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Happy Gilmore
1996 film
Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Josh Safdie · Benny Safdie
Aired December 10, 2019
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Production anecdotes, Sandler’s collaborators and box-office success
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- The stated opening weekend is $41.5 million and domestic total $163 million, making it his biggest 1990s film. — Bill Simmons
- The cited reception scores are 40% Rotten Tomatoes and 41/100 Metacritic. — Bill Simmons
- Sandler met his future wife Jackie on the film; her waitress role began a pattern of cameos. — Bill Simmons
- Scuba Steve was invented for the film. — Bill Simmons
- Allen Covert is described as Sandler’s NYU friend and a recurring collaborator in twenty-five films. — Bill Simmons
- This was the last Sandler comedy before Happy Madison Productions was founded. — Bill Simmons
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse played the child; their Friends and Disney careers are recalled. — Bill Simmons
- Hand pumps simulated the urination scenes. — Bill Simmons
- Syracuse references include a familiar local bar, prompting comparison with Holy Cross haunts. — Bill Simmons
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