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Adam Sandler: An Unauthorized Biography
July 19, 2016
I love Adam Sandler, but this book was not worth the time. I'm by no means an expert on Sandler and his movies, though I've seen them all many times, and I noticed several factual errors throughout this book (listed below). Most are small and of little effect, but the number that I noticed while casually reading the book was ridiculous and made me question whether any fact-checking was done. I'm curious about the author's motivation for writing this book due to the number of basic, incorrect movie facts. The number of mistakes made me feel that I would be more qualified to write a book of this nature.
1) Stern claims that the lunchlady in Billy Madison quotes the song "Lunchlady Land". She speaks of sloppy joes, but there are no direct quotes. (p 100)
2) Billy Madison's third grade teacher is incorrectly listed as Vicki Vaughan. Her name is Veronica Vaughn. (p 101)
3) This book claims that Happy Gilmore is given six months to pay his grandma's debt, but he is actually given 90 days. (This book also contains a terrible synopsis of the movie.) (p 122)
4) The final game in The Waterboy is incorrectly called Whiskey Bowl. It is actually the Bourbon Bowl. (p 166)
5) Henry Winkler's Happy Days character is incorrectly called "Henry Fonzarelli". His character was named Arthur Fonzarelli. (p 168)
6) The two songs sung by Sandler on The Wedding Singer soundtracks are incorrectly listed as "Have You Written Anything Lately?" and "Somebody Kill Me", leaving out "Grow Old With You" at the climax of the movie. "Have You Written Anything Lately?" is a short snippet of dialogue from the movie of Robbie and Julia speaking before Robbie plays "Somebody Kill Me". (p 174)
7) This book incorrectly states that there are three volumes of The Wedding Singer soundtrack, but there are only two. (p 174)
8) This book claims Jimmy Fallon did an impression of Adam Sandler in an SNL Jeopardy parody on October 30, 1998 and was referred to only as "Sandler". This sketch can be seen here. Fallon's character is called "Adam Sandler" and his name plaque says "Adam". This sketch also aired October 24, 1998. (p 192)
9) Throughout the book, Judd Apatow is referenced as being among the NYU alumni that Sandler continues to work with. Apatow did not attend NYU and didn't meet Sandler until after college in California.
1) Stern claims that the lunchlady in Billy Madison quotes the song "Lunchlady Land". She speaks of sloppy joes, but there are no direct quotes. (p 100)
2) Billy Madison's third grade teacher is incorrectly listed as Vicki Vaughan. Her name is Veronica Vaughn. (p 101)
3) This book claims that Happy Gilmore is given six months to pay his grandma's debt, but he is actually given 90 days. (This book also contains a terrible synopsis of the movie.) (p 122)
4) The final game in The Waterboy is incorrectly called Whiskey Bowl. It is actually the Bourbon Bowl. (p 166)
5) Henry Winkler's Happy Days character is incorrectly called "Henry Fonzarelli". His character was named Arthur Fonzarelli. (p 168)
6) The two songs sung by Sandler on The Wedding Singer soundtracks are incorrectly listed as "Have You Written Anything Lately?" and "Somebody Kill Me", leaving out "Grow Old With You" at the climax of the movie. "Have You Written Anything Lately?" is a short snippet of dialogue from the movie of Robbie and Julia speaking before Robbie plays "Somebody Kill Me". (p 174)
7) This book incorrectly states that there are three volumes of The Wedding Singer soundtrack, but there are only two. (p 174)
8) This book claims Jimmy Fallon did an impression of Adam Sandler in an SNL Jeopardy parody on October 30, 1998 and was referred to only as "Sandler". This sketch can be seen here. Fallon's character is called "Adam Sandler" and his name plaque says "Adam". This sketch also aired October 24, 1998. (p 192)
9) Throughout the book, Judd Apatow is referenced as being among the NYU alumni that Sandler continues to work with. Apatow did not attend NYU and didn't meet Sandler until after college in California.
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