David Spade

Last updated

David Spade
David Spade2 (cropped).jpg
Spade in 2008
Born
David Wayne Spade

(1964-07-22) July 22, 1964 (age 59)
Education Scottsdale Community College
Arizona State University, Tempe
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
  • television presenter
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1987–present
Children1
Relatives Andy Spade (brother)
Kate Spade (sister-in-law)
Comedy career
Medium
Genres
Website Official website

David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American comedian and actor. After several years as a stand-up comedian, Spade rose to prominence as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1996. Following his departure from SNL, he began an acting career in both film and television, starring or co-starring in the films Tommy Boy (1995), Black Sheep (1996), Senseless (1998), Joe Dirt (2001), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), The Benchwarmers (2006), Grown Ups (2010) and its 2013 sequel, The Ridiculous 6 (2015), The Do-Over (2016), and The Wrong Missy (2020).

Contents

He has been part of an ensemble cast of two sitcoms: Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003) and Rules of Engagement (2007–2013). Additionally, he starred as C. J. Barnes in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2004–2005). For his role in Just Shoot Me!, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globes. In animation, he voiced Ranger Frank in The Rugrats Movie (1998), Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and its direct-to-video sequel, Kronk's New Groove (2005), the red panda Aliur in Snowflake, the White Gorilla (2013) and Griffin the Invisible Man in the Hotel Transylvania film series (2012–2022). Spade hosted a late-night talk show Lights Out with David Spade , which premiered on July 29, 2019. Spade's comedic style, in both his stand-up material and acting roles, relies heavily on sarcasm and self-deprecation. [1] [2]

Early life

Spade was born on July 22, 1964, in Birmingham, Michigan, to Judith J. (née Meek), a writer and magazine editor, and Wayne M. "Sam" Spade, a sales representative. [3] [4] [5] [6] His older brothers are Bryan and Andy Spade. [7] The latter is an entrepreneur who, together with David's sister-in-law Kate Spade, co-founded the designer brand Kate Spade New York.

Spade and his family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, when he was four years old. [8] His parents divorced soon thereafter, and he and his brothers were raised for the most part by their mother, in relative poverty. [9]

Spade attended Saguaro High School and later Scottsdale Community College before transferring to Arizona State University and dropping out shortly thereafter since he was making a decent living doing stand-up. [10] He also was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. [11] Spade performed standup at the university's long-running sketch comedy show, Farce Side Comedy Hour, on numerous occasions. In the mid-1980s he also did stand-up in the Monday night comedy show at Greasy Tony's Pizza in Tempe, Arizona. [12]

Career

Early career

Spade began performing stand-up comedy after dropping out of college. After being spotted by a talent agent while performing at The Improv in Los Angeles he was cast in the 1987 film Police Academy 4 . [13]

Saturday Night Live

Spade in 2004 David Spade 1 (cropped).jpg
Spade in 2004

With the help of friend and fellow comedian Dennis Miller, he joined Saturday Night Live in 1990. [12] Spade started as a writer and eventually moved up to cast member. While there, he became known for his brand of sarcasm, and his characters in a number of sketches were hits. Some of them include a flight attendant for "Total Bastard Airlines" who bids a dismissive "Buh-Bye" to each passenger upon disembarking; a receptionist for Dick Clark who, as a matter of policy, asks people indiscriminately, "And you are?"; and the quick-witted "Hollywood Minute" reporter who roasts celebrities with personal one-liners. Other characters include Christy Henderson from the Gap Girls and Karl from the Karl's Video sketches. He also did impressions of various celebrities, including Brad Pitt and Michael J. Fox. According to interviews with Spade, most of the material that he wrote early in his time at SNL was given to Dana Carvey to perform on the show. Spade, alongside Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider were known as the "Bad Boys" of SNL. [14]

After the major cast overhaul following the 1994–1995 season, Spade agreed to remain on the show for the 1995–96 season to serve as a bridge between the former cast and new cast members Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, and Cheri Oteri. During this season, Spade was given a weekly segment called "Spade in America" which was a spin-off of his "Hollywood Minute" and "Weekend Update" commentaries.

