Comedians David Spade and the late Chris Farley were one of the most memorable comedy duos of the ’90s, both as ⅔ of the Gap Girls on “Saturday Night Live” and as co-leads of two of the decade’s classic buddy films.
Decades beyond the release of the latter film, Penelope Spheeris’ “Black Sheep,” it still delivers plenty of Farley’s physical comedy — its funniest scenes sees him tussle with a bat and a steep hillside — and strong buddy chemistry with Spade.
But the end product mimics the earlier “Tommy Boy,” but without much of that film’s magic, leading one of its leading men to wish the movie had been axed.Coming out of “SNL” fame, Farley signed a two-picture deal with Paramount.
“Tommy Boy” fulfilled the first half, grossing 32 million on a 20 million budget.
Following Farley’s Tommy Callahan III on a mission to sell brake pads with a less-than-thrilled Spade in tow,
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