Editing Chris Farley (section)

==Early life==
Christopher Crosby Farley was born in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], on February 15, 1964 to an [[Irish-American]] family, and grew up in [[Maple Bluff, Wisconsin|Maple Bluff]].<ref>[https://www.thebozho.com/chris-farley-tour-madison/ The Chris Farley Tour of Madison, Wisconsin | The Bozho] Retrieved 2018-09-20.</ref> His father Thomas John Farley Sr. (1936–1999) owned an oil company and his mother Mary Anne (née Crosby) was a homemaker.<ref name="yahoo"/> He had four siblings: Tom Jr., [[Kevin Farley|Kevin]], [[John Farley (actor)|John]], and Barbara. His cousin [[Jim Farley (businessman)|Jim]] is chief executive officer at [[Ford Motor Company]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Gardner|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1793009141.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+18%2C+2009&author=GREG+GARDNER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&edition=&startpage=A.9&desc=Rising+star+assigned+new+duties+at+Ford|title=Rising star assigned new duties at Ford|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|location=Detroit, Michigan|date=July 18, 2009|access-date=September 4, 2011|archive-date=March 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330045446/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1793009141.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+18%2C+2009&author=GREG+GARDNER&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&edition=&startpage=A.9&desc=Rising+star+assigned+new+duties+at+Ford|url-status=dead}}{{registration required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Bill|last=Vlasic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/business/20ford.html|title=A Star at Toyota, a Believer at Ford|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|page=4|date=April 20, 2008|access-date=June 8, 2008}}</ref> Farley attended [[parochial school]]s in Madison, including [[Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart]]. According to [[Joel Murray]], a fellow Second City cast member, Farley would "always make it to [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechrisfarleyshow.com/chicago.html|title=Chris Farley|publisher=The Chris Farley Show|access-date=September 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424071147/http://www.thechrisfarleyshow.com/chicago.html|archive-date=April 24, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Many of his summers were spent as a camper and counselor at Red Arrow Camp, near [[Minocqua, Wisconsin]]. He graduated from [[Marquette University]] in 1986, with a double major in [[Communication studies|communications]] and [[theater]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marquette.edu/about/allfamous.shtml|title=Marquette University&nbsp;— Famous Faces|publisher=Marquette.edu|date=February 12, 2003|access-date=October 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104220519/http://www.marquette.edu/about/allfamous.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> At Marquette, he played [[rugby union]] and discovered a love of comedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marquettewire.org/3672803/tribune/tribune-news/tom-farley-addresses-brothers-addictions/|title=Tom Farley addresses brother's addictions|last=Engel|first=Tom|work=[[Marquette Tribune]]|date=March 17, 2009|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> After college, he worked with his father at the Scotch Oil Company in Madison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/chris-farley-9542500|title=Chris Farley Biography|publisher=The Biography Channel|access-date=October 25, 2010}}</ref> He first learned the art of improvisational comedy at the Ark Improv Theatre in Madison.

Farley made his way to Chicago, performing first at [[IO Theater|Improv Olympic]]. He then attended [[Chicago]]'s [[The Second City|Second City Theatre]], starting the same day as [[Stephen Colbert]],<ref>{{Cite tweet|title=Chris Farley and I started at Second City on the same day. You knew the minute you saw him on stage he was great. He was sweet and smart and funny. When I heard he had died, 21 years ago today, I fell to the ground. Rest In Peace.|last=Colbert|first=Stephen|date=December 18, 2018|user=stephenathome|language=en|number=1075203135239585792|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> initially as part of Second City's touring group. He was eventually promoted to their main stage in 1989, and was a cast member of three revues, ''The Gods Must Be Lazy'', ''It Was Thirty Years Ago Today'', and ''Flag Smoking Permitted in Lobby Only or Censorama''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secondcity.com/people/other/chris-farley/|title=Chris Farley|publisher=The Second City|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>