Adam Sandler on favorite SNL moments, Casting Travis in Happy Gilmore 2 and What ‘The Waterboy’ is Doing Now | EP 125

0:00Are we jumping on? Yes. Yeah!

0:05We did it. The legend. We made it happen. Yeah, boys. You always got the flyest shit on, dude. Everybody always tells you. I know it. This shirt here, I think it's been three days in a row I'm wearing it. That's the only thing I'm not good at is changing. You can wear that thing to dinner. You wear it to the courts. You wear that thing everywhere, man. Isn't that pathetic? That's the best. I started doing that only because I'm protecting, hiding these tits. The tits got big, fellas. Can't help it.

0:39Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen. Hey! We are a Wondry show produced by Wave Sports and Entertainment. That is correct. We are your hosts. I am Travis Kelsey. This is my big brother, Jason Kelsey, out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Cincinnati Bearcat alums, as you know. subscribe on youtube one dream plus or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on all social media at new heights show with one s got an incredible guest coming on this episode and you're gonna find out who it is there's clues on the screen right now you probably already know i mean you probably got a little they'll probably ruin the surprise because it helps people tune in and watch it and we need to advertise it i mean this is right up there can't ruin this episode I've met this person once.

1:27I met, we should just say his name because it's going to be. I met this person one time. And let me tell you, I have not been starstruck by many people. I did. I was kind of like I am now. I didn't know what to say. Like I was just at a loss of words. And I'm like, just don't quote every movie he's ever been in because that's what every dummy doodoo head does. But I think I proceeded to probably do that. If it's a good one, you got to just be tasteful with it if you're going to do it. Yeah. It's going to be perfect timing and great delivery. You got to deliver it if you're going to do it. Oh, you guys are in for a treat.

2:03I mean, we're in for a treat, too. It's cool to even have this guy on. All righty. Our guest today is an absolute legend. You may know him from his film and TV career spanning over three decades. He's written and starred in some of the most iconic movies of all time, including Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, and so many more. He's a one-time winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. 16-time MTV Movie Award nominee. He's got Teen Choice Awards, People Choice Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He's a fan of high-quality H2O. Jesus. Have a today, Junior. Spit it out.

2:43That's right. Our guest is the one and only Sandman, Adam Sandler. That's right, baby. Boys, I'm so happy to see both you guys. Love you both. You know that. You know that. Thank you so much for coming on, Adam. This is incredible. This is iconic, man. You too, fellas. Yes, yes. Come on, Jason. Hit me. So you recently just finished a stand-up special. Yes, yes. That's going to be launching on, I think, Tuesday on Netflix, right? Yes, yes, yes. It comes out on Tuesday. I was doing a tour, running around for like a couple of years, you know, in and out. I kind of do it like I go away for a couple of weeks and I go back home for a month or two.

3:24Then I go do another couple of weeks, that kind of thing. Yeah. And when I was out on the tour, I was like, oh, man, probably should make a special just so I because I know one day I'm going to throw this material out and move on to some new stuff. So might as well document it. And so I said, let me do a special. Netflix said that sounds good. And then I called Josh Safdie, who's this great director, and he did Uncut Gems. Him and his brother, Benny, did Uncut Gems. And I said to Josh, would you want to maybe direct a comedy special? And he said, yeah, yeah. And I thought we were just going to shoot a normal special.

4:02But he just kind of took over and made it a different style and different feel and threw weird stuff at me. And it's a special, but it's kind of like a movie special. It's different. It's a little different, yeah. I cannot wait for everybody to see this, man. They let us preview it, and that was alone the coolest thing ever. It was awesome, brother. Thank you, bud. You're right. It is different, and it's kind of segmented. There's a whole thing going back and forth with the projection and all that. How do you even get to creating something like that? I know that stand-up, you're bringing on jokes, and you're trying to figure out your routine, but that thing was so unique.

