David Spade: Take the Hit

TV Special
1998
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56m

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You've seen him as a man of many faces on 'Saturday Night Live,' as co-star of 'Tommy Boy' and 'Black Sheep,' and as a star of the hit TV comedy series 'Just Shoot Me.' Now, acerbic actor/co... Read allYou've seen him as a man of many faces on 'Saturday Night Live,' as co-star of 'Tommy Boy' and 'Black Sheep,' and as a star of the hit TV comedy series 'Just Shoot Me.' Now, acerbic actor/comedian David Spade performs in his first solo TV special. He's made a name for himself as ... Read allYou've seen him as a man of many faces on 'Saturday Night Live,' as co-star of 'Tommy Boy' and 'Black Sheep,' and as a star of the hit TV comedy series 'Just Shoot Me.' Now, acerbic actor/comedian David Spade performs in his first solo TV special. He's made a name for himself as a lethal 'hit man' of comedy, with no celebrity safe from his stinging barbs. Now that he'... Read all

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10totally_animated

Does Anyone know

Does anyone living in the UK, know if it is possible to get this great show on Region 2 DVD, here in England. Loads of places have it in Region 1 format but unluckily i cant play that. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. Anyway i have previously seen some of his show and what i saw was brilliant. Spade is a good comedian even of loads disagree. in this show he talks about tshirts, McDonald's and airline attendants (remember BuhBye). This show is brilliant and i really want to own it, so if anyone has any details please leave them here, if anyone wants to know if they should see it, then certainly do as it rocks. yay.

8chriskirk2

Excellent set

Spade is relaxed, confident, and very funny here. He balances his hateful-little-bastard persona with nice amounts of self-deprecation; coming up with a classic set. His subject matter(gay rock bands, "spanktro-vision", dirtball drug-dealers,etc.) isn't particularly important- but Spade makes it all work. I really liked his bit about rock bands talking to the audience- telling Michael Stipe to "sing Radio Free Europe and beat it!!", when Stipe just wants to whine about how horrible his rich life is. "Just sing the god-damned songs, buddy!!!!". This set is almost 10 years old-and none of the material is dated. Hate him or really hate him; Spade is a funny dude.

7Brad_Dharma

Funny as Hell

I am not the biggest fan of David Spade, it's the constant smarminess (if that's a word), but I caught this special on hBO a few years ago and I laughed my ass off. He exudes a different type of humor in his stand-up. He pokes fun at himself as a nerd in highschool his family. It is worth taking a look at.

10DonnieDio

The best ever.

Simply the best comedy special ever IMO. Such hilarious, far fetched, insane, yet somehow endearing story telling. Just amazing. Spade is good in movies, but this is him at his best, that creepy dark humour you just don't see from him in movies.

6chelseajmbelehar

Not Bad

Haven't seen a David Spade stand up in years so this was interesting to see. It's nice to see how much better he has gotten but that he still seems like the same guy. Over 20+ years later and it's still just David Spade. Which usually is always Not Bad. I've never seen him great except in Rules of Engagement and the Grown Ups movies. Glad the guy is still doing stand up. Even though he's not the best he's still one I'd happily pay for. Mainly because I know I'm not wasting my money on some comedian who can only talk about race or politics. Just the usual dating, sex, the weird human body and his past. A little boring but the guy can swing it.

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David Spade: I saw some concerts recently. I saw Leonard Skynyrd at ASU. Getting back to my dirt ball roots. Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd just because I wanted to hear my one favorite song by them. But you know I'm going to sit there for 2 1/2 hours because God forbid they should open with Freebird. There would be some trampling. Wait we got some other stuff. Every song they sing should be called Not Freebird, because that's what it is Here's another one that's not Freebird.
David Spade: This whole stadium is full because of me. And every one of my wildest dreams has come true and I'm a bazillionaire. And I've never been more livid. Everything's horrible. I'm like let me tell you something, friend. If your life sucks, then I'm fucked. Alright? Now sing Radio Free Europe and beat it. And make it sound like it does on the album, no tricks
David Spade: So she comes up after an hour 40. And I go uh hello. Fine quit playing around. Oh wait, I know. I remember what it was. There was a pterodactyl back here. What took you so long? What are you doing up there?

Crazy credits
In the end credits, David Spade extends a special thanks to "my mom and Tom for sitting through this and all the people I took pot shots at that aren't going to fight back and HBO for letting me use the word 'special'".