RE-RELEASE - Adam Sandler (LIVE from LA)

30:12Oh yeah, because Farley and Rock got hired that year and they were just straight feature cast members. Everybody wrote for themselves, like Dana wrote, but Dana was never credited as a writer. If you got on as a main player, you never got a writer's credit for some reason, but whatever, it's just part of the deal. That was good sneaky money though. I didn't want to be a writer, but you know, we didn't make much money, but you'd get kicked to rerun in perpetuity and that was nice, even though it was two cents, but it was nice You get a stack of checks and it's the host. So it's like 18 cents, Alec Baldwin, 18 cents, Tom Hanks.

30:47I know. Glenn Close. So that was kind of fun to rack that up, the bricks. You've invested wisely. Yeah, invested wisely. And then, but we didn't make a ton. I'm sure when you started, we didn't make shit. I don't think we even, we couldn't believe we were getting paid, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who cares? It was just a big deal to get money. just maybe yeah like you net like maybe 20 grand for the whole season oh yeah yeah yeah just live in a hovel yeah it was really i was but you know there i was with phil late great phil jen jen hooks god bless him yes and mike myers and love it and the show was really cooking and then you guys came off like the mothership and close encounters you know becomes rock and sandler and i remember the first time i saw you in the office you're just kind of sitting at the big table 17th floor, Saroni Blath.

31:37And I was doing pretty well on the show, you know. But I liked you immediately. You just had this vibe about you that was really, really funny and likable. You know, and that's a big part of the DNA. You sensed the love we all had. Dana was the king. Dana, I'll tell you, remember it was almost like at a stand-up club. If Dana had a skit and your skit was going on after, you were just like, oh no. Oh, no, because Dana would crush so hard. You got to follow Church Lady or something. Are you talking about read-through or on the show? Read-through was bad. But on the air. On the air was the biggest explosion in the place.

32:17And then your skit would do fine. But in your weird comedy brain, you're just like, how the fuck do I get those Dana laughs? I had a lot of help. You know, make a talk show. And then have Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks come on. Crazy. but um so so you come on you get on the show you're like what's your first big uh what was your first you probably did update first right or did you iraqi pete or something no that was uh al franken wrote that yeah aren't you supposed to do the noise now you do that but um i i'd like to ask you a question yeah so like in classic comedy sorry David you weren't finished sorry you're going to like this one because you know you didn't really lean on it much but in the beginning I remember in the classic comic sense of the idiot so like there's Jerry Lewis is like the king and then I remember you would do the hunched over guy and he would do that sound like where did that guy come from because that instantly made me laugh so hard because you were so committed oh I don't even know man it's very musical it always felt good in a microphone

33:37I don't even know if that ever got on the air if I ever did that I just remember seeing that and really loving it there's one character I want to break down unless David has a question sure? go ahead we're really close friends the opera man the evolution of opera man that then became the indestructible killer bit of all time by the time you got it on the update desk yes with the pictures and you were mixing so good way but talk about the origins of that and the way you did it and then the way you ended up doing it evolved right yes that's my question thank you yeah that's a good question and i remember you you knew the guy so there was a man on the street who used to sing opera on the street he used to hold the can up and you'd be walking down the street and he'd kind of come back to go and he'd sing really hot and he'd charge you and you'd be like oh and you'd give him money and i didn't know that yeah that's kind of where i first started doing it.

34:47I love that. I didn't know that. I met that guy at McDonald's. He wasn't singing, though. He's in between sets. Adam, what would a guy like that be ordering at McDonald's? How would he sound? Hey, barbecue sauce. The thing that you can sound exactly opera is one more gift. On SNL, if you can... Have a voice. If they'd write a singing sketch, obviously Adam wrote a lot of his own, but if they'd write somewhere you sing, you can get in. If you can play an instrument, you can get it. There's so many things if you can do. Dance. So if you do, I didn't do a lot of those things, which was kind of a drag, but Adam can sing so well and actually write songs and actually write songs that are catchy because a lot of those things you don't update were actually really catchy on top of just being funny.

35:32And so that combo is big. And that opera man was a fucking cruncher. That always kills me. That was a gift from the turners. Didn't you do it off on the stage next update initially? Yeah, no, first time I did it, it was just gibberish. it was like it was a theater thing and i think maybe you or was it phil that's what i remember i don't know if i remember this right you maybe you but i was in my office yes that's it adam used to go around the office on all floors so then i hear a little knock and i'm in my office so i open it up and you're on all floors you go oh and then you were asking me to do something introduce opera man right so i didn't remember that so you were like a theater guy would say yeah the opera man yeah something like yeah goes from the emotion of you know like trying to catch the bus but unfortunately he misses the bus but then he sees his mother you know is behind the bus and picks him up let's watch the aqua man okay and then i'd see my mother and that was it and it did good it did good at the table good you know sandler it's good if you a trick on snl is if if adam was probably slightly newer then but if you anchor it with dana who they love all right and then he bring John and they go and Dana seems to like it and they and then they start to like the new guy when you're new it helps no it was a Dana's the best at it so that's what it was but any anyways uh it did fine I it was up at the table it did well everybody remember after a while they started liking us at the table when David and I first were on SNM and at the table and we try to get on and we'd do full skits for ourselves.