4:41How did that whole process come about? Well, I was kind of ready to just do a normal stand-up special. I was excited because I was kind of locked in. You know, when you do stand-up and you're on the road, it evolves. You get better and better at your act and figure out better things to talk about, figure out better ways to tell your thoughts or your jokes or whatever the hell it is. and so I was kind of locked into a certain way that that I was ready to ready to you know throw down and um and then he's he Josh was just kind of like you know we've seen seen you do a stand-up special already I did one like six six years ago so he said let's try to come up with a new way to present it so that's kind of what happened what made you want to get back into the stand-up realm like you took a long hiatus from it not too long I saw 100 fresh live actually I was at the the Hayworth out there in LA, dude.

5:34That's right. But I remember seeing you. I was so fuck. I was in a whole nother world. And I got, I remember two just off the top that I still remember. There's a phone wall of keys. Yes. I fucking sing that every single time I walk out of the goddamn door. I haven't forgotten. I haven't forgotten since. Love that. And then, and then I want to grow old with you, dude. Yes. I sang that too. Yes. Yes. I sang that for the special. That was six years ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That is so fucking cool. Buddy, that was six years ago when I saw you. That was so fucking cool, man. I saw you in the dressing room back there at the Hayworth.

6:13You're the fucking man, dude. You too, buddy. And it was, I don't even know why I started. Oh, yeah, here's what happened. I was doing movies. Life was going good. You know, I did Saturday Night Live, and me and my friends, you know, Spade and Schneider and Rock, we used to run around and do stand-up back then. So cool. And it was great. and then all of a sudden I was doing a lot of movies and it just became like your schedule was kind of overwhelmed and so I stopped doing uh stand-up for maybe 20 years or so sheesh and then I was doing grown-ups and all I heard was Kevin James and Chris Rock and Schneider and Spade and Colin Quinn and all the guys in the movie and Norm Macdonald all talking about their gigs they had that weekend and i was like i was a little jealous like oh man maybe i should get back on the road so that that got me into it again oh that's awesome that's awesome well uh make sure everyone you check out love you it's streaming now on netflix wonderful jokes it's a very unique as we've talked about comedy stand-up special uh including a wonderful ode to comedy which man oh yeah if this world needs comedy more than ever uh it was just beautifully done really well done thank you man yeah we wrote it wrote a song that kind of just talked about all the all the movies and comedians that influenced me and my my my friends growing up and our generation and that kind of stuff and what we used to sit and watch growing up with our our parents or with our buddies or whatever it was and uh so wrote a song and that that puts a lot of that stuff in there it's got music it's got a flamenco guitar that starts off with right away i'm like man he's bringing it right off the bat.

7:55That's right. I did my best. By the way, that was terrifying because I knew sometimes when I'm alone in my room playing my guitar, I go, man, I think I could have been a guitar player. I'm pretty damn good. Then when I get on stage, I start getting my fingers get tight. Everything's nerve wracking. So when I was shooting a special, I was like, come on, man, let's get this thing right. But I did all right. I did all right. You nailed it. You nailed it. Thank you. And then the Bluetooth comment hit a little bit too close to home for me. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. that happens on occasion. That happens.

8:27Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You don't, you don't like those times. All right. Let's talk about happy Gilmore too. Cause you got that coming up. You just said you're moving to Jersey here, coming up. Yes. You're going there for, right? The whole thing was to get to hang out with Travis. That's why we put, we put it together. No. Yeah. Yeah. We're going there. Travis, by the way, thank you. I heard you talking about it. And I was on your show, you guys. And then of course I was like, you know, I was thinking of, we were talking about you playing my son while we were writing it, literally like six months ago.

8:59We were like, imagine if Travis was my first baby. How funny that would be. Just a badass. But we know football season. I think I got the swing down. You do? I think I got the swing down. Can you crack it like that? I was out there the other day, and it was literally the day after you went on Fallon and told everybody. and i was like man you know what i just got to do a ceremonial one you know and i fucking ripped it you did it felt so good dude you bagged it what a feeling when you look up and that thing's going straight you're like that works man how did that happen it's just oh i bet you ripped the shit out of it what do you hit them when you when you play you bang it you bang it yeah i can i can hit it about 320 consistently off the drive but uh i could be three holes over or right next to a hole.

