Top 10 Times Adam Sandler Broke The SNL Cast
Sandler strikes again! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for “SNL” sketches where Adam Sandler caused fellow cast members to break character.
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00:00Hey, I'm about to sneeze, man, and I want some candy.
00:04Look at me all squished up like I'm going to sneeze.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for SNL sketches
00:13where Adam Sandler caused fellow cast members to break character.
00:18I'm kind of talking to somebody else right now.
00:23Number 10. The Hurley He-Boy Dog Sitting Service
00:27In this recurring SNL sketch, Sandler played a boy looking for work in the neighborhood.
00:33Hello. Let me feed your dog.
00:37Chris Farley portrayed Mr. O'Malley, an animated voucher for the boy's services.
00:43Come on, let the boy feed your dog.
00:48Although rare for Farley to ever break character, Sandler came just about as close as you can.
00:55Staring into the soul of the camera, he implored his neighbors to let him teach their dog a trick.
01:01Farley seems to go slightly off script with his response, while also seemingly giggling in the process.
01:08I don't know.
01:11This is a notable moment because usually it was the other way around,
01:16with Sandler being the one struggling to contain himself due to Farley.
01:20I'm confident you'll make the right decision.
01:23Come here, boy.
01:25Number 9. Cajun Man on the Presidential Election
01:30Born and raised in Louisiana, this SNL character portrayed by Sandler speaks in an exaggerated Cajun accent.
01:39Sandler utilizes an impressive amount of dedication to saying words that end in shong.
01:45In this appearance, Kevin Nealon was ready to interview the Cajun Man about the upcoming presidential election.
01:51Well, Cajun Man, do you think you could do better than these guys?
01:54Without question.
01:57Really?
01:58Before the interview really kicked into gear, you can already tell Nealon was wrestling his face to keep it straight and not burst out laughing.
02:07All it took was one singular word from Sandler.
02:10Election.
02:12That's not easy to do, but for him, perhaps it is.
02:17Number 8. Weekend Update, Frank Dippie and Hank Doodle
02:22Ordinary Americans isn't the best term to characterize Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.
02:28It's even less fitting for their SNL characters, Frank Dippie and Hank Doodle.
02:32Hey, how are you, fellas?
02:34Doing fine, Norman.
02:36Let's get to it, Norman.
02:38Alright, fellas.
02:39So how can you blame Norm Macdonald for chuckling as he looked in their direction while calling them ordinary Americans?
02:46He even had to pause briefly before continuing the rest of his line.
02:50Again, understandable.
02:52This was before the start of a hysterical point-counterpoint discussion between Frank and Hank.
02:57Alright, 10 seconds, got a lot to say.
03:01100 days.
03:02This is going back to the...
03:04It's as simple as...
03:06Clearly Macdonald knew what he was getting into.
03:09While this was likely both Farley and Sandler making Macdonald giggle,
03:13it shows the power of their comedic reputations.
03:16Frank Dippie and Hank Doodle, everyone.
03:18There they are.
03:22Number 7. Gap Girls at the Food Courts
03:26Put Chris Farley, David Spade, and Adam Sandler in a room together, what do you get?
03:31Comedy gold.
03:33Do you even know what those words mean?
03:35No.
03:38In the recurring sketch called Gap Girls,
03:40the three men play female work buddies who gossip and hang out together at the mall.
03:45At one moment in the food court,
03:47Spade's character tried to justify her seemingly toxic boyfriend's behavior.
03:52Sandler's character responded as any good friend would.
03:56Sandler had difficulty keeping a straight face as he delivered this line.
04:00Christy, listen to yourself.
04:03I hate to see this happen to you.
04:07You're my best friend.
04:13Once he got all the words out though,
04:15it was Spade and Farley who broke character with their smirks.
04:18Really, Christy.
04:20Give him the keys to the street and do it tonight.
04:26Number 6. Weekend Update, Adam Sandler on Thanksgiving
04:31In this Weekend Update segment,
04:33Sandler honored Thanksgiving with a humorous, rhythmic song
04:36with lyrics that consisted of turkey admiration and arbitrary factoids.
04:42Love to eat the turkey at the table.
04:45I once saw a movie with Betty Grable.
04:48When he eventually turned to Kevin Nealon, suggesting he join in the song,
04:52you could see that Nealon had been cracking up.
04:55At first, the host was reluctant,
04:57but Sandler then gave him that extra little push to sing along.
05:01Oh, it'll be fun.
05:05Okay.
05:06This was a funny moment where Nealon broke character, so to speak,
05:10because you don't expect the Weekend Update host to join in on the act,
05:15especially one like this.
05:17It's a weirdly catchy song though.
05:20Oh, I love turkey on Thanksgiving.
05:28Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.
