Chris Farley News

DirecTV ads: First Chris Farley and David Spade, next Heath Ledger, JFK and Jesus Christ? November 3, 2009 at 10:29 am by Kevin Hopp Last week I posted a column about how I thought DirecTV had taken their ad campaign a bit too far by using a scene from Tommy Boy featured dead actor Chris Farley.

New DirecTV ad featuring "Heath Ledger" as the Joker parodies recent dead-celebrity ads.

When DirectTV first started airing television ads that featured actors reprising famous film roles and breaking the fourth wall it seemed like a cool concept.

The DirecTV commercial with Chris Farley seems to have disappeared from the airwaves, and has been replaced by the Wayne's World 2 spot above with Dana Carvey and Kim Basinger, neither of whom perished years ago from drug abuse.

DirecTV has raised a ruckus by raising the dead. The satellite TV company has relied on dead celebrities to push its satellite television packages -- last year's "Poltergeist" ad starred the late Heather O'Rourke, for example -- but the cable company's latest promotion featuring Chris Farley in "Tommy Boy" has stirred up fresh controversy, with ...

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.

Wow, some people are completely pissed off about this new DirecTV ad featuring David Spade and the late Chris Farley.

The TV mix - DirecTV has a bit of a controversy as a "Tommy Boy" ad starring David Spade and Chris Farley promoting DirecTV has some claiming the CBS sitcom star is taking advantage of his friend.

Chris Farley died 12 years ago but he's back to life in a new ad for DirecTV. he late comic's appearance in a DIRECTV commercial has stirred up controversy.

DirectTV may be feeling the heat after releasing an ad featuring late actor and comedian Chris Farley.

It seems the new DirecTV commercial featuring Chris Farley has generated anger in spades.

There are many reasons to hate DirecTV . They have complete control of the NFL's Sunday Ticket package.

2. It's just a dreadful campaign in general- repetitive, witless and stupid. 3. "Tommy Boy" wasn't that funny- Farley did a lot better in his brief career- and the "fat guy in little coat" bit was always a lot more cringe-inducing, to me, than funny.

So Tommy Boy was a pretty good movie. It was funny at the time. I like David Spade; I liked Chris Farley.

I've generally been a fan of the DirecTV ads by Deutsch with the actors breaking character from classic TV and movie scenes to deliver the pitch.

Audience members will be experiencing both a unique and familiar show when Wausau East High School students perform 'The Best of Saturday Night Live' on stage this weekend.

Getting teenagers and young adults to understand the dangers of drugs and alcohol can be difficult, but Committee Representing Our Young Adults in Lake Forest is working to make it a little easier.

Madison isn't exactly a well-known name on the comedy circuit. It's easy for our city to be eclipsed by nearby Chicago, home of Second City and Saturday Night Live spawning ground.

Tom Farley knows firsthand that addiction is a family problem. His younger brother, actor and comedian Chris Farley, died at age 33 from an overdose of cocaine and morphine.

Given CNN's newly found interest in fact-checking Saturday Night Live skits, a number of wags have decided to help by providing CNN other important fact-checking information.