9:49It's either way. No, but I've seen you swing. It is nice. It's fun. I gotta say, when I'm doing the Happy Gilmore swing, I'm maybe one for four with that. It's not a thing. A little TV magic on the back end? It's definitely, I call my own cuts. Oh, here we go. Alright, buddy. That's a long walk up. Boom! You can hear Pat Mahomes in the background telling you where it went. that's got a good swing too he can he can bang him too i'm sure you guys have fun golfing up he's he's a way better player than i am he takes away more serious i'm just out there for the fun man yeah well you're a fun man both everybody on this little hang here besides me seems like they have fun on the course i get a little snappy out there a little uh get frustrated have you gotten back into playing at all just uh to kind of get ready for the movie or did you ever did you take a time off from playing golf or yes sort of similar to my comedy career i kind of dipped out for a while and then i was like what am i doing man let me get back into golf and i i absolutely i played when i was a kid i played when i was like 12 uh and my dad was awesome my dad was a really good golfer he should he'd shoot in a low 70s i still can't do it i can't get it there holy cow i can't get down low i've had a good nine i had a good nine maybe two weeks ago at riviera i think i think i i could say that's where they play the genesis open that's a tough one i mean i played from the whites but i shot i shot okay but i can't i can't put 18 together i can't do it i can't concentrate that long are you guys good with 18 uh i have a very It's like third to last in the Tahoe golf outing.

11:38Oh, yeah, but it was not good. Didn't break 90 one time. I hear you. That's kind of my spot to around 88 or something. I'm good probably playing 18. When it gets to like 18 three days in a row, I am just cooked, man. I am cooked, and my swing is all over the place. I'm not made for three days of golf in a row. That's a lot of thinking. That's a lot of thinking. I can't stay still for that long. Like right around hole six, I start going, what the hell am I doing here? What happened to my life? Do they have burgers on the turn? What are we? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Once I eat. That's so funny. When I grew up, my dad, we used to play at this one place, and I think it was Hole 13.

12:18They used to put out Polish sausages and hot dogs and stuff like that. And every time I ate there, my father would go, oh, there it goes. Game over. He's going to stink now. I'd be like, no, no, no. And I would just eat too much and just get in a little coma and be staring at my father. I'll be going, why did you eat that, you moron? I was about to say, you inspired an entire generation to get on the golf course, man. I promise you, you did. I was one of the kids. We used to go up to the public course all the time and just wanted to absolutely hammer them and hit them with the happy Gilmore swing and everything.

12:53That's so great. And we were hockey players growing up. So the movie hit extra hard. Yeah, boy. It hit so hard, man. Yes. I know both you guys remind me of my friends so much growing up. Like, if you met my friends, which you did, you actually saw a few at the U2 show, right? That was awesome, man. Oh, how cool was that concert? That was incredible. It was insane. But it was more fun seeing you there, buddy. We love seeing you. No, that was like, I was telling Trav, I've told him before, I told him, I reminded him again today. I have not been starstruck, like, much of my life. And seeing all of you guys next to me, like, the entire ensemble, especially you, it was like, man, what the, where the fuck am I at right now?

13:35that was cool man it's insane man i was like i came here to watch you two and i saw every person that like i ever looked up to like and like all of the best shows all the best movies like it was so cool it was awesome thank you man well we love seeing you too but we talked about you flying home that night anyways that was a fun fun time but you both you boys remind me of exact dudes i hung out out with growing up and you you two guys the guys they would protect me i was a little bit of a wise guy and uh and i had a couple boys like you always around making sure i didn't get beat up too much was it jason speaking of uh kind of like being in a room where you're like how the fuck did i get here was there ever a moment like that early on for you where you're just like how how did it happen so fast how did i get here yes yes yes i'm sure i like i don't remember anything saturday night live that that kind of did it to you every every week you meet superstars that you grew up with dan akroyd like all the this the original snl cast we got to meet so many of those uh cast members and then just comedians we all loved growing up then rock rock stars we you know we got to meet the you know paul mccartney and bruce springsteen and everybody we talked about all of a sudden we were in the room shooting the shit with him it was incredible that's awesome man before before we get off uh happy gilmore though i was i'm actually curious i'm not familiar with how the original like thought process of the movie came came about oh okay yeah and i'm a little i'm pretty curious like how like was it just you just messing around on a on a golf course and it kind of connecting the dots or what it was it was my dad like i said he liked golf we used to go to the driving range a lot and i had a great friend kyle mcdonough who played ended up playing pro hockey and a great hockey player in new hampshire it's a big hockey town oh yeah hell yeah yeah so so kyle came out with me and my dad and he didn't play much golf but he was banging him we were young maybe ninth grade or something something like that and he was banging and my father kept saying man you hockey players there's something about your wrist or the way you turn or something like that and and and i just was like i think i was in college or or finishing up college or just maybe 23 and i i thought man man that'd be pretty funny to see a guy with a hockey mentality have such a big hit that he gets up it gets on the tour and i remember calling my dad and telling my dad about it and going what do you think and he was like it could be pretty good we'll see yeah we'll see we'll see but well me and my buddy hurley who i write all the movies with we would write that and we'd call my dad and say does this make sense and and golf do you when you putt what do you think you like and it's all in the hips and stuff like that that was my dad i would say oh my what is it he said it's all in the hips baby it's all the hips and that's why we wrote that you know chubs what's in store with the sequel What do you like?