On December 9, 1995, Spade revived "Hollywood Minute" inside one of his "Spade in America" segments; Spade joked, "Look, children, it's a falling star. Make a wish!" next to a picture of former Saturday Night Live cast member Eddie Murphy. [15] The one-liner referred to Murphy's lack of recent box office success, especially the bomb Vampire in Brooklyn . The quip made Murphy turn against both Spade and SNL for several years afterward. [16] Spade wrote in his 2015 memoir that he received an angry phone call from Murphy two days later at the SNL offices; the two did not reconcile until a chance meeting in 2011. [17] [18] Spade left SNL in 1996. He returned to host an episode in 1998 and another in 2005. [19]

Breakout into film

Spade starred with fellow Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Farley in two buddy comedy films, Tommy Boy (1995) and Black Sheep (1996), both of which were distributed by Paramount Pictures. The two were planning a third film together, but Farley died of a drug overdose in 1997 at the age of 33 and thus it was cancelled. When Spade declined to attend Farley's funeral, rumors abounded that there had been a falling out between the two. Spade stated that their friendship had been under some tension, partly because of Farley's drug problem and reckless lifestyle, which Spade admittedly could not keep up with. However, it never escalated to ill will, and that the reason he did not attend the funeral was simply because he could not handle it emotionally. [20]

Return to television, voice work and Joe Dirt

Although he received several offers to star in his own TV shows, he turned them down and joined the ensemble cast of Steven Levitan's office sitcom Just Shoot Me!, opposite Laura San Giacomo and George Segal, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. He played a sarcastic receptionist, Dennis Finch.

In 2000, Spade provided the voice of Kuzco in Disney's buddy comedy film, The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and would later reprise the role in its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove (2005).

While appearing on Just Shoot Me, Spade had his first solo starring role as the title character in the 2001 film Joe Dirt , which was a modest box office success. The film was co-written by Spade and Fred Wolf.

Further film work and television hosting

Spade starred again in the 2003 film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star , again co-written by Spade and Wolf. It was the first of many films in which Spade has appeared that were produced by another Saturday Night Live castmate, Adam Sandler. Most notable among these are the films Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013), both of which included Spade and Sandler among the lead roles, and both of which were major box office hits.

Spade hosted both the Teen Choice Awards and SpikeTV's Video Game Awards in 2003. He voiced characters on several episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head and produced his own TV series Sammy in 2000. From 2002 to 2006, Spade regularly appeared in commercials for Capital One (with Nate Torrence) where he played the employee of a fictional rival company whose policy toward honoring credit card rewards (and just about everything else) is "always no". In 2004, he joined the cast of 8 Simple Rules, following the death of the sitcom's star, John Ritter, for the show's third and final season.

In 2018, Spade appeared in his first major dramatic role in the movie Warning Shot co-starring Bruce Dern and James Earl Jones, with Spade playing the dangerous grandson of a powerful business tycoon (Dern)

He hosted the Comedy Central TV show The Showbiz Show with David Spade for three seasons, from September 2005 to October 2007. On the show, Spade made fun of Hollywood and celebrities in a manner similar to his old "Hollywood Minute" segment on SNL. [21]

Video game work, animation and television acting

In the 2006 video game The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning , Spade provided the voice of Spyro's dragonfly companion, Sparx. [22] From 2007 to 2013, he starred as Russell Dunbar in the ensemble CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement . In 2010, he worked with TBS on a pilot for an animated series based on Joe Dirt, but it was eventually dropped. [23]

In 2014, Spade had a guest role on an episode of ABC sitcom The Goldbergs (on which George Segal, his former Just Shoot Me co-star, has a major role as "Pops", the protagonist's grandfather). The end credits featured an interaction between Pops and Spade's character. [24]

Lights Out with David Spade

In 2019, he started hosting a new late night show called Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central. The television spot was right after The Daily Show in the former slot inhabited by The Colbert Report , The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and The Opposition with Jordan Klepper . [25] As the production was put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, Comedy Central announced the show would not return to the channel once production can resume, but is instead being shopped around to a third-party broadcaster. [26]

