Adam and Ben (New and Selected)

After two-and-a-half years of Sandler and Stiller discussion, Lucien and Shane bid farewell to Adam & Ben (New & Selected) with a special goodbye episode, running through the Best Of The Rest (films we didn't cover previously) and revealing our final ranking of Adam and Ben's films. Thanks to everyone who has listened, guested and supported the show. Join us very soon for Boy Party.

Lucien and Shane are joined by Gemma Robocop to discuss Adam Sandler's (inaccurately) most beloved comedy... 1996's Happy Gilmore! We discuss golf movies, Julie Bowen and the cast of Modern Family, and Sandler and Stiller's first on-screen collaboration.

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Lucien and Shane sit down and watch the entirety of The Safdie Brothers' 2019 classic Uncut Gems... live on mic! Start the film (UK Netflix version) at the 0:00 mark of the podcast and watch along with us. Join us to talk diamond Furbies, The Weeknd, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Adele Dhazeem, Judd Hirsch, Wayne Diamond, Eric Bogosian, America finally legalising sports betting, this movie's phenomenal trailer and complete lack of Oscar attention, Lucien's weekend with Ronald Bronstein in 2014, "Shrodinger's Glass Door", and the fire alarm going off when we saw this opening night. Holy shit we're gonna cu--

Lucien and Shane marathon Ben Stiller's "default role", one mister Gaylord Focker, in the absurdly successful Meet The Parents/Meet The Fockers/Little Fockers trilogy of family comedies co-starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand.

Lucien and Shane finally discuss the finale of Ben Stiller's DreamWorks animated franchise... it's the Noah Baumbach-scripted MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED. Join us as we're introduced to The King of Versailles, dig into Frances McDormand and Jessica Chastain's illustrious careers and test Lucien's near-photographic memory of the Summer 2012 box office.

"I heard a podcast of you, and I wanted to meet you"

Lucien and Shane are back to cover the single greatest film either Adam or Ben has ever made... Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE! We discuss the film's unique visual and aural landscape, Lucien's recent interaction with Emily Watson, the great Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant villain performance, Jon Brion's score, Tom Cruise's surprising involvement in this movie's development, being teased by your sisters for going on a date, and much more! We have a podcast in our lives, and it makes us stronger than you can imagine.

Lucien and Shane are back to discuss Adam Sandler's 2002 Frank Capra remake "Mr Deeds", co-starring Winona Ryder and John Turturro. We dig into the film's 1930s origins, Sandler as traditional Nice Guy, the movie's attitude to excess wealth, how much Steve McQueen's "Widows" slaps, and the box office of Summer 2002.

Lucien and Shane celebrate Adam Sandler's 2015 collaboration with OG Harry Potter director Chris Columbus... mega-budget video game blockbuster Pixels. We tackle Lucien's decade-long feud with Josh Gad, why this movie succeeds where Ready Player One failed and our relationships with video games. Plus: Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox and how this movie killed Sandler's theatrical comedy movies for good.

Lucien and Shane go deep on Noah Baumbach's Wikipedia page "Personal Life" section to dissect his 2010 dramedy starring Ben Stiller and Baumbach's two wives: Jennifer Jason Leigh and Greta Gerwig. Oops! We chat about the work of Dave Franco, Rhys Ifans and - unrelated to this film - Joseph Gordon Levitt, why this movie doesn't quite work and why it's kinda Ben Stiller's fault.

Shane and Lucien enter a medically-induced time loop to discuss Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's amnesiac rom-com 50 First Dates. How depressing is the premise of this movie? How does Rob Schneider's racist performance compare to his others? Is this the platonic ideal of the modern rom-com so many people are crying out for?

Lucien and Shane dig into what is arguably Adam Sandler's best comedy ever - 2006's high concept Click, the movie about a universal remote that controls the user's life. We talk about the film's heartbreaking climax, the sincerity of Sandler's tribute to his own father, the chronology of the Fast & Furious movies and the wild box office of Summer 2006.

Lucien and Shane are back for the new year to discuss what is perhaps Ben Stiller's most iconic film... and its abysmal sequel. We chat about Will Ferrell's career, the time when Neil Patrick Harris dated Ben Stiller's wife and discovered he was gay, David Bowie and Justin Bieber's cameos in these movies and how Stiller thought it was acceptable to release a film as bad as Zoolander 2 into the world.

Lucien and Shane discuss one of Ben Stiller's most successful films, the Farrelly Brothers' hit gross-out comedy There's Something About Mary. We dig into Cameron Diaz's wild career, the time Lucien met Matt Dillon in New York, and how this movie influenced the next decade of US comedies.

Lucien and Shane discuss the worst Adam Sandler film we'll ever discuss... 2000's son of Satan comedy Little Nicky, a film that can only be described as Extremely Ugly in every sense. We dig into why Patricia Arquette would possibly have agreed to be in this movie, the weird early 00s Kevin Smith/South Park influence, the film's Gameboy tie-in and whether this was Sandler's biggest blank check bounce ever.

