Adam Sandler is the stand-up comedian whose success on TV's Saturday Night Live (1991-95) launched a successful career in slapstick movie comedies. A quirky jokester of the love-him-or-hate-him variety, Sandler began his film career playing lowbrow goofs in films such as Happy Gilmore (1996, with Bob Barker), The Waterboy (1998) and The Wedding Singer (1998, with Drew Barrymore). Sandler then showed his dramatic talents in Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Spanglish (2004, with Téa Leoni) and the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard. As a comedian Sandler has released several albums, including They're All Gonna Laugh At You (1993) and Stan and Judy's Kid (1999); he's known particularly for his novelty songs "The Chanukah Song" and "The Thanksgiving Song." His other films include Billy Madison (1995), Big Daddy (1999, with Dylan and Cole Sprouse), Click (2006, with Kate Beckinsale), the 9/11 drama Reign Over Me (2007, with Don Cheadle), and the pretending-to-be-gay comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007, with Jessica Biel.
One of the most endearing goofballs to ever grace the stages of Saturday Night Live, affectionately offensive funnyman Adam Sandler has often been cited as the writer/performer who almost single-handedly rescued the long-running late-night television staple when the chips were down and it appeared to have run its course. Though his polarizing antics have divided audiences and critics who often dismiss him as lowbrow and obnoxious, Sandler's films, as well as the films of his Happy Madison production company, have performed consistently well at the box office despite harsh and frequent critical lashings.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, in September of 1966, it may come as no surprise that Sandler was a shameless class clown who left his classmates in stitches and his teachers with a handful. Never considering to utilize his gift of humor to pursue a career, Sandler eventually realized his potential when at the age of 17 his brother encouraged him to take the stage at an amateur comedy competition. A natural at making the audience laugh, the aspiring comedian nurtured his talents while attending New York University and studying for a Fine Arts Degree. With early appearances on The Cosby Show and the MTV game show Remote Control providing the increasingly busy Sandler with a loyal following, an early feature role coincided with his "discovery" by SNL cast member Dennis Miller at an L.A. comedy club. As the unfortunately named Shecky Moskowitz, his role as a struggling comedian in Going Overboard (1989) served as an interesting parallel to his actual career trajectory but did little to display his true comic talents.
It wasn't until SNL producers took Miller's praise to heart and hired the fledgling comic as writer on the program that Sandler's talents were truly set to shine. Frequent appearances as Opera Man and Canteen Boy soon elevated him to player status, and it wasn't long before Sandler was the toast of the SNL cast in the mid-'90s. While appearing in SNL and sharpening his feature skills in such efforts as Shakes the Clown (1991) and Coneheads (1993), Sandler signed a recording contract with Warner Bros., and the release of the Grammy-nominated They're All Gonna Laugh at You proved the most appropriate title imaginable as his career began to soar. Striking an odd balance between tasteless vulgarity and innocent charm, the album found Sandler gaining footing as an artist independent of the SNL universe and fueled his desire -- as numerous cast members had before him -- to strike out on his own. Though those who had attempted a departure for feature fame in the past had met with decidedly mixed results, Sandler's loyal and devoted fan base proved strong supporters of such early solo feature efforts as Billy Madison (1996) and, especially, Happy Gilmore (1996).
His mixture of grandma-loving sweetness and pure, unfiltered comedic rage continued with his role as a slow-witted backwoods mama's boy turned football superstar in The Waterboy (1998), and that same year found Sandler expanding his persona to more sensitive territory in The Wedding Singer. Perhaps his most appealing character up to that point, The Wedding Singer's combination of '80s nostalgia and a warmer, more personable persona found increasing support among those who had previously distanced themselves from his polarizing performances.
As the decade rolled on, Sandler also appeared in the action-oriented Bulletproof (1996) and the even more affectionate Big Daddy (1999). In 2002, Sandler starred in a re-imagining of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, titled simply Mr. Deeds.
