N'afọ 1987, Sandler gbara onye enyi Theo Huxtable, Smitty, na The Cosby Show and the Stud Boy ma ọ bụ Trivia Delinquent na MTV game show Remote Control (1998). Mgbe ihe nkiri mbụ ya bụ Going Overboard n'afọ 1989, Sandler rụrụ na klọb ihe nkiri, ebe ọ buru ụzọ banye n'elu ikpo okwu mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asaa. Ọ bụ onye ọchịehi bụ Dennis Miller chọpụtara ya, onye jidere Sandler na-eme ihe na Los Angeles ma tụọ ya aka na Saturday Night Live onye na-emepụta Lorne Michaels. E goro Sandler ka ọ bụrụ onye edemede maka SNL na 1990 wee bụrụ onye ọkpụkpọ egosipụtara n'afọ na-esote, na-eme aha maka igosi egwu egwu egwu na-atọ ụtọ na ngosi ahụ, gụnyere "The Thanksgiving Song" na "The Sandred Chanukah".
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