Farley And Spade
Hey guys,
I've been on an SNL kick lately...I rented "The Best of Chris Farley" last weekend and so many of the sketches with Chris and David triggered a desire to do this. For those that don't know, Chris and David were close friends in real life and their friendship and chemistry shined through in pretty much everything they did together, be it an SNL sketch or movie. So here's my little sappy tribute accompanied with icons, a wallpaper and some quoteage. I hope you enjoy!
And for those who have no interest in this whatsoever....don't fret, I'll be back in the mood for my usual stuff again soon. :)
Spade interview snippets are from a 1998 Playboy Magazine interview.
PLAYBOY: Do you guys crank-call one another?
SPADE: That's one thing I miss about Farley, his phone messages. [Imitating Farley] "Dave Spade, how are ya? Uh, listen, I'm workin' sales down here in Fond du Lac, and, uh, you know 68 percent of the country needs new lawn equipment. The other, uh, whatever percent makes up a hundred, don't. And sir, we have an exciting offer ---"
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PLAYBOY: Was he right about Tommy Boy?
SPADE: Yes. It's the most proud I've been of anything, and people want to talk about it all the time. It hit on all levels. It was basically about me and Chris being friends. It let us be funny the way we're funny. It was cut together well. It had heart, it was goofy, unexpected. And we were in control.
PLAYBOY: What did you admire about Farley?
SPADE: Lots of things. Of our group - Rock, Sandler, me, Chris - we all knew Farley was the funniest. He had so many different levels and ways of being funny that we didn't. Farley was always bigger and goofier and funnier and more committed than any of us. He got the bigger payoff.
PLAYBOY: There's a much-published picture of you, Farley, Sandler and Rock taken backstage at Rock's Universal Amphitheater show in 1997, a few months before Farley died. Can you stand to look at it?
SPADE: Yeah. It makes me feel great and sad. The night was a total blast. It was one of the last times the four of us were together, because it's hard to get us in the same room at the same time. It's great that we all did well and remained friends. What are the chances of that in this business? It's tough to look at that picture, knowing it was just about over for Farley. If I or one of the others had died, it might have been even weirder. Farley was the one we thought something might happen to - like a guy walking through heavy traffic. It was nerve-racking. Like he was playing Frogger with his life.
Wallpaper
This is 800x600, but I tried it on 1024x768 and is still looked fine.
PLAYBOY: What could you do to bug Farley?
SPADE: Hint that he couldn't beat up someone. Once, at Saturday Night Live, he wrestled Jay Mohr and Jay pinned him. Farley got caught off guard, and that flipped him out. Till the day he died I'd go, "Remember when Jay Mohr pinned you by the elbow?" "That motherfucker! I'll kill that fuck!" I'd go, "That was ugly. It was in front of chicks and everyone at work." "Fuck you, dude. I wasn't even paying attention. He's a pussy!" Then I'd turn to Mohr and say, "Jay, remember when you pinned Farley?" and Chris would snap. I'd have to say, "What are you, a sucker? You know I only say this to get you mad." And because we were so close, he loved it when I ripped him.
PLAYBOY: Did you ever try to intervene in his problems?
SPADE: I'm not being callous, but I knew I was helpless. I tried to give him the old "It's not worth it" and "Come on, you shouldn't be partying so much." He would always sit and listen to the lectures. He would nod and agree: "I know. You're right." I thought I was so smart and that I'd articulated my case well. Then he'd turn around and do whatever he wanted. I realize he played me. But then I'd see guest hosts do it, pull Chris aside to talk to him. He liked the attention. A host would go, "Let's talk. Let's go to dinner, just me and you, and talk." He was like, "Yeah, maybe we should." Then he'd tell me, "I had dinner with so-and-so last night." I'd go, "I know. I'm sorry I'm not a fucking druggie, maybe I could have gone." He'd say, "It's not just 'cause of that!" Sometimes I made fun of Chris because he'd constantly sniff around the hosts to see if they had any similar problems so they could hang together. "Are you scared to be in the ocean?" "Not really." "Oh. Then, are you scared of gangs, or of being shot?" "Well, I guess." "Me too! Let's go to lunch at Houlihan's."
PLAYBOY: Was he that insecure?
SPADE: The irony is that all these hosts wanted to hang out with him anyway. They didn't need to have problems in common. They just wanted to be around him. Always. There was something about him that was so fun to watch, and he was so crazy and goofy and really likable. He was the guy to watch, the guy to like. I see our old films and I watch him and not me. What does that say? Everybody I'd run into on the street, famous or not, would go, "What's Chris Farley like?" He didn't need all that other crap to hide behind. It was easy to like Chris.
David, your eyes were different before Chris died.....
