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    DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen

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    Image of Gossy... Fortune and Glory Gossy... Fortune and Glory
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Like most people I've excavated my fair share of corpses and, hell, I'd be lying if I told you I hadn't sometimes tied strings to their ankles and wrists and made them dance around like marionettes for my own personal fun and amusement. But it always seems like some people have to take it too far :( #directv
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    Gossy... Fortune and Glory was starred Gossy... Fortune and Glory was unstarred
    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    This is the next thing in advertising. They could take this to the next level and find really recent dead celebs and pop them out of the ground implant some robotic servos have them become meat puppets for the ad industry. Then when they do not need them they just put them on ice till the next time they are needed, true cadavertising. What with all the interest in zombies heck the deader the better even if a limb falls off during the shoot. The living relatives get a healthy payout, no actors fees heck no actor nothing. Just a very cold knacker wagon and some Disney technology. #directv
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Die Fledermaus was starred Die Fledermaus was unstarred
    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    I will have major respect for DirecTV if they air that Jesus Christ ad. #directv
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    gemcosta was starred gemcosta was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Chris Farley demands that his soul be resurrected and made to sing and dance on TV. He wouldn't have it any other way.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/03/09 11:59 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Cadavertising?
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    Edited by Gary_7vn at 11/03/09 11:55 AM Gary_7vn was starred Gary_7vn was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/03/09

    @Gary_7vn:

    +12.6 internets. #directv
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    nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Badvertising.. you know, unfortunately those are not very far from some real cases.
    Sometimes it seems some companies are trying to make the worst ad ever, just to sell their fish. #directv
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    Bokusatsu_Tenshi was starred Bokusatsu_Tenshi was unstarred
    Image of Adam Spano Adam Spano
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Wait, Jesus Christ... really?
    Is that a real TV commercial? #directv
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    MostlyHarmless promoted this comment Adam Spano was starred Adam Spano was unstarred
    Image of MostlyHarmless MostlyHarmless
    11/03/09

    @Adam Spano: No. #directv
     Reply
    MostlyHarmless was starred MostlyHarmless was unstarred
    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    People found the Chris Farley commercial "tacky and gross"? #directv
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    MosesMonster was starred MosesMonster was unstarred
    Image of InsanePenguin InsanePenguin
    11/03/09

    @MosesMonster: It's not that he was used in a manner unbefitting of Chris Farley (it wasn't a commercial with Kurt Cobain, after all.) It was the fact that, of all the ads they could have made, they chose to do one with a dead guy.

    Yeah, I thought it was in pretty poor taste.
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    MosesMonster promoted this comment Edited by InsanePenguin at 11/03/09 11:51 AM InsanePenguin was starred InsanePenguin was unstarred
    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/03/09

    @MosesMonster: Nope. It's just Gizmodo's writers making another mistake. Nothing new to see here.
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    Adam Frucci promoted this comment KassiaHaoe was starred KassiaHaoe was unstarred
    Image of Adam Frucci Adam Frucci
    11/03/09

    @KassiaHaoe: What mistake did I make here? #directv
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    Adam Frucci was starred Adam Frucci was unstarred
    Image of Earthslide Earthslide
    11/03/09

    @MosesMonster: David Spade & Chris Farley's parents gave the go ahead to shoot the commercial. #directv
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Earthslide was starred Earthslide was unstarred
    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/03/09

    @Adam Frucci: Assuming the vast majority people thought it was tacky and gross, and somehow making the connection that it was Chris Farley being impersonated in commercials instead of it being a movie that Chris Farley was in. And, you know, posting a random video link on what is a tech blog.
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    Adam Frucci promoted this comment KassiaHaoe was starred KassiaHaoe was unstarred
    Image of Adam Frucci Adam Frucci
    11/03/09

    @KassiaHaoe: I didn't assume the vast majority of people thought anything. I personally thought it was tacky and gross. And if you think this was a random video link on here and out of place, you clearly haven't been reading the site for very long. #directv
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    11/03/09

    @InsanePenguin: But it's not like they dubbed over him. They simply showed a clip from a movie he has done. I guess I just don't see how it could be seen as poor taste. If anything, it honored him in one of the best movies he's made.