In August 2020, Spade guest hosted two episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! while Kimmel took a summer vacation. [27]

Podcasts

In 2022, Spade began co-hosting the Fly on the Wall podcast with fellow Saturday Night Live alum Dana Carvey. Guests include former cast members and hosts of SNL. [28]

In 2024, the Superfly video podcast (a spinoff of Fly on the Wall) co-hosted by Spade and Carvey was launched. [29]

Snake Oil

On April 18, 2023, it was announced that Spade would host Snake Oil , a new game show broadcast by Fox. [30] [31]

Awards and honors

Spade received an Emmy nomination [32] and two Golden Globe nominations for his role as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot Me!. [33]

On September 5, 2003, Spade received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [34]

On April 1, 2012, Spade received a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress for his role as Monica (drag) in the 2011 film Jack and Jill .

Personal life

Spade has dated numerous actresses and celebrities, including Heather Locklear, Lara Flynn Boyle, Julie Bowen, Teri Hatcher, and Naya Rivera, [35] [36] with E! News calling him "a bachelor-era George Clooney of the comedy world". [37]

He and 2005 Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace have a daughter together, Harper (born August 26, 2008). [38] [39] [40]

On November 29, 2000, Spade was attacked by his assistant David Warren "Skippy" Malloy while he was sleeping, who used a stun gun on Spade after breaking into Spade's home in the early morning. In an interview with Howard Stern, Spade stated that he managed to get away from the 350-pound (160 kg) Malloy, run to his bedroom, grab his gun and defend himself by locking himself in a bathroom armed with the shotgun. Malloy pleaded guilty and avoided jail time on condition he seek counseling for drug and psychological problems. He subsequently received five years' probation, was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Spade and perform 480 hours of community service. [41] [42] [43]

In December 2005, Spade donated $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department to buy 300 firearms, including 50 AR-15 rifles for patrol officers. [44] [45] Spade also donated $200,000 for the Oklahoma tornado relief program on May 20, 2013, $100,000 toward the ALS ice bucket challenge in 2014, and $100,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in June 2018 after the suicide of his sister-in-law Kate Spade, a fashion designer. [46]

