Feb. 17, 2024
In Praise of Adam Sandler: A Closer Look at His Underrated Films
Today's episode takes a detour from our usual comedy headlines and dives into something special. I have accepted a challenge proposed by Liz, a generous supporter on buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews, who has requested an entire episode dedicated to...
Today's episode takes a detour from our usual comedy headlines and dives into something special. I have accepted a challenge proposed by Liz, a generous supporter on buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews, who has requested an entire episode dedicated to saying nice things about Adam Sandler movies.
Adam Sandler, known to many as the Sandman, has had a career filled with ups and downs. But it's essential to acknowledge his early successes, such as "Billy Madison," "Happy Gilmore," and "The Wedding Singer." These films showcased Sandler's undeniable comedic talent and established him as a force to be reckoned with.
In more recent years, Sandler has taken on more serious and dramatic roles. One such film is "Spaceman," where he stars as Jacob, a Czech astronaut on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system. This upcoming Netflix film delves into themes of loneliness, avoidance, and regret, showcasing Sandler's versatility as an actor. While it may not be a traditional comedy, it promises to be a somber meditation on the human condition.
Despite Sandler's successes, there is a persistent underestimation of his abilities. Films like "Punch Drunk Love," "The Meyerowitz Stories," and the remarkable "Uncut Gems" demonstrate Sandler's prowess as a dramatic actor. His performances in these movies are a testament to his range and talent, often leaving audiences in awe of his capabilities.
One aspect that shouldn't go unnoticed is Sandler's incredible chemistry with Drew Barrymore. Together, they've co-starred in films like "The Wedding Singer," "50 First Dates," and "Blended." Their dynamic on-screen presence and ability to play off each other's strengths make these movies enjoyable and heartwarming experiences. They truly bring out the best in each other, delivering authentic and relatable performances.
Adam Sandler's films have made a lasting impact on the comedy genre. Movies like "Happy Gilmore," "The Waterboy," and "Big Daddy" continue to entertain audiences, thanks to their timeless humor and quotable moments. Sandler's work has found new life through cable TV and streaming services, gaining a new generation of fans who appreciate his comedic genius.
Adam Sandler is a remarkable actor and comedian who deserves more recognition and respect. From his early comedic triumphs to his more recent dramatic performances, Sandler has proven himself to be a versatile and talented artist. It's time to shed the unfair scrutiny and appreciate the genius at work. So go ahead, revisit some of Sandler's films, laugh, cry, and remember why he's one of the best to ever do it.
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm
Johnny mag If you're a new listener and
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this is the first time you've ever
heard this podcast, pick a different episode
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because here's why this is a very
special episode. Normally I talk about comedy
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headlines and what happened in like the
last twenty four hours. But today because
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Liz m went to buy me a
coffee dot com slash daily Comedy News and
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accepted the challenge that I've had up
there for a while. And if people
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spent enough money on buying me a
coffee dot com slash daily Comedy News,
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I would do an entire episode saying
nice things about Adam Sandler movie. So
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Liz took the challenge, bought me
five large iced coffees, and wrote,
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can't wait to hear an entire episode
of you saying nice things about Adam Sandler
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movies. So that's what today is. Again. If this is your first
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time listening, listen to you.
Yesterday's episode or Thursday was pretty good.
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I don't know if Fridays was good. See I recorded this one on Wednesday,
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so I don't know if yesterday was
good or not. Anyway, I'm
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gonna say nice things about it.
Adam Sandlor movies. I'm not going to
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do it sarcastically. I'm not going
to do it with loaded backdoor comments.
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I'm going to do this straight.
Are you ready? Back in twenty nineteen,
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Adam Sandler told Yahoo that he doesn't
read reviews. He says, I
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don't sit and read them. Some
people criticize Adam Sandlor movies, and Adam
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says it's been going on so long
that doesn't really bother me anymore. When
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I was young and I read my
first couple of reviews and how hard they
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came at me and hated my stuff, it was shell shocking because I was
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young and excited. Then I got
hit with how terrible my stuff was.
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But I guess I just believed differently, so I kept doing my thing along
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the way. Adam's had some pretty
successful movies, including Billy Madison, Happy
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Gilmore, The Wedding Singer. He's
got the upcoming film Space Man, and
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Vanity Fairs spoke to Adam. Baseman
will show up on Netflix on March first.
