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David Spade: Nothing Personal
David Spade makes a less than spectacular return to the standup mic in a 2022 Netflix special called David Spade: Nothing Personal
Shot live from some theater in Minneapolis, Spade works very hard to keep the slightly snotty attitude that has come with his work in check. Don't get me wrong, David Spade first came to my attention when he would do "The Hollywood Minute" on SNL and that might be the secret of Spade's appeal that it works a minute at a time, but he has made some memorable movie appearances...he pretty much stole Coneheads from its all-star cast and he never allowed the late Chris Farley to blow him off the screen either.
He does garner some laughs here as he talks about his mother's dog and about his experience while filming The Bachelor and he was put up in a crab-infested hotel room. He was getting some laughs talking about a physical he had to take in order to make the film Grown-Ups and actually stopped the story and reminded the audience about the movie and would not go on with his story until the audience acknowledged via applause. I have to admit I was very amused when he talked about the fact that whenever he doesn't get what he wants when looking for service, he drops Adam Sandler's name. I don't know if he really does this, but the way he talked about it was really funny. Didn't really care for his stories about Sylvester Stallone or Kaitlyn Jenner.
The story about how he tried to avoid a colonoscopy did have me on the floor, as did his story about "other films you may like" on internet porn. His bit about those internet photos where they show how a star from the 80's aged but you have to go through 60 other photos to get to it, was very funny. I have to admit though that he had a point about a condom being too big.
Spade is a funny guy, but he spends a lot of time talking above his audience and for someone whose career pretty much died with the death of Chris Farley, this guy really needs to think about the way he interacts with an audience.
David Spade makes a less than spectacular return to the standup mic in a 2022 Netflix special called David Spade: Nothing Personal
Shot live from some theater in Minneapolis, Spade works very hard to keep the slightly snotty attitude that has come with his work in check. Don't get me wrong, David Spade first came to my attention when he would do "The Hollywood Minute" on SNL and that might be the secret of Spade's appeal that it works a minute at a time, but he has made some memorable movie appearances...he pretty much stole Coneheads from its all-star cast and he never allowed the late Chris Farley to blow him off the screen either.
He does garner some laughs here as he talks about his mother's dog and about his experience while filming The Bachelor and he was put up in a crab-infested hotel room. He was getting some laughs talking about a physical he had to take in order to make the film Grown-Ups and actually stopped the story and reminded the audience about the movie and would not go on with his story until the audience acknowledged via applause. I have to admit I was very amused when he talked about the fact that whenever he doesn't get what he wants when looking for service, he drops Adam Sandler's name. I don't know if he really does this, but the way he talked about it was really funny. Didn't really care for his stories about Sylvester Stallone or Kaitlyn Jenner.
The story about how he tried to avoid a colonoscopy did have me on the floor, as did his story about "other films you may like" on internet porn. His bit about those internet photos where they show how a star from the 80's aged but you have to go through 60 other photos to get to it, was very funny. I have to admit though that he had a point about a condom being too big.
Spade is a funny guy, but he spends a lot of time talking above his audience and for someone whose career pretty much died with the death of Chris Farley, this guy really needs to think about the way he interacts with an audience.