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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘You're Fine': Shark startles woman on Florida guided tour
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WFLA)— A shark was caught on camera swimming by a woman who was on a guided tour near Panama City Beach. The tour operator, Chris Farley, with Flippin' Awesome Adventures, captured the moment the shark swam by the woman. 'You're Fine, you're fine,' Farley said reassuringly. The shark is believed to be a blacktip, Farley said in a post on Instagram. Summer pattern continues through Thursday 'You're Fine': Shark startles woman on Florida guided tour According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a blacktip shark is common in Florida's coastal waters, bays, and estuaries. 'Remember: this is their home. The Gulf is home to lots of sharks species, and humans. We're definitely not on the menu,' Farley said. The blacktip shark is active and is often seen at the surface. They usually form large schools during migration times, FWC said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
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David Spade rejected 'Tommy Boy' sequel 2 years ago: 'I can't find a scenario with no Chris Farley'
David Spade revealed that he passed up a chance to do a sequel to the hit 1995 movie Tommy Boy, which he did with the late Chris Farley, just two years ago. "I was pitched a Tommy Boy 2, which was our kids are together," Spade said in an interview on Monday's episode of comedian Theo Von's This Past Weekend podcast. "And I'm like, I just can't find a scenario with no Farley." Spade's Saturday Night Live costar died Dec. 18, 1997, of a drug overdose. He was 33 and was credited in only a couple more films. During his interview, Spade said this one was supposed to be "our kids, and it was about them, and then I was going to come help them on the road or something." Even if Tommy Boy's in the title, he determined that such a project would "be too much of a sell out." He added, "Listen, it was about Christopher." But, he said, "it would have been a blast" to do one right after the first movie, which was about traveling salesmen Tommy Callahan III (played by Farley), and Spade's Richard Hayden teaming up to go on the road in an attempt to save Callahan Auto Parts. The underachieving Tommy and his father's uptight assistant encounter a series of hilarious scenarios. In his conversation, Spade noted that, although he and Farley hadn't done a sequel, he and his close friend had worked together again in the movie Black Sheep, which was "the same type of movie." The comedy was released the following summer and directed by Penelope Spheeris, who'd helmed Wayne's World. Spade said they should have just kept Tommy Boy director, Peter Segal, for a sequel then, but he wasn't available. (Segal directed My Fellow Americans, a comedy with Dan Akroyd, Jack Lemmon, and James Garner that was released in 1996.)Spade gave a glimpse of Farley, with whom he shared the SNL stage from 1990 to 1995, in December 2022, as he and fellow alum Dana Carvey marked 25 years since Farley's death on their Fly On the Wall podcast. "Chris, he was always sort of in awe of literally every other cast member. Just going, 'So funny. Phil's [Hartman] so great. Oh my God.' And then everyone's like, 'Wait, you're the great one dude,'" Spade recalled. "Or even [John] Belushi. There's a point when I said, 'Actually, I think you're better than Belushi.' He's like, 'Shut the f--- up.' I'm like, 'I'm telling you, it's been long enough where I'm starting to flip.' We grew up loving Belushi, of course. And I'm like, 'It's getting close, dude.'" See his conversation with Von above. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Geek Tyrant
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
David Spade Says He Rejected Recent TOMMY BOY 2 Pitch - "I Can't Imagine It Without Chris Farley" "It Would Be a Sell Out" — GeekTyrant