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It stars Adam Sandler's Jacob, a
check astronaut on a solo mission to
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the edge of the Solar System.
It co stars Paul Dano as a large,
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multi legan alien who infiltrates Jacob ship
and needles him with questions the astronauts
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would rather not hear. Sandler says, don't expect Rob Schneider to show up.
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This is a drama, somber meditation
on loneliness, avoidance, and regret.
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Sandlor tells Vanity Fair the trailer lets
you know what the vibe of the
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movie's gonna be. I don't think
it's gonna throw anybody off. Netfilix is
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presenting it in a way that you
know what's to be expected, and it's
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not a comedy, he says.
He might get ticked off, like,
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hey, I was hoping for some
funny Sandman stuff here. But if you
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know from the outset, then you
can go into it thinking like, all
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right, let's see what this is. Sandler says, everyone's gonna have their
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own reaction. His own reaction to
the first screening was almost like a concert
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movie, like the feel of how
it takes you away. But I have
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no idea what other people are gonna
feel. He spent some time dangling from
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wires to simulate zero gravity, acting
alone, often separated even from the crew
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who were out of sight operating cameras
on sixty foot cranes. Sandler says,
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I was talking to a tennis ball
a lot, but it was a great
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atmosphere to go to places and try
to feel the real thing. A lot
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of the movie was shot on sound
stages in Long Island. I used to
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live right near those sound stages,
which allowed them to go home most days.
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But then the production moved to the
Czech Republic for the flashback sequences,
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and he said that helped him channel
the loneliness. When we were shooting in
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the Czech Republic. It's a different
time zone, everybody's off. You're not
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living the same life you do when
you're home, so I yearned for that.
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If it's way long, I started
losing it. I called my wife
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and tell her what Cino was about
to do with discuss things to get me
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to these certain places, and man, it was deep and too many days
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when Elf my trailer going oh this
is not going to be an easy scene.
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I was walking to the set going
all right, here we go,
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man, let's feel it. Sadlor
says it's our nature that we keep burning
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up all that stuff in our quest
to fulfilled needs that we have within ourselves
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and goes wow, you better quote
that one. From the Alabama Take website,
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they point out Adam Sandlor isn't just
good, he's one of the best
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to ever do it. Back in
two thousand and two, we got Sandlor's
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first serious, dramatic head turning role
in the strange but wonderful rom com masterpiece
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Punched Drunk Love. Then in twenty
seventeen, the brilliant funny Drameda The Myrowitz
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Stories, and of course my favorite
Adam Sandler movie, The wonderfully fantastic Uncut
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Gems. Alabama Take rates Adam Sandlor
is a good actor when he wants to
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be. Here's the thing. There
isn't another actor in the history of motion
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pictures that's been more unfairly scrutinized,
more severely underappreciated, and more blatantly disrespected
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than Adam Saidlor. Case in point, look at the list of Best Living
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America actors Adam Sailor one hundred and
seventh. Sailor's made some of the greatest
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and most influential American comedies ever.
Thanks to cable TV and streaming services rights
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the Alabama Take, where these movies
are constantly featured and easily accessible. They're
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as popular now as they've ever been. Happy Gilmour is the best golf movie
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of all time. It's better than
Caddy Shack. The Wedding Singer is a
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beloved romantic comedy even today. Sailor's
biggest box office success of the nineties,
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Big Daddy, is the culmination of
the Sandman's growth both as a writer and
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actor. But the best movie from
that time, and the one where Sandler's
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comedic genius is on full display,
is none other than The water Boy.
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The boint Is Sandlor is criminally underrated
because folks have failed to see the genius
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at work. Clydeer and I agree
that Drew Barrymore is awesome in Adam sandler
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movies, and they point out his
performances lead to one consistent factor, his
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impeccable chemistry and compatibility with Drew Barrymore. They've co starred in three films,
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The Wedding Singer, Fifty First States, and Blended. Each came out in
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a different decade, and they each
feature Adam Sandlor at his very best.
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The pinnacle of Sandler's performances are a
product of his own comedic skills, but
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are elevated to new heights because of
Barrymore's own wit, cheer and heart.
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Whenever they're in the same scenes,
Sandler and Barrymore are always messing with each
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other, or they're messing with everyone
around them. They tease and poke at
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each other in every film like a
pair of best friends. In The Wedding
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Singer, there's a scene where a
wedding photographer mistakes them as a couple.