Lucien and Shane discuss Adam Sandler's only Disney movie, 2008's Adam Shankman-directed Bedtime Stories! We discuss Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand and the movie's excellent blend of adult and kids humour.

Shane and Lucien are joined by long-time friends and podcast collaborators Eoghan and Michael to discuss one of the most iconic and controversial movies we'll ever cover... 2008's TROPIC THUNDER, directed by and starring Ben Stiller! We dig into Robert Downey Jr, Tom Cruise, Jay Baruchel and Matthew McConaughey's careers before and after this movie, how its provocative/offensive elements have aged, and whether it's actually a pretty boring war comedy underneath the all meta meme stuff.

Turn up the Kangaroo Song cause it's Big Daddy time! We dive into one of Sandler's best early comedies, the influence of Friends on it, Jon Stewart's role in pop culture, and the different UK and US voice casts for 2005's The Magic Roundabout (thanks, Weinstein!).

What's sadder than being the last mimzy? Well, losing your wife and kids in 9/11, of course, which provides the setup for the utterly miserable 2007 drama Reign Over Me starring Adam Sandler and Dan Cheadle. Turn up the Springsteen, it's time to get... super depressed!

Lucien and Shane get wistful as they discuss Mike White's midlife crisis dramedy Brad's Status starring Ben Stiller as the world's most bitter man. Featuring deep dives into Michael Sheen, The Walking Dead, the naming conventions of the Hitman's Bodyguard franchise and more!

It's a belated Happy Pride as we're joined by expert of LGBT cinema, Brendan Kelly Palenque, to dissect Adam Sandler's foray into gay culture, a 2007 comedy where Sandler and Kevin Smith pose as a gay couple to scam the government -- a victimless crime! We talk about the film's treatment of the gay community, its shockingly racist Rob Schneider performance, mainstream Hollywood standards for gay and lesbian romance in the mid-2000s and how boring Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake's married life must be. Plus: talking Transformers and Harry Potter in the box office game.

Everything comes to life! Lucien and Shane host a TRIPLE edition of the show as we dig into Ben Stiller's hit fantasy comedies, the Night At The Museum trilogy. We jump from 2006 to 2009's Battle Of The Smithsonian to 2014's Secret of the Tomb and chat about the Shawn Levy-directed historical hijinks that captured the world's imagination. Featuring career spotlights on Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, Rami Malek, Ricky Gervais and Carla Gugino amongst others. Plus... how much would tickets to the magic museum cost, and Lucien remembers his own visit to the American Museum of Natural History.

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We've got a new release! Adam Sandler's brand new Netflix basketball drama Hustle dropped last week so we convene to talk sports movies, seeing Sandler in España, Robert Duvall and Ben Foster's fun supporting roles, and the biggest hits at the summer box office.

Lucien and Shane drop into 1994 to discuss Ben Stiller's desperate-to-be-a-cult-classic starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller himself.

Shane and Lucien double up on Grown Up fun with Adam Sandler and friends' family antics in 2010/2013's Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2. Get chocolate wasted as special guest Christina joins us to offer some perspective on the film's lecherous gaze and relentless bits.

Lucien and Shane discuss the hipster antics of Noah Baumbach's While We're Young, a movie where Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play documentary filmmakers who don't in any sense resemble Lu's parents. We discuss Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried and Charles Grodin, the LCD Soundsystem soundtrack, Baumbach's injection of autobiography into his films, and the various marriages of Lisa Marie Presley.

Lucien and Shane take their first expedition into Adam Sandler's Netflix output, discussing 2018 wedding comedy The Week Of, co-starring Chris Rock and Steve Buscemi. Is Rachel Dratch the female Sandler? Why does this remind us of Shiva Baby? And is this a good use of Chris Rock's screen persona? Listen to find out!

Artist, raconteur and Wes Anderson aficionado Lauren Conway joins the boys to discuss Ben Stiller's performance and everything else in 2001's The Royal Tenenbaums. We celebrate the Nico and Elliott Smith-filled soundtrack, Alec Baldwin's narration, Gene Hackman's late career run of conspiracy thrillers and the vaginal imagery in Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop marketing.

Lucien and Shane discuss Adam Sandler in 2014's The Cobbler, from Tom McCarthy, the director of Spotlight and Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. Everyone loves The Cobbler. America has Cobbler fever. Listen to find out why.

Lucien and Shane discuss the first season of Apple TV's Severance, directed by Ben Stiller.

The boys are back to discuss Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's 2011 comedy Just Go With It! Did you know this is based on a Walter Matthau/Ingrid Bergman movie? Where did Brooklyn Decker's career go after this? And does anyone really love Kevin MacDonald's The Eagle? 

