The "Friends With Adam Sandler" Effect

they say it's not about what you know it's about who you know and if you happen to befriend Adam Sandler between 1984 and 1994 you would likely have a multi-billion dollar box office resume in this 10year stretch Adam basically met everyone he would end up working closely with on films for the rest of his 30-year career this group helped Sandler dominate Hollywood whether they were writing producing directing or sharing the screen with him you could argue that Adam Sandler does not like making new friends the only people added to the Sandler verse in the 2000s were Nick swartson and Kevin James and yeah Adam is definitely a good guy helping his buddy stay employed all these years but he also needs them more than you realize comedy and Cinema fans have been debating on whether or not Adam Sandler is funny since the80s however even he knew he wasn't that funny which is why he carefully crafted an army of Yes Men Who were great at making Adam Sandler films but wouldn't find much success without him the real reason why Adam exploded into super stardom is actually more mysterious than you'd think today we are going to take a closer look into the Sandler Squad who helped him build a Hollywood mediocre movie machine that machine would lead to one of the most debated legacies of all time what keeps you in the game it seems almost oh man I I I was so crazy when I was young I just thought like yeah I'm going to be huge I'm going be I'm some psychotic delusion the dream of becoming a Hollywood star is often shut down by the people around you they will call you crazy you're never going to make it they'd say Adam was delusional but that's exactly what you need to be to succeed from the moment he decided to be a comedian at age 17 he convinced as many people as he could to believe in his delusional dream Adam arrived at New York University's Tish School of the Arts in 1984 where he would be surrounded by thousands of other students pursuing artistic careers his roommate Tim Hurley would be the very first member of the Sandler Dream Team Tim would go on to write Billy Madison Happy Gilmore The Wedding Singer the water boy Mr Deeds bedtime stories pixels h be Halloween as well as working on multiple other Adam Sandler Productions Tim has also made his fair share of onscreen cameos like the fireman and Mr Deeds or the bouncing kangaroo in Big Daddy I'm a singing kangaroo and away I like every single creation that Tim has acted or produced in his entire career was for Sandler which makes sense because he never intended on being in Hollywood Tim Hurley was actually an accountant pursuing a law degree and with was never considered by his friends and family to be funny but he was enamored by Adam's Charisma Tim said he was extremely outgoing his mouth going a mile a minute and funny and all over the place it was kind of a sight to behold as a fun hobby Tim began writing jokes for Adam standup comedy in their Britney Hall dorm room Adam would practice his onliners to strangers in front of the coffee shop below his living quarters as he got more confidence he started hustling at comedy clubs Pips and catch a rising star but Adam and Tim were not funny enough to consistently get laughs from The Comedy Club crowd so they decided to recruit another member to the Sandler Squad to help write more material Adam became intrigued by a young man called Frank Karachi who lived down the hall Adam said at NYU he always frosted his hair he had a mohawk girls loved him he went to dance Tera a lot he went to a lot of cool clubs he was the Lord of the80s Frank aspired to write and direct films he made short films in college and often had Adam star in them he was the first person to direct Adam Sandler on a video production Frank would go on to direct The Wedding Singer the water boy click zookeeper Here Comes the Boom Blended and the ridiculous six in fact the only movies Frank Karachi directed for the first 20 years were Sandler's projects Frank recently stopped working with Sandler and just released his most critically acclaimed film of his entire career perhaps instead of goofy comedies biographical documentaries were always his calling and maybe working with Sandler was holding him back then again if Sandler didn't consistently hire Frank to be his director he might not have had a career to begin with plus Adam and the Gang loved to to portray wacky Side characters and where would we be without Frank's portrayal of Bobby bu's dad Roberto Bobby it's me your daddy Roberto daddy you know I seen you on the ESPN when they was talking about you being drafted by the NFL Adam's routine in 1985 would be going to a comedy club on Monday absolutely bomb come back to the dorms and revise his material with Tim and Frank and by Friday have figured out a way to make it better his comedic Persona was the every man who made makes relatable jokes enhanced with silly voices I can talk about wet dreams you know I'm a young I wet dreams kind of ruined my whole life you know there's only so many times you can tell your mother you lost your underwear every NYC comic in the 80s knew to get recognized you had to perform at the comic strip comedy Legends such as Larry David Jerry Seinfeld and Robin Williams were a few of the many that laid their comedic foundations here Adam was able to land himself an audition and immediately impressed the booking agent Lucen hold he was only 19 years old and I signed him up immediately he had all clean stuff very quirky very cute I thought this guy is really good it's interesting that Lucien described Sandler with quirky and cute instead of funny it's evident that Adam had star power or it factor and sometimes it factor is unexplainable