16:40I don't without giving away too much, obviously. But like, what are we what are we looking for here? Well, first of all, Travis, we're going to have fun because the scene you're doing is with so many great golfers. It's going to be amazing. You're going to be funny as hell. Oh, yeah. The movie itself, it's just picks up from an older guy who's, you know, played golf a long time. Some stuff goes on in his life. He's a little he's different. Things are, he's a bit of a mess when you meet Happy. And then we kind of try to get his life cooking again. Wonderful. I love it, man. I think it's cool. It's going to be, I mean, we're trying to make you laugh the whole time, but it's got a cool vibe to it.

17:27If you're doing it, it's going to be fucking great. You're on Fallon letting everybody know that you've been waiting for the right storyline. You've been waiting to, like, feel the moment of it and to do it right. Yes, yes, yes. We got all the trust in the world. You're going to bring Happy back and make him lovable again. Thank you, bro. Thank you. I love you. I don't want anyone to get let down. So you got that in the back of your head. You just want to make it as good as you're capable. Me and my pal, I mean, we were just in the room. We just sit every line we're going. Are we sure? Are we sure about this one?

18:02All right. This is good. We're just examining everything. We just want it to be as cool as possible. The original got me on the golf course and also got me in the batting cages doing shit I probably shouldn't be doing. But toughening up. You did that? Just toughening up. See, man, I knew you could handle that shit. I'd run from anything going on. How fast of a ball was hitting you? It's like 50, 60. It was crazy, man. I was the guy in Little League when I got hit by a pitch. I just rolled in the chalk for a fucking 45 minutes. Oh, yeah. you gotta wear it you gotta wear it don't rub don't rub it that's funny yeah that's good yeah boys did you play little league baseball too oh no you know everything man everything sports related it was like the the backyard was like a sports complex we uh we would go up and get all the used equipment from played again sports and my dad would get like everything for like$20 and he would just get the equipment, put it in our hands and let us have some fun with it, man.

19:08And so every day was getting home from school just so you could play sports. Right. Exactly. Yeah. It's all, it's all we know, man. It's all we know. Yeah. Let's get to a little, a little, some more familiar questions here. In case you aren't aware, Jason and I are not professional interviewers. I don't even know how to be a professional outside of football. we're just two big fans with a lot of fucking questions for you man as football players we got to lead with this how many football guys come up to you and talk about the water boy man i hear boucher a lot yeah i'm very proud that i got to be bobby boucher i have met a i've met a lot of great nfl fellas who have talked to me about bobby and bobby's mama and and foosball Just foosball.

19:56Just foosball, baby. Making sure mama don't find out. I'm playing foosball, that kind of shit. Yes. Did you play growing up? I played Pop Warner until 12. I played until 12. I was a quarterback in Pop Warner. I was playing baseball, and then I was a pitcher, and I was 11. And Ken Stillman, the coach of the team, came over and talked to my parents and said, maybe Adam could be a quarterback. and my mother was like, oh, Adam doesn't play football. And my father was like, let him play. Because my father played football, actually. He was a linebacker. So then I got in there. I got on the team, played two years at Pop Warner, and it was amazing.

