Is the commercial tasteless?  Come on….no.

Here is the article.

What I find alarming is that nobody is mentioning the fact that the families of these deceased celebrities are approving the use of the images. 

Farley’s family agreed to the commercial being made and Direct TV cashes in on Farley’s image.  So why is Direct TV the target of the backlash? I am sure Farley’s family is well compensated…quit whining.  Oh and Direct TV has done this before with Heather O’Rourke from Poltergeist….again…the family’s consent. 

Yeah, it’s funny, he was a funny guy and most of us remember him for his on screen antics.  His death was tragic and it was avoidable, but many have died as a result of drugs and lifestyle.  Elvis, John Belushi, both of which we see their image on TV quite often.

Elvis is the big one that comes to mind.  If you remember a few years back I think Celine Dion did a duo with Elvis on an awards show using clever special effects…was there a backlash of his image being splattered across the country again?  If there was, I didn’t hear about it. 

I think Chris Farley is an easy target because he was loud, obnoxious, and his death was seen as a prophetic end to his life.  How is that any different then Elvis or Belushi?  

Farley’s been dead for almost 15 years…what is there some time requirement in which you can’t use someone’s image on TV?

Let’s remember Farley for the laughter and good times he brought us.  I see him doing the fat guy little coat routine and I still laugh and say to myself “god that was funny”.   

Maybe we should look at everything that is potentially tasteless….  Toddlers and Tiaras (pathetic but makes good TV), Jon and Kate (we all know this story)  All the ”Housewives” series (shame what some of these women have become, but we still watch it) 

There is so much garbage on TV, leave Farley’s 60 second commercial alone…it’s funny shit.