you either have it or you don't you will notice this becomes a trend in Adam's career all of his friends talk about how they had a gut feeling about Adam it wasn't necessarily that he was the funniest they just knew he could be a star but Adam thought he sucked I don't think I was I'm not as sharp as some of the other guys that we grew up with like and and I wasn't as prepared when things went off in other words you what you didn't memorize your stuff I tried to but I would choke I would choke I would like I would choke memorizing my jokes and I would panic and I would see stars and stuff and I was gulping up Sandler admits he wasn't the best at standup but he knew it was necessary for him to learn if he wanted to have a career in comedy film and television luckily he would meet a new new funny friend one who actually had interest in pursuing a comedy career Alan Covert sat next to him in a history of Comedy class at NYU where they bonded over their love for the film catty Shack Adam invited Allan back to the Britney Hall dorms and locked him in clear from the very beginning that Allan was always going to play the support role for Adam whether it was on stage or on the screen he created some extremely memorable characters like 10se second Tom from 51st dates as well as the fry caddy and Happy Gilmore all right give me a club I'll get it but coverart always felt like he had to prove himself cuz back then I was still like fighting like they had to go like no no no cover's funny like look I had to grow that beard just to be I was like no no no it'll be good it'll be good I'm the guy I don't have to talk just let me be funny and look weird and when Allan finally got his opportunity to be the main character in a Sandler film he crushed it Grandma's Boy produced by Happy Madison Productions was about a 35-year-old Stoner and video game tester who gets evicted and has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates the irreverent comedy only secured $6 million in the box office but was able to make over $30 million in DVD sales the numbers seem small but they six times their investment plus the Sandler fandom loved this film just as much as other Classics this seems like an obvious sign that covert had potential to be a strong lead but he only got one other lead Ro after this in the film strange Wilderness after that he continued to take a backseat and play supporting roles like in Grown-Ups 2 bedtime stories just go with it you could even argue his roles became less significant over the years but why maybe he didn't want to be a star maybe he just liked supporting his buddy or maybe there just wasn't enough room for Adam to shine while Allan was on screen considering he has producer credits on nearly every Sandler film he has acted in maybe behind the scenes is where the team agreed he should be plus he has a $12 million net worth so whatever Adam says eh but Adam's grind and dedication to be great must not be understated after securing his spot as a paid regular at the comic strip he would still stand in the New York City Subways performing covers of Beetles songs hoping to get tips from Travelers he got so confident with the guitar that he added it to his stand-up routine in 1993 he signed a record deal with Warner Brothers his debut Comedy album they're all going to laugh at you is actually two times platinum and was nominated for a Grammy he even performed with a full band on his 1996 comedy tour and has done countless singing performances throughout his career with the most notable one being a song dedicated to his late friend Chris Farley I'm talking about I'm talking about my friend Chris Farley it was also during Adam's time at the comic strip that he met Chris Rock Rock was fresh off his first Hollywood film and just getting established in the NYC comedy scene when Sandler arrived Chris saw Adams act and thought he was hilarious and I'm watching him and he does this joke about uh Wilt Chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain once scored 100 points in a game and Sandler does this joke he goes uh here's my impression of the coach of the other team who's got Wilt but Chris didn't become a part of Adam's team because he was a star in his own right with way too much potential to help someone else as they developed their acts together at the comic strip they gained support from the club's owner Richie tinkin Richie introduced Adam to a talent manager named Barry Moss who in 1987 was casting for The Cosby Show keep in mind The Cosby Show was the highest viewed sitcom on television for 5 years straight averaging around 38 million views per episode Adam auditioned and landed a small role as Smitty in just four episodes from there he secured a consistent spot telling jokes on remote control which was MTV's very first original non-m musical program you know I went to New York last week and I had a great time real good time I had one of these tour guys who really thought he knew everything and but he didn't know how to fly when I chew him off the Empire State Building remote control also o hosted college tours around the country where Adam was invited to perform standup he was becoming somewhat of a micro celebrity occasionally being recognized on the streets of New York City Adam's resume was getting strong he had a little bit of money saved up and got a taste of Hollywood so he decided to move to Los Angeles to get that much closer to making it on the big screen and on the west coast there was another small crew of comedians who were about to join the Sandler hype train Rob Schneider was a few years older than Adam and had already been making noise in the comedy world he just recently did a performance on David Letterman's Tonight