Adam Sandler's Trivia
Published Saturday, October 28, 2006 by Adam Sandler | E-mail this post 
Named from two of his most popular early films (Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore), the logo for his production company Happy Madison appears at the beginning of Sandler's films produced by Happy Madison, the logo features his late father. Sandler played Satan in Dirty Work and the son of Satan in Little Nicky. Many of his films end with a scene in which his character is being cheered on by a large audience for one reason or another (knowledge bowl in Billy Madison, golf tournament in Happy Gilmore, stockholder's meeting in Mr. Deeds, etc) He often casts Allen Covert, Blake Clark, Steve Buscemi, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Rob Schneider, and former SNL players in his films. In most of his movies, the leading lady's name starts with a "V" (i.e., Vicki Vallencourt, Veronica Vaughn, Virginia Venit, Vanessa, Valerie). Usually his characters love a brand name food (i.e., Hunt's Snack Packs, Subway, Popeye's Chicken, Reese's, Twinkies and others). He is a regular season ticket holder of the New York Yankees. Adam's comedy album Stan and Judy's Kid set a record for most albums sold by a comedy album in its first week. It debuted at #16 on the Billboard charts. All three of his previous comedy albums sold at least in the region of a million copies. He is a fan of professional wrestling, and most of his self-written films have references to professional wrestling in them. Five professional wrestlers had a role in The Longest Yard due to Sandler's insistence. He was also seen at World Wrestling Entertainment Wrestlemania 21. Sandler made a cameo appearance on an episode of The Price is Right during the "Happy Gilmore Showcase." Host Bob Barker appeared in the movie Happy Gilmore which featured a famous fight scene with Sandler's character. He is a huge fan of the band Styx, and will often feature their music in his movies. Although he did not attend the University of Florida, he frequently wears Florida's orange and blue sweatshirts and t-shirts in his movies. Adam had a guest spot as a special audience member in an episode of The Showbiz Show with David Spade. Adam was the feature guest on the final episode of John McEnroe's eponymous CNBC talk show, airing in late 2004. McEnroe had appeared in two of Sandler's movies, both times as himself (Mr. Deeds and Anger Management). He was parodied in the South Park episode AWESOM-O as a simplistic and repetitive filmmaker. The character of Cartman, pretending to be an all-knowing robot, rails off hundreds of movie ideas all featuring Adam Sandler in similar plots; this was a desperate and spontaneous response to movie studio executives asking Cartman the robot for movie ideas that would guarantee large profits. He is good friends with comedian Norm MacDonald, who has appeared in several films Sandler has produced. Sandler subsequently made a cameo appearance in MacDonald's Dirty Work. The title character in Happy Gilmore is based on a childhood friend of Sandler's who played hockey and could outdrive most people on the golf course. The Old Man Clemons character in Billy Madison was portrayed from Sandler's former assistant principal at Manchester Central High School. Sandler wore a Central Pride tee shirt in Anger Management. It is the school shirt of Manchester Central High School. Sandler was the guest speaker for Central's graduating class of 2003 and 2004. He had a nephew and a niece graduate in those years, respectively. Sandler featured both former Democratic Party Presidential candidate Al Sharpton in Mr. Deeds and former Republican New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in Anger Management.
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