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Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn, Richard Ayoade, Billy Crudup and Cousin Greg (!) co-star with Ben Stiller in 2012's sci-fi comedy The Watch! Shane and Lucien discuss this bizarre, largely-forgotten convergence of clashing comedic energies, director Akiva Shaffer's attempts to make something fun out of a so-so Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg script, and whether the movie's success was affected by its high profile title change or the unfortunate timing of its July 2012 release.

Barrelling into the recording studio like The Lone Rangers with their replica shotgun, Lucien and Shane are back to discuss 1994 radio siege comedy Airheads starring Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi. How does Sandler make his mark in his first major movie role? Will the generation younger than us ever appreciate how big Brendan Fraser was in the early 2000s? Does Tommy Lee Jones play Mr Burns in The Client? Opening song by @TwoTreeHill on TikTok.

Lucien and Shane go wildly off-topic discussing the absolutely terrible Ben Stiller/Jack Black two-hander "Envy". We propose an idea for our follow-up podcast, dive into Black's extensive film career and try to establish how - amidst an incredible five film run in 2004 - Stiller couldn't make this even a modest hit.

Lucien and Shane discuss Adam Sandler's unfairly maligned 2011 cross-dressing comedy featuring one of Al Pacino's greatest performances. Plus: Ruben Rabasa and Jared from Subway cameos, more Nick Swarsdon hate and the minor difference between Safe House (2012) and Hostages (2005).

Lucien and Shane take their second trip to Ben Stiller's megahit animated franchise, jetting off to undefined "Africa" with the animals of DreamWorks' Madagascar sequel. Why are Alex's parents played by black actors when Ben Stiller is very much white? Will Will.I.Am perform "The Travelling Song" when the boys see him in concert this summer? And what's our ranking of Sacha Baron Cohen performances? Find out on our Madagascar Escape 2 Africa episode!

Dipping back into the Sandlerverse this week with 2003's hit Jack Nicholson team-up 'Anger Management', the broadest possible version of Sandler's shtick and the film that inspired a thousand "I Feel Pretty" memes and a god awful Charlie Sheen sitcom that *might* have been a money laundering scheme. Join us to dive into John C Reilly's performance as a buddhist monk, Rudi Giuliani's bizarre cameo and the twists and turns of the April 2003 box office chart.

We return after a short hiatus with another Ben-themed episode, this time joined by special guest Eoghan Dobey to discuss 2011 Eddie Murphy team-up Tower Heist. Is Alan Alda just playing Bernie Madoff? Do we want to squash Matthew Broderick like a bug? Is this one of the best movies about the consequences of the financial crash? And will we ever cover a more evil director than Brett Ratner again? Find out, plus the Box Office Game from exactly ten years ago, on this episode of Adam and Ben (New and Selected).

Lucien and Shane discuss Adam Sandler's 2009 collaboration with his old roommate, Judd Apatow, the massively underrated Funny People. How does Sandler's sensibility juxtapose with Seth Rogen's? Is George Simmons the closest we'll ever get to Sandler autobiography? How is Eric Bana so insanely good in this movie? All these questions answered, plus a summer '09 box office game, on the latest episode of Adam and Ben (New and Selected)!

We're diving into the world of animated Adam and Ben as we tackle DreamWorks Animation's original hit Madagascar from 2005. Join us as we launch Shane's new theme song composition, reflect on a memorable night in 2008 when this movie was on TV during a thunderstorm, and debate whether Sacha Baron Cohen is allowed to do the King Julien voice. Also... did you know Andy Richter voices Mort? And the original premise for this movie was about a penguin rock band? All this and more on our latest episode!

Both the most and least political Adam Sandler has ever been, on this episode we discuss his bizarre 2008 comedy that tackles the Middle East with about as much sensitivity as you'd expect. Expect chat of Borat's influence on Sandler, John Turturro's deranged villain role and the iconic box office selection of Summer 2008.

Shane and Lucien are back on the Ben Train to talk about Stiller's 2013 directorial blank check The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a film about daydreaming and life-living or - as Lucien describes it - "Joker for Coldplay fans". We dig into the film's pretentious message, striking imagery and clichéd needle drops and ask "would this film work with Adam Sandler in the lead role?".

Shane and Lucien are back for the second episode of Adam and Ben (New and Selected), discussing Adam Sandler's breakout big-screen hit, Billy Madison, a tale of regressive immaturity, giant penguins and O'Doyle... uh... rules! We discuss the class politics of Billy's family, whether he'd really be better at running the company than Bradley Whitford, and if the movie would work with Ben Stiller in the lead role. Follow us @AdamAndBenPod on Instagram and Twitter.

We're excited to launch a new podcast about the films of Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler, beginning with Stiller's 2003 dark comedy Duplex co-starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Danny DeVito! Is this a pro or anti landlord movie? Would it work with Sandler in the lead role? And does anybody outside the US know what a 'duplex' is? Find out on our very first episode. 

Hosted by Lucien and Shane. 

Theme music: clip from The Wedding Singer, all rights Warner Media

Artwork image rights: Netflix 2017

Adam and Ben (New and Selected)