Adam Sandler Has A Surprising Connection To Judd Apatow

Anyone who's seen Funny People will remember the candid footage of a young Adam Sandler at the start of the film, making prank phone calls from his apartment alongside some friends. Well, that footage was actually shot by Judd Apatow when the pair shared an apartment together in Los Angeles early in both of their careers. As noted by The New York Times, "In grainy video a boyishly goofy Mr. Sandler, still in his 20s with a tilted baseball cap on his head, is shown as he lies across a messy bed in a dingy Los Angeles apartment, making prank phone calls to the delight of a few off-screen observers."

In 2012, Apatow and Sandler gave a joint interview on 60 Minutes Overtime with Anderson Cooper (via The Hollywood Reporter). The director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin revealed of his time living with Sandler, "Back then, life was just doing stand-up or writing jokes. You would sleep until noon every day and kind of stumble out." He continued, "You would have to be at work at 8:30 at night. Work was sometimes 15 minutes." Basically, the late-night lifestyle of two comedians who just so happened to be roommates was pretty much what you might expect.

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