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They're not a couple yet. In
that scene, instead of being embarrassed,
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they jump into this weird, absurd
improv scene where they pretend to be siblings.
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The look of shock in the photographer's
face is as extreme as the laughs
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that people experience seeing it because the
pair are being utterly mischievous and rascally.
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In Fifty First Dates, Barrymore is
able to match Saidlor's humor again, even
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though she's essentially playing a character who
doesn't even have the memory of their past
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to build on and in Blended,
before their first kiss, she takes a
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moment to tease Adam sandlor A's payback
for something he did earlier in the movie,
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Sandler says, no matter what's going
on, I'm always pulling for Drew
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and she's the same way. Whenever
I'm doing something, I know she's pulling
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for me. All right, let's
rank the best Adam Sailor movies. Number
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one Uncut Gems with his debts amounting
and angry collectors closing in a fast talking
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New York City jeweler risks everything in
hope of staying afloat and alive. I
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know Adam was hoping to get some
Academy Award action for that one, was
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disappointed when he didn't. Number two. I'm gonna go with Hustle. Fun
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basketball movie, plenty of famous cameos. The plot knows what it is,
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the movie moves along. It's fun. It's not quite Uncut Gems, but
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Hustle is pretty good. At number
three, fifty First Dates Drew Barrymore two
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thousand and four. Just talked about
that if you haven't seen it in a
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while. Fifty First States follows Henry
Roth, a marine biologist and a womanizer
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who uses his deception to bed tourists
on the island. But when he meets
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local girl Lucy, he begins to
fall in love. The only problem she's
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got amnesia, and her memory resets
after every day. At number four,
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we have The Wedding Singer, which
tells the story of Robbie, a small
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town wedding singer who, after being
left at the altar, becomes disillusioned with
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love, but he begins to bond
with his best friend Julia again Drew Barrymore
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and for me at number five,
the remake of The law Youngest Yard.
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I guess I like sports movies and
I like Sandler a little more dramatic.
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This is the remake of the nineteen
seventy four Burt Reynolds movie The Longest Yard,
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about a jailed pro football player who
recruits convicts for a one off grudge
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match against the guards. That's my
personal top five. It'd be curious what
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yours are. You can join us
in the Facebook group Daily Comedy's podcast group.
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Do have to point out some other
great Adam Sandler movies, Happy Gilmore,
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where he's a hot headed hockey player
with a powerful slap shot. However
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his temper and lack of skating skills
hold him back. Then he finds out
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he's good at golf. Then there's
The water Boy with a fantastic Henry Winkler
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scene, a nice happy ending.
How could you not like that? Billy
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Madison, probably the most quotable of
Adam Sandler's films. Chris Farley Steve as
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Shemi nor McDonald in that one.
And then, of course Jack and Jill.
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Adam Sandler, pulling a double roll, plays Jack and he plays Jill.
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Jack and Jill are twins separated by
a continent and a chasm of luck,
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achievement, and social status. When
Jill arrives from the Bronx to spend
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Thanksgiving at a brother's gorgeous la homes
and provokes a steady barrage of rage and
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disgust. And that it's your comedy
news for today. Thank you, Liz
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for going to buy me a coffee. Dot com slash a daily comedy news.
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See you tomorrow,
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm
Johnny mag If you're a new listener and
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this is the first time you've ever
heard this podcast, pick a different episode
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00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:21.039
because here's why this is a very
special episode. Normally I talk about comedy
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00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:25.199
headlines and what happened in like the
last twenty four hours. But today because
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00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:29.839
Liz m went to buy me a
coffee dot com slash daily Comedy News and
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00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:32.560
accepted the challenge that I've had up
there for a while. And if people
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00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:35.640
spent enough money on buying me a
coffee dot com slash daily Comedy News,
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00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:39.719
I would do an entire episode saying
nice things about Adam Sandler movie. So
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Liz took the challenge, bought me
five large iced coffees, and wrote,
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00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:46.679
can't wait to hear an entire episode
of you saying nice things about Adam Sandler
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00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.520
movies. So that's what today is. Again. If this is your first
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00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:53.000
time listening, listen to you.
Yesterday's episode or Thursday was pretty good.
