DirecTV uses only living people in new spot

The DirecTV commercial with Chris Farley [1] (for which David Spade was reportedly paid $200,000 [2]) seems to have disappeared from the airwaves, and has been replaced by the Wayne's World 2 spot above with Dana Carvey and Kim Basinger, neither of whom perished years ago from drug abuse. I wouldn't classify this as a famous movie scene. Garth was always an annoying, second-rate character. Still, Basinger is pretty captivating, and overall it's an improvement over the Tommy Boy fiasco. Some people are hard to please, though—like Matthew Kelley, who says he finds the Basinger/Carvey ad "offensive because both their careers are dead. [3]"

—Posted by Tim Nudd

Previously on AdFreak:
DirecTV's Chris Farley spot just feels wrong [1]
Is DirecTV's 'Poltergeist' spot in bad taste? [4]