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Too soon!?!?! Farley died over a decade ago, if it's too soon how long should we wait before mentioning him on TV again?

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Really? Too soon. Twelve years is too soon. Come on get off your high horse. It's not like it's Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze from Ghost. The only thing that is too soon was the loss of Chris Farley. For me the use of Farley in this ad is a tribute to a great talent.

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Bob, he died almost 12 years ago... give us a break.

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When Direct TV did the Poltergeist ad I didn't find it that wrong. Maybe because Craig T Nelson didn't insult the girl in the ad. In this one David Spade is insulting Farley directly. That's just not something you do to your deceased friend for the sake of money.

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I hate commercials just as much as the next guy. But why do you guys keep writing posts on them? I really don't need any more.

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It is an unfunny ad, but it's not to soon to note that Farley was a drug abuser unwilling to accept help to curb the issue.

I used to be the biggest fan of him, until I saw that picture, which killed that. Despite being funny, he is a Hollywood cliche ('oh, look... extra money for me to kill myself with!') he deserves to be made fun of; much like Kurt Cobain, rather than revered in any way.

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Too soon?

1. It's been over 9 years
2. Farley - like Ledger - died like an idiot. It wasn't a tragedy or an illness. He died like a fool.

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I do everything I can to avoid commercials. Lately I've noticed tvsquad reviewing more and more commercials. If this continues I'm done with tvsquad. Stick to the actual shows please!

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1) The ad creeped me out. Maybe It's that it's Spade making money off of the image of his best friend. It's not necessarily wrong, just creepy.

2) what's more annoying than posts about commercials(which are a part of TV)? People taking the time to post whiny complaints about said posts. If you don't like it, don't read it.

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The post above says that Direct TV has made fun of other deceased celebs, sorry, is Chevy Chase dead? How many other dead celebs has Direct TV made fun of? I probably should do my research, but the commercial just didn't sit right. Is Christie Brinkley dead? Are they paying a licensing fee to somebody? SNL? Where did they get the 'likeness use'?

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I'm glad you said something.

What's disturbing about this ad isn't the use of Chris' image (it's not too soon); it's the fact that Spade is STILL riding Chris' coattails for fame. He could -- and should -- have said no.

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I agree with the above guy. Somehow Spade doing the commercial is the creepy part. I think what makes it is that the movie wasn't a Spade vehicle, it was a Farley vehicle. They're taking the star and capitalizing on it. I think had Farley survived and done a commercial with a dead Spade it would rankle people less.

There's definitely something off-putting about it that makes the commercial a very bad idea. Everyone I've been around when it comes on gets slightly offended. Honestly, we're a group that's very difficult to offend. We're the kind of people that made Crocodile Hunter jokes immediately upon hearing the news. We pretty much joke about anything so long as we can find humorous absurdity in it.
Yet, somehow this sort of offends us.

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Well, first off, it's David Spade making money off a dead friend. It's David Spade. SNL has no problem making money off Farley in its multiple retrospectives (which only show they have no new stuff worth seeing). And did I mention it's David Spade making money off a dead friend? As the kids say, OMG, I felt the exact same reaction as far as the ad content as you did when I first saw it and had to explain to my 10-year-old daughter that yes, she is right -- It is not funny -- but also the fat guy has been dead awhile so that just made it creepy. It sure didn't make me want to buy whatever they were selling. The fact that it's David Spade making money off a dead friend is no surprise and probably was Spade's idea. Once your Joe Dirt biopic is in the $1 sale bin at Wal-Mart, about all you can do is make money off your dead pals.

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The only thing I care about is the technology they use in these commercials to keep the actors looking like they did when the movies came out. I think Wolverine could have used some of that technology.

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I think the ad is cute. Chris Farley was a very talented and funny young man who loved to make people laugh. That is the legacy he left behind and I think it would please him to know that though he's been gone 12 years he can still bring a smile to people's faces.
It's also my understanding that his family worked with Direct Tv on the ad and were happy with it. So I don't know why some people are getting so worked up over it.

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