20:39So cool, man. So freaking cool. Did you play any other sports? Did you play football, baseball? Baseball was my favorite. Basketball, I always played. Every sport, when I was young, I was decent. then everybody got big and way stronger than me. So I became less and less of you didn't notice me. Like when I played Babe Ruth baseball, I went from being, I was on the all-star team in Little League to like, I think Adam's on that team. I don't know. You know, I was batting sixth. I went from batting second or third to batting sixth and seventh and maybe deeper. The older I got, the worse I got. But you're still on the courts, man.

21:20I was about to say. Yes. Yes. Your skills on the court are iconic because you're just a facilitator. You just see the court. You see things before they happen. Remind me of a guy like Patty Mahomes and how his game is on the court. I promise you. That behind the backer. I have dreams of throwing that to you, buddy. Backdoor bounce passes. Oh, yeah. I'm all backdoor. That's all I ever talk to. Because when I play, I always play with young dudes. and I always, if they're not moving, I always like whisper them. I go, you got to move, bro. You got to stay on the move. You got to go. Let it go. I'll fake up high.

21:56Just cut down. You got to move, though, for me because I ain't going to shoot. I got to get it to you. Just a natural leader, baby. Yeah. I love it, man. It's so fun watching you and all those highlights, man. Oh, man, you guys must have been fun on a basketball court grabbing rebounds. Jason used to beat my ass, literally. One-on-one? I would win the game, but it would be a brutal ass beating. And I would just get thrown on the cement the entire time. I used to win until you hit puberty, I would whoop your ass. But then there was one day. It was the last time we ever got in a fist fight. Oh, yeah.

22:28He freaking is just driving the lane, and he's finally as tall as I am, doing this stupid fucking hook shot. I had a mean hook shot. And I can't stop him to save my life. It was so buttery. So I start fouling and just beating the crap out of him. Yeah, I can play defense. I can play some defense now. But there's minimal offense being played. I'll set picks. I will pick and rebound all day long. That I see. That I know. That's cool as hell, man. Yeah, you boys on the court must have been scary for the whole neighborhood. You told us about how Happy Gilmore got – how did you create a Creole Southern – Oh, so good.

23:07Like, where did the inspiration for Bobby Boucher? I'm not sure if you heard us. We were literally like, I don't know how he didn't win more awards for this. This was ridiculously good. This was before I had seen Life is Beautiful and Roberto Benigni did a great job with that. He did very good. He stepped it up for that shit. Yeah. Yeah, no, I wasn't getting Oscars. I never thought of that stuff when I was doing Boucher, but I couldn't believe it. It was like we had this idea, a water boy gets picked on a lot. um you know a coach thinks he could be you know sees him throw a nasty hit and then says maybe you should be on the team that was kind of the the the idea and we were like let's let's make them from the south let's make them cajun and then we just went from there man we just i don't know how it happened we just filled out a script like that so good so good it probably felt right as it came together too you're just like man this is coming together so smooth because it's so start to finish that thing is perfect oh dude i mean we were so excited writing that thank thanks for all these compliments guys honestly i i love you i appreciate it but but so i remember with the water boy we wanted uh that he had a very protective mama and that and that there was uh this movie carrie it was a a terrifying movie and and it was and he an overprotective mom who didn't want her daughter to to be around anything too um too heavy and and anyways so we kind of wrote a mom like that that's overprotective to bobby and and so he had to sneak around and play his foosball

24:52the breath of which like you did snl the comedy era that you were a part of was just so strong It almost makes it unfair for modern-day comedy, man. Well, I mean, I watch these young guys now, and they are incredible. I love so many young comedians. I really do. And the Saturday Night Live cast after ours, in the beginning, when you first leave, and you see the next cast, you're like, hey, what about us? We would this and that. But the older I got, I'd watch every cast. I'd be like, fuck, these guys are incredible. and the men and women on the show and the way they they handle themselves i was like oh shit man i wish i had another crack at that because i'd do better next time i like these guys anyways it was it was it was lucky lucky our era we were all best friends me and me and my buddy just like you guys are with you with your teammates and uh and now we get to watch the youth be funny do you have any like skit like what was your favorite sketch or the one that you think is like the most underrated from your time in SNL?

