i won. ( cheers and applause ) >> alfonsi: but it was his heart-felt tribute that night to pal chris farleyther he was the bumble bee girl or living in a ♪ a van down by the river. ( cheers and applause ) i sang it in rehearsal when we were first doin' it in the daytime. and i kept-- gettin' choked up, i think it was just being at "snl" and being at the place that i hung with the man. but yeah, farley was the guy that we all just said, "well he is the funniest, now who is next?" you know? thank you so much! >> alfonsi: sandler is holding his own. netflix says his latest stand up special was a hit and that more than 70 million people watched "murder mystery," his film last summer with jennifer anniston. >> what the- aw, are you kidding me? >> alfonsi: on screen, on stage, or on the court.... >> sandler: i'll cover this kide than just fun to watch. >> sandler: that's called a perfect pass! >> alfonsi: he's the most versatile smart-ass in the game. >> sandler: right on, baby. ( ticking ) >> cbs sports hq is presented by progressive insurance. i'm james brown with scores from n.f.l. today. balt

he did a song about chris farley.ot of work with chris farley, and adam and he were very close. he was doing this tribute and looked around the studio, and the crew were the same crew, the people in design were the same people, and you sort of saw people tearing up and you realized it is an important thing. on that stage, in that room, where everyone has been working forever, it had real power. david: are there things you would like to do with the show you have not done yet? lorne: the show continues to morph. since the last election, it has been much more political because the audience can follow it. there were times in the mid-1990's if you asked one of the cast members who the senate majority leader is, they would not know. ♪ david: on your lapel, you are wearing a pin which i guess is the order of canada? that signifies the highest order you can get is a citizen of canada? lorne: you can be elected prime minister, i suppose. david: people would rather have that. you received that as -- you are a canadian and ameri

beginnings of his career exploded but you could really see the cast tearing up and he sang a song about chris farley and i felt it. i have that nostalgia to and is much as i can sit here and make fun of these movies justifiably but i also love them at that age but ended up in a place forgiving ourselves and also that white men shouldn't be allowed in there is a process that i think about all the time. that roman polanski. >> and that involves that you don't get to return and the rest but it's not like to play adam sandler into comedy prison. >> and that i met him backstage afterwards but the answer is not to punish sandler i literally chose him because comedy was a part of my life so there are a million versions of that chapter so it's not fair to pick on him but he was monumentally influential. is not to berate him or cancel him. and where those a wide diverse array of people. where women and people of color and trans people and any of the vast array of people can be the hero of the film and get to write the jokes and to be part of defining the culture. not just as actors and writers but on every l

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>> it's not hyperbole to say if you walked in a room and chris farley was there, you would walk out andhat is the funniest person that ever lived. >> nobody else could do that. i think that's the beautiful thing about laughter. if somebody made you laugh, you'll remember that forever. >> joe hartman was my closest friend at saturday night live. he had the greatest instrument of any comedian i ever worked with. >> i'm just a kid, man. i fell in some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. your world frightens and confuses me. >> he was the glue. he held everything together. so if a sketch was horrible, put phil hartman in it, and it will elevate it. >> i hide behind -- >> many friends and fans of comic actor phil hartman are grief stricken this morning. police believe he was shot by his wife who then shot herself in their california home. >> the loss of phil was a huge shock to the system. it was a bad marriage, but no one thought it was going to resolve itself that tragically and that horrifyingly. >> when these people go, even if we don't know them personally, we feel

he sang a song about chris farley. and i felt it too. i have that nostalgia too. as much as i can make fun of these movies, justifiably. i also, i love them too when i was that age. it sort of ended up in this place of like forgiving ourselves for not having always been perfect and also that i don't think that white men shouldn't be allowed to make art. probably not the case for adam sandler but there's a process of winging its value. >> we can't - - cinema. >> how do take michael jackson out of music? >> you don't. but you don't listen to it uncritically either. the thing i think it robs you of is comfort. you don't get to return to the ease of, i love this. right? >> the answer is not to quote adam sandler. or even to be mean to him. i hope i wasn't too mean because it then i met him. he was literally so nice. sorry sir. you don't know it yet and you probably never will. anyway, the answer is not to punish sandler. he's just representatives. i chose him because comedy was a big part of my life. there could have been 1 million versions of that chapter. it's not n

know, you can feel and see the cast in the wings, like tearing up and singing see a song about chris farley. and i felt it is it too. i was like, i have that nostalgia two. and as much as i can sit here and make fun of these movies, justifiably, i also kinda love them to what i was that edge and it sort of ended up in this place up like forgiving ourselves are for not having always been perfect. and also that i don't think that you know, ointment should be allowed to make art. and some of the art probably not. some of the art, there is a process of weighing its value. i didn't think about this all of the time you write, you can't d glancy cinema. >> how you take michael jackson i'm music. check it out. you don't do it uncritically either. in and that is the trick. and i think i think robs you of is comfort. you'll get to return to these. i love this. >>> the answered has brought to like put adam sandler and a comedy person. or even like not to be mean off of i hope that wasn't is it too mean. i like that i like but have backstage afterwards. it was so nice. and i was thinking sorry sir. you