Spade primarily resides in Beverly Hills, California although he also has residences in Hollywood Hills and West Hollywood. [47] [48] His Beverly Hills house was burglarized in June 2017. [48]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Kyle
1992 Light Sleeper Theological Cokehead
1993 Coneheads Eli Turnbull
1994 Reality Bites The "Wienerschnitzel" ManagerUncredited
1994 PCU Rand McPherson
1995 Tommy Boy Richard Hayden MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
1996 Black Sheep Steven "Steve" Dodds
1996 A Very Brady Sequel Sergio
1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Ernest "Ernie" Lipscomb
1998 Senseless Scott Thorpe
1998 The Rugrats Movie Ranger FranklinVoice Only
1999 Lost & Found Dylan RamseyAlso Writer
2000 Loser Video Store ClerkUncredited
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Emperor Kuzco Voice Only
Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
2001 Joe Dirt Joseph "Joe" DirtAlso Writer
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Dickie RobertsAlso Writer
2005 Racing Stripes ScuzzVoice Only
2005 Lil' Pimp Principal NixonVoice Only; Direct-to-DVD
2005 Kronk's New Groove Emperor KuzcoVoice Only; Direct-to-DVD
2006 Grandma's Boy Shiloh
2006 The Benchwarmers Richie GoodmanNominated – Teen Choice Award for Best Choice Chemistry
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Transvestite GroupieCameo
2010 Grown Ups Marcus Higgins
2011 Jack & Jill Monica Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
2012 Hotel Transylvania Griffin the Invisible Man Voice Only
2013 Jungle Master Boss CainVoice Only
2013 Snowflake, the White Gorilla AliurVoice Only: English Language Dub
2013 Grown Ups 2 Marcus Higgins
2015Space BreakoutXanorVoice Only
2015 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser Joseph "Joe" DirtAlso Writer/ Executive Producer
2015 I Am Chris Farley HimselfDocumentary
2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 Griffin the Invisible Man Voice Only
2015 The Ridiculous 6 General Custer
2016 The Do-Over Charlie McMillian
2017 Mad Families Johnny Jon-JohnAlso Writer
2017 Sandy Wexler Himself
2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Griffin the Invisible Man Voice Only
2018 Father of the Year Wayne
2018 Warning Shot Bobby
2020 The Wrong Missy Tim MorrisNominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo
2022 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania Griffin the Invisible Man Voice Only [49]
2023 Once Upon a Studio Emperor Kuzco Short film, Voice Only (archival audio)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 The Facts Of Life ScottEpisode: "Big Apple Blues"
1989 Baywatch B. J.Episode: "Second Wave"
1990 ALF Larry SlotkinEpisode: "Make 'em Laugh"
1990 Monsters TeddyEpisode: "Small Blessings"
1990Born To Be MildStage AssistantUncredited
Television film
1990–1996 Saturday Night Live Various roles70 episodes; also writer
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1990–1993)
1992, 1998 The Larry Sanders Show Himself2 episodes
1993-1995 Beavis and Butt-Head Mr. Manners / Mr. Candy / Ticket Attendant (voices)3 episodes
1997–2003 Just Shoot Me! Dennis Finch 149 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1999)
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1999–2000)
Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series (1999)
1998Saturday Night LiveHimself (host)Episode: "David Spade/Eagle-Eye Cherry"
1998Take The HitHimselfStand-up special
2000 Sammy Sammy Blake / James Blake (voices)13 episodes
2002 Greg the Bunny HimselfEpisode: "Welcome to Sweetknuckle Junction"
2003 2003 Spike Video Game Awards Himself (host)Television special
2004 Father of the Pride Tommy the Coyote (voice)Episode: "Road Trip"
2004–2005 8 Simple Rules C. J. Barnes 39 episodes
2005Saturday Night LiveHimself (host)Episode: "David Spade/Jack Johnson"
2005–2007 The Showbiz Show with David Spade Himself (host)39 episodes; also writer and executive producer
2007–2013 Rules of Engagement Russell Dunbar100 episodes
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy
2009 Curb Your Enthusiasm HimselfEpisode: The Reunion
2011 Entourage HimselfEpisode: "The Big Bang"
2012 Hot in Cleveland ChristopherEpisode: "Blow Outs"
2014 The Spoils of Babylon Talc Munson2 episodes
2014My Fake ProblemsHimselfStand-up special
2014 The Goldbergs GusEpisode: "Love is a Mixtape"
2015 Real Rob HimselfEpisode: "VIP Treatment"
2015–2017 Fameless Himself7 episodes
2016 Crowded KyleEpisode: "RearviewMirror"
2016 Inside Amy Schumer ShowrunnerEpisode: "Welcome to the Gun Show"
2016 Roadies Harris DeSoto4 episodes
2016 Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe Himself (roastmaster)Television special
2017–2018 Love Steven Hopkins4 episodes
2017 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Himself (guest host)1 episode
2017 Lady Dynamite HimselfEpisode: "Kids Have to Dance"
2017 The Mayor Ed Gunt7 episodes
2019–2020 Lights Out with David Spade Himself (host)Also creator, writer and executive producer
2020 The Ellen DeGeneres Show HimselfEpisode: "Pink and David Spade"
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride [50] WestleyEpisode: "Chapter Four: Battle of the Wits"
2020–presentThe Netflix AfterpartyHimself (host)2 episodes
2021 Mr. Mayor HimselfEpisode: "Brentwood Trash"
2021 The Circle AfterpartyHimself (host)
2021 Bachelor in Paradise Himself (host)Two Episodes
2022Nothing PersonalHimselfStand-up special
2022 Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special HimselfStand-up special [51]
2022 HouseBroken Himself (voice)Episode: "Who's Found Themselves in One of Those Magical Christmas Life Swap Switcheroos?"
2023 Snake Oil Himself (host) [30] [31]

