Best Comedian from other thread

[Chaka]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

If you take out Rodney Dangerfield's character, then maybe Happy Gilmore is better. However, he IS in the movie and pure comic genius, so it's not even close to Sandler's best version of his baby-talking schtick.

We will agree to disagree then. I think Rodney's ok, in an old-timey Milton Berle / Henny Youngman type of way, but the humor feels a bit dated to me. You might say he's the Gerald McCoy of comedians. Sandler's more of a modern SNL-type comedian (obviously), and movies like Happy Gilmore still hold up really well today. I'll agree Sandler's no longer as entertaining as he once was, maybe because his style feels more forced when used by a 50-year old guy, but he was in his prime in Happy Gilmore.