Adam Sandler talks Granite State origin of ‘Happy Gilmore' with Seth Meyers
Sandler recalled how he would golf with his family in Bedford N.H.,
'He started hitting the ball really far, like further than everyone at the range,' Sandler told Meyers, noting that McDonough is now a teacher at Manchester Memorial High School.
Later in college, Sandler remembered the moment and pitched the idea of doing a story around a hockey player who becomes a golfer to his then roommate Tim Herlihy, who co-wrote 'Happy Gilmore' and its sequel with Sandler.
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'I said to Herlihy, 'Don't you think it would be funny, like a golfer who had a hockey mentality kind of thing?'' Sandler told Meyers. 'And then we ended up writing this stuff.'
Fans can see Sandler back as the titular character when 'Happy Gilmore 2' premieres Friday on Netflix. Sandler is also coming back to New England later this year as his
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