They're All Going To Laugh At Him

Episode Notes Murder Mystery 2. Is it the last entry in the Adam Sandler Netflix era?! Who knows. Pretty good flick imo. Check out the interview with us over on Polygon's Youtube channel that came out this week. Bro I can't wait for Spaceman. Catch us at www.wannabegames.com This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex go see Hustle 3 days before it is released on Netflix. They discuss the class divide, bad bosses, obsession Vs Talent and of course Street 1:12. @ Jawska @ KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Home Team WE ARE BACK! and... It's a bad movie with Kevin James. Weird right wing propaganda about how to be a bad dad. Also a pretty bad football coach. Really not good tbh. don't know what else to say. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes The SEQUEL to Happy Gilmore, and the Spiritual successor of The Waterboy, and the alternate reality of The Canteen boy mix to make a pretty decent movie. Back to the strong-man motif found in early Sandler and making a hero from a possible villian. Look at this photo! What?!?! https://twitter.com/LaughAtHimPod/status/1313993803624218624?s=20 Also, we are rusty. It's a 3 Star Sandlayer film. Also also I used a new audio editor so those little issues are me not your player, real sorry the 3rd word made me sound like that. @LaughAtHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex invite Shawn Kohne the original architect of "The Sandlerverse" onto the show. They discuss how The Wrong Missy might be a sequel to Little Nicky, and definitely has some dark magic in it, they talk about the nature of the full Happy Madison film collection, then Alex submits an addition to "The Sandlerverse". Also, this ain't the last of us! We went 60 for 60 but get ready for a few more treats! @LaughatHimPod Shawn Kohne -@TheUniBaller Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Murder Mystery and it is a generally good time, with a whole bunch of murder mystery references, some mentions of the upper class being garbage, and finally cops sucking at their jobs. It kinda hits the spot. Also, shrimp are all evil and made of poison. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @kittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Uncut Gems and discuss the film as a way to evoke emotion rather than show a plot, how Akira, Star Wars, Steinbeck, Jewish Lore, Gemology, Greek Mythology all touch to make you feel anxious, and also how you can not commit crimes in Minecraft. Also, is this destiny? Or is Howard in a time loop? We don't talk about it inside. But we did in another loop. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess and Alex watch the 3rd Hotel Transylvania movie and discuss the portrayal of nazis as villains, why de-radicalization of the alt-right is a good thing (but this movie was iffy on it), and how much this movie is taken out of the Happy Madison hands. Also, Jess and Alex argue over the practicality of a soup filled bread-stick for most of the episode. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess and Alex watch Father of the Year and discuss the impact of ennui on the young person without a clear path, the small town to military career pipeline, and how class changes people even if they are best friends. Also, whats up with the skeleton of that mail man huh? @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch The Week Of and talk about the very direct message of differences in culture between classes, how music (and the perception of music) are seen by different people, and a very direct relation of calling trump a corrupt piece of garbage. Also, Alex has a lot of thoughts about Billy Joel but almost no answers. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess @ Alex invite Mike Klamerus to watch The Meyerowitz Stories and discuss the actual great artistic appeal of the movie, the icky feeling of involving your children in your art, and finally TTRPGs and their intersection with this game specifically. Also, why they never let Adam Sandler finish his sent @LaughatHimPod Michael Klamerus- @MichaelKlamerus Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Sandy Wexler and talk about the frustration of not being let into an inside joke, argue about if there was no chemistry or it was simply an allegory for success, and finally that maybe there is a reason for lying so much but probably Alex just loves to lie. Also, Happy Madison is the Fast & Furious of comedy. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex Watch The Do Over and talk about the very solid little detective thriller that they came up with, the incredible blatant anti big pharma message they push forward, and if and how this movie pushes misogynistic or homophobic viewpoints. Also, I feel like Jenga was metaphor for something and I just didn't get it. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Ridiculous 6 and discuss the nature of satire in film and why it leaves itself open for criticism, the strong foundation of found family and why it matters, and how capitalism in America is inherently racist. Also, baseball is a pretty dumb sport huh? @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Hotel Transylvania 2 and discuss the corporation of marginalized communities, a very interesting script hidden in the annuls of time, and finally what conservative parenting looks like throughout different generations. Also, Sony CANCELED Quinston because he was too close to home. Big Cinema Doesn't Want You To See Quinston. