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NEW YORK ?"Airheads" is a perfectly
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one of the few bright spots on "Saturday
Night Live" these days, thanks to
his Operaman, Cajunman and Canteen
Boy characters, was given a showcase for
his off-beat humor. In "Airheads," Sandler
plays Buscemi's brother Pip, The
Lone Rangers' slightly daft but loveable
drummer.
The film's plot is simple: Desperate to
get a demo tape of their would-be classic
song played, the trio inadvertantly takes
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"I was a good time," says Sandler in a
Manhattan hotel. "I didn't know any of
the guys when I got there,and all of the
sudden it became a family. Mantega,
Brendan, Buscemi and (Michael) McKean
(the station's slimy program director),
they're all good friends of mine now,
It is like being in summer camp. It was
also my first big part in a movie, so it
was exciting."
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was considering a career in music. "I was
a guitar player and sang with my
band," says Sandler who delivers solid
Axl Rose and Eddie Vedder imitations on
"SNL."
"Every time we'd be in a situation (in
the film) where the band was set up to
play I was very excited. But" - he mocks
mopes -"they wouldn't turn on our amplifiers.
So I was kind of frustrated."
Moving on, there's SNL, which took a
critical beating this past season. Sandler
agrees that "SNL" had "some good
shows and some shows that didn't click,"
and argues tnat staying on top isnt easy.
That much is true: Every few seasons,
"SNL" has needed to regroup, be revamped
and virtually start fresh.
When "SNL" returns this fall, Sandler
will be back, as will Chris Farley (who
plays a put-upon cop in "Airheads") and
Michael McKean (who joined SNL late
last season, after filming "Airhead" ).
Gone are talented Phil Hartman, Rob
Schneider and Julia Sweeney and the
one-note Melanie Hutsell. Sandler hopes
the funny-to-not-funny will lean toward
the funny, but knows failure is part of
the game. "The best part is the you can
have a bad show one week, and you're
dying for the next Saturday to redeem
yourself," he says. "If you stumble it
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University. At 17, Sandler began preforming
stand-up comedy. During the
1990-91"SNL" season, producers Lome
Michaels hired Sandler as a writer after
seeing him at a comedy club. He got his
first screen time in a skit with Tom Hanks
and Dana Carvey. "I had two lines,"
recalls Sandler. "I got out there and said
to myself,This is it.' My head was spinning.
I was saying, "Don't faint.' I didn't
think that I would faint, but if I did I
would have looked pretty stupid. I would
have been a famous guy right away...the
fainting guy."
All in all, Sandler has few complaints
about the way his career has evolved.
"How could he actually? I guess its what
I expected," he says of success. "It hasn't
changed things for me. I'm not Marky
Mark, with people crying and screaming
when they meet me. It is just on occasion.
It's someone saying, 'Hey, "Saturday
Night Live!'" and I go, 'What's up!
That's it. that's how it changed. On occasion
when I'm in a restaurant someone
will watch me chew for too long.
"Now I give my food 23 chews just to
make sure I set the right example."
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