Mushure mekutanga kwake firimu Going Overboard muna 1989, Sandler akaita mumakirabhu emakomiki, akatanga kutora danho pakurudziro yemukoma wake paakanga aine makore gumi nemanomwe. Akawanikwa nemutambi wemitambo Dennis Miller, uyo akabata chiito chaSandler muLos Angeles ndokumurumbidza kuna Mugovera Husiku Live mugadziri Lorne Michaels. Sandler akabhadharwa semunyori weSNL muna 1990 uye akazove mutambi anoratidzwa gore rakatevera, achizviitira zita nekuita nziyo dzekutanga dzinonakidza pachiratidziro, kusanganisira "Rwiyo rweKutenda" uye "Rwiyo rweSandred Chanukah".
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