Happy Madison Productions  Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler which is best known for its comedy films. Happy Madison takes its name from the films "Happy Gilmore" and "Billy Madison", two box office successes starring Sandler himself, both produced by Robert Simonds, written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The elderly man depicted in the production logo is Sandler's late father, Stanley (who had died in 2003), who also says the accompanying audio, "Terrific." In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released films produced by others, such as Steven Brill ("Little Nicky", "Mr. Deeds"), Dennis Dugan ("The Benchwarmers", "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry", "You Don't Mess with the Zohan", "Grown Ups", "Grown Ups 2"), Frank Coraci ("Click", "Zookeeper", "Blended"), Fred Wolf ("Strange Wilderness", "The House Bunny"), Tom Brady ("The Animal", "The Hot Chick", ""), Peter Segal ("Anger Management", "50 First Dates", "The Longest Yard"), and Nicholaus Goossen ("A Day with the Meatball", "Grandma's Boy", "The Shortcut"). The 1998 films "The Waterboy" and "The Wedding Singer" helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. He produced "The Waterboy" and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. The film was extremely profitable, earning over $160 million in the United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with "The Waterboy" becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with "The Wedding Singer". The company's production office is located in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City while its corporate and parent company offices (Happy Madison, Inc.) are located in Manchester, New Hampshire run by Adam's brother Scott. Happy Madison's films have, for the most part, received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. The production company has put out four films considered to be some of the worst ever made, including three that have received a 0% score from Rotten Tomatoes.