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At The Movies

The Jewish Jokester

In "Big Daddy," Adam Sandler continues his reign
as the younger generation's 'Wing of Comedy."

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Man: Adam Sandler receives an estimated $20 million per picture.

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unnyboy Adam Sandler
probably won't win an
Oscar for his string of goof-
ball performances, but com-
edy's latest million-dollar man is
laughing all the way to the bank.
His knack for playing goofy, child-
like slackers has earned him a faithful
fan base. After the phenomenal finan-
cial success of The Waterboy and The
Wedding Singer, the former stand-up
comedian is now reportedly in the
same salary league as mega-stars Tom
Cruise, Jim Carrey and Tom Hanks,
commanding an estimated $20 mil-
lion per picture.
"I'd work with Sandler if he called
up and said, 'I've got an idea to dra-
matize the plaonebook,'" insists direc-
tor Dennis Dugan, who worked with
the actor on Happy Gilmore in 1996
and Big Daddy, opening today in area
theaters.
It seems the 32-year-old guy with
the Peter Pan complex has finally
found a way to cash in on his kid-at-
heart mentality. Born in Brooldyn but
raised in Manchester, N.H., young
Adam grew up quoting lines from
comedy classics like Young
Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. He
also admits that he has seen the movie
Caddyshack 300 times. "It's the reason

I got into comedy," he told Playboy
magazine earlier this year.
It all started more than 20 years ago
when Sandler's mother, Judy, persuad-
ed her then 11-year-old son to sing at
his sister's wedding. He obliged and
belted out Ringo Starr's "You're
Sixteen," and Paul McCartney's
"Yesterday," before he was shooed off
the stage for stealing the spotlight
from the bride and groom.
_In high school, Sandler was a cut-
up who once threw a head of lettuce
out a window to get a rise out of his
classmates. But it wasn't until his
brother urged him to try stand-up that
he decided to give it a whirl at a club
in Boston. The experience was enough
to motivate him to continue his shtick
as a college student at New York
University.
"It's the only think that I think
about, the only thing I pour all of my
energy into," he later told the Chicago
Tribune regarding his unique brand of
humor. "I guess there was nothing else
that I could do."
During his freshman year, Sandler
won a coveted role on The Cosby
Show, playing Theo Huxtable's friend
Smitry. While in school, he continued
to test the comedy club waters in New
York and Los Angeles. In 1990, he
caught the eye of Saturday Night Live
alum Dennis Miller, who helped him
get a job as a writer and occasional

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