BY SPECIAL REQUEST, here's the Schmitts Gay skit.



-WCK

Somebody give Mercury Morris an Oscar

I think by now, a fair number of people know that Mercury Morris appeared in an incredibly low-budget 1974 blaxploitation film called The Black Six. It featured Gene Washington of the San Francisco 49ers, Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Willie Lanier of the Kansas City Chiefs, Mercury Morris of the Miami Dolphins, Lem Barney of the Detroit Lions, and Carl Eller of the Minnesota Vikings. Just to make the cast even more hilarious, former baseball great Maury Wills made a cameo appearance as well.

The movie is of course horrible, but the above video contains Mercury's big scene in the film, where he gets on the nerves of some racist white honkies. I know, Mercury annoying people? That's so out of character for him.

Mercury isn't exactly Hamlet, but when he calls the woman behind the counter "fat and ugly," he gets pretty close.

-WCK

This would make me want to see a Lady Vols game

I'm sure you've probably heard about how Tennessee would like to increase attendance at Lady Vols basketball games, and to accomplish that they're giving away free tuition to people who attend at least 10 of 14 home games.

Now, while you'd never even catch me dead on Tennessee's campus, let alone at a women's basketball game, I will say this. I'd theoretically consider attending a game if I was always gauranteed a halftime show that involved mascots playing basketball, which the Lady Vols did once last year. Watch out for that shake. He may look slow, but he owns the paint.

-WCK

This is why we think soccer players aren't tough

This is DC United player Luciano Emilio, who is also the 2007 MLS MVP, singing James Blunt's "You're Beautiful." Considering English isn't Luciano's first language, he does a somewhat decent job. But, honestly, is it any wonder why Americans think soccer isn't a tough sport? Oh well, at least Luciano has better taste in music than Carson Palmer. Maybe.

HT: BobbyBoswell.com

-WCK