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RIP Gene Wilder

To be fair to RJ, Adam Sandler's "success" is difficult to comprehend since his movies have been dogshit for the past decade, but you can't deny Sandler's popularity and subsequent financial success.

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Say what you want about Sandler, but he's got staying power.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
To be fair to RJ, Adam Sandler's "success" is difficult to comprehend since his movies have been dogshit for the past decade, but you can't deny Sandler's popularity and subsequent financial success.

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so, it's pretty easy to comprehend, then.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
To be fair to RJ, Adam Sandler's "success" is difficult to comprehend since his movies have been dogshit for the past decade, but you can't deny Sandler's popularity and subsequent financial success.

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I've NEVER said he wasn't a financial success. What I've said is that he has not done anything to forward or change comedy or be remembered as a comedy legend.
 
Thinking about it, I did sort of like Funny People, but it was overlong by about 45 minutes.
 
RJKarl said:
I've NEVER said he wasn't a financial success. What I've said is that he has not done anything to forward or change comedy or be remembered as a comedy legend.
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you have no basis for that comment whatsoever
 
RattlerDeac said:
Adam Sandler is certainly no Dick Martin!
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You are so right. Laugh-In gave the world of comedy people like Lorne Micheals, Goldie Hawn. Lily Tomlin, Arte Johnson. Henry Gibson and more. Several of its writers went on to create many successful TV shows. The show was so popular that superstars lined up to be on it.

In reality, without Laugh-In, it's likely there is no Adam Sandler as who knows if Lorne Michaels ever gets the chance to create SNL.
 
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the last thing I'll say on this issue is that RJ is wrong.

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ImTheCaptain said:
you have no basis for that comment whatsoever
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Yes, I do. Comedy legends are revered in their times. In real time, people understand how a Charlie Chaplin or Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock or Richard Pryor or George Carlin or Robin Williams are legends and how they have contributed to the art. This is not the case with Sandler.

You can hem and haw all you like but you can't compare him to people like them.
 
I fell for the RKarl post hook, line, and sinker.

RIP, Mr. Wilder. I will always have a soft spot for him due to Wonka, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles, but his output was rather limited other than that. Even his movies with Pryor kind of sucked, even though they were a good match onscreen. At least he's with Gilda now.
 
EatLeadCommie said:
I fell for the RKarl post hook, line, and sinker.

RIP, Mr. Wilder. I will always have a soft spot for him due to Wonka, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles, but his output was rather limited other than that. Even his movies with Pryor kind of sucked, even though they were a good match onscreen. At least he's with Gilda now.[/QUOTE]

But he remarried and has been married for 25 years. Going to be awkward...
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Shooshmoo said:
That just reminded me of some of the good ones -- Wedding Singer, great movie. Chuck and Larry, not terrible. Big Daddy, pretty good. 50 first dates, not bad at all.
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50 First Dates is probably my favorite rom-com.

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