Chris Farley

Beloved comedian was found dead on Dec. 18, 1997.

Former cast member returned to host less than two months before he died.

He also performed three songs during the episode, including the Beatles' "Hey Jude."

Before Mike Myers became synonymous with the green ogre named Shrek, his fellow SNL castmate Chris Farley was actually cast in the role and had recorded about 80-90% of his dialogue. Then, in 1997, Farley tragically died of a drug overdose, DreamWorks was forced to recast the role and, in doing so, radically rethink their version of Shrek. Today, the first footage of Farley as Shrek has popped up online and shows a very different character than the one we have come to know and love.

The SNL 40 show a few weeks back has got me binging on classic SNL. Luckily, Hulu has every episode! I saw this one today and had to share it with ya. This one's from 20 years ago. In the skit, Chris Farley plays 'Mike the cameraman' for Stuart Smalley’s ‘Daily Affirmations’...