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    David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money

    Handicapping the Jon and Kate Announcement Thing

    "Our descendants may look at us and say, 'God, these were the most gullible people who ever lived.'"

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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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    Kaila Hale-Stern promoted this comment Tully Blanchard Enterprises was starred Tully Blanchard Enterprises was unstarred
    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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    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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    Kaila Hale-Stern promoted this comment Charlotte Rae's Web was starred Charlotte Rae's Web was unstarred
    Image of rabbitangstrom rabbitangstrom
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    David Spade can suck my balls. The guy is a first class asshole.
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    Edited by rabbitangstrom at 10/26/09 7:49 PM rabbitangstrom was starred rabbitangstrom was unstarred
    Image of rabbitangstrom rabbitangstrom
    10/26/09

    @rabbitangstrom: On a semi-related note, the powers that be at Gawker who decided to implement the 'load more posts' button can also gargle my balls. Why the fuck do I have to hit the button three times and scroll down a dozen screens before new posts actually show up? #davidspade
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    Phyllis Nefler promoted this comment rabbitangstrom was starred rabbitangstrom was unstarred
    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    10/26/09

    @rabbitangstrom: STRONGLY AGREE. #davidspade
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    Image of rabbitangstrom rabbitangstrom
    10/26/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: I 'heart' you Phyllis because you have allayed my fear that nobody ever sees me in the gray-scaled world of Gawker-commenter purgatory. #davidspade
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    10/27/09

    @rabbitangstrom: Post more, bro. We wanna see more of you. #davidspade
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    Image of jimstoic jimstoic
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    When you think about it, Chris Farley stole food from David Spade's mouth by dying. #davidspade
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    Image of l.a.guy l.a.guy
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    To be fair it's likely that Spade did the commercial in order to help out the Farley family. I'm guessing they could use the money much more than David. #davidspade
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    nellicat promoted this comment l.a.guy was starred l.a.guy was unstarred
    Image of nellicat nellicat
    10/26/09

    @l.a.guy: Actually, the Farley family is pretty rich. But more to the point: Chris Farley is DEAD, which means he doesn't care. #davidspade
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    If Mr. Spade had really wanted to pay homage to his dead friend, don't you think there might have been a format that allowed him to do so a little more reverently/sincerely/deeply? Call me old school here but since when does a 30-second spot stand in as an acceptable substitute for a lifetime retrospective? #davidspade
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    Image of RussianTaco RussianTaco
    10/26/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: But Chris Farley loved making people laugh. If that ad gets people to crack up, Farley probably would have been pleased with it. He also loved David Spade, so if it puts some money in Spade's pocket, Farley may have been all the happier to help out his friend. #davidspade
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment RussianTaco was starred RussianTaco was unstarred
    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/26/09

    @RussianTaco: He also loved the powder. #davidspade
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    10/28/09

    @RussianTaco: With all due respect, I think there were greater forces at work than Farley's love of making people laugh, and some of those forces were pretty dark.

    I was an actor back in the 80s when Farley was just getting his start, and do you want to know the saddest thing about his career? It started and ended the time when Del Close, a once-excellent improviser-turned-improv-guru/teacher/name-dropper pulled Farley aside and told him that the last time he had seen anyone with Chris's talent was John Belushi. From that point on, you could see Farley living up to/killing himself to be just like Belushi. No one ever told him he didn't have to die like Belushi to be able to perform like him. And that is tragic #davidspade
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    Yeah. Could you arch your back?
    Arch your back a little, David.

    Smile for me, David.

    Come on, David. Smile, smile.
    Smile for me.

    Now take your thumb and put it in your mouth

    Like a little schoolgirl. #davidspade
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    Phyllis Nefler promoted this comment Chore Boy was starred Chore Boy was unstarred
    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    10/26/09

    @Chore Boy: Whoa, you're really hitting ALL the comment threads with that one!

    Who is your ideal thumbsucker? Mike Albo or David Spade? YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE AND YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE NOW. #davidspade
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    10/26/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: If, god forbid, Chore Boy goes before his time we should all agree to reenact this Fame joke post for him posthumously as a tribute.
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/27/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: I choose you Phyllis. I chose you. #davidspade
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    I never found Chris Farley's "flop sweat fat guy" routine funny at all so this means nothing to me. #davidspade
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/26/09

    @AngriestGeek: I never found it funny either, but pimping out the dead is still shameful. #davidspade
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    10/27/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I don't understand why people are getting upset with Spade. He also mentions they went to Farley's family as well. And if pimping out the dead is shocking to anyone I have wonder if you've ever heard of Hollywood before. #davidspade
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    "Hope it's a wonderful coffee shop, Jack." #davidspade
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    Image of charliebabbles charliebabbles
    10/26/09

    @MrInBetween: "You got change for a thousand?"
    "Get outta here ya bum."
    "Looks like I'm walkin." #davidspade
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    What it reminds me of is how uncool David Spade is. #davidspade
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    I think it just feels too soon, even though he died nearly twelve years ago. If it were a Belushi movie, we probably wouldn't balk. We'd say, "Aww, remember how great Belushi was?" And it would be true. So after I got over the initial shock of seeing Farley (not on TNT, TBS, or Comedy Central, btw) it made me want to see Tommy Boy since it's been a while since I last saw it. And I think that's kinda the point, no? #davidspade
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    10/26/09

    In reply to David Spade Explains: He Really Needed the Money
    chris farley was funny, but this commercial makes me want to cry. #davidspade
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