Schillervision Hidden Camera Commercial Outtake With Chris Farley
The late, great Chris Farley playing the angry victim of a hidden camera commercial in what may be the greatest SNL skit of all time. Hey some people really love their coffee.
Chris Farley and Kenan Thompson Clown Around on All That
In honor of Kenan finally hitting his comedic stride on Saturday Night Live, we bring you this vintage treat from Nickelodeon's kids-centric sketch comedy show that thrived in the mid 1990s.
• Time Inc. is expected to announce plans to slash $100 million in costs next week; naturally, lots of layoffs will be involved in making that happen. [NYT]
• The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau. Also in Beantown: The Boston Globe's publisher has announced he's stepping down. [BW, NYT]
• The war…
Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
David Spade had his sniveling say about the DirecTV commercial he did with Chris Farley's ghost. Now, one of the guys who wrote the commercial writes a fair, reasonable blog post about his intentions. Okay. But he ends with this:
David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
David Spade, a real human with a real human heart, is so wounded by the criticism of his new ad "starring" his dead pal Chris Farley that he's come forth with a heartfelt statement from his flack.
Chris Farley's Ghost Trapped in Commercial
The trustees of the estate of Chris Farley agree: The deceased beloved portly comedian would really enjoy DirecTV, were he not dead and all. Also, David Spade is available for kids' birthday parties and cheap blowjobs. Sleazebags.
Snow White, Esquire Vs. 'Beverly Hills Ninja 2': Vote Now For the Least-Essential Project of 2009
The trades are alight with hellfire today as the End of Ideas train has derailed once again, exploding and settling a fine, acrid dust on the surfaces of morning lattes all over town. And as you sip yours, know that you're not hallucinating, despite what you've read: Sony really does plan a sequel to the late Chris…
Alaska, Swimmer's Ear To Dominate Saturday Night Live Opener
The new season of Saturday Night Live begins tonight and it may be one of the most anticipated debuts the show has had in a long while. The host is human-dolphin hybrid Michael Phelps and athletes often make surprisingly good hosts, because they (generally) aren't afraid to go along with anything. (That's the secret…
Chris Rock Explains How 'Chippendales' Killed Chris Farley
As we learned recently, SNL's Chris Farley was far from coddled or loved during his final years by fellow cast members. And now, a new biography on Chris Farley titled The Chris Farley Show will divulge more depressing tales from friends of Farley and how exactly they went about attempting to help the struggling…
Chris Farley's Cousin A Top Ford Exec
I was surprised to read this at the end of a lengthy profile of Ford's chief marketing officer, Jim Farley: "Mr. Farley sometimes seems like a kid in a candy store at Ford, as though Jimmy Car-Car has found the ultimate playground. In those moments, his resemblance to his late cousin, the comedian Chris Farley,…
The Last Days of Chris Farley
As much as we'd like to believe that Chris Farley's time on earth was a shouting, dancing laugh fest until its too-soon end, his brother Tom's new book, The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts, shatters our (admittedly quite flimsy) illusions about his life. Excerpts from the book will run in May's Playboy…
Chris Farley Returns To Earth For Yankees Game
Some AP photographer was roaming around Yankee stadium during the rain delay, and who did he stumble upon but overweight deceased SNL comedic maniac Chris Farley! Farley, who passed away in 1997, apparently assumed human form once again in order to take in the historic final opening day in the classic ballpark. The…
Chris Farley lives! Or at least that what some are claiming, having returned to us in the form of a baby girl whose first words could very well end up being, "Well, la-dee-freakin-da!" [openedgemedia.com]
Chris Farley Still Making His Point From Beyond
The LAT's targeted online advertising software appears to be extremely well-calibrated, pairing a story about the founder of Barry's Bootcamp having been a massive drug addict for years with a banner ad featuring an obese, smiling Chris Farley encouraging you to "overcome addiction," part of a campaign that has…
Annals Of Advertising: Dead Celebrities Want You To Kick The Habit
Saturday's LAT story about the billboard (pictured above) featuring Chris Farley's image to advertise a new addiction treatment at first struck us as an April Fool's Day gag, but then we realized that the Times' lawyers would probably burn down their headquarters before exposing themselves to a lawsuit over a joke.…