I've been on an SNL kick lately...I rented "The Best of Chris Farley" last weekend and so many of the sketches with Chris and David triggered a desire to do this. For those that don't know, Chris and David were close friends in real life and their friendship and chemistry shined through in pretty much everything they did together, be it an SNL sketch or movie. So here's my little sappy tribute accompanied with icons, a wallpaper and some quoteage. I hope you enjoy!
And for those who have no interest in this whatsoever....don't fret, I'll be back in the mood for my usual stuff again soon. :)
Spade interview snippets are from a 1998 Playboy Magazine interview.
PLAYBOY: Do you guys crank-call one another?
SPADE: That's one thing I miss about Farley, his phone messages. [Imitating Farley] "Dave Spade, how are ya? Uh, listen, I'm workin' sales down here in Fond du Lac, and, uh, you know 68 percent of the country needs new lawn equipment. The other, uh, whatever percent makes up a hundred, don't. And sir, we have an exciting offer ---"
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SNL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tommy Boy
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Black Sheep
15.
General
16.
PLAYBOY: Was he right about Tommy Boy?
SPADE: Yes. It's the most proud I've been of anything, and people want to talk about it all the time. It hit on all levels. It was basically about me and Chris being friends. It let us be funny the way we're funny. It was cut together well. It had heart, it was goofy, unexpected. And we were in control.
PLAYBOY: What did you admire about Farley?
SPADE: Lots of things. Of our group - Rock, Sandler, me, Chris - we all knew Farley was the funniest. He had so many different levels and ways of being funny that we didn't. Farley was always bigger and goofier and funnier and more committed than any of us. He got the bigger payoff.
PLAYBOY: There's a much-published picture of you, Farley, Sandler and Rock taken backstage at Rock's Universal Amphitheater show in 1997, a few months before Farley died. Can you stand to look at it?
SPADE: Yeah. It makes me feel great and sad. The night was a total blast. It was one of the last times the four of us were together, because it's hard to get us in the same room at the same time. It's great that we all did well and remained friends. What are the chances of that in this business? It's tough to look at that picture, knowing it was just about over for Farley. If I or one of the others had died, it might have been even weirder. Farley was the one we thought something might happen to - like a guy walking through heavy traffic. It was nerve-racking. Like he was playing Frogger with his life.
Wallpaper
This is 800x600, but I tried it on 1024x768 and is still looked fine.
PLAYBOY: What could you do to bug Farley?
SPADE: Hint that he couldn't beat up someone. Once, at Saturday Night Live, he wrestled Jay Mohr and Jay pinned him. Farley got caught off guard, and that flipped him out. Till the day he died I'd go, "Remember when Jay Mohr pinned you by the elbow?" "That motherfucker! I'll kill that fuck!" I'd go, "That was ugly. It was in front of chicks and everyone at work." "Fuck you, dude. I wasn't even paying attention. He's a pussy!" Then I'd turn to Mohr and say, "Jay, remember when you pinned Farley?" and Chris would snap. I'd have to say, "What are you, a sucker? You know I only say this to get you mad." And because we were so close, he loved it when I ripped him.
PLAYBOY: Did you ever try to intervene in his problems?
SPADE: I'm not being callous, but I knew I was helpless. I tried to give him the old "It's not worth it" and "Come on, you shouldn't be partying so much." He would always sit and listen to the lectures. He would nod and agree: "I know. You're right." I thought I was so smart and that I'd articulated my case well. Then he'd turn around and do whatever he wanted. I realize he played me. But then I'd see guest hosts do it, pull Chris aside to talk to him. He liked the attention. A host would go, "Let's talk. Let's go to dinner, just me and you, and talk." He was like, "Yeah, maybe we should." Then he'd tell me, "I had dinner with so-and-so last night." I'd go, "I know. I'm sorry I'm not a fucking druggie, maybe I could have gone." He'd say, "It's not just 'cause of that!" Sometimes I made fun of Chris because he'd constantly sniff around the hosts to see if they had any similar problems so they could hang together. "Are you scared to be in the ocean?" "Not really." "Oh. Then, are you scared of gangs, or of being shot?" "Well, I guess." "Me too! Let's go to lunch at Houlihan's."
PLAYBOY: Was he that insecure?
SPADE: The irony is that all these hosts wanted to hang out with him anyway. They didn't need to have problems in common. They just wanted to be around him. Always. There was something about him that was so fun to watch, and he was so crazy and goofy and really likable. He was the guy to watch, the guy to like. I see our old films and I watch him and not me. What does that say? Everybody I'd run into on the street, famous or not, would go, "What's Chris Farley like?" He didn't need all that other crap to hide behind. It was easy to like Chris.
David, your eyes were different before Chris died.....