Show which was basically an early sign that you made it in the 80s Schneider knew Adam was a buzzing comic and even saw him and Chris Rock on the cover of a small comedy magazine called The Comedy USA so Rob was shocked one evening when he was performing a small La show to see Adam Sandler take the stage and I saw his first show out there and I was the only two people really really laughing hard was me and him really he was laughing at himself and I was laughing and uh I took him out for a beer afterwards and I said oh man you're going to be huge yet again again Adam was not dominating the crowd but for some reason another comic was immediately convinced he would be a star Rob took him out for a beer after his set and from there he became a part of the Sandler Network Rob helping Adam would not be a waste as he would create some of the most memorable Side characters in The Sandler verse such as Oola and 51st dates the minister and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and of course the Towny and the water boy you can do it cut his head off however critics didn't think Schneider was all that special Schneider received nomination at the golden raspberry awards for the worst supporting actor for his role as the delivery guy in Adam's most successful 9s movie Big Daddy in your experience was sunny a good father to Julian oh yes they make terrific pair they went together like lamb and tuna fish lamb and tuna fish maybe like spaghetti and meatball Sandler was the winner of the worst actor raspberry award for this film and would go on to win nine more golden raspberries throughout his career he basically gets nominated for worst actor every time he releases a movie when the critic started hating me uh I I really I I just felt bad for my family I felt bad for the people who worked hard on the movies you know because I mean I had so many great actors in the movies and when we would get done shooting it they would say to me I think the critics are going to like this one and I'd be like oh no no they're going to say bad things and they're probably going to say bad things about you being in it but big daddy was a $235 million Blockbuster hit and Adam believed in Rob and he was learning to ignore the critics they immediately bounced back with Rob as the lead in dece Bigalow male jigo which earned around $92 million in the box office but this would be the most profitable film with Rob as a lead one by one every film with Rob as a lead would bring a smaller return on investment the animal the hot chick Deuce Bigalow European jigo Benchwarmers they kept the phandom satisfied but none of them exploded in performance leading Happy Madison Adams production company to stop writing movies with Rob as the lead Rob still believed in his capability of being a main character but the two movies he released outside of happy Madison's Productions were utter failures which kind of proves that without Sandler's team he couldn't be successful so he went back to playing support roles which was fine until he wasn't invited to be in Grown-Ups 2 Sandler's second most successful film to date they're doing Grown-Ups 2 without me mistake they should have paid me a lot of money well truthfully I wasn't sure if I'd have my TV series so it was an availability thing but at the end of the day they should have said what money does Rob need Rob was given five lead roles by Sandler and dozens of support roles over the years despite critics relentlessly trashing his work Sandler still gave him as much opportunity as he could the moment Adam didn't bend over backwards for Schneider he got angry and went to the media this animosity led to Schneider not working with Sandler for years they eventually mended their relationship in 2015 because Rob understood without Happy Madison he wasn't finding success luckily Sandler doesn't hold grudges because he never forgot how many favors Rob did for him early on in his career everyone in this room tonight has made my life fun people always would ask me those bad reviews you get how does that make you feel make you feel like and I'd say no it really doesn't I I think the reason I I get to say that didn't hurt me is because so many of you guys in this room made me feel great about what what we've done together and all my fellow comedians actors writers collaborators crew members people on the streets my family my kids my forever girl Jackie all make me feel like the critics didn't know what they what the hell they were talking about so thank you for all that Schneider got Adam in at The Improv in the late 80s which was the hot club for upcoming comedians in La at The Improv Adam befriended comedian Jud appow they even got an apartment together Adam's Adam's the next Ed Murphy you just knew it even when he was bombing it wasn't like he was killing on stage and you thought that as a result of the success of his performances right we found him hilarious the crowds was hit and miss but there was a certain Charisma which is the Charisma which led to everything that happened that you felt when he was in his early 20s if anything hotter because he had so much energy as a friend to make you laugh because he wasn't making movies so all that energy that he's put into his career in the early days was just used on you at dinner what you are starting to see is how valuable it is to keep people around you that believe in you Adam has now developed a network of comics and writers who all uplifted him and knew he was hilarious despite crowds of Comedy fans not seeing the magic ironically Jud only worked with sandir Once in his career he would go on to produce tons of movies that you probably think are way funnier than any of Sandler's films Jud produced Anchor Man 