Alexander Sprague & Jessica Geyer
They're 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.
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Alexander Sprague & Jessica Geyer
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Latest episode
Feb 29, 2024
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Episodes
#42 – Hotel Transylvania 04.07.2020 46:54
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 .
#41 – That's My Boy 03.07.2020 56:55
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...
#40 – Jack & Jill 02.07.2020 1:30:50
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 P...
#39 – Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star 01.07.2020 55:27
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...
#38 – Zookeeper 30.06.2020 55:31
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 .
#37 – Just Go With It 29.06.2020 57:25
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 .
#36 – Grown Ups 28.06.2020 47:33
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 .
#35 – Short Cut 27.06.2020 43:31
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 real...
#34 – Funny People 26.06.2020 1:16:07
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. @...
#33 – Paul Blart: Mall Cop 25.06.2020 51:50
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...
#32 – Bedtime Stories 24.06.2020 56:46
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...
#31 – The House Bunny 23.06.2020 50:25
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 .
#30 – You Don't Mess With The Zohan 22.06.2020 1:04:21
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....
#29 – Strange Wilderness 21.06.2020 39:43
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 .
#28 – I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 20.06.2020 50:00
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 J...
#27 – Reign Over Me 19.06.2020 1:18:20
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...
#26 – Click 18.06.2020 45:05
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 li...
#25 – Benchwarmers 17.06.2020 37:45
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 J...
#24 – Grandma's Boy 16.06.2020 1:01:21
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....
#23 – Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 15.06.2020 36:18
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 offens...
#22 – The Longest Yard 14.06.2020 1:02:49
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...
#21 – Spanglish 13.06.2020 1:03:59
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 .
#20 – 50 First Dates 12.06.2020 59:18
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 explosi...
#19 – Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 11.06.2020 46:50
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...
#18 – Anger Management 10.06.2020 55:20
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...
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