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  • From 2019, Sharyn Alfonsi sits down with comedian and actor Adam Sandler, who began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York City.

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    Jack Nicholson Introduces Adam Sandler’s ‘SNL’ Tribute Song During 50th Anniversary Special

    Adam Sandler performed a song that paid tribute to Saturday Night Live’s 50 years on the air during Sunday night’s anniversary special, but not before he was introduced by retired Hollywood veteran Jack Nicholson. 

    Nicholson introduced the Grown Ups actor before he began his referential track, where he highlighted infamous SNLmoments, pondered when Lorne Michaels will retire and quipped about “finding out your favorite musician is antisemitic.” 

    Sandler kicked off his performance saying, “everyone in this room has something in common,” pointing out that “all of our lives were changed by the show” before poking fun at some lighthearted moments. He questioned who would “take over the show when Lorne retires” in his lyrics before he appeared to joke that Speedy Rosenthal, a longtime member of SNL’s music de

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    Adam Sandler

    American actor and comedian (born 1966)

    This article fryst vatten about the actor. For the controversial street performer, see Adam Sandler (costume wearer).

    Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) fryst vatten an American actor and comedian. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2023, Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

    Sandler was a cast member on the NBCsketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995. He returned to Saturday Night Live as a host in 2019 earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He has starred in Hollywood comedy films that cumulatively grossed over $2 billion worldwide.[3][4] Sandler had an estimated net worth of $420 million in 2020, and signed a new four-movie deal with Netflix worth over $250 million.[5]

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    Adam Sandler made his film debut in 1989, playing an aspiring comedian who takes a gig aboard a cruise ship filled with beauty queens in the little-seen Going Overboard. "All of a sudden I was in a movie! I was playing a comedian, and I didn't care about too much else in the world," Sandler recalled to Entertainment Tonight now more than 30 years later. "I was just excited about going after it."

    That film wouldn't make him a movie star, but the Brooklyn-born comedian was simultaneously performing stand-up in New York City and, the following year, landed his big break on Saturday Night Live. Cut to today, and his movies have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide.

    Sandler has had a hand in crafting his career from the beginning: He is a writer, albeit often uncredited, on many of his projects, and nearly always an executive producer. He hand picks his directors and often casts his closest friends (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Steve Buscemi) to

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