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‘Billy Madison’ at 30: Director Tamra Davis Recalls Adam Sandler’s First Starring Role

Don’t tell that nasty penguin, but Billy Madison is turning 30 today. It’s the movie that taught America that peeing your pants is cool, that shampoo and conditioner have been locked in a battle for the ages and that Adam Sandler was going to be one of the funniest movie stars of all time. 

While Billy Madison was written by Sandler and his longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy, it was directed by Tamra Davis, who had previously directed Chris Rock’s CB4 and would go on to direct Half Baked. 

A Classic ‘80s Comedy Is Being Re-Released Without Its Worst Joke

The ‘80s were a weird time. Shoulder pads were everywhere, you couldn’t eat at McDonald’s without choking on cigarette smoke and Crocodile Dundee was a global sensation.

The original 1986 movie, a fish-out-of-water story about a leathery badass from the Australian Outback visiting New York City, made an absolutely shocking amount of money. Crocodile Dundee was the number two movie at the U.S. box office that year, behind only Top Gun. It made more than $116 million in 1986 dollars, clobbering beloved ‘80s classics like Aliens and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and pulling in more than $174 million worldwide. 

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