25:55I mean, honestly, fellas, you know, you guys both did the show. You guys were great. I saw you that fucking weekend. Travis, when you came back, I was telling you how fucking great. I mean, you were so cool, confident as fuck out there, funny as shit. You guys, honestly, you guys remind me so much of my boys growing up. That's why when I saw you on the show, I was like, fuck, it would be like if my friend Dave Kinnair hosted the show. It was just kind of like cool fucking dudes who know everything, know comedy, know sports, know everything, know how to be decent to their families. I fucking loved watching you out there.

26:31Just channeling my inner Sandman and Farley, baby. There you go. Yes, yes. Oh, my God, you would have loved Farley. He would have loved you guys, man. Farley was a fucking great football player, by the way. Heck, yeah. Heck, yeah. A little Marquette rugby, too, baby. Exactly. Exactly. And ready to fight, by the way. A couple of drinks in, he was ready to go. He was ready to throw down. For sure. It was honestly kind of like when he had a couple in them, we were like, calm the fuck down, bro. Let's not do this. No one else can fight like you. So good, man. I like the sauce. Yes. That was one of my favorite ones, dude.

27:09Oh, you like the juice, man. The juice is good, yeah. That was good. That was this guy, Robert Smigel, who's one of the fucking greatest of all time. He's a great writer and a great performer. He plays Triumph, the dog, you know, the insult. Oh, yeah. Heck yeah. That dude, he wrote so many great skits. So cool. And he wrote the Juice skit, and we got to walk around and go, you like it in Juice, huh? Yeah, you like it? That's good. You do it smoother than me, bud. It's so good, man. I forgot how to drop it in there. It's the best, man. How many times do you get quotes told? Do you just like, I mean, it's got to be just nonstop.

27:45We get it a lot on the streets. On the streets of New York, they scream some shit at me. Does it get old? No, no. It's always fucking fun. It's always nice shit when it comes at you. There were things brought up to me that I go, what the fuck is that? I have no idea what it is anymore. And then somebody would just remind me when you was on your album, when you said this and this. And I go, fuck. I don't remember saying any of that shit. actually last night my daughter is watching uh uh 51st dates and she's like dad come watch i go i don't need to watch me and she's like watch this look how sweet you are i go and then i told her i go i gotta be honest with you i remember drew saying all that stuff i don't remember me even talking like it's like i look back at the shit i don't even i don't even fucking remember scene to scene i'm like oh oh we did that i didn't remember that place i'm getting old boys Have you been someone that you like to watch everything that you have?

28:46I mean, I'm sure nowadays you're just so engulfed in you're in the edit and directing it and everything, right? Yes, yes, yes. I've done that so long now that once we're done and the movie comes out, I probably don't watch it for a few years. If it's on TV, I'll see it for a minute, but that's usually it. You stay with shit for like a year. You go, all right, I don't need to fucking see that anymore. yeah i i couldn't i can't really watch anything that i do when it's when it's being recorded but i have so much goddamn fun doing stuff like snl and just like the the the comedy stuff that um i don't need to watch it i was so fulfilled doing it that energy yeah yeah the energy is just so fulfilling that i don't want to ruin it by by critiquing myself i know i know you definitely you can look at your shit after and go oh i thought i was better than that what the fuck I got a lot of that.

29:40Believe me, I got shit from when I was young that my kids show me. I go, I don't I don't want to know that fucking exists. Holy shit. That was insane. I watched the monologue because that was a moment that I wanted to remember forever. And like I just being on that fucking stage was the cool behind being behind that door and being on that stage and being in that studio was just so iconic. And you fucking walked out like so relaxed, man. How about being behind that fucking door? Dude. And your heart's pounding through your chest like, holy shit, it's happening right now. And just don't you, Travis, don't fall down these fucking steps.

