Adam Sandler has played a lot of goofy characters and Longfellow Deeds is one of my favorites. But definitely not the top. In fact, Deeds really isn’t goofy. As he’s just a lovable pizza shop owner that wants to write greeting cards for Hallmark. And he unknowingly becomes a billionaire when his great uncle dies…
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Things I Like: Babe Bennett (Mr. Deeds)
Babe Bennett wasn’t my favorite love interest for Adam Sandler but I do really like Winona Ryder. This is also right before she nearly ended her career with some bizarre shoplifting arrest. Only bouncing back after she secured the role of the mom on the Netflix hit Stranger Things She’s a beautiful but not super…
Things I Like: Jan (Mr. Deeds)
Jan was a decent character in the Adam Sandler film Mr Deeds. I also remember her actress (Conchata Ferrell) getting a very similar role on Two and a Half Men, just a few years later. She’s almost like a quasi mother to Deeds in his little hometown. She’s very rough around the edges, but she’s…
Fun Fact: The Only State That Doesn’t Force You To Wear a Seat Belt
New Hampshire is the only state without a mandatory seat belt law. Seat belt usage is about 90% across the country, but only 70% in New Hampshire.
Fun Fact: The Old Man of the Mountain
In New Hampshire there was a rock formation on a set of cliffs that looked like a human face. They called it Old Man of the Mountain. In the 20th century they noticed that weather had been damaging it. Despite many years of trying to save it, it did collapse on May 3rd, 2003.