40-Year-Old Virgin knocked up super bad Step Brothers Pineapple Express bridesmaids and many other comedy Classics maybe Jud had a higher standard for comedy and didn't like Sandler's vision for films or maybe he was just focused on creating his own legacy but while Sandler and Jud were living in that La apartment together Adam's buddy from NYU Jack jeruto crashed on their couch for 3 months after realizing he hated law school Jack would go on to form Happy Madison Productions with Sandler and produce every single film Adam has ever created up until 2015 when he finally retired but the other leader of the sanderse entered Adam's life during his time at the Improv in the late 80s David Spade Spade was impressed with the same material that made Chris Rocka fan so I'm going to tell you one and you tell me if this is how it goes yes you said uh you go Will Will Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game which is true right and he goes here's my impression of the uh his team in in the timeout in the Huddle hey Will I'm open dude and then you go here's the coach on the other team during the the Huddle who's covering Wilt stay on him I believe he's hot that was that's right yeah I believe he's hot I know I used to get so excited to say that joke because it was one of the few that worked it's interesting how a simple joke made some of the most promising comedians fully invested in Sandler aside from SNL Dave's breakout role was alongside Chris Farley in the comedy classic Tommy Boy which is actually rated higher than any of Sandler's comedy films they released another buddy comedy black sheep the following year Spade bounced around from movies to TVs to animated films in the late '90s and didn't end up formally working with Adam until 2001 where he was casted as the lead role in Joe Dirt another Sandler vers Colt classic throughout his career Spade didn't want to ride the coattails of Adam around 2006 he started working with him more closely taking support roles in Grandma's Boy the Bench Warmers and of course grown-ups where the whole Squad came together but he has a wide resume of sitcom roles the most notable being on just shoot me and rules of engage engagement both highly rated series he also voiced various animated characters over the years but the most popular was Cusco in Emperor's New Groove he also voiced the video game character Sparks who was Spyro's dragonfly friend he even did various commercials and hosted award shows clearly David Spade is the one man we all agree definitely would have been successful even if he wasn't Adam Sandler's friend in fact it's actually Adam who was lucky to be David Spade and Rob Schneider's friend because they are the reason he got on Saturday Night Live in 1990 comedian Miller was the anchor of SNL's Weekend Update segment Weekend Update was their highest feuded program and at the time hosting it was an extremely coveted position in the comedy World Miller scouted spade and Schneider at The Improv and invited them to audition for SNL they secured their spot as writers at the end of season 15 in 1990 then Chris Rock and Chris Farley were added to the SNL team in Season 16 with three of Sandler's comedy buddies advancing their careers in New York Adam got a different opportunity to be the star in his very first film going overboard going over overboard was about a bartender on a cruise ship who dreams of becoming a comedian the movie never hit theaters and is considered by many to be the least funny film ever made luckily his career would be saved when Schneider spade and rock convinced the SNL casting director to give Sandler a shot he moved back to New York City and was added to the writing team in December of 1990 Sandler shared a tiny office with Chris Rock Chris Farley and David Spade the crew felt like they finally made it but Schneider was the one standing out he was the first Giant on our show we had it was been a good yeah Dennis Miller used to walk around going the schneid man hit and he kind of throw it in all our faces like what are you guys got come up with something man that's all I hear about the guys would write jokes specifically designed for them as they often relied on physical comedy with Farley being the overweight maniac and Adam portraying goofy characters with silly accents it didn't hit the same when anyone besides Sandler Farley or Spade delivered the jokes fresy pepper why yeah Landing a job on SNL is basically the best comedy cosign you can receive in the industry so it becomes much easier to get business opportunities Adam was Landing movie roles left and right he played dink in the film shakes the clown Carmine and con heads then landed a primary role as pip in Airheads he met Steve bashem on the set of AirHeads and would go on to cast Steve in over 10 films some of the fan favorite characters were the homeless man in Big Daddy or Crazy Eyes in Mr Deeds Crazy Eyes what hey eight how you doing pal I got your pizza for you just the way you like it oh yes french fries and Oreos you know me all too well dud but there was one man that Adam Sandler used as a go-to support role that ended up causing some major controversy Peter Dante met Adam in 1992 while playing a game of one-on-one basketball at Gary shandling's house the two hit it off immediately Peter would go on to have almost the exact same career career path as alen covert playing supporting roles in wacky Side characters in various Happy Madison Productions he was the quarterback in the water boy watch where you're going needle dick the burnt out friend in Mr Deeds he even got to co-star with Allan and Grandma's Boy it seemed like Dante was a go-to side character for Sandler all the way up until Grown-Ups 2 during the filming