37:32Everybody else was kind of like, calm down. That's enough, guys. Yeah, that's enough. Not yet. Not yet. Not yet, yeah. Right. But then by this time, they were like, all right, give him a shot. And then we did that, and it didn't do great, so Lauren didn't put it on. But then the Turners, out of nowhere, Bonnie and Terry Turner. Great writers. Great writers. They wrote for the show for eight, nine years. Wayne's World. Wayne's World. You and Mike. Yeah, they were. They wrote the first Tommy Boy draft. What's that? They wrote the first draft of Tommy Boy. That's right. Tommy Boy, that's right. They were monsters.

38:06I don't even know why we don't talk about them more. They had some huge sketches. You guys should have them on this show. They'll be great. We'd love to. Hi, Bonnie. Hi, Terry. Hello, guys. I'm listening to this when it's released. But they wrote what? And Lindsay. And Lindsay, their daughter. Their daughter, Lindsay. Yes. But anyways, they wrote this thing and they talked to me. I was in my office. They were like, so remember that opera man thing you did we came up with an idea for the news and they showed it to me and i'm so uh i was just so dumb and young and whatever i was and i was like yeah i guess i guess we could try it that way it was it was opera man on the news that he said opera man on showing showing current oh and then you sing about him and blah blah blah and i didn't really i was like no opera man speaks gibberish and that doesn't make any sense you don't understand out from it so then it became a divorce oh how about it you know you would do events with like trumpo yeah exactly and it would just crush that was all those guys wrote it i got to be they would give me the melodies and cheryl would would write cheryl hard quick yeah and and they would just give me all the goods and i mean it was the greatest gift ever that was a home run got to wear the did you do it with eddie vetter or no you just sing like eddie vetter once you are i I sang like any better ones.

39:27Was it as Opera Man or was it something else? Opera Man singing about Pearl Jam. Yeah, yeah. And then, yeah, yeah. And remember when, I think they were even on the show Pearl Jam that night. Oh, that's right. So what would he say? A better, or what do you want? Even. I mean, you got the pipes, kid. No, you were going, hey, I'm saying a little song, I'm saying a concrete. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you sound exactly like him. I can't do it now. I know any better. it's a certain thing he does he's got a thicker lower voice his voice is unreal we share an office me and Farley and then you walk through our office to get to Adam and Chris Rock so when the doors close I hear oh my god he's got a killer cooking it's in the oven we all got excited when we landed on a good impression but I did one with Lovitz an opera man with Lovitz oh that was a great one he can sing great and that was a perfect only other guy who could do it besides you because he's got pipes and he's just a funny so that was a killer he played your brother or something it was Glenn Close and Lovitz and maybe they were my parents I don't remember I remember they came out and sang with me only on Saturday Night Live yeah that's right I could go anywhere it's so much fun I want to ask about when he does bits when you get to bring in one of the musical stars.

40:53I think McCartney did Red Hood and Sweat. Oh, that was great. Farley did something with him. You did something with him. I left right before McCartney hosted. You weren't there then? I missed it. I was a fool. He was upset because we'd met at 86 at Lawrence House. He called me up. I don't know why you didn't stick around. We could have had a plonker. We'd be plonking looking at each other. I go, who is this? Nobody. I miss that, but you got to do a thing. What did you do with Paul McCartney? It was red-oided sweatshirt. I wrote it with Ian Maxton Graham and I forget who else, somebody else. And we had dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, blah, blah, blah.

41:40Stuff like that. I say it. And then as it progressed, Kevin, maybe Kevin Nealon did it with me. And then I said, let's call out Paul and Linda. and Paul and Linda McCartney, we wrote it for him. And then Lauren said, I said, will they do it? He goes, well, you have to talk to them. So I went to Lauren's office. They were eating. They were on the show or they were just visiting? Paul was the guest. And Linda was with them. You walk in and you have to convince them. I just had to come in with the dopey guitar and be like, hi, my heart's pounding through my chest. Did you crawl in or did you walk?

42:18a little skip or something that was when you were gonna pitch it remember you'd skip across no i'm making that up sorry go ahead so you walk in there i mean lauren's eating shun lee and uh and paul and linda there and linda's amazingly nice and paul's amazingly nice and i sing them the little thing and um and they laughed and uh then i left and then i was like I don't know if that worked or not, but then they said yes, and forever, I got that. I sang with them, hung out with them after the show, hung out. Stella was there. Remember Stella was a kid? She came to the show. Oh, Stella McCartney, the fashion designer.

42:55Yes, and she was such a nice kid. She was like our age then, you know, like whatever we were. Yeah, let's keep the numbers out of it. I saw him discipline his kids on Long Island, went over to his house, and you know i think james had a little toy sword a plastered he dropped it down on his sister and paul goes you do that one more time we're gonna have a problem oh it's funny it's hysterical yeah see him as a dad i remember some comic said he had a bill he was the first one with a billion dollars and they go uh you know if he lost his wallet in a cab and there was 500 million in it he'd still have 500 million dollars that was some comic joke but do you remember when farley's brothers came to the show when McCartney was on that stupid story where Paul, Paul looked the same as Paul McCartney growing up, but he had a little bit of gray here.

43:46And so Farley's brothers were standing there with red cups. There was no security. So the music comes out of their dressing and walks by the 8H page desk, you know that, and they walk right into the show and they go, Paul McCartney, one minute till you're on live. And so you see, he comes out with a bodyguard on the front and back and he walks out with his guitar and it's fucking Paul McCartney. I'm there with Farley's idiot brothers and they're all drunk and he comes around and one of them goes hey Paul and he looks over and he goes getting a little gray and he goes and then he walks out and I go are you an idiot?

