Adam Sandler’s Opera Man made his valiant, wig-tastic return to SNL last night, where he lamented, among other things, HBO’s ratings future and the gropa-gropa, sniffa-sniffa tendencies of a certain presidential candidate. He also gently mocked the new rom-com Long Shot for, uh, taking a certain page out of the Sandler Film Playbook, and its star Seth Rogen was ecstatic. Seriously, this was some life-affirming stuff for the guy! “Pretty lady, goofy man-ah, Opera Man no understand-ah,†Sandler put in his aria. “Silly face but still he score-ah, where have I seen this before-ah? Come on, man!†(Where have we seen this before? Blended, Just Go With It, and Click for starters, man!)
“Opera Man making a joke about me is maybe the most amazing thing that’s ever happened to me,†Rogen responded on social media this morning. “Holy shit what an insane honor.†His Long Shot co-star, Charlize Theron, has remained mum on the sketch, although the likelihood of Sandler being one of her primary career inspirations is zero to none. But who knows.