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It's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn, America's radio sweetheart. My guess on the program

are Tanner Colby and Tom Farley Jr. Together, they've put together an oral biography of Tom's

brother Chris Farley called the Chris Farley Show, a biography in three acts. Gentlemen,

welcome to the Sound of Young America. It's a pleasure to have you on the show.

It's fun to be here.

It's fun to be here, yeah.

Tanner, you were on the show a couple years ago when you did a similar book with Judith

Belushi Pasano, who was the widow of John Belushi.

That's right.

What was it that drew you to this particular story for a second book?

It was really, I was kind of led here. A lot of the people who were in John's life were also part of Chris's life

and sort of a mentor role, Dan Ackroyd and obviously one of Michael's and a lot of people

behind the scenes that's had her not live. And as I spoke to them about John Belushi,

they said, you know, John's got a great story, but Chris is really the story that's never been told before.

And it's an amazing story. He's a fascinating guy and he's got a rabid fan base that are out there

and they really want to know the story and that would be a great project to do next.

So I called Tom left to a voicemail on his facts machine and his basement, I think.

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