05:32Number 5. Il Cantore Restaurant
05:36The waiters at this Italian restaurant got very flirty and handsy with Kirstie Alley.
05:41It's so nice of you to spend your birthday with us.
05:45Oh, it isn't my birthday.
05:47When it was time for Sandler to bring her and her husband glasses of water,
05:51he didn't disappoint.
05:53In nothing but black underwear, Sandler grabbed Alley's dress
05:56and rubbed his head in her chest.
05:58At this point, she visibly broke due to the absurdity of it all.
06:02Hey, hey, all right, that's it. We are out of here.
06:06What makes this moment even funnier is the fact that Alley
06:10previously tried to explain to her husband
06:12that it was Italian custom for them to behave so affectionately.
06:16But the lengths to which the waiters go,
06:19particularly Sandler toward the end,
06:21understandably made it hard to not burst into laughter.
06:29Number 4. Weekend Updates
06:32Gil Graham's Summer Concert Review
06:35The person to go to for a hilarious summer concert review is Gil Graham,
06:39a rock correspondent portrayed by Adam Sandler.
06:43Well, it was a long summer, so let's dispense with the preliminaries
06:47and get to the rock and roll.
06:50His ridiculous storytelling of his eventful rock concert adventures
06:54caused Norm MacDonald to forget who he was talking to.
06:57Well, sort of.
06:59After calling him by his actual name, twice in fact,
07:03MacDonald coolly caught his own slip-up at the end of this weekend update.
07:07Adam Sandler. Adam Sandler. Gil Graham. I'm sorry, Gil Graham.
07:14After an unusual performance like that,
07:16in which Sandler played a character that perfectly suited him,
07:20it made sense that MacDonald stumbled the way he did.
07:23Looks a bit like Adam Sandler.
07:26Number 3. Canteen Boy. Block Party
07:30Sure, he's naive, but Canteen Boy definitely has had his moments of wisdom.
07:35One particular instance came after he talked about the value of knowing
07:39what's inside his canteen.
07:41That's why I carry the canteen. I always know what's in it,
07:43because I'm the one who puts it in.
07:45After John Goodman further inquired about this,
07:48Sandler's character brought up quite a fair philosophical point.
07:52And he did it in a way that Goodman couldn't handle.
07:55I don't dwell on things like that.
07:57I could get killed crossing the street.
07:59If it's going to happen, it's going to happen.
08:01That's very wise, Canteen Boy.
08:03Yeah, yeah.
08:05As Goodman delivered his response,
08:07he broke into laughter and continued to chuckle
08:09until Canteen Boy moved to another part of the room.
08:12While Canteen Boy often gets mocked and even laughed at in this recurring sketch,
08:17this particular instance of laughter is a case of Goodman breaking
08:21due to Sandler's brilliance.
08:23I gotta go to the bathroom.
08:25I love him. I love Canteen Boy. Can you believe him?
08:28Number 2. Weekend Update, Opera Man Returns.
08:32He first appeared in 1992.
08:35After a few more memorable appearances during the 90s,
08:38Sandler's Opera Man didn't return until 2019.
08:42Colin Jost, host of the Weekend Update portion of the show, introduced him.
08:47Here once again to look at people and places in the news
08:50is Weekend Update's Opera Man.
08:59As Sandler was preparing to sing about the week's news
09:02and revive his iconic character in today's world of pop culture,
09:05Jost tried to hold himself together.
09:08He only could do so for a few seconds.
09:11All it took was a few handkerchief waves from Sandler
09:14and a playful glance in Jost's direction to cause him to break into laughter.
09:20Almost finito.
09:22Alto exciting. Edge a paesito.
09:25Jost must have known of the Opera Man's legendary reputation beforehand.
09:30Opera Man! Bye bye!
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09:55Number one.
09:56Weekend Update, Adam Sandler on more Halloween costume ideas.
10:01Sandler's simple Bruce Springsteen costume in Grown Ups 2
10:05may be better than all his silly Halloween costume ideas in this Weekend Update.
10:10You can just use your face.
10:12Go as smiley boy.
10:15But the comical way in which he presented these ideas
10:18makes them just as, if not more, memorable.
10:22After Sandler crawled under the news desk,
10:24Kevin Nealon just couldn't take it anymore.
10:26Or go as crazy guy under the desk.
10:33I'm crazy guy under the desk.
10:37Just cause you can't see me, don't mean I don't want candy.
10:42While he was somewhat able to suppress his laughter,
10:44it went on for at least several seconds.
10:47Nealon's body language was telling as well,
10:50as he pointed his smiling face downward,
10:53trying to control himself.
10:55Adam Sandler can do that to you.
10:57Happy Halloween everybody.
10:59Adam Sandler.
11:02Let us know in the comments which of these Sandler SNL appearances
11:06made you laugh the most.
11:08One.
11:10Two.