Adam Sandler-related stories
Posted May 9th 2009 12:50PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Reality-Free
Radner.
Louis-Dreyfus.
Poehler.
Fey.
Shannon.
Suffice it to say, the number of women who became famous on
Saturday Night Live before graduating to solo success is few and far between. Sure, Gilda Radner can be considered a pioneer in the art of sketch comedy. And
Julia Louis-Dreyfus undoubtedly honed her comedic skills before becoming a sitcom icon on
Seinfeld. And, yes,
Tina Fey can easily be considered a heroine to comedy nerds everywhere who have witnessed her climb from
Weekend Update anchor to
Mean Girls scribe to single-handedly decimating the vice presidential chances of one certain gun-wieldin', six-pack-totin' Alaskan governor.
But, sadly, the number of men who left Studio 8 for the superstardom of Planet Hollywood (not the theme restaurant) easily outnumbers the ladies. For every
Amy Poehler, there's a
Will Ferrell. And a Bill Murray. And a
Mike Myers and
Eddie Murphy and
Adam Sandler (although, to be fair, there's also a
David Gary Kroeger, A. Whitney Brown, and Charles Rocket for every Melanie Hutsell, too). (And for the record, no, you shouldn't recognize those names.)
Continue reading Why isn't Jan Hooks famous?
Posted Jun 6th 2008 12:37PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Usually respectable news institutions have been suffering after failing to fact-check breaking news.
Entertainment Tonight is no exception to this, making a boo-boo after
falsely reporting that Angelina Jolie's never-ending pregnancy has actually come to an end. This also knocked the credibility of Jon Stewart's "Ultimate Celebrity Baby Website" ("Is Jamie Lynne Spears' baby pregnant yet?... Verne Troyer: Sort of celebrity baby").
Continue reading The Daily Show: June 5, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 4th 2008 3:03PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Sports, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
The late night comedian will be appearing during your primetime schedule. Starting tomorrow,
Jimmy Kimmel LIve will run
special half-hour shows each night that ABC airs the basketball finals. Special guests include: David Beckham, Edward Norton, Charles Barkley, Liv Tyler, Adam Sandler, Eminem, Shaquille O'Neil, Magic Johnson and New Orleans Hornets guard and 2008 MVP contender Chris Paul, among others.
Out of the celebrities mentioned, I'm most interested to see Eminem. I haven't seen the Real Slim Shady on TV in awhile. He's always a good interview though -- all that contrived hostility and testosterone in overdrive. Who are you looking forward to seeing? Or is Kimmel's fabulousness enough to get you to tune in?
The schedule is after the jump.
Continue reading Jimmy Kimmel to air primetime specials
Posted Apr 24th 2008 12:04PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
As AOL Television continues their look at the 50 Best TV Comedies -- Ever with numbers 20-11, we here at TV Squad are also looking at television comedy, but with a slightly skewed difference. Last week, we took a look at the Saturday Night Live cast members from 1975-1985 that made it to the big time. This week, we focus on the SNL casts from 1986 to 2006.
Aside from the first season of Lorne Michaels' return to the show he created and the 1994-95 season, this period was a very successful one for SNL, introducing a slew of characters and sketches that fans of the show still talk about today. It also produced a good number of Not Ready for Prime-Time Players who went on to bigger things in television and the movies (and some theater as well). Sometimes those bigger things were movies or television shows based on characters developed on SNL.
Continue reading The Not Ready for Prime Time Players who made it to the big time: 1986-2006
Posted Feb 4th 2008 12:17AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Sports, OpEd, TV Sports
It's not baby-talking Adam Sandler, it's not sensitive yet funny Adam Sandler, it isn't even serious and angry Adam Sandler. It's Adam Sandler as Borat. Well, from the preview that was shown it seems like he's channeling Borat.
I guess Adam is taking a break from some of his more serious roles to go back to his wacky comedy roots. However, since this isn't Cinematical I'm not going to debate whether or not this is a good idea for Sandler. All I'm going to do is rate the preview. Eh, not that funny. Seen it all in plenty of other previews before. Maybe the movie will be better.