44:23he goes he looked and then he goes on the monitor and they're like 15 seconds and he looks in the monitor and he goes like this he got in his head right before he went out oh no and you know he's like is my and then um anyway so i i will say one of my proudest moments because sometimes adam and i would try to write together or uh we would all try to think of excuses to all be in the same sketch or whatever and the the one i like the best is the gap girls when we were um in the that was all david in the mall and then farley says lay off me i'm starving that is one of the funnest ones we ever did yeah man and schneider was in it and sarah gilbert was a host oh yeah and uh we were all uh that was just the fun for me because we would all just rehearse so you know you write it if it gets in you laugh at read through you laugh you know when we talk about what who plays what parts and what we say and then you you really wrote all that stuff though i know but then everyone adds jokes whatever you want and then we got to do it on so you have to rehearse all week or once or twice.

45:28And that's a good reason to hang out is to rehearse. Does everyone know about the Gap girls? Because there's a young... Because there's some younger people here. It was just a sketch where we all worked at the Gap, we played girls and it was infuriating. And how did you talk? Whatever! That's right. Weren't you at the folding meeting? Yeah, and I went to the Gap and studied it and they showed how they put a clipboard in the sweaters and pull them out and fold them out. Mesmerized. And then they would actually, this is when you feel kind of like a big deal because if you get a sketch on and you're just some doofus from Arizona and it's like a dumb sketch about the gap and then when they bring the sketches written and it's put up on its feet, they bring in, they talk to the gap and brought a whole section of the gap over.

46:18So they had a security guard because it would cost so much. It was real pants, real sweaters and it was just a chunk of the gap. they moved in and the gap liked it because it was free advertising yeah even though we made them all look like morons but it was still really fun and then uh we all hung out there and uh would practice in there rehearse whatever it's called and uh it was great so we did a couple of those we did gappity where it was jeopardy it was just a fun way for me you and farley to be in sketches yeah and uh that was that was our names again uh say it again what was our names uh christy lucy He was Cindy and you might have been Lucy.

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47:33Do you remember the one that because a lot of times you don't really get to rock and roll with somebody in a sketch. So you and I had a crazy sketch when I came back to guest host. Dogs? No. You played drums? What? Pepper Boy. Oh, that was the best. Let's talk about Pepper Boy. So that, yeah. That was incredible. That was like, you and I were peaking on the show. Chris Farley was, Tim Meadows was. Oh, yes. Farley crossed his eyes. Let's just talk about that for a second. Steve Corrin started it. That's right. Wrote it. So it's just too, I was kind of the, he was my protege. I was the mentor. I was obsessed with how to do the pepper.

48:14The huge pepper mill. And Adam was kind of the underling and really eager. and we I'll just set it up for a second we did well in read through pretty well in rehearsal, dress show, pretty good then Steve Korn comes to me and tells me something you want to do between shows so at one point we had the I was going to you were going crazy, you were so nervous remember I slapped you comedy it's always threes and then I can't butt you, right? yeah, with the sound effects So between Dress and Air, Steve Korn, the writer, comes in and says, Adam's going to put the pepper shaker between his legs. So you're going to do this.

48:54Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then we timed it great, but we really peeped on air. Yeah, that was amazing. That doesn't happen every time. We committed so hard. I mean, because Tim Meadows was sitting there and I was doing the pepper. You like a pepper, huh? I mean, it became way, I don't know if it was sexual or something, but we were just on another level. I'd say once two weeks if I'm in a restaurant a guy with the pepper thing will be like fresh pepper and I'll be like alright yeah and do you remember what happened like Farley was always the best at breaking people because he could be explosively funny.

49:36Do you remember his line and what he did on the air? I know what it is too. We flew in from Tommy Boy for just the show and then we had to fly back and he goes I have a line in Pepper Boy and didn't he have a big beard he looked ridiculous he really hammed it up his line was why thank you Pepper Boy he said I'm going to make you laugh he goes Etsy I'm going to make you laugh out there I think he over before it started he goes Etsy I'm going to make you laugh out there and I go alright alright I think he leans back and goes why thank you Pepper Boy I've never seen a human being transform like that.

50:16He had like 12 chins and perfect amount of pepper. But huge beard for no reason. But he saved it for the air show. He did, yes. He crossed his eyes, too. Adam starts to turn purple. That's the stage. I'm over here. Adam's turning toward me and trying not to go. The sketch had gone so well that I stayed in character. But I said, don't break. Do you remember that? Of course. That's funny, man. Yeah, you were the pro. You were the pro. The funny thing is, Farley wasn't even supposed to say it that loud. It made no sense. He was supposed to go, why, thank you, Pepper. But what would you go, why, that?

50:55Oh, yeah. He lost his marbles. Yeah, well, that's his mind. But that was an electric sketch for a restaurant sketch. And then Il Cantanori when we did that one. Well, you guys wrote Il Cantanori. That was major. It was explosive. But you would take the reins, murder, murder, murder. Yeah. Then we'd have a little thing to do when we were like, let's jump on the Dana fucking Thunder storm. Well, I don't know quite. You guys killed, too. You and Schneider came in. We did. We did good, but you got them all ready. That was an Italian restaurant where all the waiters are too sexual with Christy Alley and all the women that come in, they're like, oh, bellissima, bellissima.