Video games

YearTitleVoice role
2006 The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Sparx

Music videos

YearTitlePerformer
1993"Buddy" Adam Sandler
2018"Gucci Flip Flops" Bhad Bhabie

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eddie Murphy</span> American actor and comedian (born 1961)

Edward Regan Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He shot to fame on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Murphy has received accolades such as the Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and an Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015 and the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Elliott</span> American actor, writer, and comedian

Christopher Nash Elliott is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and author, known for his surreal sense of humor. He appeared in comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1988), created and starred in the comedy series Get a Life (1990–1992) on Fox, and wrote and starred in the film Cabin Boy (1994). His writing has won four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. His other television appearances include recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and How I Met Your Mother, starring roles as Chris Monsanto in Adult Swim's Eagleheart (2011–2014) and Roland Schitt in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020). He also appeared in the films Groundhog Day (1993), There's Something About Mary (1998), Snow Day (2000) and Scary Movie 2 (2001).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dana Carvey</span> American stand-up comedian (born 1955)

Dana Thomas Carvey is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garrett Morris</span> American actor and comedian (born 1937)

Garrett Isaac Morris is an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. He was part of the original cast and was the first black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984). Morris had one of the starring roles, as Junior "Uncle Junior" King, on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Morris also had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. He is also known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, until he suffered an injury. Also, he made two guest appearances on The Wayans Bros. in season one, episode one as himself and again on episode ten as the brothers' uncle Leon (1995). He played a concerned teacher in the film Cooley High (1975), Slide in Car Wash (1976), and Carl in The Census Taker (1984).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Farley</span> American comedian and actor (1964–1997)

Christopher Crosby Farley was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons from 1990 to 1995. He went on to pursue a film career, appearing in films such as Airheads, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Beverly Hills Ninja, and Almost Heroes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Smigel</span> American comedian, writer, puppeteer and actor

Robert Smigel is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He also co-wrote the first two Hotel Transylvania films, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Leo, all starring Adam Sandler.

Pat (<i>Saturday Night Live</i>) Fictional character on Saturday Night Live

Pat O'Neill Riley is an androgynous fictional character created and performed by Julia Sweeney for the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1990 to 1994. The character was later featured in the film It's Pat. The central humorous aspect of sketches featuring Pat is the inability of others to determine the character's sex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Meadows</span> American actor and comedian

Tim Meadows is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Meadows was one of the longest-running cast members on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for 10 seasons from 1991 to 2000. For his work on SNL, he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1993. He played main character John Glascott on the ABC sitcom Schooled for its two-season run after playing the same character in a recurring role for six seasons on The Goldbergs. Meadows is also known for his role as Principal Duvall in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and reprised the role in Mean Girls 2 and the film's 2024 musical adaptation in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenan Thompson</span> American comedian and actor (born 1978)

Kenan Thompson is an American comedian and actor. Thompson has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He was also the first regular cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975. Outside of SNL, Thompson starred on NBC's sitcom Kenan from 2021 to 2022.

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> American late-night live TV sketch comedy and variety show

Saturday Night Live is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. Michaels currently serves as the program's showrunner. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary American culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that was usually based on political events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show.

Saturday Night Live is an American sketch comedy series co-created by Dick Ebersol and Lorne Michaels and produced by Lorne Michaels. The show has aired on the American broadcasting television network NBC since its debut on October 11, 1975.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Foley</span> Fictional character

Matt Foley is a fictional character from the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live performed by Chris Farley. Foley is a motivational speaker who exhibits characteristics atypical of someone in that position: whereas motivational speakers are usually successful and charismatic, Foley is abrasive, clumsy, and down on his luck. The character was popular in its original run and went on to become one of Farley's best-known characters.

James Woodward Downey is an American comedy writer and occasional actor. Downey wrote for over 30 seasons of Saturday Night Live, making him the longest tenured writer in the show's history. SNL creator Lorne Michaels called Downey the "best political humorist alive".

