# Has anyone not heard of Adam Sandler? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320 "2014-12-28T02:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/41 "2014-12-28T15:06:24Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Yesterday somebody posted on the SDMB that they [didn’t know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18006433#post18006433) who Benedict Cumberbatch was. I think I’ve heard his name before, but, beyond that, I know nothing. Couldn’t pick him out of a lineup except by pure chance. (ETA: Huh. Apparently he’s Sherlock in the British series. I actually have seen a couple episodes of that, but I had no idea of the actor’s name.) > [@](#): > > I still don’t think I’ve seen Allison Janney in anything, or Jared Leto These I’m drawing a complete blank on. But I’m terrible with actor names (I couldn’t tell you the names of any other actor but Seth Rogen in _The Interview_, and I just watched that a couple days ago.) So, yeah, everyone has some gaping holes in their knoweldge. Still, for someone cruising IMDB, I find that unusual. It’d be as if I was cruising the music boards and didn’t know who, I dunno, Daft Punk was or something. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/42 "2014-12-28T15:14:38Z")
I recall a couple of years ago people at work were talking about Kim Kardashian and I said that I couldn’t differentiate one hot celebrity blonde from another. Although I knew the name I wouldn’t have known who she was if she was talking to me in a bar. At least I now know she isn’t a blonde. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/43 "2014-12-28T15:14:52Z")
I only learned of Adam Sandler a few months ago when I watched some film about a remote control with my grandson. I wish I had evaded that particular horror. Never heard of ESPN previously either. Thought at first it might be anti-skid magic in the car :roll: Access IMDB frequently but never post there - only ever look up the cast in films as I never recognise them - male actors anyway (boring) Then forget them again. Brit living in La-La-Land. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/44 "2014-12-28T15:33:40Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > OK, guys. I know that there’s a person named Adam Sandler, and I’m pretty sure he’s an actor, though I couldn’t come up with a movie he was in. I think I have a mental picture of him: He has short dark hair, and kinda bland looking. Right? That’s about all I can say about him. > > I can definitely understand that someone has never heard of him. I’m about there, although I didn’t have a mental image of how he looks. I did have this idea that he isn’t a serious actor? So maybe does only comedy? I never think comedies are funny so I don’t watch them. I have never seen him in a film, and I have not watched television since 1972, with the exception of a few (like five) shows I’ve watched on netflix. I know another person who has even less idea of who he is: my husband. He doesn’t know who any actors are, after about 1965. I am positive he has never heard his name. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/45 "2014-12-28T15:43:14Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I’m about there, although I didn’t have a mental image of how he looks. I did have this idea that he isn’t a serious actor? So maybe does only comedy? I never think comedies are funny so I don’t watch them… Yeah, he’s pretty much well-known for fairly sophomoric humor (with the exception, off the top of my head, of _Punch Drunk Love_, which is more of a quirky romantic dramedy, where he plays a much deeper and more serious character than he is known for.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/46 "2014-12-28T16:42:27Z")
I’m not an Adam Sandler fan, but I loved Punch Drunk Love. He was playing the same character he always does, but a kind of “real life” version. It’s like those paintings and photos people do where they render a Disney princess or other cartoon character as an actual human. Paul Thomas Anderson did the same thing to Adam Sandler’s man-child persona. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/47 "2014-12-28T17:22:05Z")
> [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](#): > > I’m not an Adam Sandler fan, but I loved Punch Drunk Love. He was playing the same character he always does, but a kind of “real life” version. That’s a pretty good description. It’s a believable toned-down nuanced version of his usual character. He was perfectly cast for that role. I don’t know how or why I ended up seeing it, but I was surprised at how good he was in it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/48 "2014-12-28T17:38:45Z")
One need not pay heed to what passes for popular entertainment culture these days to still be literate and well-informed on science, politics and human issues. I personally tend to recuse such pop culture information which don’t interest or engage me. I’ve heard of this Sandler guy but doubt I could name a single movie he’s been in. I am blissfully ignorant about many other ‘famous’ people, failing to recognize their names when mentioned by others. And SNL’s heyday was when it had Belushi, Ackroyd, Radner, Murray, etc. on it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/49 "2014-12-28T17:54:38Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, for once I have an excuse! > > Say, you ever heard of Smarties? 😉 Well, we have, but they’re a completely different candy! 🙂 American Smarties are like little sugar tablets, whereas in Canada Smarties are kind of like M&Ms, right? > **[Smarties (tablet candy)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(wafer_candy))** > > In the United States, Smarties are a type of tablet candy produced by Smarties Candy Company, formerly known as Ce De Candy Inc., since 1949. Smarties are produced in factories in both Union Township, New Jersey, and Newmarket, Ontario. The candies distributed in Canada are marketed as Rockets, to avoid confusion with Smarties, a chocolate candy produced by Nestlé which holds the trademark in Canada. The New Jersey factory produces approximately 1 billion rolls of Smart One individual candy is a ... > **[Smarties](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties)** > > Smarties are dragée chocolate confectionery. They have been manufactured since 1937, originally by H.I. Rowntree & Company in the United Kingdom, and now by Nestlé. > Smarties are oblate spheroids with a minor axis of about 5 mm (0.2 in) and a major axis of about 12 mm (0.5 in). They come in eight colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, mauve, pink and brown, although the blue variety was temporarily replaced by a white variety in some countries, whilst an alternative natural colouring dye o... ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/50 "2014-12-28T19:08:23Z")