51:33Bellissima. Yeah. I start licking Christy Alley's face. I'm supposed to lick her face really hard. I remember in rehearsal, I go, is this okay? She goes, oh, yeah, go for it. Whatever you want to do. Bellissima. I like it like, oh, you like it like. But you guys were just, you know. Crusher. You and Schneider came in. Schneider had no clothes on or something. I had no clothes on. I was the guy, back then, I could take my fucking shirt off and feel okay. Now there's a reason the sweatshirt's on at all times. He has another shirt in case that somehow falls off. you know what's another crusher was lunch ladyland and a great song i called sandler about a year ago i go yeah yes it's on my ipod and it came in and i go this is a good song when you go sloppy joe slap sloppy joe yeah i go the way you write it and it's actually funny and then you do a sketch and it's funny and then you hear it again you go that's actually a good song like you can it's always catchy songs it's i sang that i sang that on my album before i sang it on Saturday Night Live.

52:38Oh yeah? Oh you did it first on the album? I did it first on the album and Farley was at the taping of my album and so when I'm singing on the album Slabido I think I'm in Santa Barbara I don't remember where I was just a cool club I'm sorry I forgot the name of it but it was a club we were recording Farley was in the crowd going nuts and then you he's his crazy voice is so when I'm going Slabido Slabido Slabido you hear Farley going Slabido like And he never even heard the song before He just kind of said alright he's gonna say Did it Yeah that was a crush Was that on they're gonna laugh at you Two times platinum That was a biggie You're the last guy to really sell comedy albums I think I don't know if there's been some after But with that back in the day You were on it Hey buddy We did buddy dude buddy dude Homie yeah that was a great one what the hell happened to you was another one yes yes yes yes thank you that was where your real acidy humor came out on those albums that was where i got to curse a lot for the first time and uh and david cursed with me and we all uh we were so excited it was like being on saturday night i just thought it was like jazz i mean i mean the one about the announcer with the uh the champion you say the word champion it's a golf announcer you do it you say the word champion like 500 times.

54:03It's about a golfer who has like a nine stroke lead and he's on the last hole and he keeps missing putts. And you're the announcer. The champion is feeling it today. He's about to set the course record and the champion and then he putts it and you hear the crowd go, oh. Well, the champion laughs that off. Eight stroke lead now. all that kind of shit and then it gets more and more closer to being like choking and he's like well he's up three strokes hopefully he can put this one in and then it's Blake Clark is doing the voice of the champ and he's going god fucking damn it anyways those albums were good because they lay into the crowd of college kids in the summer and then you come back and you're even bigger on SNL because they're like playing them over and over and over.

55:01The albums were the biggest deal besides Saturday Night Live because like you said, I would go out on tour. The kids who were coming to see me knew the album so they knew some of the songs, they knew some of the characters and that definitely relaxed me on stage. All of us, we used to have fun. Well, let's just say because you've given me a lot of props that by the time you're after about two years in on SNL, you really were just like top-notch I mean you're crushing consistently on that show and the audience was falling in love with you because yeah you know when you'd sing Hanukkah song when you would do your guitar or Thanksgiving song right right first of all you actually you're a really good acoustic player not bad and you can hold a great melody and then it's so silly and funny and also watching you enjoy it not breaking but just the light in your eyes it's so infectious it was exciting yeah Yeah, yeah, man.

55:55I remember that. I remember singing that at the table, the turkey song, the Thanksgiving song for, like, Smigel and a couple other writers at the table going, you know, singing it to them. And if they laughed, I was like, oh, fuck, okay. They think it's funny. You're on to something, yeah. It was a big deal. If those guys, the great writers on the show, when they would smile at what your idea was, like Jim Downey, if he said something was good, you would just like, even if it didn't get on, you were like, all right, I'm funny now. Yeah, we had the A-team there. was Smigel, genius, Downey, brilliant.

56:27We had some incredible writers helping us achieve our dreams. When was your first movie? That was when we did, the summer we did Tommy Boy, you did Billy Madison, right? Yes. Yes. And then the next summer, Happy Gilmore? Happy Gilmore. And those movies kept making it more than the other ones. They give you another one. And then it was Wedding Singer. Wedding Singer. Yeah. And then Waterboy. I think that was where it was the mic drop. At that point, you were a movie star. Yeah, it was too big. When you do Happy, you did, of course, Billy Madison, but you do Happy Gilmore, the wedding singer, and Waterboy, within like 24 months or something.

57:06Then Big Daddy. Then Big Daddy, yeah. Another mega monster. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you have too many, I can't even. You know, when Waterboy came out, I was hosting, and you were there that weekend, and we were going to do a bit in the monologue, and then you had to fly back. Waterboy was such a fucking, they told us, or they told you how much it made, and everyone's like what the fuck and then you you had to get back and i changed my monologue and i just did stand-up i wasn't doing stand-up the model you're kidding me i was supposed to go out with you well we're gonna do audience member you know when you go oh yes get out of your and you're gonna ruin my monologue with questions and then they go lord goes well i you know you said you had to go and i go all right well what do i do and he goes stand up oh really aren't you a stand up i go well i fucking never do anymore i go tonight so he goes just throw some things together i go so you can't go practice or run the catch rising star so i put uh some together but it's so fucking terrifying to monologue anyway and then oh yeah cordless mic it's hard and everyone's like well that is the worst when you're doing stand up and you're about to go out and you look for the mic and then the the guy makes the decision for you like don't use a hand mic, use this.

