Podcasts by Theyre All Going To Laugh At Him
People love to hate Adam Sandler. Is it fair? Is it just? We don't know yet.
In "They're All Going to Laugh at Him," we watch every single Sandler related movie (in a row, 1 per day) and discuss the artistic merit, the meta-Sandlerverse, and the message behind the movies.
Jess uses her skills and experience as an English teacher to explain the movies through literary critique, particularly through the lens of feminist and queer theory.
Alex laughs when people fall down.
Further podcasts by Alexander Sprague & Jessica Geyer
Podcast on the topic Filmrezensionen
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#65 – The Outlaws from 2023-11-21T12:42
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Recorded but not released during the Sag & Writers strike. But we watched it!
Fun Fact, Alex's cousin has a painting in this movie.
Aight movie though! Listen
#64 – Murder Mystery 2 from 2023-04-01T06:35:57
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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 Youtu...
Listen#63 – Hustle from 2022-06-06T11:13
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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. Listen
#62 – Home Team from 2022-01-29T04:15:29
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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 foot...
Listen#61 – Hubie Halloween from 2020-10-08T12:00
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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 stron...
Listen#60 – The Wrong Missy from 2020-07-22T11:00
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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 defi...
Listen#59 – Murder Mystery from 2020-07-21T11:00
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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 ...
Listen#58 – Uncut Gems from 2020-07-20T11:00
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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 Myth...
Listen#57 – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation from 2020-07-19T11:00
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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...
Listen#56 – Father of the Year from 2020-07-18T11:00
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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 ...
Listen#55 – The Week Of from 2020-07-17T11:00
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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 dif...
Listen#54 – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) from 2020-07-16T11:00
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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 ...
Listen#53 – Sandy Wexler from 2020-07-15T11:00
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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 ...
Listen#52 – The Do Over from 2020-07-14T11:00
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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 ...
Listen#51 – Ridiculous 6 from 2020-07-13T23:00
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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 m...
Listen#50 – Hotel Transylvania 2 from 2020-07-12T11:00
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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 wha...
Listen#49 – Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser from 2020-07-11T11:00
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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...
Listen#48 – Pixels from 2020-07-10T10:59
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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 ...
Listen#47 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 from 2020-07-09T11:00
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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 t...
Listen#46 – The Cobbler from 2020-07-08T11:00
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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 real...
Listen#45 – Blended from 2020-07-07T11:00
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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 househ...
Listen#44 – Grown Ups 2 from 2020-07-06T11:00
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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 ca...
Listen#43 – Here Comes The Boom from 2020-07-05T11:00
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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 cor...
Listen#42 – Hotel Transylvania from 2020-07-04T11:04
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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 an...
Listen#41 – That's My Boy from 2020-07-03T11:00
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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 havi...
Listen#40 – Jack&Jill from 2020-07-02T11:04
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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 S...
Listen#39 – Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star from 2020-07-01T11:00
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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 wh...
Listen#38 – Zookeeper from 2020-06-30T11:00
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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 ...
Listen#37 – Just Go With It from 2020-06-29T11:00
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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 be...
Listen#36 – Grown Ups from 2020-06-28T11:00
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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 tu...
Listen#35 – Short Cut from 2020-06-27T11:00
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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 wor...
Listen#34 – Funny People from 2020-06-26T11:00
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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...
Listen#33 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop from 2020-06-25T11:00
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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...
Listen#32 – Bedtime Stories from 2020-06-24T11:00
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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 aga...
Listen#31 – The House Bunny from 2020-06-23T10:56
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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), t...
Listen#30 – You Don't Mess With The Zohan from 2020-06-22T11:00
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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 America...
Listen#29 – Strange Wilderness from 2020-06-21T11:00
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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 th...
Listen#28 – I Now Pronounce You Chuck&Larry from 2020-06-20T11:00
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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, h...
Listen#27 – Reign Over Me from 2020-06-19T10:54
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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 th...
Listen#26 – Click from 2020-06-18T11:02
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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 p...
Listen#25 – Benchwarmers from 2020-06-17T11:00
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 confir...
Listen#24 – Grandma's Boy from 2020-06-16T11:00
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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 gues...
