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Christina Applegate Explains How She Got Chris Farley's SNL Van Down by the River Sketch on the Air

The "Van by the River" sketch featuring Chris Farley as hyper motivational speaker Matt Foley is arguably the best Saturday Night Live sketch ever — but on

The Married With Children, Anchorman and Dead to Me actress appeared on Spade and Dana Carvey’s Fly on the Wall podcast, which is focused on SNL, to recall her hosting gig on May 8, 1993. Spade and Applegate appear in the sketch as a pair of teenagers, Brian and Stacy, whose parents — Julia Sweeney and Phil Hartman — hire a motivational speaker after they discover that one of the teens has left a bag of pot in the family room. Applegate delivers a fabulous deadpan as Stacy, until she and Spade begin struggling desperately to keep their composure as Farley turns in a wildly amped up performance.

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