58:17And you don't have a fucking mic in your hand. You're like, holy shit, what do I do with both my hands? I go like this, hey, wait. You know what to do. We're not used to it. Or a mic stand. I lean on a mic stand sometimes, it's not there. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, looking for a mic stand to lean on. It's just like drowning, yeah. Yeah, when you first start to stand up, you just hold the mic like this. Oh, God, you're choking. Yeah. Did you go with Bill, like we, I'm sorry. I remember shooting Billy Madison and you guys are shooting Tommy boy and hanging out. Yeah. Up in Toronto. Yeah. We're in the same place because we came over there and that was the night when you remember where you did that thing called there was like a crime scene joke with everybody where they go in a room and you go walk in and it's a crime scene.

59:03Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway. So, but, but, oh yeah, but Adam's movie was called Billy Madison. Our movie was called Billy the third. Yeah, it was Billy the third. And so we changed it and we just didn't have a, we didn't know what to call it. Of all things, we both have the same lead as the same name. So we eventually changed ours because the name of the movie was Billy the Third. But fucking hanging out in Toronto with you and Farley. Oh, it was great. We had a couple of weeks together. It was unbelievable. Nice, I hate it. And then, oh yeah, so then you do all those movies that seem to work out for you.

59:35You did some movies. By the way, my wife and I watched Hustle last night. What did you see? hustle you saw hustle loved it yeah i think it's a great movie and hustle is a movie he's got coming out i got a new movie yes it's on netflix and it's about it's kind of like hoosers meets rocky yes money ball yes yes and you're great in it thank you i mean really great thank you thank you i it's uh it's just a it's a it's just a really you you know where it really works is a movie i can't i got i got teary-eyed yeah man that's so great data do you feel like because you know you had uncut gems that was pretty good right yes thank you data so then i then i saw that and then i see this one it seems like you're either you're i don't know you're and the murder mystery movie i mean you're on a roll i mean are you feeling like you're more comfortable acting now are you changing up stuff because you seem to be at this other level or is it just from doing it so much?

1:00:38I think I'm getting older, more opportunities. Guys like the Safdie brothers. Yes. The Safdie brothers, your brother, he kind of worked with them. Helped them get going, yeah. Helped them get going. They were great friends with Andy and I met them, God, 12 years ago. They were talking about Uncut Gems then. Uncut Gems. They were trying to get that going, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was sort of the muse for Justin. Because I met him 12 years ago. like a chums um yeah yeah but those guys are super cool very good yeah they did i think they did a kate spade commercial that is that how you guys met yeah and i think a and he wrote an idea and they did it and then it somehow went to the can film festival and then they did a movie called i think daddy long legs after that yeah incredible and then they just kept getting they were just better and better and better and uh did yours and uh you know maybe one day you'll do another one with the fucking great guys.

1:01:36They're writing another one right now. But I lucked out. I'm getting to do all this great stuff. Noah Baumbach, PTA. They all hooked me up. They all wrote great stuff. They asked me to be in it. Jim Brooks. I lucked out. Is it ever scary because these guys do great movies or great TV show and PTA obviously one of the best. Paul Thomas Anderson. One of the best ever. You know PTA a little bit, But if you get lucky enough, you know, you're paired up with some great director. And usually on sets, like growing up, so those kind of movies, you have more of a say. But you have to kind of keep quiet somewhat, not totally, but and trust them.

1:02:16And you ever get a feeling where you're like, I don't even know if this guy knows what the fuck's going on. I mean, that must be scary. These guys. Because they're so good. But you go, it's going to work. They know what they're doing. That must be hard. You just go. You just give yourself to them because you know they're great. and you read the script and you just don't want to let them down and you jump in their world and it is neat it's neat not I always feel more comfortable doing comedy I'm always more at ease going alright we're going to go make a movie and have a great time and try to come up with the best jokes and make everybody laugh I love that I'll love that the rest of my life just like you guys we're addicted to that but the other stuff I'm getting to do it's awesome I know you both would crush at that also.

1:03:00It's just different. It's fun. It's a different day in the trailer. You don't go, what the fuck? Let me come up with a joke. You're kind of sitting there going, oh, I got to get in this mood right now. Well, the jokes are kind of crutchy because you know how to do it. And you know if you have a scene that's not working, you go, I think we can figure a way out of this if we think of a joke or way out, which is what you do a lot on a comedy. but in these you're like this is just connecting it's part of connecting the dots of the bigger picture so not a lot has to happen right here and it's hard to trust that that's true just do what it is they'll figure i mean sometimes they add music or something and you go oh i see what they did it's perfect yeah that's true you don't know when you're doing it and then when you're doing it and it's not right those guys tell you whoa and you go oh he feels stupid for a second And you go, oh, I was giving you a little extra.

1:03:54And they were like, calm down, calm down. Juice it up a bit there. You're making it real good for the people. And they go, no, no, no. Yeah, yeah. Believe me, they want to see. Those are the brothers, right? The safety brothers. Yeah, safety brothers. And Ronnie. Dana, what else do you have for, Adam? We got to take a few questions. Oh, I don't know. I do think it's kind of cool that you did. There's so many movies, obviously. We talked to Drew Barrymore about 50 first. I heard that. That was sweet. Drew was great. Drew gave you answers that were incredible every time. Doesn't Drew automatically take even a half a question and she fucking goes.

