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Adam and Ben (New and Selected)
by Lucien Waugh-Daly and Shane Kelly
A podcast about two of America's biggest movie stars, and the comedies we tolerated. We'll be discussing the starring vehicles of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller and comparing their careers as two goofy Gen X icons, one movie at a time.
Episodes
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47. Jay Kelly
Shane and Lucien discuss Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, and recap their trip to London Film Festival 2025.
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46. Happy Gilmore 2
Shane and Lucien are back to discuss Adam Sandler's long-awaited sequel Happy Gilmore 2, released on Netflix this weekend. Plus: news of the upcoming fourth Meet the Parents movie, Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly and Ben Stiller's new documentary about his parents. Check out Shane and Lucien talking...
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45. Nutcrackers (and 2024 Roundup)
We're back with a pre-Christmas treat to check in on Adam and Ben's 2024, discussing Stiller's new Christmas comedy Nutcrackers, Sandler's spiders in space drama Spaceman and comedy special Love You, Noah Baumbach's upcoming Sandler/Clooney project, and more!
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Boy Party - Now Available (Trailer)
Welcome to Boy Party, the podcast that tackles cinema's most legendary team-ups, where two massive movie stars share the screen and battle it out for top billing... and the fatter paycheck. Join the creators of Adam & Ben (New & Selected), as we delve into the juicy details of dueling star...
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44. The Final Episode
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...
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43. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Shane and Lucien finally tackle the film our podcast is named after... it's Adam and Ben's first official collaboration in Noah Baumbach's 2017 dramedy THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW & SELECTED). We discuss the Boys' first time co-starring in a film, great Dustin Hoffman and Elizabeth Marvel...
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42. Happy Gilmore with Gemma Robocop
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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41. Uncut Gems (Commentary)
This is how we win. 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...
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40. The Fockers Trilogy
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.
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39. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
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...
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38. Punch-Drunk Love
"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...
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37. Mr Deeds
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...
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36. Pixels
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....
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35. Greenberg
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...
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34. 50 First Dates
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…
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33. Click
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…
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32. The Zoolander Duology
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…
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31. There's Something About Mary
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.
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30. Little Nicky
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...
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29. Bedtime Stories
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.
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28. Tropic Thunder with Eoghan Dobey and Michael McAndrew
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...
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27. Big Daddy
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!).
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26. Reign Over Me
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!
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25. Brad's Status
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!
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24. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry with Brendan Kelly Palenque
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…
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23. The Night At The Museum Trilogy
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...
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22. Hustle
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.
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21. Reality Bites
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.
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20. The Grown Ups Duology with Christina Applejuice
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.
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19. While We're Young
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,...
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18. The Week Of
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?...
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17. The Royal Tenenbaums with Lauren Conway
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...
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16. The Cobbler
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.
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15. Severance (Season 1)
Lucien and Shane discuss the first season of Apple TV's Severance, directed by Ben Stiller.
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14. Just Go With It
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? ukYgkg5MOoCavgTXnsJG
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13. The Watch
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…
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12. Airheads
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...
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11. Envy
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…
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10. Jack and Jill
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).
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09. Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
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"...
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08. Anger Management
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...
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07. Tower Heist with Eoghan Dobey
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...
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06. Funny People
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…
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05. Madagascar
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...
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04. You Don't Mess With The Zohan
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…
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03. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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…
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02. Billy Madison
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…
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01. Duplex
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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast about two of America's biggest movie stars, and the comedies we tolerated. We'll be discussing the starring vehicles of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller and comparing their careers as two goofy Gen X icons, one movie at a time.
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Lucien Waugh-Daly and Shane Kelly
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