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00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:56.200
I don't know if Fridays was good. See I recorded this one on Wednesday,
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00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:59.039
so I don't know if yesterday was
good or not. Anyway, I'm
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gonna say nice things about it.
Adam Sandlor movies. I'm not going to
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do it sarcastically. I'm not going
to do it with loaded backdoor comments.
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I'm going to do this straight.
Are you ready? Back in twenty nineteen,
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Adam Sandler told Yahoo that he doesn't
read reviews. He says, I
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don't sit and read them. Some
people criticize Adam Sandlor movies, and Adam
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says it's been going on so long
that doesn't really bother me anymore. When
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I was young and I read my
first couple of reviews and how hard they
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came at me and hated my stuff, it was shell shocking because I was
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young and excited. Then I got
hit with how terrible my stuff was.
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But I guess I just believed differently, so I kept doing my thing along
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the way. Adam's had some pretty
successful movies, including Billy Madison, Happy
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Gilmore, The Wedding Singer. He's
got the upcoming film Space Man, and
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Vanity Fairs spoke to Adam. Baseman
will show up on Netflix on March first.
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It stars Adam Sandler's Jacob, a
check astronaut on a solo mission to
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the edge of the Solar System.
It co stars Paul Dano as a large,
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multi legan alien who infiltrates Jacob ship
and needles him with questions the astronauts
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would rather not hear. Sandler says, don't expect Rob Schneider to show up.
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This is a drama, somber meditation
on loneliness, avoidance, and regret.
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Sandlor tells Vanity Fair the trailer lets
you know what the vibe of the
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movie's gonna be. I don't think
it's gonna throw anybody off. Netfilix is
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presenting it in a way that you
know what's to be expected, and it's
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not a comedy, he says.
He might get ticked off, like,
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hey, I was hoping for some
funny Sandman stuff here. But if you
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know from the outset, then you
can go into it thinking like, all
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right, let's see what this is. Sandler says, everyone's gonna have their
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own reaction. His own reaction to
the first screening was almost like a concert
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movie, like the feel of how
it takes you away. But I have
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no idea what other people are gonna
feel. He spent some time dangling from
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00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:30.800
wires to simulate zero gravity, acting
alone, often separated even from the crew
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who were out of sight operating cameras
on sixty foot cranes. Sandler says,
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I was talking to a tennis ball
a lot, but it was a great
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atmosphere to go to places and try
to feel the real thing. A lot
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of the movie was shot on sound
stages in Long Island. I used to
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live right near those sound stages,
which allowed them to go home most days.
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But then the production moved to the
Czech Republic for the flashback sequences,
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and he said that helped him channel
the loneliness. When we were shooting in
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the Czech Republic. It's a different
time zone, everybody's off. You're not
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living the same life you do when
you're home, so I yearned for that.
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If it's way long, I started
losing it. I called my wife
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and tell her what Cino was about
to do with discuss things to get me
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to these certain places, and man, it was deep and too many days
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when Elf my trailer going oh this
is not going to be an easy scene.
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I was walking to the set going
all right, here we go,
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man, let's feel it. Sadlor
says it's our nature that we keep burning
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up all that stuff in our quest
to fulfilled needs that we have within ourselves
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and goes wow, you better quote
that one. From the Alabama Take website,
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they point out Adam Sandlor isn't just
good, he's one of the best
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to ever do it. Back in
two thousand and two, we got Sandlor's
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first serious, dramatic head turning role
in the strange but wonderful rom com masterpiece
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Punched Drunk Love. Then in twenty
seventeen, the brilliant funny Drameda The Myrowitz
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Stories, and of course my favorite
Adam Sandler movie, The wonderfully fantastic Uncut
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Gems. Alabama Take rates Adam Sandlor
is a good actor when he wants to
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be. Here's the thing. There
isn't another actor in the history of motion
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pictures that's been more unfairly scrutinized,
more severely underappreciated, and more blatantly disrespected
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than Adam Saidlor. Case in point, look at the list of Best Living
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America actors Adam Sailor one hundred and
seventh. Sailor's made some of the greatest
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and most influential American comedies ever.
Thanks to cable TV and streaming services rights
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the Alabama Take, where these movies
are constantly featured and easily accessible. They're
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as popular now as they've ever been. Happy Gilmour is the best golf movie
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of all time. It's better than
Caddy Shack. The Wedding Singer is a
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beloved romantic comedy even today. Sailor's
biggest box office success of the nineties,
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Big Daddy, is the culmination of
the Sandman's growth both as a writer and
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actor. But the best movie from
that time, and the one where Sandler's
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comedic genius is on full display,
is none other than The water Boy.