1:04:32And she poetically does a seven minute answer. It's unbelievable. Beginning, middle, and end of every story. She goes, I'm going to guess your next three questions and here's the answers. When I went to SNL, we were like, okay. Made it easier. That was amazing. Her talking about being a little kid on SNL. Oh, I know. Yeah. At age seven. By the way, I've listened to, I think, every episode of your show. You have? I fucking love this show. It's the best. Yeah. Jesus. I'm so happy for both of you. It's the greatest. Well, it's fun to do because, you know, like, we don't get to hang out with our friends that much.

1:05:05So this is our chance to, you know. The other one I wanted to ask you, did Anger Manage, so you got to work with Jack Nicholson. Yes. Unreal. And really got to know him. Yes. And you told a funny story about Peanut Butter just hanging out at his house. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah yeah yeah that's right man my first day over uh nicholson's uh we i got there and we're in and he keeps the house dim and so i'm sitting in this chair and jack's sitting in this chair we're facing each other about five feet away from each other and we're talking and shit and uh and i i'm going it's dark enough that i'm going in my head this i don't think this is jack nicholson i think like they brought out a fake one to talk to me and see if I'm okay to talk to the real one.

1:05:52So I'm just going like this. And he's like talking quietly. And it doesn't sound like the impression everybody does, you know, whatever. Let me tell you something. It's not like that. It's kind of like, yeah, man, it's kind of quiet and cool. And I don't know. He just has a cooler voice, but I was not really believing it was him. And then I do like an hour of that. And then at the end of it, he goes, you hungry or something like that? I said, yeah, yeah, I could eat. He goes, you want a sandwich? And I said, yeah, yeah, that sounds great, man. And he's like, PB &J. And I go, that's fucking great.

1:06:37Then he gets up and walks away, then he turns around, he looks at me, and he goes, Skippy or Jeff? That sounds like... I thought also that you went outside for a minute and you were outside. He came out and he held up the jars. Oh, that's what it was. He said, Skippy or Jeff. That's right, man. Such a funny image. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I remember your stories because that was a very... You're better than me, man. I ran into him with Lorne, of course, with Lorne. And we had dinner and he goes... And he comes, there's an empty seat. you know is this stupid no no okay so lauren and lauren goes uh we're gonna have some spaghetti and uh and uh i was with rosie she's over there i was over here there's an empty seat and lauren sits here there's an empty seat and jack sits next to rosie and he starts talking then he goes one time uh i went to the mtv award or something or something is i ran out and it was so dark i got in the wrong limo and i sat down and uh everyone just stared at me and it was nirvana and he goes and he goes we're just and we're in the wrong limo i go uh-oh and then she goes did they know who you did they not know who you were and he goes well that's never happened someone didn't know who he was could i tell a quick nicholson one yeah related to snl so phil Hartman and John Lovitz and I are playing the par three in Studio City.

1:08:06Wits it. Yeah, Wits it. So we're on the green. We wave the guy on and he shoots it out of bounds and he walks over. We realize it's Nicholson. Right, right, right. So he walks up and Phil Hartman had dubbed his voice in the movie The Border because they couldn't get a hold of Nicholson. He feels very respectful and he goes, Mr. Nicholson, I dubbed your voice in the movie The Border. One beat and he goes, no wonder it was my only stinker. that's a good one yeah as a joke all right let's take some questions real quick we'll get adam out of here uh uh by the way just so you know before nicholson did anger management he called lauren he called lauren to see if it was he had lauren read the script oh really he goes i just just gotta make sure see if it was funny or something yeah he goes i like it it makes me laugh and let he just let Lauren, he goes, he is the man.

1:09:00I skimmed it. He went through it and gave it the blessing. So I owe Lauren for that too. We owe Lauren a lot. And Lauren, you appreciate Lauren more and more every year you're away from the show. What he has to deal with, the egos, the politics, keeping the sensibility in a certain frequency. Because if he left, it could turn into hee-haw in a second. He likes smart, he likes big laughs, So there's a lot of, a lot of respect for Lauren. That's very true. All right, how are we going to do Q &A? How do we do it? Oh, they line up over there? Okay, line up with him. If anybody has a question, we'll do a couple.

1:09:36And then we'll get this... Greg Holtzman. We'll get you guys to the other 300 shows tonight. Okay, Nicola, Quizfrage. Homeoffice-Bastade oder Fahrtkosten? Was bringt uns mehr? Moment, ich check das kurz. Oha, Homeoffice gewinnt. Bringt uns 150 Euro mehr im Jahr. Ja, richtig. Aber wieso weißt du sowas? Because Visus Steuer shows live the Steuers app for all cases. And questions answered she also. 24-7 and without a language. That's just the app that understands us. Steuern erledigt. Safe. With Visus Steuer. Now try it out.

1:10:14You're going to be every day. You're going to be your own. You're going to be your own. And because you're going to be your own, we're going to be our money. that you need for it, so that credit is so easy as I am. You also get your credit on Augsmoney.com. Augsmoney. Credit. Just online.

1:10:54That's a good one. I got my leather jacket that you remember. I got a Police Academy movie and I bought a$400 leather jacket that was too heavy, but I couldn't give it up. It was like a motorcycle one, and it hurt my neck, but I wanted to wear it. And then I think I wore the improv when I first was around Adam. The first thing you ever said to me was, can you unzipper me? Can you help me get it off and I have to lay down now? Mine was a leather jacket. Dana, what do you got? What'd you get? With my own money that I bought. I think I went out. My father had a green, dark green and light green 78 Cadillac Fleetwood or some shit when I was in high school.

