Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler was born in New York in 1966.Early in his career, Sandler played Theo Huxtable’sfriend, Smitty in The Cosby Show and a stud boy or Trivia Delinquent in the MTV game show, Remote Control. After his film debut Going Overboard in 1989, Sandler performed in comedy clubs, taking the stage at his brother's urging when he was 17. He was discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandler's act in Los Angeles and recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for SNL in 1990 and became a featured player the following year, making a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including "The Thanksgiving Song" and "The Chanukah Song". Sandler told Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show that NBC fired him and Chris Farley from the show in 1995.
Although his earliest films did not receive critical praise, he started to receive more positive reviews, beginning with Punch-Drunk Love in 2002. Roger Ebert's review of Punch-Drunk Love concluded that Sandler had been wasted in earlier films with poorly written scripts and characters with no development.Sandler has moved outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious parts such as the aforementioned Punch-Drunk Love (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, Spanglish (2004) and Reign Over Me (2007). He played a loving father figure in Big Daddy(1999). During filming, he met Jacqueline Samantha Titonehis future wife and mother of his two daughters—who was cast as the waitress from The Blarney Stone Bar.
Happy Madison Productions
Sandler formed his film production company, Happy Madison Productions, in 1999, first producing fellow SNL alumnus Rob Schneider's film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. The company has produced all of Sandler's subsequent films to date, except Punch-Drunk Love andSpanglish. Reign Over Meand Funny People were produced by Happy Madison but under the subsidiary label "Madison 23". The majority of the company's films have received negative reviews from critics, with three considered to be among the worst ever made yet most have performed well at box office.
Sandler is known for consistently working with a core group of friends and associates through Happy Madison, frequently casting fellowSNL performers in various roles in his films. He and his company produced SNL contemporary Schneider's vehicles Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), The Animal (2001), The Hot Chick (2002), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), and The Benchwarmers (2006), with Sandler making cameo appearances in the middle three. Meanwhile, Schneider has appeared in cameo roles in Sandler films The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, Click, The Longest Yard, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Bedtime Stories. Schneider had larger roles in Sandler films Big Daddy, 50 First Dates, Eight Crazy Nights, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Grown Ups.
Personally my favourite Adam Sandler film is Happy Gilmore also starring Ben Stiller. Sandler plays Happy Gilmore who starts playing golf upon discovering his massive drive. He does this so he can pay off his grandmother’s debt. All of this is following his failed hockey career.
Stephen Kennedy
Adam Sandler was born in New York in 1966.Early in his career, Sandler played Theo Huxtable’sfriend, Smitty in The Cosby Show and a stud boy or Trivia Delinquent in the MTV game show, Remote Control. After his film debut Going Overboard in 1989, Sandler performed in comedy clubs, taking the stage at his brother's urging when he was 17. He was discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandler's act in Los Angeles and recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for SNL in 1990 and became a featured player the following year, making a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including "The Thanksgiving Song" and "The Chanukah Song". Sandler told Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show that NBC fired him and Chris Farley from the show in 1995.
Although his earliest films did not receive critical praise, he started to receive more positive reviews, beginning with Punch-Drunk Love in 2002. Roger Ebert's review of Punch-Drunk Love concluded that Sandler had been wasted in earlier films with poorly written scripts and characters with no development.Sandler has moved outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious parts such as the aforementioned Punch-Drunk Love (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, Spanglish (2004) and Reign Over Me (2007). He played a loving father figure in Big Daddy(1999). During filming, he met Jacqueline Samantha Titonehis future wife and mother of his two daughters—who was cast as the waitress from The Blarney Stone Bar.
Happy Madison Productions
Sandler formed his film production company, Happy Madison Productions, in 1999, first producing fellow SNL alumnus Rob Schneider's film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. The company has produced all of Sandler's subsequent films to date, except Punch-Drunk Love andSpanglish. Reign Over Meand Funny People were produced by Happy Madison but under the subsidiary label "Madison 23". The majority of the company's films have received negative reviews from critics, with three considered to be among the worst ever made yet most have performed well at box office.
Sandler is known for consistently working with a core group of friends and associates through Happy Madison, frequently casting fellowSNL performers in various roles in his films. He and his company produced SNL contemporary Schneider's vehicles Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), The Animal (2001), The Hot Chick (2002), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), and The Benchwarmers (2006), with Sandler making cameo appearances in the middle three. Meanwhile, Schneider has appeared in cameo roles in Sandler films The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, Click, The Longest Yard, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Bedtime Stories. Schneider had larger roles in Sandler films Big Daddy, 50 First Dates, Eight Crazy Nights, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Grown Ups.
Personally my favourite Adam Sandler film is Happy Gilmore also starring Ben Stiller. Sandler plays Happy Gilmore who starts playing golf upon discovering his massive drive. He does this so he can pay off his grandmother’s debt. All of this is following his failed hockey career.
Stephen Kennedy