Continue reading Sony Pictures: "You Don't Mess With The Zohan"
Posted Jul 30th 2007 11:19AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, The Simpsons
If you noticed, we haven't done a lot of posts about
The Simpsons leading up to the release of
The Simpsons Movie. There are a few reasons for that: 1) it's a movie, and our friends at
Cinematical have that beat pretty well covered, 2) we did some
Simpsons stuff before its 400th episode, and 3)
everyone else was doing it.
But there's no denying that all the
promotional tie-ins,
Simpsonizing web sites, and just the general popularity of the show paid off, now that
the weekend's box office totals are in: the movie came in at #1 for the week, bringing in an impressive $71.9 million. Even Adam Sandler's latest epic,
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, couldn't withstand the power of Yellow: it came in second with just over $19 million in sales.
Continue reading The Simpsons Movie rakes in $71.9 million
Posted Jul 20th 2007 1:54AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
First of all, a big congratulations to both
The Daily Show and
The Colbert Report for their
multiple Emmy nods! Comedy Central must be very, very proud. I don't know if Jon will bring up the nominations any time in the near future, but I think Stephen will do a bit of boasting soon.
"
Harry Potter and the Endless Build Up": Senior Literary Correspondent John Oliver chimed in on the
Harry situation (Haha, I just made that up, right now. I'm so good. So very, very good) regarding spoilers. His spoiler joke, "Harry is decapitated by Ron, who is actually Voldemort's robot son", got a good laugh from me, but judging from the mild response from the audience, there weren't too many fans in the crowd. Oh, I just remembered... Back when the sixth book was about to be released, Rob Corddry filed an absolutely hysterical report about spoilers. For once, Comedy Central's website has a clip I want, so
check it out.
Continue reading The Daily Show: July 19, 2007
Posted Jul 19th 2007 5:55PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show
Charlie Rose: Zeng Peiyan- The Daily Show: Adam Sandler
- The Colbert Report: Michael Moore
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Kevin James and White Rabbit
- Jay Leno: Don Cheadle, Miley Cyrus, and Puddle of Mudd
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Sean Hayes, Chris Hansen, and Kalai
- Tavis Smiley: Mel Jones and James Gibson (repeat)
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Queen Latifah, Matt Groening, and Fountains of Wayne
- The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Rosie Perez, David Milch, and Patti Smith (repeat)
- Last Call With Carson Daly: Floyd Landis and The Bravery
Posted Jul 12th 2007 2:30PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Alumni
American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee is giving acting a shot. She has been cast as a sorority girl in an upcoming Adam Sandler-produced movie that does not yet have a title.
According to
Entertainment Weekly, McPhee will "co-star" alongside funny girl Anna Faris, who plays a Playboy bunny who has been evicted from the mansion. Faris becomes a den mother to a super lame sorority, of which McPhee is a member. Rumer Willis also has a role. It will reportedly begin shooting late this summer.
Katharine has a background in acting-- according to her
official bio, she studied at the Boston Conservatory and the California State Summer School for the Arts. She even had a role in an MTV pilot that never made air. What I'm trying to say is... the girl has been groomed for this kind of thing.
Posted Jun 23rd 2007 11:00AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Video, Web, Celebrities, Game Show
I know most of you are going through Bob Barker withdrawl, so I thought I'd post this little clip to brighten your weekend a bit.
It comes from Bob's 50 Years in Television special that aired back in May of this year. It's been 10 years since Bob kicked the snot out of Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore and he reminisced by playing that classic clip. After that, Adam makes an appearance on the special and woos Bob with a poem specifically written for The Price is Right host's retirement.
It's a cute little moment, and it reminds us that Bob was more than just the man who kissed all of the women and gave away all those brand new cars. He also had a mean right and left hook.
Continue reading An ode to Bob Barker from Adam Sandler - VIDEO
Posted May 25th 2007 6:40PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Animation, Celebrities
In 2005, a series called Gay Robot, based on a track from an Adam Sandler comedy album, was pitched to Comedy Central. The titular character was voiced by comedian Nick Swardson and the series was produced, in part, by Swardson and Sandler.