Beginning in the late nineties, Sandler's Happy Madison production company launched such efforts as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Little Nicky (2000), The Animal and Joe Dirt (both 2001). Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo appeared in (2005), and Grandma's Boy in (2006). Despite critical castigation for scraping the bottom of the barrel with these efforts, Sandler's commercial instinct remained intact; the films all hit big at the box office and drew an ever-loyal base of fans who gravitated to any feature with Sandler's name attached.
The early 2000s also saw Sandler attempting to branch out in a number of unusual directions, which included the animated "Hanukkah Musical" 8 Crazy Nights (2002). Sandler also began dipping his toes into the realm of drama with a starring role in the eccentric, critically acclaimed tragicomedy Punch-Drunk Love (2002), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Sandler also starred in the Jim Brooks-helmed comedy/drama Spanglish (2004), an unsually subdued and gentle turn away from the irascible types that Sandler usually played. The critical receptions were, again uneven, as reviewers loathed 8 Crazy Nights, justifiably praised Punch-Drunk across the board, and espoused mixed feelings about Spanglish.
Perhaps well aware of the extent of these risks that he was taking with his career, Sandler continued to sustain his popularity with a steady (and reliable) stream of crowd-pleasing star vehicles throughout the early 2000s. 2002's self-produced Sandler vehicle Anger Management (which teamed him up with a maniacal Jack Nicholson); the 2004 effort 50 First Dates, in which he co-starred with fellow Wedding Singer alum Drew Barrymore; and the 2005 remake of Robert Aldrich's The Longest Yard all made box office gold.
In 2006, Sandler starred in yet another hit: Click, a surrealistic comedy directed by Frank Coraci, co-starring Sean Astin, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken. The film was a big hit and, having spent the past few years playing it safe, Sandler decided it was a good time to take another chance. He signed on to star with Don Cheadle in the 2007 drama Reign Over Me, playing a man who lost his wife and children in the 9/11 attacks, and is headed for complete self-destruction. The critics weren't as enamored with this dramatic attempt as they were with Punch-Drunk Love, but Sandler was mostly well received even when the film wasn't. Always tempering his risks with more predictable career moves, the actor next signed on to appear alongside King of Queens star Kevin James in the buddy movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, a comedy about two straight firefighters who pretend to be a gay couple to receive domestic partner benefits. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Born in 1967, in Brooklyn, NY; moved to Manches ter, NH at age 5; father a retired electrical engineer, mother a retired nursery school teacher. Education: Earned a Fine Arts degree from New York University.
Began career in comedy at age 17 when he tried stand-up for the first time at Boston’s Stitches club; discovered by Dennis Miller of NBC’s Saturday Night Live and signed on as a writer for the show by Lome Michaels in 1990. Stayed at Saturday Night Live for five years.
Released they’re gonna laugh at you in 1993; album went platinum; released What the Hell Happened to Me? in 1996; album went gold. Appeared in films Airheads, Mixed Nuts, and Coneheads. Cowrote and starred in Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore. Costarred in Bulletproof and The Wedding Band.
Awards: Best Film Fight Award from MTV for fight scene with Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore in 1996.
Addresses:Record company—Warner Brothers/Reprise Records, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019 (212) 275-4600, fax: (212) 275-4600.
Comedian, singer
Former NBC Saturday Night Live cast member and comedy writer Adam Sandler successfully fused his own brand of goofy, offbeat humor with rock music in his 1993 platinum debut album, they’re all gonna laugh at you!, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. When he released What the Hell Happened to Me? in 1995, he cemented his popularity and proved that his foray into music was more than just a temporary comedic fluke.
Although Sandler’s material is created for comedic effect, his band has proven to be genuinely accomplished and impressive. Sandler’s band is led by guitarist Waddy Wachtel, who toured with Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos and played with Fleetwood Mac. Bassist Bob Glaub, a longtime L.A. session pro, worked with Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and Bruce Springsteen. Guitarist Teddy Castilucci arranged and worked with Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, and Michael Bolton. Drummer Don Heffington worked with Bob Dylan, and keyboardist Mike Thompson played on Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill album.
