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more about #memories more comments → Conchie Birdie: 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 t... more » RollsRoyceRevenge: 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 t... more » TheBusinessGuy: "One of the guys who wrote the commercial"? Seems like the worse something is, the more loser-hacks it takes to create it. #advertising more » The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: "Thanks for doing it." WTF? Like he had a choice? #advertising more » godawgs7: 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... more » rudi_freude: Dead Man Hawking. #advertising more » flathead: shit isn't even funny, but then farley was at best a second-rate Belushi wannabe #advertising more » NigelAstydameia: Mixed feelings. After DirecTV took so much shit for using the little Poltergeist girl, it just seems weird from a marketing perspective that they woul... more » Queef_Of_All_Media: 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. N... more » yourfriendandneighbor: Welcome to advertising. Leave your soul at the door. #advertising more » God: Typical coastal elitists. I gotta tell you, Real Americans in the trailer parks of Idaho and the suburbs of South Carolina truly feel the pain of 9/11... more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: I'm glad I don't have TV. That was a bad 13 months living in DC. 9/11, local postal workers dying of anthrax, co-workers on Cipro. Oh, and then the ... more » SerleBird: One thing I've learned about grieving is that you cannot tell anyone how they should or should not go about it. I think it's unfair to surmise that ai... more » Rhymenocerous: I find the requisite facebook status updates more offensive. Actual update: "8:46 AM -8 years exactly- :(" What, exactly, is the point? To let the re... more » NowAvailableinExtraStrength: Is there at last one thing left here that we don't make fun of? Wow! I guess everyone that mocked me for not having a sense of humor didn't lose a g... more » -
#chrisfarley
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: More » -
#ugh
MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage
There are many ways to memorialize the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. This morning, MSNBC chose the worst: re-airing the tape of their coverage from that terrible morning. More » -
#hippies
A Retrospective of Woodstock Retrospectives
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, so it's time once again to remember how great things were, how different things are, and how they'll never be that good again. More » -
#memories
Here's Yet Another Nauseatingly Touching John Hughes Story
The John Hughes remembrances keep rolling in! Tonight the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog brings us the story of the guy who lived in the house next door to Molly Ringwald's house in Sixteen Candles. Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. More » -
#thewaythingswork
Pigs, Pinkos Fail to Unite For Love
The 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago was a hellish haze of violent street battles between self-righteous Commie bastards and self-righteous violent pigs. Forty-one years later, both groups are still self-righteous! More » -
#memories
Anderson Cooper's Studio 54 Memories With Michael Jackson
Tonight was supposed to be Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out party (Allegedly!). Instead he's covering Michael Jackson's death for CNN, where he just shared a special memory—Partying at Studio 54 with Jacko when he was 10! More » -
#photogallery
Before We All Forget the Photo-Op Terror of 4/27
So this thing happened today where a large jet circled low over Manhattan, chased by a fighter jet. Turns out it was just a government photo-op, ha ha. But people were scared, and took pictures. More » -
#sequels
Eric Schaeffer Still Working His Worst-Douche-in-the-World Shtick
In the halcyon days of 2007, Eric Schaeffer, a skeevy Internet dater and author of ironically titled book I Can't Believe I'm Still Single, was one of Gawker's favorite villains. He's getting another TV show. More » -
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#thewaywewere
Maer Roshan, the Early Days
Here's a photo, found on Facebook, of Radar founder Maer Roshan in... middle school? Ninth grade maybe? He looks to be about 14 or so. Anyway, just a funny trip back in time. More » -
#thewaywewere
Laurel Touby: The College Years
As we learned that her assistant was laid off today, our attentions were drawn to be-boa-ed Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby. Coincidentally, a tipster directed us to some nostalgic photos from her young, frivolous college years. More » -
#haveyouseenmychildhood
NeverEnding Story Really Never Gonna End
Hollywood continues to dredge up your beloved childhood memories and cruelly destroy them. The latest victim is The NeverEnding Story. The 1980s German puppet mindfrak may soon be zombified into a crappy new remake. More »