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The boint Is Sandlor is criminally underrated
because folks have failed to see the genius
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at work. Clydeer and I agree
that Drew Barrymore is awesome in Adam sandler
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movies, and they point out his
performances lead to one consistent factor, his
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impeccable chemistry and compatibility with Drew Barrymore. They've co starred in three films,
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The Wedding Singer, Fifty First States, and Blended. Each came out in
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a different decade, and they each
feature Adam Sandlor at his very best.
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The pinnacle of Sandler's performances are a
product of his own comedic skills, but
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are elevated to new heights because of
Barrymore's own wit, cheer and heart.
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Whenever they're in the same scenes,
Sandler and Barrymore are always messing with each
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other, or they're messing with everyone
around them. They tease and poke at
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each other in every film like a
pair of best friends. In The Wedding
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Singer, there's a scene where a
wedding photographer mistakes them as a couple.
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They're not a couple yet. In
that scene, instead of being embarrassed,
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they jump into this weird, absurd
improv scene where they pretend to be siblings.
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The look of shock in the photographer's
face is as extreme as the laughs
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that people experience seeing it because the
pair are being utterly mischievous and rascally.
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In Fifty First Dates, Barrymore is
able to match Saidlor's humor again, even
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though she's essentially playing a character who
doesn't even have the memory of their past
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to build on and in Blended,
before their first kiss, she takes a
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moment to tease Adam sandlor A's payback
for something he did earlier in the movie,
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Sandler says, no matter what's going
on, I'm always pulling for Drew
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and she's the same way. Whenever
I'm doing something, I know she's pulling
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for me. All right, let's
rank the best Adam Sailor movies. Number
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one Uncut Gems with his debts amounting
and angry collectors closing in a fast talking
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New York City jeweler risks everything in
hope of staying afloat and alive. I
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know Adam was hoping to get some
Academy Award action for that one, was
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disappointed when he didn't. Number two. I'm gonna go with Hustle. Fun
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basketball movie, plenty of famous cameos. The plot knows what it is,
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the movie moves along. It's fun. It's not quite Uncut Gems, but
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Hustle is pretty good. At number
three, fifty First Dates Drew Barrymore two
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thousand and four. Just talked about
that if you haven't seen it in a
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while. Fifty First States follows Henry
Roth, a marine biologist and a womanizer
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who uses his deception to bed tourists
on the island. But when he meets
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local girl Lucy, he begins to
fall in love. The only problem she's
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got amnesia, and her memory resets
after every day. At number four,
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we have The Wedding Singer, which
tells the story of Robbie, a small
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town wedding singer who, after being
left at the altar, becomes disillusioned with
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love, but he begins to bond
with his best friend Julia again Drew Barrymore
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and for me at number five,
the remake of The law Youngest Yard.
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I guess I like sports movies and
I like Sandler a little more dramatic.
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This is the remake of the nineteen
seventy four Burt Reynolds movie The Longest Yard,
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about a jailed pro football player who
recruits convicts for a one off grudge
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match against the guards. That's my
personal top five. It'd be curious what
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yours are. You can join us
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Do have to point out some other
great Adam Sandler movies, Happy Gilmore,
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where he's a hot headed hockey player
with a powerful slap shot. However
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his temper and lack of skating skills
hold him back. Then he finds out
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he's good at golf. Then there's
The water Boy with a fantastic Henry Winkler
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scene, a nice happy ending.
How could you not like that? Billy
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Madison, probably the most quotable of
Adam Sandler's films. Chris Farley Steve as
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Shemi nor McDonald in that one.
And then, of course Jack and Jill.
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Adam Sandler, pulling a double roll, plays Jack and he plays Jill.
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Jack and Jill are twins separated by
a continent and a chasm of luck,
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achievement, and social status. When
Jill arrives from the Bronx to spend
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Thanksgiving at a brother's gorgeous la homes
and provokes a steady barrage of rage and
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disgust. And that it's your comedy
news for today. Thank you, Liz
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for going to buy me a coffee. Dot com slash a daily comedy news.
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See you tomorrow,