UPDATED: Spade, Farley DirectTV ad -- poor taste?

Yeah, I think so. But I'm conservative about this stuff. Whenever an ad company digitally grave-robs dead celebrities, it backfires with me. It's not really out of some deep respect for the legacy of the actor. It's because I'm too distracted by what they've done and the result just seems a bit ... creepy and sad. And feeling creeped-out and sad doesn't make me want to buy a product. This one, with David Spade talking to his dead former "SNL" castmate Chris Farley for DirecTV, is dividing some viewers ...

UPDATE: Via AdFreak: 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. It is a clever homage to my friend and a movie that we loved doing." Meanwhile, a rep for DirecTV tells Asylum: "We should look to Chris' family and friends for the ultimate opinion on this subject. They were involved from the beginning of this project and felt that the spot was a great to tribute to Chris."