Robert Smigel Defends Chris Farley Chippendales ‘SNL’ Sketch

Robert Smigel on Wednesday dropped by The Howard Stern Show where he defended a classic Saturday Night Live sketch he wrote, which starred the late Chris Farley.Stern brought up that the Chippendales sketch — which featured Farley and the late Patrick Swayze dueling for a spot in the male striptease show — had come under fire in recent years for perhaps adding to Farley’s self-destructive behavior.Smigel told Stern the sketch is misunderstood.“I was in a debate about it with some people who wrote Chris Farley’s book, which was everyone weighing in on Chris’ life and what happened ......