Tommy Boy News

The DirecTV commercial with Chris Farley seems to have disappeared from the airwaves, and has been replaced by the Wayne's World 2 spot above with Dana Carvey and Kim Basinger, neither of whom perished years ago from drug abuse.

Since we reported David Spade's first reaction to fallout from his new DirecTV ad featuring a re-shot "Tommy Boy" sequence with the late Chris Farley, the negative response to the ad has continued.

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.

Posted October 31, 2009, 2:05 p.m. Southwest Airlines apologized the other day. No, not because their pilots were sleeping on the job and missing their destination.

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.

Hey remember that Jetsons movie Robert Rodriguez was supposed to do? Now that he's busy with Machete and Predators and the next unwanted Spy Kids abortion, most assumed that left The Jetsons dead in the water.

Well it's taken a decade but I think it's safe to say that David Spade is very over the death of his good friend Chris Farley.

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

Lots of questionable choices in advertising lately. First there was the #pepsifail episode , and now we have DirecTV's newest commercial, a reenactment of a scene in "Tommy Boy" that combines new footage of David Spade interacting with Chris Farley, who died of a drug overdose in 1997.

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.

A new DirecTV commercial that places David Spade in a scene with Chris Farley from the movie "Tommy Boy" is causing some viewers to question whether the ad is in bad taste or not.

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 .

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.

As the weather turns colder, there seems to be two schools of thought, as it pertains to road trips.

Ty Simpkins, RZA and Brian Dennehy Eight-year-old actor Ty Simpkins has signed on to endure "The Next Three Days" with writer-director Paul Haggis.

Chris Farley and David Spade in 'Tommy Boy.' 8:30 a.m. " Will & Grace " " Sex and the City 's" Kristin Davis guest-stars as Will's boyfriend's best friend, and she and Grace notice some striking similarities about their relationships with the guys.

Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 at President Cleveland's behest - and with Congress' approval - after the tumultuous Pullman Railroad Strike.

It's not about Brian Dennehy hanging out at Blackstone's, tipping one back and letting loose the baritone guffaw of a man who has the world by its big toe.