Mike Myers and Dave Foley paid a visit to the Rivoli
And you can watch their surely funny conversation when Foley’s show airs
Mike Myers and Dave Foley returned to their old stomping grounds with a trip to the Rivoli, the Queen West venue where both spent time early in their careers.
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“The long-time friends came by to have lunch and discuss their passion for the Maple Leafs,” says a post on the Rivoli’s Instagram page, which features a shot of Myers, Foley and Rivoli booker Brendan Fyfe. The visit was taped for a new show being hosted by Foley, called Hockey Fanatics.
With Kids in the Hall, Foley frequently performed at the Rivoli. One of Myers’ Saturday Night Live characters, Dieter, is said to have been inspired by a Rivoli server years ago.
“They shared their love for the venue and how happy they were to see it still operating,” said the post.
It’s nice when our Toronto favourites remember where they came from.
Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
