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Film Junk: Chris Farley Resurrected for Questionable David Spade DirecTV Commercial
Cinema Blend News: David Spade Digs Up Chris Farley For Corporate Profit
Cinema Soldier: News Bits - David Spade profits off of dead Chris Farley in DirecTV ad, Hollywood downsizes, Batman vanishing video (Funny), SNOW WHITE imagery in CITIZEN KANE
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Chris Farley returns to our us via DirecTV http://bit.ly/1d6WSe 24 days ago |
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@masterem243 LoL Ya. I think people wouldnt have a problem w/ it if it just focused on Spade. But Farley is the Star http://cli.gs/7XSGZ3 24 days ago |
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Que buen comercial con chris farley http://bit.ly/1d6WSe RIP =( 25 days ago |
Chris Farley Resurrected for Questionable David Spade DirecTV Commercial
Film Junk —
Here’s an open question for you: when it comes to advertising, are there any lines that shouldn’t be crossed, or are there things that shouldn’t be done in order to sell a product? DirecTV recently put out a somewhat disturbing ad that’s got more than a few people up in arms because it brings comedian Chris Farley back from the grave in order to hawk their satellite TV service. And before anyone asks, no, it has nothing to do with his brother Kevin Farley, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Chris.
The commercial in question replays a scene from Tommy Boy featuring Farley doing his “Fat ...
David Spade Digs Up Chris Farley For Corporate Profit
Cinema Blend News —
David Spade Digs Up Chris Farley For Corporate Profit Well its taken a decade but I think its safe to say that David Spade is very over the death of his good friend Chris Farley. Hes so over it in fact, that he willingly participated in the following piece of advertising gone too far. The video below is an ad for DirectTV. Maybe youve seen some of their other ads in which they yank scenes from popular movies and use them to advertise their product. Shatner did one, in which hes digitally re-inserted onto the bridge of the Enterprise to yammer on about how awesome DirectTV is. Well now theyve done it with Chris Farleys most iconic moment in ...
News Bits - David Spade profits off of dead Chris Farley in DirecTV ad, Hollywood downsizes, Batman vanishing video (Funny), SNOW WHITE imagery in CITIZEN KANE
Cinema Soldier —
This will be a fairly short and offbeat edition of news bits. There isn't a whole lot of interesting news to cover today.
David Spade sells out Chris Farley in DirecTV ad
I saw this ad the other day and, I'm sorry, but it rubbed me the wrong way. I'm no huge Chris Farley nut, but didn't anyone think this is a wee bit insulting to the dead comedian? Take a look yourself. /Film seems to agree with me.
More news and videos after the jump.
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