Thursday, March 21, 2013

Random Movie Trivia - Happy Gilmore

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Happy Gilmore
  • Happy's caddie (played by Alan Covert, the guy that is in all of Adam Sandler's movies) is named Otto in the credits, but is never spoken in the movie.
  • The fight between Happy and Bob Barker was the very first winner of MTV's Best Fight Award.
  • Bob Barker didn't want to be in the movie until he learned that he was going to beat Adam Sandler in a fight and happily accepted the part.  Also, Bob probably would have won the fight anyways due to the fact that he studied Tang Soo Do Karate for decades with Chuck Norris and Sandler might be the most unathletic person alive.
  • Before his first tournament, Happy asks Chubbs (Carl Weathers) why he didn't play a real sport "like football or somethin'".  It turns out that Carl Weathers played professional football before becoming an actor.
  • The concept was based on one of Sandler's childhood friends who played hockey and occasionally would play golf with Sandler and his dad.
  • Bruce Campbell auditioned for the role of Shooter McGavin.
  • Christopher McDonald (Shooter McGavin) had difficulty believing that his character would be afraid to fight Happy because of his height advantage (6'3 to Sandler's 5'10).  After a discussion, he came around to the idea because Shooter would have been afraid of Happy's violent tendencies.
  • In real life, Adam Sandler is terrible at hockey and golf.  Not really shocking.
  • The Gold Jacket that Happy wins at the end of the movie is supposed to be modeled after the green jacket that golfers win after winning The Masters.
  • During any scenes involving Richard Kiel (Jaws from the Bond flicks), he always had to be leaning on something due to head trauma that he received during a car accident that doesn't allow him to balance on his feet without aid.
  • Julie Bowen plays Happy's love interest in this movie.  You may now know her as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family.
"I really hope that's not his 'O Face', too."

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