adam sandler a long time. we both started out in new york. i think we first met around 1989. that was also the year a miracle happened for me. i was hired by saturday night live. i got the job because my blood, sweat and tears finally paid off when my father called lorne michaels and asked him to hire me. actually that s not true leading up to that job. i was working very hard, developing and directing my own short films. adam was on an mtv game show playing a character named stud boy. i would fine tune my scripts go over my shot list rehearsed with the actors work into the late hours considering every aspect of my comedic vision, adam would put on a silk robe and asked contestants against what celebrity woman he recently had sex with. both of our early