David Spade was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1996, with an iconic cast that created some of the most memorable characters and skits in the show's run, and went on to have successful film and TV careers. One cast mate Spade was closest to was the late, great Chris Farley. The pair made films like Tommy Boy and Black Sheep together, and appeared in other SNL spinoff films. There's no doubt they would have gone on to make many more classic comedies if Farley hadn't passed away in 1997. The studios wonder if they could create that magic again, in a sequel without Farley, but Spade is not down for a return to those stories without his friend. In a recent appearance on Theo Von's podcast (via Variety), Spade revealed he was pitched an idea to make a sequel to Tommy Boy , his 1995 buddy comedy with Farley. Spade shut the pitch down immediately considering there is no Tommy Boy without Farley. 'I was pitched a Tommy Boy 2 , which was our characters' kids are together,' Spade said. 'I was pitched this two years ago, and I was like I can't find a scenario with no Chris Farley. He was the whole movie. It would be too much of a sell out. I can't imagine it. No one could do that. It was our kids and it was about them and I was going to help them on the road. Listen, it was about Chris. If we did another one back then it would've been a blast.' In Tommy Boy , Farley starred as the immature son of an auto tycoon. When his father died, Farley's character teamed up with Spade's accountant to try and save the family business. Although the film was not a box office hit (it grossed only $32 million worldwide), it became a cult classic thanks to its home video release. Spade and Farley quickly reunited a year later for the movie Black Sheep . Spade told Esquire magazine in 2022 that the two actors were considering a third movie before Farley's death. 'Two years after Tommy Boy came out, they told us it made $100 million on video. We couldn't believe it,' Spade said at the time. 'It really grew over time. We talked about doing another one, but Farley wanted to do more drama, so I said, 'Go do that.' I ran into him two months before [he died] and he was like, 'Everyone always talks about Tommy Boy and Black Sheep . It's not as much fun out there. Let's try to get one going again.' … I think about Farley every day. I have his old coat from Tommy Boy .' 'He liked me being smart and him being dumb,' Spade added of the duo's comedic personas. 'Farley and I were always goofing around. He always wanted me to make fun of him, because he thought it was so hilarious. We played off that. He was big. But the truth is, when you look back, he wasn't that overweight. He was big, but he really ballooned toward the end. He always said he was the fat guy, but he wasn't super fat.' It's so sad to think of what could have been when it comes to the untimely deaths of some of the greats like Farley. He was a comedy legend, and he is sorely missed.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why Lorne Michaels Would Allegedly Ban Chris Farley From ‘SNL' For 'Weeks at a Time'
During Chris Farley's time on Saturday Night Live, creator Lorne Michaels would allegedly ban the late actor-comedian for 'weeks at a time' to help him with his alcohol and drug use. Susan Morrison, the author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, made a recent appearance on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, where she opened up about Michaels changing his regulations on the sketch comedy show's cast's alcohol and drug use following John Belushi's overdose death in 1982. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'SNL': Sabrina Carpenter Joins Quinta Brunson to Honor "Shorties" Mike Myers Explains Origins of Recent Canadian Political Activism 'Saturday Night Live': Quinta Brunson, Walton Goggins, Scarlett Johansson Close Out Season 50 'When Belushi died, it really hit him hard,' she explained. 'And I think he felt like, oh my God, this whole approach of just letting people do their own thing on their own time, this was the wrong approach. We're a tribe, we're a group, and we have to look out for each other.' 'So by the time Chris Farley comes along, you know, 10 years later or whatever, from the beginning he clearly had addiction issues,' Morrison said, adding that Michaels would reportedly 'call him into his office and give him these talks about the drinking or the drugs.' She said Bob Odenkirk, who worked as a writer on SNL from 1987 to 1991, once told her that Farley 'would be excited to be called into' Michaels' office, despite it often being difficult conversations. 'It was like the kind of thrill of being in the principal's office, but at the same time, you're getting in trouble,' Morrison recalled. 'He couldn't metabolize it, but Lorne had really changed his approach. He would ban Farley from the show for weeks at a time if he was too fucked up. And he sent him to a series of really tough love rehab places. And obviously, it didn't do it for him.' Farley, who was a castmember on SNL from 1990 to 1995, died of a drug overdose in 1997. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
At $16,500, Could This 2012 Ford Transit Connect XLT Connect With Your Cash?
