Sandler ṣe bi ọrẹ Theo Huxtable, Smitty, ni The Cosby Show and the Stud Boy tabi Trivia Delinquent ni ifihan ere MTV Remote Control (1998). Lẹhin fiimu akọkọ rẹ Going Overboard ni 1989, Sandler ṣe ni awọn ile-iṣẹ awada, ti o ti kọkọ gba ipele ni arakunrin rẹ ni iwuri nigbati o jẹ ọdun 17. O ti ṣe awari nipasẹ apanilẹrin Dennis Miller, ti o mu iṣe Sandler ni Los Angeles o si ṣeduro rẹ si Oludari Saturday Night Live Lorne Michaels. Sandler ti wa ni igbanisise bi onkọwe fun SNL ni ọdun 1990 o si di oṣere ti o ṣe afihan ni ọdun to nbo, ti o ṣe orukọ fun ṣiṣe awọn orin atilẹba ti o dun lori ifihan, pẹlu "The Thanksgiving Song" ati "The Sandred Song".
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