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The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast

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Pop Culture scholars Sejohn Serowik and Devon Decker embark on a journey to chronicle and categorize the cinematic offerings of Adam Sandler and their relationship to the greater Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe

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Episode 56: Men, Women & Children

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/09/12

We are back with our Season Ten theme of “For Your Consideration” looking at a film that didn’t seem to get much consideration at all Jason Reitman’s 2014 Dramedy “Men, Women & Children” that once again seems Adam stepping outside of his comfort zone to convey a parable to to the audience. Will Adam’s usual tactics work in an ensemble piece where all of the actors are of a high caliber and fighting for screen time or will this be one of those experiments that fails to bear fruit

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Episode 55: Click

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/08/15

We are back with our season ten theme of “For Your Consideration…” looking at a Happy Madison film that was nominated for an Oscar 2006’s “Click”Granted that nomination was for “Best Achievement in Makeup” but it is still representative of what it feels like Sandler and Company were aiming for when they constructed this filmWill this film that proves a bit divisive between your curators ultimately be found on the star charts of their shared cinematic universe or does it end up way beyond

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Episode 54: Punch-Drunk Love

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/07/11

The final season of The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe continues it’s theme of “For Your Consideration…” with an examination of the first Adam Sandler film that made the film critics stand up and take notice of his true potential as an actor Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch-Drunk Love”Will this deconstruction of a his own filmmaking style that ultimately feels like an Adam Sandler film by way of the arthouse have enough strength within itself to find acceptance in the our Shared Cinematic

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102:56

Episode 53: Going Overboard

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/06/13

Under the theme of “For Your Consideration...” We kick off our final season of The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe by going back to where it all began 1989’s “Going Overboard” aka “Babes Ahoy!”Will this little film that could that Sandler himself refuses to acknowledge as his first starring role, find its way onto the star charts of our shared cinematic universe or will this cruise ship comedy romp ultimately fail to hold any water and sink deep into the depths. Your curators have done the

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215:05

Episode 52: Dirty Work / Shakes the Clown

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/05/16

In our final installment of Season Nine’s “Grains of Sandler” theme we eat the pig and then we beat up some mimes as we examine Adam’s small roles in “Dirty Work” and “Shakes the Clown”Will the neutered PG-13 comedy that Norm MacDonald’s first starring role became leave enough room for the film to find a place in our star charts?Does the fact that “Shakes the Clown” is the “…the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies” mean it casts too wide a shadow for the rest of our cinematic universe to

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234:52

Episode 51: Top Five / Zookeeper

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/04/18

Like sand through an hourglass the Grains of Sandler tumble as Season Nine continues with an examination of two films creatively helmed by friends of Adam Sandler: Chris Rock and Kevin James.Up first we examine Chris Rock’s two hander with Rosario Dawson that explored the pains of celebrity and the black experience fully admitting we will only ever be outside observers to these themesThen we have a lovely quiz administered by our Quizmaster General Will Fournier as he continues his Adam

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176:22

Episode 50: The Hot Chick / The Animal

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/03/14

We continue our Season Nine Grains of Sandler theme with two more Rob Schneider Movies: “The Hot Chick” and “The Animal.” Two films that Sejohn has assured Devon will be more worthy of his time than either of those that featured Deuce BigalowWill these find their way into our Shared Cinematic Universe of Adam Sandler films? Has Devon truly discovered the genesis point of his new unified theory of cinema? Will the Quiz in the middle hosted by Quizmaster General William Fournier be enough of

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146:17

Episode 49: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo / Deuce...

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/02/14

The time has come for us to start our Season Nine theme of Grains of Sandler proper and what better place to begin than with the Deuce Bigalow Duology… Anywhere, literally anywhere would have been better, but hey at least we got them out of the way and they have a nice thematic tie-in to this episode releasing on Valentine’s Day… which is sort of nice if you don’t think about it too hard.Thank you so much to our listeners and to Adam Sandler for which this project could and would not be

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Episode 48: State of Our Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2025/01/17

Your curators at The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast kick off Season Nine with an open discussion about how we are going to be spending our last year on this project. We'll be continuing Season 9 with the theme of "Grains of Sandler" looking at those films that feature Adam in a more diminished or cameo role in special double episodes that will also feature a fun quiz component delivered by our Say Report Quizmaster General Will Fournier. Then for Season Ten, depending on the

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Episode 47: Hotel Transylvania 3

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/12/13

Just in time for the holiday season we are wrapping up Season Eight’s theme of The Sandler Sequels with a holiday of our own as we explore of the Animated Cruise Ship Comedy: “Hotel Transylvania 3”Will the third time be the charm and convince us that this franchise is worth including in the Cinematic Universe we have been crafting over the past four years? Maybe this creature feature will be the one that ultimately breaks the limits of our universal requirements and causes the trilogy to

