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Celebrities, they’re just like us! Well, not really, obviously, but these days seem hellbent on making it seem like they are with the inexorable rise of celebrity lookalike contests. Why go through life as someone who only gets asked, “Do you know who you look like?” at bars and coffee shops when you can mingle with dozens of others who look kinda similar in a public place, all competing to win a questionable prize? Timothée Chalamet, Pedro Pascal and even the dog Krypto from Superman have already been thus honored; now it’s Adam Sandler’s turn.
Presumably held to celebrate the Netflix premiere of Happy Gilmore 2, the event will be held Friday, July 25, at 3 pm at a venue with a very specific NYC Sandler connection. All the oversized T-shirts and dad jeans will congregate at Soho’s Vesuvio Playground courts, where Sandler and Chalamet infamously played pickup ball, in the quest to win the ultimate prize. In this case, that consists of a bag of pickles, a Happy Gilmore 2 hockey putter and bragging rights.
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The bigger question is how Sandler fans and dopplegangers will approach this particular contest. Will we see Billy Madisons swarming the court? Will fans go full '80s as Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer? Or maybe this is the perfect excuse to rock Sandler’s signature relaxed look of a billowing shirt paired with equally roomy shorts, a direct rebuke to the short-shorts craze. Regardless of the attire, though, there is one more important aspect to this lookalike contest: Anyone seeking the ultimate prize will not only have to nail Sandler’s look, but also his unmistakable voice. So get to your mirror and start practicing saying, “Now that’s what I call high-quality H2O.”
Happy Gilmore 2, the long-awaited sequel to Sandler’s cult‑classic 1996 sports comedy, premieres on Netflix on July 25, the day of the contest. In addition to Sandler, the sequel sees stars Christopher McDonald and Julie Bowen return as Shooter McGavin and Virginia Venit, respectively, as well as new cast members like Benny Safdie, Bad Bunny and Travis Kelce. Sandler recently revealed that he had to rewrite the script after original cast member Carl Weathers’ death; initially, Weathers had a much larger role as Happy’s mentor.