1:11:40And my first big move, I went out to an old Cadillac place. They didn't have that color, but I got that same caddy and had them painted that color. That was like my big first move. That's cool. That's better. Can I change mine? You must have got more than the leather jacket based on your home sales recently. Sorry. He did well. David invested well. What was your... What did you get? My wife and I did a silly thing. We walked in Encino. We walked into a Mercedes dealership and we bought Mercedes cars, like 100 ,000-hour cars. I bought a convertible coupe and I drove it for like a week and it had a plastic windshield.

1:12:23Like, what the fuck? So I got, I took it back and got a sedan. That was just during my German phase. I have a Volvo now. It's very non-sexy. What a loser. Go ahead. Next one. Yeah, I was going to ask you about the origins of your trademark, you know, Adam Sandler voice, but you kind of already answered that. Yeah. But so my next question is, do your daughters do like an Adam Sandler impression? Like, do they go like, They don't do that. They don't know that album yet, but they do both do the... Oh yeah, I've seen them do that. They do that. Every time I'm trying to be funny and it doesn't work, they go...

1:13:10That's funny to ask that. Thank you. Thanks, man. Sorry, I'm shorter. Hi. Hi guys, big fan. My name is Salise. I'm from Houston. Nice to see you, buddy. So my question is, out of all the films you guys have, if you guys can go back and do a sequel to any of y 'all's previous films, what would it be? Shit. Wayne's World 3. Wayne's World 3. Garth at 60. Wayne! I gotta get some Flomax. Flomax. I don't know if it would work. Go ahead, Adam. We've done so many movies. What would be the sequel? what would you what was the i can't think of the name right now with uh you did with the cage and love it's oh trapped in paradise yeah paradise yeah that'd be fun to just work with this cage that was a tough shoot we fell down in the snow and yeah we just you were doing brad gray in that right i was doing brad gray and mickey roar i don't know what you're doing but i wouldn't do it oh yeah i was doing mickey roar the studio flew in from la we were in the middle was in Canada and said, you've got to stop doing that.

1:14:19Really? But Nicholas Cage said, I would do it anyway. He was a great character. I guess that's it, right? What would you do a sequel to? You have so many movies. No idea. I liked them all. I liked doing Grown Ups with Davey because we all hung out. Grown Ups could work. Yeah, three. Whatever it is, I like to do it with, it's always great when you're with your friends. Grown-ups, we literally got to do this every day. That was the fun. Sit in chairs, hang out, try to be funny, and cut around it. Yeah, that thing's been keeping the lights on at TBS for the last seven years. It's on heavy rotation.

1:15:05Yeah, that's true. But I love it. I love Grown-ups. That was a smash. Great memories. Yeah. Thank you for that question. Thank you. Cheers. You guys are wonderful. This is amazing. Hey, man. I, my question, I suppose you guys have written for so many different, like, wonderful projects in both film and TV and, of course, on Saturday Night Live. And my question was, do you think that to properly, like, kind of, well, like, master that sort of craft, do you think it's, like, writing as much as you can, like, every day is really the proper way to get to a point where you feel comfortable with your writing?

1:15:45or do you think also I suppose uh do you think it's also helpful to like try and collaborate with other people that you know you'd work well with or sounds a little like John Mulaney this guy yeah uh I would say my my if I would take that uh my first answer would be if it's stand-up just get as much stage time as time as you can and uh if it's writing I think it's just more is better collaborating or writing by yourself just anything you can do until something sticks, I would say. Writing, writing, writing. I remember I lived with Apatow when I was young. Judd, great writer. And Apatow, he was the first one of us that would write.

1:16:26Yeah, he was smart about it. He used to sit in his room and write skits all the time. He wasn't on Saturday Night Live, but he would write kind of skits. And he would collaborate with people, and he was smart. He made himself like a producer, because that was a valuable thing to help someone do what they're doing, Jim Carrey or you. Well, I would say, what is your name? My name is Ambrose. Okay. All right, Ambrose. That's all right. It's a cool name. That's a great Chardonnay. No, anyway. Ambrose. I would just say, initially, that seems like too much pressure to me to try to go in a room and stuff.

1:17:00If you're a comedy writer, just write everything down. That's what George Carlin said. So if you're out with your friends, a lot of times just taking a walk or going to a movie, someone will say something. Make sure you either record it or write it down. and just do it spontaneously all the time and your headset gets into yeah it's hard to just sit and write and be funny it happens all day and if you just write it when it happens it don't say you'll remember it later because you won't so just write it write it write it then you collect it and go is there anything here is anything here that stuff's very valuable you basically only need to write five good jokes your whole life and then like david you use that the rest of your life In different ways.

1:17:42It's a spade, bros. It's all right. Thank you guys so much. Good luck, mate. All right. What do we got, boss? I'm bros. I'm bros. Hi. I have a favor to ask you guys. It's my nephew's 15th birthday. No. Go ahead. It was my nephew's 15th birthday today, and I was wondering if I could make a video of you guys saying happy birthday to him. Imagine if we said no one meant it. You know when to ask. Thank you for making that. What's his name? What's his name? Nicholas. Nicholas. And we're going to say it. Do you want us to film it and then send it to him? Have a little in the whole theater that sings happy birthday to Nicholas.

1:18:22Okay. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Nicholas.

1:18:40Happy birthday to you.

