Hollywood just canât catch a break â or maybe Adam Sandler canât. The 58-year-old comedy legend, once a top earner in Tinseltown, has officially traded red carpets for green fairways, quitting acting to pursue a career in professional golf. This bizarre career twist, according to Sandler himself, stems from a catastrophic financial move during the last U.S. presidential election. «I bet all my money on Kamala Harris winning,» he confessed with a shrug. «Dark horse, dark wallet, am I right?» đ Now, broke but not broken, Sandler is attempting to parlay his golf skills â fictional as they might be â into a real-life comeback.
The Wild Fall of Adam Sandler: From Hollywood Royalty to Golf Course Jester
Netflix, ever the opportunist, swooped in faster than Shooter McGavin at a buffet. The streaming giant captured Sandlerâs clumsy attempts at professional golf training and turned them into comedy gold. Enter: Happy Gilmore 2, a sequel nobody knew they wanted but will absolutely stream in 2025. The film sees Sandler reprising his role as Happy Gilmore, a hot-headed hockey player turned golfer, joined by returning stars Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit and Christopher McDonald as the iconic Shooter McGavin. And because Netflix needs to lure every demographic possible, the cast now includes rapper Kid Cudi, NFL star Travis Kelce, and Bad Bunny, because⊠why not?
đ„ From Hollywood to Happy Gilmore: Adam Sandlerâs Wacky Golf Comeback Story
Sandlerâs return to golf isnât just a nostalgic nod to the 1996 classic; itâs also a desperate gamble to regain his former glory. Critics are already divided. Boomers are thrilled to relive their glory days with Sandler, while Gen Z is busy googling who he even is. Meanwhile, Sandlerâs golf training videos have sparked a cult following on TikTok, where clips of him wildly swinging at golf balls have been set to remixes of «Shooter McGavin» quotes and Bad Bunny tracks. If the internet has its way, Sandler might just become the meme king of 2024. đ
The announcement of Happy Gilmore 2 has also triggered some delightful online chaos. Right-wing pundits are furious, claiming Sandlerâs downfall is proof of «woke Hollywood eating itself.» Left-wing Twitter users, on the other hand, are trying to cancel him for joking about losing everything on Kamala Harris. And somewhere in between, fans of the original film are just happy to see Shooter McGavin and Happy face off again. «Iâve waited 30 years for this,» one user commented. «Sandlerâs broke, Iâm broke, letâs all just laugh together.»
Finn McFrame, celebrated satirical mastermind and self-proclaimed “Emperor of Irony,” started his illustrious career as a cinematographer, where his expertise in capturing every single frame of a squirrel stealing a baguette earned him accolades at obscure film festivals.
Born in the glamorous town of Boring, Oregon, Finn grew up with dreams of being a Hollywood director until he realized that satire, not cinema, was his true callingâor at least the one that let him sleep until noon.
Finn McFrame: changing the world, one satirical lens flare at a time.
