was chris farley in poltergeist
Last October, we had the spot with with Craig T. Nelson and Heather O'Rourke from Poltergeist, which was unfortunate, given that O'Rourke (who played Carol Anne) died tragically in 1988 at age 12. Now, a year later (hey, Halloween's coming up again), we get this Tommy Boy homage, with Chris Farley and David Spade.Farley, of course, died of a drug overdose in 1997. The whole dead-celebs thing is a gray area in advertising.Sometimes it seems less off-putting than other times.PDATE: Asylum.com procured this statement from David Spade : When DIRECT TV came to me and the Farley family with this idea about 'Tommy Boy,' we talked and thought it would be a cool way to remind people just how funny Chris was.