Comedy Central passed on the pilot, but new scuttlebutt has it that the series may see the light of day after all, but as an animated series rather than a live-action one. There hasn't been any official announcement in regards to this, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Continue reading Gay Robot could become a cartoon - VIDEO
Posted Mar 21st 2007 12:20AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, Late Night, TV Royalty, Celebrities, Talk Show
Well, anyone who's watching
The Late Show right now probably realizes that David Letterman's not there.
Apparently, Dave showed up to work today but took ill with a stomach problem. It must have been pretty bad, because the only things that have kept Dave off the air in the past were a bad case of the shingles and heart bypass surgery.
According to the AP, this is believed to be the first time Dave was not able to go on after showing up for work.
Anyway, tonight's main guest, Adam Sandler, was recruited to fill in, and seems to be doing an OK job of it so far . And he was even able to pull in his
Reign Over Me co-star, Don Cheadle, as a guest, so the movie promotion machine didn't skip a beat. Oh, and as a privilege of hosting, Sandler decided to bring his bulldog, Matzoball, up on stage. Awww.....
Continue reading Letterman goes home sick; Sandler covers for him
Posted Dec 21st 2006 11:56AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, Programming, Two and a Half Men
CBS is making room for a new comedy called
Rules of Engagement, which is produced by Adam Sandler. Starting February 5th,
Rules will have the 9:30 pm timeslot on Monday nights. That's a coveted spot for a comedy, with top-rated
Two and a Half Men as a lead-in. The premiere is also the day after CBS airs the Super Bowl, which means you can expect to see a lot of
Rules promos during the game.
Rules stars David Spade, Oliver Hudson (
Dawson's Creek) and Patrick Warburton ("Puddy" from
Seinfeld). It's about two couples and a single guy who "navigate the jungles of dating, engagement and marriage." Moving it into the 9:30 pm slot during sweeps is a vote of confidence on CBS' part.
The move displaces
The New Adventures of Old Christine, which be on a brief hiatus in February (they're pulling it for sweeps!).
Old Christine will slide into the 8:30 pm slot after March 5th, when
The Class finale airs. And it looks like the series finale of
King of Queens will air May 21- but that's not definite.
Posted Sep 22nd 2006 4:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Comedy Central
On October 15 at 8:00 pm, Jon Stewart will host Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education on Comedy Central. The live event will also be simulcast on ComedyCentral.com along with additional footage. A ton of comedians and performers will be featured, including Bob Odenkirk, Jack Black, David Cross, Elvis Costello, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ricky Gervais, Will Ferrell, Norm MacDonald, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and Paul Rudd. Musician Moby will direct the house band for the evening.
Proceeds from the event will go to several autism educational and advocacy groups, including money from any downloads of the event purchased from the iTunes music store, which will be made available for thirty days starting on October 16. Tickets are currently on sale through Ticketmaster.
Posted Sep 9th 2006 11:24AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, Talent, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Comedy Central
The ill-fitting blue suit and red tie. The sweat-soaked shirt. The bulging eyes and fidgety manner. The rapid-fire jokes about getting "no respect."
Rodney Dangerfield was in the Pantheon of comedy greats for all those reasons, but his fantastic stand-up comedy was just a part of his legacy, as we find out in the fun Comedy Central documentary
Legends: Rodney Dangerfield, which airs Sunday night at 9.
This is the first in CC's
Legends series, where the lives of comic giants are examined through interviews with the stars that were influenced by them. In this episode, the mega-stars come out to talk about the man they equally admire and are indebted to: Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr, Chris Rock, Robert Klein, Bob Saget, Stiller & Meara, Bill Murray, Jay Leno, Norm MacDonald, Jeff Foxworthy, Adam Sandler, Sandra Bernhardt, Susie Essman, Ray Ramone, Bill Maher and Rob Schneider all provide commentary on how Rodney influenced their careers from afar, and how gracious he was with his knowledge and advice.
Continue reading Review: Dangerfield gets the Legends treatment in fun documentary
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