    They might as well not screen his movie on television because he's dead. #directv
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    MosesMonster was starred MosesMonster was unstarred
    Image of tomsomething tomsomething
    11/03/09

    @MosesMonster: Right. Spade and the Farley folks thought it was a nice tribute, and I didn't think it was wrong at all. #directv
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    MosesMonster promoted this comment tomsomething was starred tomsomething was unstarred
    Image of InsanePenguin InsanePenguin
    11/03/09

    @MosesMonster: Yeah, that's true. I don't know. I'm not a huge fan of this line of commercials anyway. #directv
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    InsanePenguin was starred InsanePenguin was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/09

    @Adam Frucci: um, these ads are obvious fakes but if you realize that you're far too subtle about it. People believe what you write, Frucci, and you can't expect the vast majority of people who read this site to appreciate your wry wit. #directv
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    weatherman was starred weatherman was unstarred
    Image of andrelix andrelix
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Hmmm, don't think I like these and I usually am one to not care. The problem I had with the Heath Ledger spot was the fact that they seemed to bring his personal life in to his movie role and that seemed to loose it for me. Also, JFK, and a shitty job at JFK, I don't think so!!! #directv
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    tande04 promoted this comment andrelix was starred andrelix was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/03/09

    @andrelix: Its a joke, not a real spot. #directv
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of andrelix andrelix
    11/03/09

    @tande04: jokes should be F U N N Y (but I get the point) #directv
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    andrelix was starred andrelix was unstarred
    Image of Darascon Darascon
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    Um, yeah. These are spoofs. Not real spots.At least that's what your former sister site reported this morning.

    [consumerist.com]
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    tande04 promoted this comment Edited by Darascon at 11/03/09 11:58 AM Darascon was starred Darascon was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/03/09

    @Darascon: Funny thats what this site is reporting as well.

    BTW consumerist is no longer associated with gawker. Maybe a long estranged cousin site though. #directv
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Darascon Darascon
    11/03/09

    @tande04: there's nothing in the article posted here at Giz that hints that these are fakes/spoofs/whatever.

    and there, I changed it from "old" to former to clear up any ideas that people might think that I don't know Consumerist is no longer part of the Gawker family. #directv
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    Darascon was starred Darascon was unstarred
    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/03/09

    @tande04: They're that friend in high school that you kinda lost touch with when their iconoclastic spirit just turned into a spiteful hatred of all things commercial, and they just weren't that fun to hang out with anymore. 'No Consumerist, I can't help you move that couch you found on the street into your WTO-Protest headquarters, I have work... yes, yes, I still work at that ad agency, yes, yes, I know, evil, uh-huh, hey look, I have a call on the other line...' #directv
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    Hiphopopotamus was starred Hiphopopotamus was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/03/09

    @Darascon: #humor tag was the big hint/flat out telling that it was fakes/spoofs/whatevers. #directv
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    11/03/09

    In reply to DirecTV Uses a Few Other Dead Celebrity Spokesmen
    I didn't think using a scene from a Chris Farley movie he was in was tacky. Now if they had used CGI to make him say stuff different from the scene, THAT would have been tacky. #directv
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    GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was unstarred
    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    11/03/09


    @GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: ...or maybe if a human female was replaced by an appliance. Surely no issue there. #directv
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    Chimaera was starred Chimaera was unstarred
    Image of wanago wanago
    06/17/09

    In reply to Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
    How else will we know what is happening on "SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!"
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    wanago was starred wanago was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    06/17/09

    @wanago: With Nitrous funny car ACTION, ACTION, ACTION?
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    GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/17/09

    @TripleTheOrder_GitEmSteveDave: They're already here, do we have to keep hustling them like this?
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    Homerjay is utterly alone. was starred Homerjay is utterly alone. was unstarred
    Image of TerryinSt.Paul TerryinSt.Paul
    06/17/09

    In reply to Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
    But how will I ever get my fill of local furniture store ads? Is it me or are the best/strangest local ads always furniture ads.
    5 seconds on youtube proved me right.



    + Watch video





    + Watch video





    + Watch video
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/17/09

    @TerryinSt.Paul: WTF??? Is that Red House one for real????
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    Homerjay is utterly alone. was starred Homerjay is utterly alone. was unstarred
    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    06/17/09

    In reply to Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011
    Why is that bad? Low budget commercials are always the best.

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    ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD was starred ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    06/17/09

    @darkstar: For a second, I thought this was the commercial where the lawyer talks about not letting people urinate on you.
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    GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    03/11/09

    In reply to Inappropriate DirecTV Commericals Won't Help Win Any Customers
    Hrmmm, what if DirecTV did a spoof of "The Cable Guy"?
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    GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE was unstarred
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