30:19Do not fall down these steps. You are alive, dude. You are alive. Your brother was there to help you, too. That was nice. I was about to say, you should have seen him in the first rehearsal. I was there the day before watching him kind of get ready. and he comes out that door and he like starts choking up and i'm like there's nobody here this ain't live like what are we choking up for and he's saying exactly coming like standing behind that door yeah seeing the signatures all of that like fully hit him and it's just like such a moment so totally yeah jason's been beating my ass over my whole life so i'm a crybaby anyways i just i get really really i'm engulfed and in when i'm when i'm in on something i'm so fucking in on it and it just took it over man yeah it just took me over it it did yeah get you teary-eyed i had some of that i hosted the show again like around six years ago and um same kind of feel i'd walk around on a thursday two days before the fucking shit the show and then i was getting teary-eyed and looking and so many memories and so many greats that have been there and musical acts and fucking you just think of when you were a little kid and all the shit all the joy that place has brought you it's it's the best man yeah you're in there forever now both you guys got to kill on that shit i love it man you more than anybody i've ever watched has like it's not that you stayed the same like i know you've evolved but you've been so authentic in everything you've done like from from snl to the movies the stand-up the one that just came out like between what you wear the people involved in it like it's all just so authentically how have you i don't know has this been like how do you do that same way as you guys would i do in your lives same shit you feel comfortable with certain people yeah the same wavelength you're on what makes you guys happy what what makes you click like you with with teammates or just fucking you know off season the guys you hang out with that's kind of like what i got with my buddies when we make the movies and we sit in a room and write the shit and you have a similar sensibility so I guess that's why we all do it together were you a Belushi an Aykroyd going into it did you have the guys where you were like man if I could just somehow be as funny as that guy well I tell you you never fucking think you're as good as the cast before you so like yes Belushi Aykroyd I mean he became like a guy that we hung out with we got to hang out I loved him so much but and he treated us so great so awesome it's kind of like fucking uh andy reed just you have this respect for the fucking guy and what he's seen and when he talks to you kind of go yes yes yes yes you feel like you're getting knowledge all the time and fucking uh uh the the castmates before you feel the same shit you're just like whatever they say there's there's no no reason for me to talk unless they ask me to talk and that's about it i know that feeling got that with Dana Carvey got that with all the guys Dennis Miller all the guys who were older than us and uh and um Jan Hooks and Victoria Jackson and the whole cast that was there before us John Lovitz we just fucking Kevin Nealon all those guys they whatever they had to say we were we were loving it just a sponge man yes exactly exactly so you gotta be I'm a girl dad my oldest is four so I got a ways to go yes one do you have any advice and two when should i i mean they've seen some of your stuff but when should i really start exposing them to the sandman that's good man i think uh at that age yeah there's no rush okay all right no rush to get to me my my uh i got some animated movies that i feel kind of comfortable telling uh somebody yeah maybe you can watch you know hotel chancervania or leo or something like that i go yeah you'll feel all right there but like But I got to tell you, I have fucking three-year-olds come up to me and talk about Billy Madison.

34:18They do say, are you Billy Madison? I say, yes. They go, well, why do you not look like him anymore? I go, well, Billy Madison's been fucking eating. He's a little hungry lately. But it'll all happen. My own kids, I don't throw my stuff at them too quick. It just happens. They haven't seen a few of the filthy ones yet, and let's hope that they don't need to see that stuff. Very good. Yeah, well, I actually saw you take the girls to the Taylor Swift premiere. Yes. At the AMC theaters. That was, by the way, what a girl. What a girl. You know, man. What a, I mean. Best performer out here. Dude, she means so much to our house.

35:01Since the kids, I think I was shooting, like, grownups, or That's My Boy, or something in Massachusetts, and we listened to, and the kids were little, and we were listening to Taylor Swift and listening to every song. It was one of the first times that you listened to every song on the record. Like when I was a kid, I think the Beatles you did that with, maybe Elton John, you knew every tune. Oh, yeah. Start to finish. You know when we start to finish, it's not like three hits and you go, all right, let me skip. Fucking Taylor in our house, every tune. They knew every word. I loved listening to her in the car.

35:39I love what she had to say, every message, every melody, just the production, how cool she was, what she meant to young girls, what she means to women, what she means to guys doing the right thing in life. Throughout the years, Saturday Night Live, saw the kids there, took her time, hung out with them. And then at her premiere for the movie, she talked to the kids and talked to them about their movie. You know, they did this bat mitzvah movie and she talked about what she liked in it. And she just floors my family. So cool, man. Floors them. Like I said, somebody asked me, who do you get nervous around?