‘God, We Were Lucky’: Ford CEO Shares Family Tidbit About Chris Farley And ‘Tommy Boy’

Chris Farley & David Spade during 1993 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, United States. The late actor was the cousin of the Ford CEO Jim Farley. JEFF KRAVITZ/BENZINGA

Jim Farley, CEO of Ford Motor Company, poses with the new all-electric F-150 Lightning performance truck at its reveal at Ford World Headquarters on May 19, 2021, in Dearborn, Michigan. Farley has had a connection to Ford and the automotive industry as his cousin was played a car part inheritor in Tommy Boy. BILL PUGLIANO/BENZINGA

Released in 1995, “Tommy Boy” wasn’t a huge hit at the box office (although it was profitable) or with critics. The movie garnered a cult-like following and is one of the most quotable movies of the 1990s for a certain generation.