According to the seller, today's Nice Price or No Dice Transit Connect "Looks and smells showroom new." Let's decide if its price passes the stink test as well. No one likes a tease. That is abundantly true. It's just totally unfair to tempt us with something only to leave us crestfallen with the discovery that we can't have it. That was much the case with our last outing, which featured a 2005 Subaru Baja with a turbo engine and a manual shifter. That car had been outfitted as an overlander and was shown in the ad with a literal cherry on top in the form of a roof rack tent. That pop-top was not offered in the sale, which made the Baja's $12,750 wholly unpalatable for the vast majority of you once the car's other flaws were considered. The result was an 80 percent No Dice loss. I'm curious: how many of you never considered "living in a van, down by the river" until Chris Farley brought a newfound appeal to such a prospect with his Matt Foley character on SNL? Today, we're going to look at a 2012 Ford Transit Connect XLT Premium Wagon, which is clean enough and sufficiently new-looking that it might actually live up to the posh demands of river-view living. Read more: Ram Will Still Sell You A Brand-New, 16-Year-Old Truck Ford's modern minivan has an interesting history here in America. Introduced here in 2010 after eight years as a Europe-only model, the vans left their Gölcük, Turkey factory as passenger vans with windows and a back seat. Once hitting the docks in Baltimore, Maryland, those elements were stripped out and handed off to the recyclers, replaced by metal walls and no back seat. This was all an attempt to circumvent the 25 percent import tariff (the infamous "Chicken Tax") that had long been levied on light commercial vehicles. Ford spent years in court trying to defend this practice, eventually having its hand forced when declining sales for all sorts of small vans here in the States ended Transit Connect imports entirely. Another interesting bit of Transit Connect history is that the current one, rebadged as the Toureno Connect and still sold outside the U.S., isn't even a Ford at all, but is a re-badged version of VW's entrant in the category, the Caddy van. That's all water under the bridge, or by the river, as it were, since this Transit Connect was first sold. It also didn't suffer the ignominy of having its innards ripped out and its windows boarded over as this model—the XLT Premium Wagon—was sold here as a passenger vehicle and hence avoided the 25 percent tariff from the get-go. Ford's intent with this model was to target taxi services and ride-shares. The model has five seats and seatbelts along with windows all around, but trades the typical minivan third row for a cavernous load area. Those rear seats can be removed to make the cargo space even bigger. Ford only sold the XLT in high-roof, long wheelbase form, so there's plenty of room to spread out and even wear a hat in here. You might want to doff that chapeau in honor of this 30,000-mile XLT's condition, which the ad touts as having "Not a single flaw." This is also a bit more posh than the van versions, having been outfitted with larger alloy wheels, cruise control, and standard AirCon. On the outside, the silver paint appears to be in excellent condition and is nicely complimented by the standard black plastic trim on the wheel arches and rub strips. Sliding doors on both sides provide excellent access to the rear seats—or to remove them. Those seats, along with the front buckets, are upholstered in a funky-patterned cloth fabric. That, and all the interior plastics, show absolutely zero signs of wear. There was only one drivetrain available in these, a 2.0-liter, 236 horsepower Duratec four and four-speed automatic driving the front wheels. It's nothing exciting, but does offer combined mileage in the mid-20s. Per the ad, the van's mechanicals are up to snuff as well, as both engine and gearbox have recently received a full fluid and filter service. Other incentives include a clean title and current registration. The seller calls this an "unusual 2012 Transit Connect," which seems accurate seeing as very few non-commercial versions were sold here and fewer than that have been kept in museum-quality condition as this one seemingly has. Could that make its $16,500 asking price a workable deal What do you say? Is this rare but kinda weird Transit Connect worth that kind of cash? Or is that way too much, even just to honor Chris Farley's memory? You decide! Los Angeles, California, Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears. Help me out with NPOND. Hit me up via email and send me a fixed-price tip. Read the original article on Jalopnik.
