{"id":2254,"date":"2018-06-05T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2018-06-05T19:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:12:05","slug":"michigan-born-funnyman-david-spades-visit-home-to-firekeepers-was-a-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/personalities\/2254\/michigan-born-funnyman-david-spades-visit-home-to-firekeepers-was-a-trip","title":{"rendered":"Michigan-Born Funnyman David Spade\u2019s Visit Home to Firekeepers Was a Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Spade\u2019s appearance in Battle Creek was a trip and he spoke of travel (Photo by Michael Patrick Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n

Comedic actor David Spade, who starred in movies such as \u201cTommy Boy\u201d and on television\u2019s \u201cRules of Engagement,\u201d hit the stage at Firekeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek recently, but not before he sat down to dinner at Nibi, Chef Michael McFarlen\u2019s snazzy gourmet restaurant in the casino.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got to eat, right? And he didn\u2019t want to eat in his room,\u201d revealed Jim Wise, Firekeepers\u2019 vice-president of marketing. \u201cHe didn\u2019t sit in the center of the room where everybody had to see him. He sat off to the side in the corner.\u201d<\/div>\n
Later from the stage of Firekeepers\u2019 intimate, 2,000 seat showroom, Spade mentioned he\u2019d dined in Nibi and liked it, so post-show customers bee-lined to Nibi and asked where Spade had been sitting. Deborah, a waitress proudly pointed out the table.<\/div>\n
\u201cCan you give me David Spade\u2019s room number?\u201d one pretty patron asked.<\/div>\n
\u201cI know it, but I cannot say it,\u201d Deborah said with a dutiful grin.<\/div>\n
It was a homecoming of sorts for Spade, who was born in Michigan.<\/div>\n
\u201cNot too many people know that. It was Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak,\u201d Spade recited. \u201cI used to tell Kid Rock and Eminem I was from Michigan but I stopped when they got more famous than me.\u201d<\/div>\n
Spade claimed he\u2019d traveled from his Malibu home (\u201cor mansion, whatever,\u201d he quipped) to Firekeepers via a flight on Southwest Airlines.<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an airline that pretends it\u2019s a real airline. Before you board they insist you wait while a crew \u2018cleans the plane.\u2019 But it\u2019s really just a guy walking up the aisle spraying a can of Febreze to freshen the air,\u201d Spade insisted. \u201cAnd Southwest Airlines is somehow the \u2018All Middle Seat Airline.\u2019 I don\u2019t know how that\u2019s physically possible but it just seems like they have all middle seats.\u201d<\/div>\n
He insinuated the flight crew members were all sweaty.<\/div>\n
“The airlines\u2019 \u2018hub\u2019 \u2013 industry lingo \u2013 is in Las Vegas, so they\u2019re hot,\u201d he said before revealing he\u2019d recently stayed in Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel. \u201cWith thousands of rooms it\u2019s the biggest hotel, but big is not always better. For instance, when you whisper your room number to a woman it\u2019s not easy for her to remember: \u2018Meet me in room B10247562_337 in Tower 2.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n
Spade then launched into two minutes of detailed directions on how to pass though miles of corridors of the huge MGM hotel to find his room. \u201cWhen you pass the fourth bar and see a mile-long hallway which seems like you\u2019re going into another building (because you are), you will reach an area which spokes into 11 passageways. Take the seventh one, which hairpins as if you\u2019re backtracking to right where you started, and you\u2019ll be halfway there.\u201dSpade\u2019s stylish hotel room at Firekeepers, needless to say, was much easier for him to find.<\/div>\n
Since skiing is popular in Michigan, Spade commented on the sport.<\/div>\n
\u201cI ski like someone who is looking for their missing contact lens,\u201d he said, with his head pointed down at his toes, which is a definite skiing technique no-no. \u201cMy friends try to ditch me on the slopes because they choose tough ski runs with names like \u2018Devil\u2019s Bottom<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018Hitler\u2019s Frenzy<\/em>.\u2019 I prefer slopes gentle runs with names like \u2018Cotton Candy<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018Pillow Town<\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
Firekeepers brings in celebrities from around the country and welcomes visitors from around the Midwest. Look for them on stage, in Nibi, or even at the tables.<\/div>\n
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Contact<\/em> Travel Writer Michael Patrick Shiels at MShiels@aol.com<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0 His radio program may be heard weekday mornings on 92.1 FM.\u00a0 His latest book is \u201cI Call Him Mr. President \u2013 Stories of Fishing, Golf and Life with my Friend George H.W. Bush\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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