Dave Foley: Dark Side of ‘Kids in the Hall’

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Dave Foley is thankful to be the narrator and not one of the subjects of Vice TV’s ‘Dark Side of Comedy’ docuseries. The co-founder of the iconic sketch group ‘Kids in the Hall,’ which premiered its long-awaited sixth reunion season on Amazon Prime Video earlier this year, had his share of life-threatening troubles before cleaning up his act and finally getting sober a few years back. In this episode, Foley talks about why so many comedians have dark backstories, traces the contentious history of ‘Kids in the Hall,’ recalls the best audition of his career for the role of Michael Scott on ‘The Office’ and reflects on working with outsized personalities like Andy Dick, Joe Rogan and Phil Hartman on ‘Newsradio.’

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0:00.0	My guest on this week's show is an absolute sketch comedy legend.
0:05.5	And no, I'm not being sarcastic.
0:08.5	Please to meet you.
0:09.6	Well, it certainly is a pleasure to meet you, Derek.
0:17.8	I'm sorry if I bothered you.
0:20.2	Oh, no, you're not bothering me, Derek. Far from it.
0:23.8	There's nothing I would rather do than just stand here and chat with you.
0:28.4	You know, really get to know you?
0:35.0	Look, I don't think there's any need to be sarcastic.
0:37.2	Oh, I'm not being sarcastic!
0:40.3	No!
0:43.3	This is just a little speech impediment.
0:46.3	I can't help it.
0:52.3	Okay, I've obviously said or done something wrong to upset you. I'm just going to apologize and be on my way.
0:56.0	No, no, no, please stay.
0:58.0	It's true. I've talked this way all my life.
1:02.0	It's made things very difficult for me.
1:06.0	Yeah, right.
1:10.0	Hey, where are you going? Come back.
1:13.6	I really want to be your friend.
1:17.6	I'm so lonely.
1:22.6	This is the Last Laugh.
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