The other Adam in my life

I mentioned in my "Starstruck" post that aside from Adam Lambert, I also wanted to meet Adam Sandler. As he has a new movie coming out soon that looks really cute, I'd like to post about my favorite movies of his. (I've seen almost all except for "Punch Drunk Love" and "The Longest Yard," as I fell asleep through most of the latter.)

1. Billy Madison: Some of his funniest lines come from this movie. I love the premise and all the silliness it evokes. It's totally college humor, but I still laugh about it and quote it as an adult. The best is his argument between shampoo and conditioner. I have to side with the conditioner though.

2. Happy Gilmore: It's the only way I'll ever find golf interesting. And it also has a plethora of great lines and witty comebacks. The music selections are fun and nostalgic, as well (especially "Carry on Wayward Son" by Kansas, which I just had to play now to set the mood for this post). Even with all his rage, Happy is easy to sympathize with. And remember, "friends listen to "Endless Love" in the dark."

3. The Wedding Singer: This is one of my all-time favorites. Eighties nostalgia, funny lines ("I am a material girl, or boy"), great music, fun characters and great chemistry between Adam and Drew Barrymore. It's just a great story overall and so romantic too. I cry at the airplane scene every time. It was so good that it was even made into a Broadway musical.

4. Big Daddy: A cute little kid (of course he's 16 now or something like that) and lots of Styx music....how can you lose? Toss in Hooter's jokes and you have a classic comedy flick! Another tearjerker too, especially now that I'm a parent. And, of course, great lines! So much to love about this film!

5. 50 First Dates: Adam and Drew are back again with all their chemistry for a perfect romantic comedy. I cried twice as much as I did for "The Wedding Singer" or even most other romantic comedies. It's so original and charming. I fall in love with it over and over again, the way Drew falls for Adam every day like it's the first time. And you can't forget (excuse the pun) about "Ten Second Tom." :) The other bonus is that a Neo-Futurist had a pretty big part in the show. (Lusia Strus played his friend Alexa.)

6. Click: I wrote a post within a post about this for Time Warp (how appropriate) Tuesday a while back. This pretty much explains why I enjoyed this movie so much. "Click" here.

While I laughed a lot at "You Don't Mess with the Zohan," I wouldn't rank it as a favorite. And "Grown Ups" was pretty much full of sight gags, funny as it appeared to be. I pretty much like him in comedic roles, where he really shines. I wasn't a fan of "Spanglish" or "Funny People" for this reason. Probably why I never saw "Punch Drunk Love" anyway. I do have to mention how much I loved his humor on Saturday Night Live. Opera Man!!! He came up with lots of funny roles and really played into his characters, making them very memorable over time. He made himself so memorable that Jimmy Fallon did a perfect and hilarious impression of him on "Celebrity Jeopardy" (on SNL, of course). He was also in a movie called "Mixed Nuts," where he had a small role that involved singing songs he made up at random times. He stuck out as really funny for that reason. I can't even remember much else of the movie besides his singing. He had some really funny CDs too....at least his first two stand out the most. My friend and I even acted out one of the skits at Theater Ted. We performed "The Buffoon and the Valedictorian."

All of the above are reasons why I'd love to be in the same room with him and shake his hand. (And get a picture together, as well.)