"Wayne's World" was originally a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment "Wayne's Power Minute" (1987) on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock & Roll, as the main character first appeared in that show. A prototype of the Wayne character had appeared several years prior on CITY-TV in Toronto's overnight show City Limits. The Saturday Night Live sketch spawned a hit 1992 film, its 1993 sequel, and several catchphrases which have since entered the pop-culture lexicon. The sketch centered on a local public-access television program in Aurora, Illinois, hosted by Wayne Campbell, an enthusiastic long-haired metalhead, and his timid and sometimes high-strung, yet equally metal-loving sidekick and best friend, Garth Algar. Wayne lives with his parents and broadcasts his show "live" from the basement of their house every Friday evening at 10:30. The first "Wayne's World" sketch appeared in the 13th Saturday Night Live episode of the 1988–1989 season.

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> (season 18) Season of television series

The eighteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993.

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993, the eighteenth season of SNL.

<i>Saturday Night Live</i> 40th Anniversary Special Episode of the 40th season of Saturday Night Live

"Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special" is a three-and-a-half-hour prime-time special that aired on February 15, 2015, on NBC, celebrating Saturday Night Live's 40th year on the air, having premiered on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. It is produced by Broadway Video. This special generated 23.1 million viewers, becoming NBC's most-watched prime-time, non-sports, entertainment telecast since the Friends series finale in 2004. It is the third such anniversary special to be broadcast, with celebratory episodes also held during the 15th and 25th seasons.

Christopher Jerell Redd is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, rapper, and singer. After several years performing stand-up comedy, Redd was hired to join the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ahead of the show's 43rd season in 2017, making his debut alongside Heidi Gardner and Luke Null, and serving as a cast member for five seasons until 2022. For his work on the show, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2018 for co-writing the SNL song "Come Back Barack". He is also known for his roles in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), Disjointed (2017–2018), and Kenan (2021–2022).

The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, has been parodied on Saturday Night Live (SNL) since 1992. Clinton was in office from 1993 to 2001, and has been portrayed on the show over a hundred times, most often by Darrell Hammond.

