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Annoying Airline Passengers and Dead Celebs in Commercials
By Josh Board | 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. And not because they ran out of peanuts. They should apologize for the on-flight movie being The Proposal, and having enough headsets for everyone.
What they apologized for is kicking a mother off a plane, because she had an unruly 2-year-old.
They later apologized to the woman and aside from her full refund, they gave her a $300 travel voucher. The boy was screaming before take-off “Go plane, go!” He also threw in a few screeching yells of “I want daddy!”
The mother tried to assure everyone the boy would be fine once the plane took off. My guess is…if you have a kid you can’t control, things aren’t going to get any better at 30,000 feet.
The woman now wants to be compensated for a portable crib and diapers she said she bought for the night away from home.
I’ll chip in five bucks for a muzzle to give her kid the next time they fly, or she decides to take him to an R rated movie.
I can’t believe the airline even issued an apology for doing something everyone else on the plane was thrilled about.
But someone that I do think owes people an apology is comedian and actor David Spade.
I always loved when he’d wheel his chair onto the Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” segment to make fun of celebs. His TV show wasn’t half-bad, but he’s real hit-and-miss in movies (more miss).
Well, DirecTV has been doing commercials that I think are very clever. They take a clip from a popular film, like Alien. And just as Sigourney Weaver is about to be attacked by the alien, she looks at the camera and talks about how much she wishes she had DirecTV. These are done with the same concept as those beer commercials I hate, with the guys asking NFL coaches at a press conference, various beer related questions.
I thought it was in poor taste for Spade to agree to do one that shows his Tommy Boy co-star (and fellow SNL cast member) Chris Farley dancing around the room. For those that don’t know, Farley died. And something about that just seems icky to me.
I didn’t have as much of a problem when John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, and even Gene Kelly was in a commercial dancing with a vacuum. Those are odd, too. But a lot of time had passed since their death. And I thought something was kinda sweet about seeing Natalie Cole singing with her late pop.
I had mentioned in a previous blog, it being bizarre that Billy Mays commercials were still running; especially with the talk of him having cocaine in his system.
Spade says he doesn’t know why everyone is so offended because of the ad. But he had always been very protective of the Farley legacy.
And it seemed easy enough for him to tell the DirecTV people “Can’t we pick another movie of mine, where you don’t need a fat extra dressed like Farley and dancing in front of me? How about a scene from Joe Dirt?
Easy enough to have Spade grow the mullet to make an easy 100 grand for a commercial.
David Spade digs his own grave, in spades, with a spade.
So not a fan.
By KarenBP 6:32 p.m., Oct 31, 2009 > Report it
Josh, did you mean to say "pacifier" instead of "muzzle". ha ha.
Well, I am kind of embarrassed to admit it, but I was a pretty big fan of David Spade. And I am a little shocked he would even consider doing anything where he would be profiting off of his dear friend's image.. ghoulish if you ask me. Maybe he really needed the money.
By Crissyst 9:15 p.m., Oct 31, 2009 > Report it
They need "no baby" sections in restaurants and airplanes.
By Ponzi 6:48 a.m., Nov 1, 2009 > Report it
Babies and Toddlers should not be allowed at Funerals or Weddings. So many people do not take them outside if they are acting up or crying. Very rude.
By jfkali 2:47 p.m., Nov 1, 2009 > Report it
Karen..are you not a fan of his comedy, or just this commercial and his decision to do it?
To me, the Spade commercial might not have been as bad, if he got Chris Farley's brother, who looks a lot like him (played Michael Moore in a recent parody), and the two of them could've been looking at the screen various times, discussing DirecTV.
JFK...I agree. At funerals, it seems disrespectful. Pony up and pay for a babysitter. And weddings, people get so offended if they can't bring little Johnny. Yet they'll do nothing if the kid starts crying.
If you have babies, you have to realize, some events are adults only and for good reason.
By JoshBoard 1:10 a.m., Nov 2, 2009 > Report it
WTF, David Spade? Is this an SNL parody gone viral, or are you really selling out your dead buddy to make a buck? Dude, this is so wrong. On so many levels. Please tell me you’re doing this directv commercial to help out Chris Farley’s grandma in need. Check this related video link out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEMg90MgN...
By kesmith815 4:02 p.m., Nov 2, 2009 > Report it
Awesome link. Thanks for that, kesmith.
I had thought the same thing about Patrick Swayze, when I saw the Spade commercial.
By JoshBoard 2:03 a.m., Nov 3, 2009 > Report it
I found another great video for those that are interested! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YiyFk2Gu... - Enjoy!!
By kesmith815 2:48 p.m., Nov 3, 2009 > Report it
I don't have speakers that work on my computer. What is this video of?
By JoshBoard 10:03 p.m., Nov 3, 2009 > Report it
They give Direct Tv s*** for exploiting dead celebrities. And buy some f***in' speakers already ya cheap bastard!
By PistolPete 10:54 p.m., Nov 3, 2009 > Report it
Re: David Spade and his comedy.
i think he is not funny. Totally not funny.
By KarenBP 12:16 a.m., Nov 4, 2009 > Report it
I loved Spade on SNL. And I sat next to him at the Rainbow Room once on Sunset. Seemed like a pleasant bloke.
Pete, it's not the cheap thing. I had these nice speakers, and they just stopped working one day. My computer geek friend tried to fix the problem and couldn't.
By JoshBoard 1:44 a.m., Nov 4, 2009 > Report it
Must be your sound or media card then. Time to pony up some of those greenbacks the Reader is bribin' ya with....heh heh. :-D
By PistolPete 10:05 a.m., Nov 4, 2009 > Report it
I'm having some other computer problems so...when I take this thing in for fixin', I'll probably have that taken care of.
DAVID SPADE UPDATE: I just saw him, and Chris Farleys brother, on a show talking about the commercial. It made a little more sense, since neither of them feel it was so bad to do. I still think Spade should've passed on it, but the fact that Farleys family doesn't mind this and feels like it's more a tribute to "Tommy Boy" then exploiting a dead relative...well, it's hard to argue with the family on these matters.
By JoshBoard 12:22 a.m., Nov 5, 2009 > Report it