Chris Farley sought treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at Hazelden Center City, one of the campuses of the famous Hazelden treatment center.

Farley's June 24, 1994 speech to a packed auditorium at Hazelden is reprinted in the book, The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts.

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Chris Farley graduated from Marquette University with degrees in communications and theater in 1986. Farley's character, Tommy, also graduates from Marquette University at the beginning of the 1995 film Tommy Boy.

The Diederich College of Communication offers a scholarship for a recipient who demonstrates "use of creativity and humor in a positive manner."

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Chris Farley worked here with his father after graduating from Marquette University in 1986 with degrees in communications and theater.

He began performing regularly at the Ark Improv Theatre in Madison, and then went on to Improv Olympic and Second City in Chicago, before being discovered by Lorne Michaels of SNL.

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The Red Arrow Camp For Boys is located on the north shore of Trout Lake in north central Wisconsin. It was founded in 1920 on a former Indian village/logging company/resort site.

The former Saturday Night Live standout and comedy actor Chris Farley was a camper here, and later became counselor. He developed some of his comedic skills here in the yearly Counselor Stunt Night.

His brother, Kevin Farley, recalled of the camp plays:
"He was always the lead and always had the big singing number. He sang Elvis' "Teddy Bear." All the parents would come up for the play and they'd be buzzing about how well he did that."

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