References

  1. Johnson, Allan (December 29, 2003). "David Spade knows how to shovel sarcasm". Houston Chronicle.
  2. Elfman, Doug (February 3, 2014). "Comedian David Spade often just grins and bears it". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  3. Spade, David (April 12, 2016). Almost Interesting: The Memoir. HarperCollins. ISBN   9780062376992.
  4. "David Spade Biography (1970-)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  5. "Price of Fame". Salon.com . January 28, 2000. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  6. Todd, Tom (2012). Tombstone By Tombstone: Here Lies the Old West (Volume 1): Tom Todd: 9781470153854: Amazon.com: Books. Todd Publishing/CreateSpace. ISBN   978-1470153854.
  7. "Yahoo! Movies bio". Archived from the original on October 28, 2011.
  8. "David Spade - Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor" . Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  9. David, Anna (March 3, 2009). "David Spade". Daily Details blog.
  10. Myers, Marc (September 10, 2019). "Too Cool for School, David Spade Turned to Comedy". The Wall Street Journal . ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  11. "Facts and History". Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007.
  12. 1 2 "Q&A: David Spade | Preview 918". www.preview918.com.
  13. "David Spade". IMDb.
  14. "Comedy in the '90s, Part 3: The Bad Boys of 'Saturday Night Live'". September 11, 2019.
  15. "Spade in America CLIP 12/09/95". nbc.com. NBC. December 9, 1995. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  16. Horgan, Richard (April 17, 2013). "Lorne Michaels Admits Infamous SNL Eddie Murphy Crack Was a Mistake". FishbowlNY.
  17. Spade, David (2015). "David Spade: This is why Eddie Murphy hated me, wouldn't come back to "Saturday Night Live"". Salon.com. Dey Street Books. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  18. Reed, Ryan (October 21, 2015). "David Spade Recalls Intense Eddie Murphy Feud in Memoir Excerpt". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  19. "David Spade". IMDb.
  20. Grow, Kory (April 30, 2014). "David Spade Explains Why He Didn't Attend Chris Farley's Funeral". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  21. The Showbiz Show with David Spade: Comedy Central Series Cancelled, TVSeriesFinale.com. October 7, 2007
  22. FX TV channel
  23. "David Spade, TBS plotting animated 'Joe Dirt'". The Live Feed. January 28, 2010.
  24. "First look: David Spade guest stars on the premiere of 'The Goldbergs'". EW.com. September 10, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  25. Maglio, Tony; Baysinger, Tim (August 2, 2019). "'Lights Out With David Spade' Averages 270,000 Comedy Central Viewers in Premiere Week". TheWrap.
  26. White, Peter (April 3, 2020). "'Lights Out With David Spade': Late-Night Talk Show Won't Return To Comedy Central".
  27. "David Spade shows no signs of rust in late-night return". lastnighton.com. August 25, 2020. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  28. White, Peter (January 11, 2022). "Dana Carvey & David Spade Launch Weekly 'SNL' Talk Show Podcast 'Fly On The Wall' With Cadence13". Podcast. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  29. "Audacy Expands Partnership With Dana Carvey and David Spade With the Launch of "Superfly"". audacyinc.com. February 1, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  30. 1 2 "FOX Orders "Snake Oil," A New Game Show from Executive Producer Will Arnett and Hosted and Produced by Emmy and Golden Globe Award Nominee David Spade, to Debut in the 2023-2024 Season" (Press release). Fox. April 18, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via The Futon Critic.
  31. 1 2 Peter White (April 18, 2023). "David Spade To Host & Produce New Game Show Snake Oil At Fox With Will Arnett As Exec Producer". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  32. "David Spade - awards and nominations". Emmys. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  33. "David Spade - awards and nominations". Golden Globes. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  34. "David Spade". Hollywood Walk of Fame. September 5, 2003. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  35. Moehringer, J. R. (October 1, 2008). "The Don Juan of Our Time". Los Angeles Magazine.
  36. Zimmerman, Amy (April 4, 2017). "The Tao of David Spade: Hollywood's Unlikeliest Pickup Artist". The Daily Beast.
  37. Finn, Natalie (April 3, 2017). "Comedy Casanova: Inside David Spade's Storied Dating History". E! Online.
  38. Okenwa, Iheoma (July 26, 2019). "Who Is Jillian Grace 'David Spade's Ex' and Where Is She Now?".
  39. "David Spade Becomes a Dad". People . Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  40. "David Spade on Daughter Harper". The Ellen DeGeneres Show . December 31, 2014. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  41. "Spade's Ex-Assistant Pleads Guilty". AP News. July 7, 2021.
  42. "David Spade on Being Attacked in His Own Home". Howard Stern. October 19, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  43. "David Spade's assistant pleads guilty to assault". azdailysun.com. April 20, 2001. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  44. "David Spade Helps Phoenix Police Pay for Guns". People Magazine. December 22, 2008.
  45. Housley, Adam (March 23, 2015). "David Spade Buys High-Powered Rifles for Local Police Department". Fox News.
  46. "David Spade donates $100,000 to mental health organization following Kate's death". ABC News . June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  47. Flemming, Jack (October 14, 2021). "David Spade buys a modern mansion near the Comedy Store for $13.85 million". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  48. 1 2 Bitette, Nicole (June 6, 2017). "David Spade's Beverly Hills home robbed of nearly $80G in cash and jewelry". The New York Daily News. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  49. Allen, Sian (April 9, 2021). "Hotel Transylvania 4 Gets New Title & Release Date". Screen Rant . Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  50. Breznican, Anthony (June 26, 2020). "Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride". Vanity Fair . Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  51. Lowry, Brian (May 30, 2022). "Norm Macdonald says goodbye in a Netflix special, with a little help from his friends". CNN. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
Preceded by
First host
Teen Choice Awards host
2003
Succeeded by