David Spade Reveals How Getting Shut Down By Patrick Swayze's Assistant Inspired A Famous 'SNL' Character

David Spade was on WTF with Marc Maron this week, and it’s definitely worth a listen. Spade has always been underappreciated as a stand-up and is generally a lot more interesting than he gets credit for. (People tend to confuse his smug dick characters for the actual dude.) He’s also full of interesting stories — about Farley (natch), about becoming a father, about the time his crazy assistant tried to kill him (yet somehow avoided jail time ), etc.