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Kevin Farley
Kevin Farley is an American actor. The younger brother of the late comedian Chris Farley, Kevin is best known for playing Doug Linus in the MTV made-for-TV movie and series "2ge+her."
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A new DirecTV commercial featuring funnyman David Spade and late comedian Chris Farley has kicked up a dust cloud of criticism, and forced Spade to go on the defensive.
The ad shows Spade sitting on a couch while an image of the Farley performing his trademark "Fat Guy in a Little Coat" routine, appears nearby....
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Filed under: Blogs, ColumnsVery interesting story/rant over on WalletPop.com about the latest in a line of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) ads -- this one featuring Chris Farley. Jami Bernard, the rant's author, is upset that David Spade is using a famous clip from his and Farley's hit comedy Tommy Boy to advertise the satellite-television provider. Bernard argues that Farley would not have liked to be remembered for a minor fat joke.
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From bloggingstocks.com
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- Commercial spoofs take shots at DirecTV's Chris Farley spot (search.live.com)
- DirecTV's Chris Farley spot just feels wrong (rss.wikio.com)
What are the ethical boundaries when it comes to a celebrity or movie star after the person in question is dead? Obviously, Sony has no problem releasing an unfinished concert film for the recently departed king of pop Michael Jackson. And judging from the projected box office tracking, people are interested in paying for the chance to see Jackson dance and sing on the big screen, for one last time. But what about commercials? There is...
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From feedburner.com
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On paper, a movie that reunites nineties-era SNL brethren Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider certainly has some potential for hilarity. In practice, however, Grown Ups looks as if it will replace Little Nicky as the worst film Adam Sandler has ever had a starring role in. Unless you're the kind of person who finds the sight of Rob Schneider kissing a woman a good twenty years older than he is to be pure comic bliss...
From nymag.com
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- Chris Farley as posthumous pitchman is fine (search.live.com)
The following DirecTV commercial featuring David Spade and Chris Farley reprising their roles from Tommy Boy has been airing non-stop during football games the past few days, and it’s making me less and less comfortable with each airing. At first, I was like “Hmm, Chris Farley in a commercial, that’s a little odd,” but I’ve [...]
From bestweekever.tv
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- Make My Day - American Reporter (search.live.com)
David Spade is defending the newest Direct TV ad featuring the late Chris Farley in the infamous "Fat Guy in a Little Coat" scene from Tommy Boy which some found a tad macabre. Spade reportedly pulled in $200,000, but... ...read full story
From thesuperficial.com
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- David Spade: Chris Farley Would "Be Stoked" About DirecTV Commercial (seattlepi.nwsource.com)
- Dave Spade Explains Chris Farley Direct TV Commercial (shoppingblog.com)
David Spade has said he was simply trying to honor Chris Farley in his much-criticized Direct TV ad starring the late comic — but he also got paid, a source said.
We hear Spade got $200,000 for the shill job in which he’s spliced into a scene from “Tommy Boy,” in which he and Farley starred. [...]
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