Listen#23 – Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo from 2020-06-15T11:00
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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 im...
Listen#22 – The Longest Yard from 2020-06-14T11:00
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Content Warning: Talk of domestic abuse, torture, racial violence. Specific descriptions of domestic violence at 20:56 & 24:28.
Jess & Alex watch The Longes...
Listen#21 – Spanglish from 2020-06-13T11:02
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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,...
Listen#20 – 50 First Dates from 2020-06-12T10:59
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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...
Listen#19 – Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star from 2020-06-11T11:01
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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 origin...
Listen#18 – Anger Management from 2020-06-10T10:58
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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 i...
Listen#17 – The Hot Chick from 2020-06-09T11:03
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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 p...
Listen#16 – 8 Crazy Nights from 2020-06-08T10:43
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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...
Listen#15 – Master of Disguise from 2020-06-07T08:54:15
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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, ki...
Listen#14 – Mr. Deeds from 2020-06-06T10:32:46
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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 ...
Listen#13 – Punch Drunk Love from 2020-06-05T11:00
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Jess & Alex watch Punch Drunk Love and discuss the deconstruction of a Happy Madison film, how masculinity evolves through the years, and how this movie reminds us of ...
Listen#12 – The Animal from 2020-06-04T11:05
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Jess & Alex watch The Animal and discuss police in America, why they are bad, why this movie is almost a horror, and why this movie could have been good in several way...
Listen#11 – Joe Dirt from 2020-06-03T10:58
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Jess & Alex watch Joe dirt and discuss the destructive aspects of the media, Wizard of Oz allegories, how Hollywood sometimes feels like home, and finally about how he...
Listen#10 – Little Nicky from 2020-06-02T10:30:51
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Jess & Alex invite our good friend Joe Gondek onto the show to talk about his favorite Adam Sandler movie "Little Nicky". We discuss the overwhelming need to cram too ...
Listen#9 – Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo from 2020-06-01T10:15:57
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Jess & Alex watch Deuce Bigalow and talk about the role of sex workers, able-ism, societal views on the female body and the portrayal of the working class. In this one...
Listen#8 – Big Daddy from 2020-05-31T11:12
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Jess & Alex watch Big Daddy and discuss the imprortance of found families, the benefits of a support group in raising a child, and why all critics are cynical assholes...
Listen#7 – The Waterboy from 2020-05-30T11:00
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Alex & Jess watch The Waterboy and discuss religion and sexuality, the effect of abuse of on intellectual development, and the ethics of college athletes in America. Listen
#6 – The Wedding Singer from 2020-05-29T10:41
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Jess & Alex watch The Wedding Singer and discuss the commodity of love. From the finances of a wedding, the stability of marriage, and hetero normative expression. Is ...
Listen#5 – Bulletproof from 2020-05-28T11:00
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Jess & Alex watch Bulletproof (1996) in this romantic comedy... wait it's a buddy cop action film? Which movie did you see? Well in this movie we talk about homosexual...
Listen#4 – Happy Gilmore from 2020-05-27T11:07
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Jess & Alex watch Happy Gilmore and discuss class consciousness. Discussing the references to corrupt capitalism, "the peoples wagon", and how much luck has to do wit...
Listen#3 – Billy Madison from 2020-05-26T11:21
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Alex & Jess watch Billy Madison and talk about why this movie has a very weak villain, if there was originally a BDSM subplot, that damned Sasquatch, and allegories ab...
Listen#2 – Airheads from 2020-05-25T21:24:38
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Jess & Alex watch Airheads and enjoy the feeling of a legitimate movie. We discuss the themes of wanting to be heard, performative masculinity, and style over substanc...
ListenGoing Overboard from 2020-05-24T11:05
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If this is your first episode, go find your favorite or least favorite movie and listen to that one first.
Jess & Alex watch the first film Adam Sandler "Going...
ListenEpisode 0: Are They Going to All Laugh at Us? from 2020-05-23T13:55:31
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Why is everyone so in love with hating Adam Sandler?
We discuss the discourse around Sandler, and how it's all negative.
Going back to our Sandler roots and ...
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