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98:24

Episode 46: Hotel Transylvania 2

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/11/08

Keeping spooky season alive and well this month we take a look at the second film in the Hotel Transylvania trilogy the appropriately titled “Hotel Transylvania 2”What wonders will we unearth as we comb through this Sandler Sequel in a continuation of our Season Eight theme. Plus what can we learn about our entire cinematic universe that we are constructing when we consider, that as of this recording, this film is the most successful of Adam Sandler’s Career. It is time for the second part

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Episode 45: Hotel Transylvania

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/10/11

This month just in time for spooky season we kick off the topic of the remaining episodes for Season Eight’s Theme of The Sandler Sequels and the rest of 2024 by taking a look at Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Hotel Transylvania”In our attempts to figure out if this franchise has a place amongst our star charts of a shared cinematic universe of Adam Sandler’s films we will also be tackling the mysteries of why this films that shares so much with other much maligned offerings from the same actor

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Episode 44: Grown Ups 2

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/09/06

Its been a month and now it is finally time for The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe podcast to finish their discussion about the Grown Ups films with “Grown Ups 2,” initially released in theaters July 12, 2013, as part of their Season Eight Theme of The Sandler Sequels.Watch as Devon becomes the teacher and attempts to educate not only Sejohn, but you the listener as to why he enjoys this almost universally despised film.At the very least you’ll get to hear real world stories tangentially

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Episode 43: Grown Ups

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/08/09

Finally after a year in the making The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe gets to discuss the Grown Ups films starting with “Grown Ups” initially released in theaters June 25, 2010.Will the delay in getting to embrace our Season 8 theme of the Sandler Sequels prove to a boon or a curse in exploring the film? Can Devon and Sejohn find a way to make peace with the require reading in order to properly appreciate “Grown Ups 2?” How many references to breast feeding will inevitable find their way

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Episode 42: Bulletproof

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/07/12

The Adam Sander Cinematic Universe returns for Season Eight by returning to the disrupted theme for Season Six: The Sandler SequelsKicking off this latest excursion we watch the 1996 film “Bulletproof” since it is the rare film that has a sequel that doesn’t feature Adam Sandler at all in the 2020 film “Bulletproof 2”With all of the baggage this fitm is carrying will it be able to find a place on our star charts of a shared Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe? Though perhaps despite its

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Episode 41: Leo

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/06/07

As "The Netflix Follies" and Season Seven of the ASCU come to a close we find ourselves viewing the second Animated Feature FIlm featuring Adam Sandler in a creative role... Leo!Will this musical coming-of-age existential crisis film find its way onto the Star Charts of our Shared Cinematic Universe or will it prove like the titular 74 year old character to have missed its chance at a fulfilling existence? Listen and you too can learn the truth.Comments can be directed to

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Episode 40: You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/05/10

We continue Season Seven's theme of The Netflix Follies with the first film that we haven't already covered, released after the start of the Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast, the Sandler Family Featuring Family Comedy "You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah."Will this film about friendship, betrayal, and redemption focused through the lens of a young Jewish girl about to become a woman fin a place in our shared Cinematic Universe of Adam Sandler films or might it stand alone on

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125:55

Episode 39: The Week Of

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/04/12

In sickness and in health the voyage to chart a shared cinematic universe of the films of Adam Sandler must persist and in this season of "The Netflix Follies" that means it is finally time to conquer a film two years in the making the two-hander Adam Sandler and Chris Rock wedding planning comedy... "The Week Of"The real question is if this film lives up to the hype foisted upon it by the marketing department and even if it should be found wanting, does that mean it can't find a little

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Episode 38: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/03/08

Continuing our Season Seven Theme of "The Netflix Follies" we come upon the first Netflix Original film featuring Adam Sandler that made people take notice of his abilities as an actor, helping to pave the pathway to future visibility and success. Yet taking that into consideration will that mean it finds a place among the star charts of the shared cinematic universe of Adam Sandler films we’ve been curating or will it still be found to be missing that certain something to have it join the

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Episode 37: Sandy Wexler

The Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe Podcast ·

2024/02/09

We return to Season Seven’s Netflix Follies to discuss a film all about the danger and rewards of making it big in 1990’s era Hollywood as we watch Adam Sandler step into the character of “Sandy Wexler”Does this film with its myriad of celebrity cameos and testimonials have the talent needed to find a place in the shared Cinematic Universe we’ve been cultivating over the past three years? Or is there just that certain undefinable something that keeps it from finding a membership in the ASCU

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