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser and discuss how they were totally right about the first movie being a Wizard of Oz parable, then they talk about how this is a horrible fever dream of a of a movie, and how sometimes they just word for word repeat a joke from the first movie. Also, Joe Dirt is either dead, a quantum traveler, or the writers didn't care that much. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Pixels and there is a lot of anger at known cheater Billy Mitchell, a script that could have been super good, and Kevin James is George Bush in this movie. Also, a potential plot hole about Guam is still being hotly debated in the back channel. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and god damn it sucks so so bad. We play a game called "was it in the original script", we read Sony exec emails that sum up to "this" movie sucks, and then talk about the weird religious bent in the making and scripting of this movie. Also, Alex has gone full Blart and thinks that "chicken chow lane" is a reference to "Yippee Ki Yay". Is it? Someone please let me know. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch The Cobbler and slowly dislike it more and more as they discuss the movie, they talk about magical realism vs (kinda death of the author but not really), if this is a super hero movie, and how the themes fall flat and the general script writing fails to bring forward it's promise. Also, this would have been a very good 3rd movie in the Glass universe. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Blended and discuss the lack of notice of colonialism, how this is a reflection of The Wedding Singer, and how raising kids in a single parent household is difficult but you really don't need to get remarried just because of that. Also, why is that one kid not in gymnastics class? Fuck baseball. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Grown Ups 2 and fuck it. At this point it's either critics are all collectively wrong, or we have lost out minds. We also talk about cronyism and capitalism, how comedy has changed since the 80's, and how this movie was downright funny. Also, The Spin Doctors- Two Princes reference in this movie is the single greatest pun I've ever seen. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Here Comes the Boom and discuss the very thinly veiled christian message, how the message is actually fairly decent in this movie (but misses the correct fix), and how schools that have systematic issues tend to hurt marginalized students. Also, Kevin James and Joe Rogen were roommates apparently. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Hotel Transylvania and discuss, how much Alex completely hates corporate executives, the cool monster lore in this movie, and the book I Am Legend and how it's pretty ding dang good. Also, I forgot to talk about the vileness of that piss loving sponge. It's the real monster @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch That's My Boy and talk about the generational differences in comedy, how sexuality is seen as morale or not given how it's presented, and man is having a bad childhood a precursor for having some baggage later in life. Also, we do our round up of the 2nd third of the Sandler filmography. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Jack & Jill and... we thought it was pretty good? Is it just a movie that works best for people like us, who are absolutely steeped in the true Sandman lore? Well, it's that or we've really fallen off the deep end. We discuss the Don Quixote subplot and how it's a critique of certain Sandler critics, how one famous critique did this movie dirty, and why Al Pacino would agree to be in this film. Also, Ruben Rabasa is in this one, and we love him. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star and discuss the abject cruelty of a naive youth entering the world of show business, what it means to be a man and why it's not being a dick, and how everyone needs to spend some time telling the critics to fuck off. Also, if you touched any of Kevin Nealon's grapes you are absolutely fucked. The wild ads mentioned in this episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQskek_qng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4Jh6z-FM4 @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Zookeeper and discuss the cruel cruel fate of the Toys R Us giraffe, how this movie is 100% the book "The Game" and weird pickup artist culture, and finally create a new word for the day after today. Also, Did you know a group of lions is called a cuckold? @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Just Go With It and discuss the strange (yet catchy!) music mash ups throughout the movie, how compatibility comes from communication, and all the best rules for improv! Also, Alex slowly starts getting angrier and angrier at critics and the world. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Alex & Jess watch Grown Ups and enjoy the light heated nature of raising some shitty kids, discuss the work VS leisure debate, and why having a group of leading men turns into a decent comedy. Also, the original cut of this movie as over 3 hours long?! @LaughatHimPoh Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex take a trip to an alternate universe where Scary Madison Productions creates horror films! It was a real thing actually, and we kinda get why it didn't work out. We talk about the very good dialog, how family comes first when it comes to covering up violent murder, and how maybe this movie was originally good before being forced into PG-13 land. Also, Dave Franco really fucks up his hand and Alex still laughs at the image 24 hours later. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Alex & Jess invite on film maker Luke Hackney to view and discuss Funny People. They talk about the similarities to The Great Gatsby, why Jess thought Adam Sandler was going to die, and just a whole lot on the aspects of comedy and character development that will always stay the same. Also, Luke constantly pulls us away from the sweet allure of Adam Sandler conspiracy theories. @LaughatHimPod Luke Hackney- @lukehackney Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Alex and Jess watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop and talk about how Paul Blart is an obviously terrible human being, and we talk about how critics are wilding out there by calling him a "lovable oaf". He cover the horrible view on women the men in this movie has.... but that's not a surprise, all the characters are cops! Also, Paul Blart probably killed his wife. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Bedtimes Stories and talk about how Bradley Whitford gets drunk and badly rates Adam Sandler movies, that you require literal magic to fight back against capitalism, and if this is more of a Disney or Happy Madison type movie. Also, we talk about how hotels are just kinda neat. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch The House Bunny and discuss why "greek life" is a bunch of horseshit (Jess told me to write "is filled with moral failings" but I superseded that), the patriarchy, and the ethics of monetizing sex. Also, Adam Sandler likes getting slapped while banging. !00% guaranteed. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch You Don't Mess With the Zohan and discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict... because that is what the movie is about. Also the inherent evil of American imperialism and capitalism, a interesting metaphor from Adam Sandler about the "single state" solution, and finally Dave Matthews is really racist. Also, make your satire more bombastic, I promise we will like it. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @Kittycrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Strange Wilderness and discuss how this was probably written for David Spade, how ad-libbing could have saved or destroyed this movie, and finally the inherent humor of funny shark teeth. Also, man there isn't much to dig into in this movie huh? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and discuss the unfortunate reality of this movie in today's world vs the positive message from 13 years ago, how talking to just one LGBTQ+ person would have made this movie great, and how the state has always been against marginalized populations. We also glimpse into our Schneider-laden future. Also, is the era of Kevin James an era of wholesomeness? Probably not! @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex have Chris Sonie on to discuss Reign Over Me. We talk about the movie as an allegory for all of post-9/11 New York, the uneven tone and it's relation to the the discussion about mental illness as a whole, and finally we talk a lot about Shadow of the Colossus and Captain America. Also, we talk about how maybe they shouldn't base a lot of shots on a British movie from 1979 that very few New Yorkers would understand. Luckily Alex is a fuckin nerd. @LaughatHimPod Chris Sonie- @theycallmesonie21 Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Click and Jess totally cries at the ending. Alex cried too, but he cries every time someone plays a song by The Cranberries. We then talk about the pressure of capitalism to "keep up with the O'Doyles", how bosses are evil all the time, and how sometimes depression feels like you are just on autopilot. Also, yes we think this movie is better "Than a wonderful life", even though it's more firmly based on "The Magic Thread". It's also closely related to The Gizmo by Paul Jennings, the Twilight Zone episode "The Stopwatch" and R.L Stines "Click". It's fine, no they aren't rip offs. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes- re-uploaded with correct audio! Jess & Alex watch Benchwarmers and have some lukewarm reactions ranging from "pretty okay" to "kinda boring", Alex accidentally confirms every stereotype of Vermonters you've ever heard, and Jess gaslights about her love of Sean Astin. Also, Rob Schneider seemingly gets through one movie without being racist. A new record for him. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex bring Ben on the podcast to watch Grandma's Boy, and while there isn't much to say about the overarching themes and motifs of this movie; 2/3 of these guests agree it's the funniest movie of all time. Hear us discuss if it's possible to make weed tea, how refreshing it is to have jokes grounded in "reality" and if there is a decent Grandma to Boy quotient in this one. Also, can anyone explain what the game Demonik is actually about? Is it all in a meth lab? @LaughatHimPod Ben- https://www.instagram.com/bellysmokes/ Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and.... it's just the fucking same movie but slightly worse. We discuss how the bit where they made fun of American imperialism was alright, how this movie could have been okay, and how funny it was that Rob Schneider bought a full page ad to defend his honor against movie critics. Also, is Rob Schneider a vampire that needs offensive jokes to live? @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Content Warning: Talk of domestic abuse, torture, racial violence. Specific descriptions of domestic violence at 20:56 & 24:28. Jess & Alex watch The Longest Yard a remake of a Burt Reynolds film of the same name. They discuss the differences between the two movies, how the prison industrial system literally has legal slavery, the rampage of white supremacists in the "justice" system, and the mistreatment of college athletes. Also, more making fun of critics! This time they can't figure out the theme of a movie after a character literally hands a white supremacist Malcolm X's biography. @LaughtatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Spanglish and talk about the pride of the working class, the scariest sex scene in movie history, and the difference in communication between people, classes, gender, and everything else. Also, man is that fucking egg sandwich good looking. Holy shit. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch 50 First Dates and talk about how racism is a systematic issue not just something your one shitty friend does, how memory is like the Ship of Thesues, and how dang good the penguin looked in a shirt (and how that too is colonialism). After we rate the first 20 movies and talk about the first 1/3 of the filmography. Also we dub this the end of the teenage explosive masculinity era for Sandler. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Content Warning: We talk about sexual assault in this episode. Jess & Alex watch Dickie Roberts and try to find out why it was ever made, what the movie originally was before edits, and are producers movie land lords? This movie has interesting feature where it's actually two obviously disjointed movies smashed together in a weird way. Also, Alex rejoices in the meta script of a fictional movie which supports an argument no one ever heard. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Anger Management and discuss when it's appropriate to have a public marriage proposal, why this movie is bad Fight Club, how this movie might be an indictment of the industrial prison industry, but is probably just about masculine anger and how not to handle it. Also, someone please tell us what is up with that absolutely wild and dangerous parking garage. Those can't exist right? @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Alex & Jess watch The Hot Chick and.... like it? We discuss the positive portrayal of trans images, the portrayal of women in a positive manor, and how men and women perceive their bodies differently. We also celebrate the role of parents in this movie, the queer message of the film, and how this movie actually passes the Bechdel test. We also talk about the BIG swing and a miss on the race message in this movie. Pretty big oof there. Also, we talk about how pretending you have a 6th sense about what media is good or bad is problematic. @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCruasade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex invite Maggie Herskowitz to watch 8 Crazy Nights. We discuss how grieving without a support system leads to bad stuff, Maggie absolutely roasts Jess on her pronunciation of "Seder", and how racism and anti-Semitism have prevented people from being in touch with their culture and how this has slowed or whitewashed a lot of authentic stories from minorities. Also, Alex laughed 23 times and forgot to mention it. Most laughs were at the weird dance at the end. @LaughatHimPod Maggie- @Maggie_Julienne Jess- @Jawska Alex- @KittyCrusade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess, Alex and special guest Jackie (Jess's sister) watch Master of Disguise. Jess and Jackie had fond memories of watching this movie when they were kids... Turns out, kids aren't that smart. Believe it or not, we had less to say about this movie than about Deuce Bigalow. Instead of discussing the artistic merit or meaning of this movie we discuss how bad it is and how it could be salvaged (with or without a total rewrite). We are so outraged that we forget to talk about Adam Sandler. I can not fathom a worse movie than this. We do cover (kinda) how racist and sexist this movie is. Also, single mother Dracula/Sean Connery takes Christopher Walken's order at a restaurant. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Jess & Alex watch Mr.Deeds and are horrified by the critique rating of the movie. Then they recover and talk about how it it glamorizes capitalism, has some weirdness about the perception of masculinity and romance, and generally Fox news is harmful garbage a Rupert Murdoch is fucking evil. Also Alex defends a creepy fictional billionaire based entirely on Sherlockian logic. (Alex writes these, its a self-own chill out.) @LaughatHimPod Jess- @Jawska Alex- @Kittycruade This podcast is powered by Pinecast.