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- Tim Herlihy never dreamed of writing comedy, never considered it a profession, even as he fell face-first into it, and today, isn't quite sure how comedy works. But he made Adam Sandler laugh. That's all it took.
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Jul 23, 2015 · Media Platforms Design Team. Tim Herlihy never dreamed of writing comedy, never considered it a profession, even as he fell face-first into it, and today, isn't quite sure how comedy works. But...
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- It was originally going to be another slapstick comedy. According to "Wedding Singer" screenwriter Tim Herlihy — Adam Sandler's college roommate turned professional partner for close to 40 years at this point — there wasn't a conscious effort to make the film drastically different than "Billy Madison" or "Happy Gilmore."
- Boy George loved Alexis Arquette's performance. Adam Sandler wisely surrounds himself with fantastic character actors in his films, and one of the best that he ever worked with was Alexis Arquette.
- Carrie Fisher did uncredited work on the dialogue. All due respect to Bridgette Wilson and Julie Bowen — both fine actors who played Sandler's love interests in "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore," respectively — but they weren't exactly the deepest or most complex female leads in movie history.
- It helped kickstart the retro worship trend. Having movies, TV shows, and video games that are steeped in a particular era and built around the pop culture environment of said era is a common thing now, and has been for a while.
Mar 16, 2023 · By Geoff Edgers. March 16, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. Adam Sandler will be honored by the Kennedy Center with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (Erik Carter for The Washington Post) 23 min. 554 ...
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Jul 6, 2022 · For many of Adam Sandler's classic hits, including "Happy Gilmore," his old college roommate and close friend, Tim Herlihy, was there as his partner in crime writing much of the comedy.
Jul 24, 2015 · TIM HERLIHY: [ Laughs] Basically money. It was the ’80s, and everybody wanted to be like Charlie Sheen in Wall Street and Donald Trump. I honestly was interested in stocks and bonds and stuff; I...
While majoring in accounting and international business at New York University, he roomed with Adam Sandler in the Brittany Hall dormitory. When Sandler began doing stand-up comedy during their sophomore year, Herlihy wrote material for him.
