I le amataga o lana galuega, i le 1987, na taalo ai Sandler i le uo a Theo Huxtable, o Smitty, i le The Cosby Show and the Stud Boy poʻo le Trivia Delinquent i le MTV game show Remote Control (1998). Ina ua maeʻa lana ata tifaga muamua o le Going Overboard i le 1989, na faia e Sandler i kalapu malie, na muamua alu i luga o le tulaga i le faʻamalosi a lona uso ina ua 17 ona tausaga. Na maua o ia e le tagata faʻafiafia Dennis Miller, na puʻeina le gaioiga a Sandler i Los Angeles ma fautuaina o ia i le Saturday Night Live gaosi oloa Lorne Michaels. Na faʻafaigaluegaina Sandler e avea ma tusitala mo SNL i le 1990 ma avea ma tagata taʻalo faʻaalia i le tausaga na sosoʻo ai, ma faʻailoaina o ia lava mo le faʻatinoina o pese malie i luga o le faʻaaliga, e aofia ai le "The Thanksgiving Song" ma le "The Sandred Song". Na taʻu atu e Conan O'Brien i le The Conan O'Brien Show
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