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Lay off me, I'm starving!
— Saturday Night Live ‧ 1975
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The gag is the sudden jump from fluttery bubbly mall girl to a hungry monster, and Farley, a large man in a wig and a blouse, commits to it completely. It outlived the sketch as the comic excuse for anyone caught raiding the fridge, and as an affectionate reminder of how hard Farley made his co-stars laugh.
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In context
Spoilers for Saturday Night LiveShow the scene
The line comes from the Gap Girls, a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch of the 1993-94 season (season 19) about shop workers at the Gap who have little interest in the job. Over lunch, Cindy (Chris Farley) helps herself to the other girls' fries. When one of them asks if she is meant to be losing weight, Farley's valley-girl voice suddenly drops into a deep, possessed growl for the line. Co-stars David Spade and Adam Sandler visibly fight not to break character laughing, as they often did when Farley went big.
Sources (2)
- SNL Wiki: Gap GirlsCharacter summaryReference checked
- Wikiquote: Saturday Night Live/Season 19Sara Gilbert/Counting Crows sketch, fries exchangeReference checked
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