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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    It's better than watching the damn Black Eyed Peas over and over and over again. Stop it, DirecTV, you're making Comcast look good - and we all know that is just damn-near impossible! #advertising
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    While I would rather floss my eyelashes with barbed wire than watch David Spade and the late Mr. Farley do anything, the use of his tubby specter in the clip cited above is beyond revolting. Like, even more revolting than, you know, David Spade and the late Mr. Farley.

    "Thanks for being dead, Chris. It made the post-dubbing a breeze." #advertising
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    "One of the guys who wrote the commercial"? Seems like the worse something is, the more loser-hacks it takes to create it. #advertising
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    Image of Queef_Of_All_Media Queef_Of_All_Media
    10/29/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: I was misinformed that failure is an orphan. #advertising
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    TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment Queef_Of_All_Media was starred Queef_Of_All_Media was unstarred
    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    "Thanks for doing it."

    WTF? Like he had a choice? #advertising
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    Conchie Birdie promoted this comment The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was starred The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was unstarred
    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/29/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: Well, you figure, if he had lived this long he'd probably be at the point of hawking shit anyway... #advertising
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    Image of godawgs7 godawgs7
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    It is not like DirecTV misappropriated some video of Gandhi to hawk satellite tv. Chris Farley was in the business of getting paid for his antics. How is this any different? Is this slightly weird? sure. Are people making a bigger deal out of it than it really is? you betcha. #advertising
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    Image of deardearfriend deardearfriend
    10/29/09

    @godawgs7: If I see Ben Kingsley speaking from a scene in "Ghandi" in the next commercial, I will blame you. #advertising
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    Cynical Media Bitch promoted this comment deardearfriend was starred deardearfriend was unstarred
    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    10/29/09

    @deardearfriend: Do not give them any ideas. #advertising
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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Dead Man Hawking. #advertising
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    Image of flathead flathead
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    shit isn't even funny, but then farley was at best a second-rate Belushi wannabe #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment flathead was starred flathead was unstarred
    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @flathead: Stop typing, you're spilling my beer. #advertising
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Mixed feelings. After DirecTV took so much shit for using the little Poltergeist girl, it just seems weird from a marketing perspective that they would have this idea ("Look who else is dead!"). And there's the obligatory line about making a donation, which of course makes everything okay. Overall I think DirecTV is being taken for a ride. These spots are hugely expensive, but does anybody remember their point? DirecTV has movies or something?
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    TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment NigelAstydameia was starred NigelAstydameia was unstarred
    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/29/09

    @Gawker: And btw, can I get my STAR back? I haven't been able to comment while logged in for over a month. What gives???
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    God approved this comment NigelAstydameia was starred NigelAstydameia was unstarred
    Image of God God
    10/29/09

    @NigelAstydameia: Sometimes, like now, I do. #advertising
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    Image of Queef_Of_All_Media Queef_Of_All_Media
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Fuck that guy. If he had such poignant feelings towards Chris Farley, he wouldn't have written some digitized faux-Farley monster into a commercial. Not only does he go and rape a memory, he has the indecency to address it by first name and pretend like it was mutually consensual. I hope Chris Farley's ghost smothers that writer in the folds of his belly. In hell. #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment Queef_Of_All_Media was starred Queef_Of_All_Media was unstarred
    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @Queef_Of_All_Media: DirecTV fucked up by not using the double-corpsed Farley/Patrick Swayze Chippendale's skit. That shit'll move product. #advertising
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: Oh shit I fogot to say "thank you" to Swayze for letting me buttsecs him last week. #advertising
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/29/09

    @Queef_Of_All_Media: @son of spam: @Chore Boy:

    Just wait until all of you get executed, I will sell your avatars and comments so fast that you will think the raping of Farley was a long night of sensual loving making... in a van, down by the river. #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment resipsaloquacious was starred resipsaloquacious was unstarred
    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @resipsaloquacious: Hormel's already bought my rights, Summer's Eve grabbed Queef's, and, well, there's no market for Chore Boy's shit.
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: But people love my wacky take on modern life. I'm like a black Byron Allen! #advertising
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    Image of blix blix
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: Take all of his prior username rights and issue it as a boxed set. Cha-ching! #advertising
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @blix: Let's leave his box out of this, thanks. And enough with the Chinese jokes. #advertising
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: OK leave out the box, butt my prehensile anus alone has to be worth, like, 10 maybe even twelve pesos. #advertising
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/29/09

    @Chore Boy:

    Leave Byron Allen alone, he and and his former co-host John Barbour know, "It's tough to be white." #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment resipsaloquacious was starred resipsaloquacious was unstarred
    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: No Market!

    Al Swearengen disagrees. #advertising
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    Image of Queef_Of_All_Media Queef_Of_All_Media
    10/29/09

    @resipsaloquacious: I knew Farley's rape wasn't gonna leave a mark. #advertising
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    Image of quaintsayings quaintsayings
    10/29/09

    @resipsaloquacious: You ever notice that real people are white and fake people aren't? #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment quaintsayings was starred quaintsayings was unstarred
    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @Chore Boy: I was thinking that Pesci and Farley must have been in some skits together too. #advertising
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Welcome to advertising. Leave your soul at the door. #advertising
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    Image of hhpeterson13 hhpeterson13
    10/27/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    Well, I know this opinion will not be a popular one, but believe it or not, David Spade is MUCH funnier when he does stand-up. I didn't believe it until I saw for myself at a corporate event in Vegas some years back. Yeah, I know, corporate event. Anyway...

    Also, I am not David Spade. #davidspade
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    Image of Tully Blanchard Enterprises Tully Blanchard Enterprises
    10/27/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    The Farley family has been flogging this dead horse for a while. Anyone else remember the radio commercials where the family explains that Chris' death was due to addiction and "wasn't his fault." Also, the book that's basically a total spin control on the way he's been portrayed. His brothers are both fairly successful commercial actors, but they still sit at the table Funny Falling Fat Guy built. #davidspade
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    10/27/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    The ad doesn't work. It's gauche. Farley's death still stings and Tommy Boy was his finest hour. Maybe a documentary on him is in order. Things like this don't keep his memory alive, they just remind his fans that he's dead. #davidspade
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    Image of pourquoi pourquoi
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    David Spade! Coming soon to an Indian Casino near you. #davidspade
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    Image of flugennock flugennock
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    What? Chris Farley, funny?

    I know his big idol was John Belushi, but, sorry... you need to be a lot more than a sloppy-fat loudmouth to be anywhere near as funny as John Belushi. Farley had that one good bit about the motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river, but that was pretty much beat after about the second or third go-round.

    As far as David Spade being funny, well... let's just say I get more laughs from the idea of having red-hot steel spikes being driven into my eyeballs.

    Call me a geezer, but the last time SNL was anything approaching funny was with the 1975-81 cast. Everything else was just a "franchise". #davidspade
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment flugennock was starred flugennock was unstarred
    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/26/09

    @flugennock: Anyone got that "SNL hasn't been funny since 197x" reply template handy? #davidspade
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    Image of glucious glucious
    10/27/09

    @flugennock: Blasphemy. Farley blows away most of the overrated original cast. Back in the seventies, they could get some yucks simply by referencing pot. Farley was a goddamn comedic genius, SNL's finest performer. And Matt Foley, motivational speaker, was its finest character. #davidspade
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    Kaila Hale-Stern promoted this comment glucious was starred glucious was unstarred
    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    10/27/09

    @glucious: Agreed! His halting low self-esteem interviews of celebrities were pretty funny too. #davidspade
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