Happy Gilmore (1996)

This week, the dads take a wild swing at Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler’s 1996 comedy about a hockey reject who turns golf into a full-contact sport. He’s got anger issues, a killer drive, and one goal: win the tour, save Grandma’s house, and punch as many smug jerks as possible along the way.

Steve and Nic dive into why this movie still hits like a 400-yard drive — from Sandler’s chaotic energy to the endlessly quotable one-liners (“The price is wrong…”). There’s love for Carl Weathers’ surprisingly heartfelt turn as Chubbs, Christopher McDonald’s smarmy villainy as Shooter McGavin, and of course, the greatest Bob Barker cameo in cinema history.

The dads also reflect on Happy Gilmore as a time capsule of late-’90s comedy: goofy, loud, oddly sweet, and somehow still iconic after all these years.

So yeah — it’s dumb. It’s delightful. And it’s the only golf movie where the hero fights a clown, a crocodile, and a senior citizen… and wins.