How are we supposed to explain Adam Sandler to old people? Is he more like Buddy Hackett or Joey Bishop? > [@GuanoLad](#): > > I still don’t think I’ve seen Allison Janney in anything, or Jared Leto, but loads of other people talk about them quite a lot these days. By pure chance, the things they’ve done haven’t been in my wheelhouse and they passed me by, until I started to see their names so often they began to register as people who it’s broadly assumed everyone is familiar with. > > Funny how that works. I was wondering who Allison Janney was and why everyone was so worked up about her and getting awards. Then it was explained she had a really good nude scene. But I don’t have those pay channels so I wouldn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/51 "2014-12-28T19:09:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I have no idea what Hi-C is. I’ve never heard of it. > > I do know who Adam Sandler is though, however I have never seen any of his movies. He was NOT on SNL during its heyday as **foolsguinea** suggests. I see that as more of the Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman years. To be fair, **foolguinea** said during _his_, meaning Sandler’s heyday. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/52 "2014-12-28T19:29:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Yesterday somebody posted on the SDMB that they [didn’t know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18006433#post18006433) who Benedict Cumberbatch was. I found this hard to believe, but then I think on how many actors or pop stars who people suddenly seem to be talking about a lot, as though we’re all supposed to know who they are, where I can’t bring them to mind at all. I had never heard of Benedict Cumberhatch until it was announced he was cast in a role in _Star Trek Into Darkness_. Then I found it he was the new Khan. I still haven’t seen anything else he’s done. > [@Ulfreida](#): > > I’m about there, although I didn’t have a mental image of how he looks. I did have this idea that he isn’t a serious actor? So maybe does only comedy? I never think comedies are funny so I don’t watch them. I have never seen him in a film, and I have not watched television since 1972, with the exception of a few (like five) shows I’ve watched on netflix. If you only see one Adam Sandler film, it should be _Reign Over Me_. It’s a serious drama. He plays a successful dentist whose family was on one of the airliners flying from Boston to New York on Sept. 11, 2001. He has a serious mental breakdown as a result, becoming a recluse in his house. He becomes obsessive-compulsive with painting his kitchen over and over. Don Cheadle plays his old college roommate who tries to draw him out and get him interested in living again. Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, and John DeLancie also have nice roles in it. It has received mostly favorable reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/53 "2014-12-28T19:49:17Z")
Pfft. I only watch Mythbusters to disagree with it, and Alex Sandler’s “zaniness” is far too puerile for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/54 "2014-12-28T23:10:20Z")
The guy in [Brooklyn 9-9](http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/59290/andy_samberg_59290.jpg), right? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/55 "2014-12-28T23:11:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, he’s pretty much well-known for fairly sophomoric humor (with the exception, off the top of my head, of _Punch Drunk Love_, which is more of a quirky romantic dramedy, where he plays a much deeper and more serious character than he is known for.) And _50 First Dates_, _Spanglish_ and _Funny People_. The first and third were great. _Spanglish_ was kind of tedious but is remarkable in that Sandler is the most normal person in the film. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/56 "2014-12-28T23:14:17Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > My mother, who has lived in the US her entire life, recently didn’t know what ESPN was. > > She might have heard of Adam Sandler. She might not. My father, who is highly intelligent but does not use computers, recently asked me what Wikipedia was. I told my brother, and he replied, “He’ll probably ask Mom to print it all out.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/57 "2014-12-28T23:16:51Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Mine didn’t know about Hi-C (the drink) until only a few months ago. We couldn’t believe she had never heard of Hi-C before. She, too, has lived her whole life in the US. > So, I’m never really surprised anymore about what some people don’t know. Hi-C was heavily advertised when I was a kid, and while I know it’s sold now, I don’t personally hear much about it. However, I don’t have children myself. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/58 "2014-12-28T23:18:48Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > My father, who is highly intelligent but does not use computers, recently asked me what Wikipedia was. I told my brother, and he replied, “He’ll probably ask Mom to print it all out.” > > 😛 I wonder how many pages it _would_ take to print it all out. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/59 "2014-12-28T23:26:31Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Pfft. I only watch Mythbusters to disagree with it, and Alex Sandler’s “zaniness” is far too puerile for my tastes. > [@kunilou](#): > > The guy in [Brooklyn 9-9](http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/59290/andy_samberg_59290.jpg), right? Nah, you guys are thinking of that wrestler who died a couple years back, “Machismo Man” Randy Sampson. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320/60 "2014-12-28T23:38:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I wonder how many pages it _would_ take to print it all out. There would be no space left in their house, nor enough time in any of our lifetimes to read it. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-not-heard-of-adam-sandler/708320.md?page=4)