of Grown-Ups 2 Adam made Peter live within a mile of him so they could play basketball every day which was often three times per day but one major mistake would end their friendship forever in 2013 just after Grown-Ups 2 released Dante was checking into the JW Marriott Hotel in Santa Monica according to the police report the actor grew upset because he wanted a new room key and was not happy that staffers didn't recognize him as an actor he then proceeded to call the black staff member the nword as well as the Epler as well as lashing out at a Mexican valet worker saying do you know where you are we don't need you someone from TMC saw Dante strolling the streets days later and asked him about his belligerent Antics at least according to this guy he's going to list all of his black friends for us T ask my black ask Marcus C be about me after doubling down on his racist remarks he never worked in another Adam Sandler film ever again for the past 10 years Dante has been living the High Life seemingly strung out on drugs and alcohol is the lead singer of a failing reggae band performing dive bars in Southern California his real life today is the exact Persona depicted in his most popular film Grandma's Boy but Adam's comedic Persona that he created on SNL in the 9s laid the foundation for his film career hey uh canteen boy can I help you with something H not right now Mr mcgr just get myself situated oh well you know I wouldn't want to rush you canteen boy cuz you're one crazy wild man whatever hello let me water your plants please please while you're gone let me water your plants go out Smiley boy hey I'm Smiley boy look at me I got a big smile on my face now give me some candy turkey turkey D turkey turkey D I eat the turkey and I take a nap Adam met Tim Meadows in 1993 who would go on to feature in a handful of Happy Madison Productions by 93 and '94 Adam was now a permanent onscreen Talent on SNL and even recruited his first Sandler Squad member Tim Hurley to write for the show but some people like Bill Murray hated Adam's SNL material Bill Murray was an SNL veteran returning in 1993 to host and wasn't very happy with the material he was seeing which Bill Murray are you going to get the nice Bill Murray going to get the tough Bill Murray he's super nice to fans he wasn't very nice to us interesting he hated us and Saturday night life when he hosted he did wow absolutely hated a seething Saturday Night Live season 20 which which was the last season dominated by the Sandler crew is Up For Debate as the worst season in the show's history because of the low ratings NBC threatened to fire Lauren Michaels who created and produced SNL since 1975 Sandler thought he was crushing it I mean him and his buddies thought the show was funny but nobody else did and it reflected in the viewership SNL needed a fresh reset so they fired Adam Farley Schneider and Spade the following year yeah I was fired I was fired and C said that I was done then I made over4 billion at the box office so I guess you could say I won Billy Madison released two months before Adam was fired from SNL this was his first movie released through his own production company and secured a $16 million profit at the box office not only that but the film became a cult classic a part of American Comedy culture getting fired from SNL was the best thing to ever happen to Adam sandley it was now 1995 he had momentum after a banger film and had a network of more than a dozen comedians writers and actors who believed in his vision like was there a pivot point in your career where you just you just knew this is it it's go time um that's that's a good one Nikki I I Billy Madison Billy Madison is when we started going come on just all all my buddies we all got together and we're like let's let's let's do what we we think is funny yeah and um and then we didn't stop doing it together and we made a bunch of movies together yeah from there his process was very simple here's how I think of my scripts Sandler jokes I sit in my room I think up an idea then I call up all my friends and they say that's awesome you're the best although he was kidding here this isn't really far from the truth Adam is a true Testament of how valuable being a leader is he is also the product of someone who had friends who deeply cared about him and believed in him when he had nothing instead of leaving those people in the dust he designed his whole career around them making sure that they were able to stay employed by creating formula comedy films with bizarre plots stupid Side characters screaming dad jokes Silly Songs then rinse and repeat for 30 years and yeah sure critics hated basically all of his films but he doesn't have to listen to your criticism because he doesn't operate in your standards of quality he clearly is a much better actor when pursuing serious roles such as punch drunk love and uncut gems yet he still doesn't care that critics are finally starting to praise His acting he probably is only pursuing this next dramatic role in Spaceman because he knows comedy films are dead these days some people think Adam just surrounded himself with yes men acki comics who had nothing going for them so they latched on to their golden ticket in Hollywood and I'm not going to lie his early standup and most of the stuff that was on SNL I probably wouldn't have seen the Adam Sandler hype but they clearly saw something in him that we didn't and they were right he made $4 billion making silly movies with his best friends and family while traveling around the world seems like he lived the perfect life

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Length: 26min 57sec (1617 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 19 2024