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welcometofarleyville.blogspot.com Was watching a repeat of Letterman last night and was surprised when I saw a Direct TV Ad featuring my favorite movi...
Sort by PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) - 10/28/2009
It's a gimmick that Direct TV has done with such movies & stars as Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future and Naomi Watts in King Kong - actors advertising Direct TV services while reenacting scenes from beloved movies. Recently, the newest commercial premiered, with David Spade reprising his role in Tommy Boy in the scene [...]
Sort by The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) - 10/28/2009
In a statement to Asylum on Tuesday, comedian David Spade reacted to the negative backlash that has accompanied his new DirecTV ad featuring deceased actor Chris Farley. “When Direct TV came to me and the Farley family with this idea about Tommy Boy, we talked and thought it would be a cool way to remind [...]
Sort by Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) - 10/29/2009
DirecTV has a series of commercials dating back to 2006 that include clips from films integrated with the actors shilling their satellite TV service. The commercials are said to “break the fourth wall” in that actors turn and speak directly to the viewer during a scene. (I’m not trying to be a smarty pants [...]
Sort by WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) - 10/26/2009
Filed under: Ad Rant Friendship is a beautiful thing, except when you have a friend like David Spade . The minor-league SNL alum's close buddy Chris Farley died at 33 of a drug overdose in 1997, and the grief must be eating away at Spade's brain cells (and ethics) all these years later. How else to explain the monstrous lack of judgment involved in Spade's new commercial for DirecTV ? The ad uses...
Sort by Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) - 10/28/2009
David Spade recently filmed a commercial for satellite company DirecTV. The 30-second spot features Spade promoting the brand while a 1995 film clip of deceased actor Chris Farley in his famous Fat Boy in a Little Coat film plays in the background. Spade says, “Great, I’m here with tons of fun, but I could be at [...]
Sort by ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) - 10/27/2009
Some people were upset when they saw Dave Spade in a commercial for Direct TV that featured a Chris Farley clip from the film Tommy Boy . The late comedian Chris Farley was a personal friend of David Spade's and some felt Spade was "selling out" Farley's memory. David Spade's publicist provided Asylum with this quote about the ad: ""When DIRECT TV came to me and the Farley family with this idea about...
Sort by Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) - 11/02/2009
As a huge (no pun intended) fan of Chris Farley in general and “Tommy Boy” in particular — there weren’t many more popular or quotable movies on campus during my college days — I wasn’t sure what to think about the new DirecTV ad featuring the late comedian’s classic “Fat Guy in a Little Coat” [...]
Sort by Blog THIS, Pal! (Free subscription) - 11/07/2009
These commercials are cool. They're well done. They're clever. And that they would include Tommy Boy in that company, I thought was very flattering To be honest, I hadn't planned on discussing this commercial - having seen Tommy Boy once, and not being impressed, it seemed like an issue that could do without my commentary. Especially since, unlike many people I know, I don't consider the Spade/Farley/Sandler/Schneider...