1:18:53Thank you. Trying to harmonize the whole day. And it's my niece. Oh, sorry. Hey there, guys. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. It's testosterone, man. My name is Al, and I want to say that it's, um, my grandma's dying and it's her birthday day, and if we could sing happy birthday to her, that would be incredible. What has changed my voice? What's her name? No, but for real, uh, this is such a fucking treat. That was a good month. This is such a fucking treat for all of us, because you guys are all just such pillars of comedy. Yeah, awesome, man. Thank you. You too, David. Thank you. He's rolling. here's my real question you know as when you're watching you guys we pretend we're you we see ourselves in you and shit like that so when you did mixed nuts with steve martin yeah and then when you did that scene with philip seymour hoffman yeah being you in those moments is like fucking incredible so how was it being you in those moments it was very cool co-stars yeah too you're funny as shit by the way Thank you, thank you.

1:20:02Good job. I'll be here tomorrow night. Monday's Al Monero. Monero, you're coming! He's coming to the Netflix festival. You've got a great name for a comedian. God, you're so psyched you followed Ambrose, too. He's going to take it down. Ambrose is looking for pen and paper. David, did you tune out? David tuned out. So, Steve Martin, of course, all our heroes. Yeah. One of the greats of all time. All time. Yeah. First time Hall of Famer, Steve Martin. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Probably the number one ballad for us, right? Say it again? He was probably the number one guy. Memorized his albums. His albums, Wild and Crazy Guy, all the shit Steve Martin did.

1:20:47So, of course, being in a movie with him was just staring at him and waiting for, like, quiet moments to run over and say something and if hopefully he'd respond and uh so i love that and he was very nice to me and then uh uh philip seymour hoffman yeah fucking great guy great actor great tour de force that guy he came he was just a very good funny man took it serious went went hardcore and when we worked together by the way philip seymour hoffman i don't know if you guys know this so we're doing billy madison i think we wrote oh no that happy gilmore no maybe billy madison we wrote for bob odenkirk wrote that for bob odenkirk the bad guy in the movie uh and the fucking studio wouldn't allow it they're like you can't just have your friends and we were like no he's fucking great and and they said no it's bob odenkirk he was a writer So I think that's how it went.

1:21:51I think it's that. OK, so we wanted Bob. They said no. They put out, you got to audition, you know, audition people. Philip Seymour Hoffman auditioned. And I was in Toronto getting ready to make the movie, and it still wasn't cast yet. I saw Philip Seymour Hoffman. I was laughing my ass off. I'm going, who the fuck is this guy? He's hilarious. so I tell the people I show Universal can we have this guy are you good with him I mean I mean you fucking said no to Odenkirk are we okay with this guy and they were like and it took some talking into and then they said yes then we offered it to him and we get this call back like he's not he doesn't want to do it and we were like he doesn't want to do what do you mean he auditioned and so I go let me fucking talk to him this guy and tell him how great he is and I called them up and I said hey it's Adam and he's like oh hey Adam and I said hey man I saw your tape you're so great buddy and they said you don't want to do it and he goes oh thanks man I go do you want to do it or and he goes oh I can't I go oh why not and he goes I just don't want to and I go oh wow you sure we're going to have fun I want to I go I really love you And he goes, I know you do.

1:23:13I swear to God. Wow. My confidence. Yeah. Awesome. That was cool. Good job. Thank you, guys. When you get bored and you want to go to YouTube, go to Crypto Junkies EEZ. I'll make you rich. All right. Just hang on to that Cardano. Dogecoin, brother. Solana. He's going on the moon. He's funny, bastard. Hi, guys. My name is Denny. Hi. I just want to thank you guys. as you guys are my comedy heroes, moved out to LA for my pursuit of SNL. That's my dream. So I've been looking up to you guys my whole life. Oh, that's sweet. Are you doing stand-up and stuff like that? All over, all over. North Hollywood, I produce a show.

1:23:53No way. Really, what's your name? Denny Glasser. Denny Glasser. That's a great name. I've got to pass out. Thank you. Is there a question with this? Dr. Denny would be a good moniker. Dr. Denny's in the house. I'm just saying. Thank you. my only question I wanted to ask is what was the first impression or character that you guys did that you knew you could do this for a career I could do Michael J. Fox real good that was David that was David my first impression you didn't do many impressions did you no I used to do them around the house I did the basic I used to do Rich Little stuff John Wayne John Wayne I used to wear a cowboy hat around the house Well, I'll say that.

1:24:41I would do that like I would cook for my parents. Oh, watch Bacon and Eggs. How gross. I know. Oh, my God. Yeah, how about you? Who was your first? Casey Kasem? You guys do that. Checking in at number five, the boss. Bruce Springsteen, a man and his guitar. A man who likes to call his guitar his own. I was nine years old. came on Ed Sullivan. The next day, I walked up to my mom and I said, hey, do you think I could get me some pancakes? She screamed. She didn't know what I was doing. That was my first time I knew I could alter my voice, is doing a Liverpudlian accent. All right, well, good luck to you, buddy.

1:25:28Thank you for asking me. Love you, buddy. Good luck. We gotta go. Thanks to Adam Sandler. Thank you. Love you all. Sorry about your questions. Thank you, guys. You guys were awesome. Thank you so much for coming out to the Wilter. Take care. Bye, folks. Thanks, David. I really enjoyed it. How you doing? That was fun. Thank you so much. Hey, guys, if you're loving this podcast, which you are, be sure to click follow on your favorite podcast app. Give us a review, five-star rating, and maybe even share an episode that you've loved with a friend. If you're watching this episode on YouTube, please subscribe.

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