Sandler’s musical tours and albums are best described as an accomplished musical rock comedy show with scatological undertones. He plays original, humorous songs like "Lunchlady Land" and "Red Hooded Sweatshirt," and covers rock classics by musicians such as Led Zeppelin, Barry White, and Bob Marley—musicians and groups he listened to as a teenager in Manchester, NH. He told the Hartford Courant’s Roger Catlin, "I had a garage band in high school called Final Warning. That was the best name we came up with. And we did Led Zeppelin." Sandler was also influenced in high school by Aerosmith and Black Sabbath.
Although he was born in Brooklyn, NY, Sandler spent most of his childhood in Manchester, NH, where he lived from the age of 5 through 17, and where most of his immediate family still resides. Sandler’s father, a retired electrical engineer, served as one of Sandler’s earliest test audiences, as did Sandler’s mother, a retired nursery school teacher, and his brother and two sisters. "Most of what I think came from my years in New Hampshire," he told the Boston Herald s Dean Johnson, "You learn to respect the beauty of the place." He told Johnson that he went into comedy because he "didn’t have anything else to do."
Started with Stand-Up Comedy In 1984 Sandler and his brother went to the Boston comedy club Stitches where, at his brother’s urging, the 17 year-old Sandler took the stage and first tried his hand
at stand-up comedy. He was going to attend New York University, and hadn’t planned on becoming a comedian until that fateful night—even though he bombed on stage.
While earning a fine arts degree from New York University, Sandler managed to balance schoolwork with appearances at Manhattan comedy clubs. Comedian Dennis Miller, then a cast member on Saturday Night Live, saw one of Sandler’s shows and told his boss, Lome Michaels, about Sandler’s comedy prowess. Michaels then sawthe show himself and hired Sandler for a writing slot on "Saturday Night Live" in 1990. Sandler told the Pittsburgh Press’s Ed Masley, "I would write myself into the skits. I snaked my way onto the air. The old dipsy-doodle, I pulled."
Sandler performed musical comedy for five years on Saturday Night Live, appearing as Axl Rose, Eddie Vedder, Opera Man, Canteen Boy, Cajun Man, or a banjo-strumming singing poet, but he enjoyed a wider berth on his own albums, with R-rated lyrics far racier than the material allowed on television. Sandler told Catlin, "I do curse a lot, I must tell you. But it’s not mean-spirited". Sandler’s home page on the Internet includes a warning not to read it if you’re under the age of 17 or if your parents are home.
Humorous Spin On Classics Since leaving "Saturday Night Live," Sandler sold over 1.5 million copies of his two musical comedy albums. "The Chanukah Song" on What the Hell Happened to Me? was immensely popular in 1995, and the album surpassed gold status halfway through 1996. Sandler took a summer tour in 1996 to promote What the Hell Happened to Me?, and described the tour Scott Cronick of the Atlantic City Daily as, "a backyard rock ‘n’ roll party for you and 5,000 of your friends." Sandler incorporated video into his live performances and created a stage set that looked like his parents’ back porch, complete with lawn chairs and an amplifier propped up in a garbage can. He told Johnson, "It (the live show) has a party feel, and I’m going to try to make people laugh, dance, and have fun."
Sandler’s first album underscored his comedy-writing talent with hilariously original songs like "Toll Booth Willie," but his second album showcased the songs more than the lyrics, and demonstrated that he and his band can play genuine music. The reggae melody to Bob Marley’s "Buffalo Soldier" was used for "Ode To My Car," a song in which Sandler’s details the woes of owning an old junker, and the live, acoustic "The Chanukah Song" lists to music all of the noted people who celebrate Chanukah. Director Stephen Spielberg called Sandler after the release of "The Chanukah Song" to requestacopyof the lyrics, and rabbiscalled Sandlerto say it was a positive song; the single was one of 1996’s most requested songs at major radio stations during the winter holiday season. Sandler also covers Springsteen’s "Out On The Streets" and Marvin Gaye’s "Let’s Get It On," and he performed Led Zeppelin’s "Communication Breakdown" on The Tonight Show in June of 1996.they’re all gonna laugh at you! spent over 100 weeks on the Billboard Heatseeker’s Chart, garnered a Grammy nomination, and went platinum. What the Hell Happened to Me? achieved gold status, and prompted Sandler to take a 21-city U.S. tour.
Balances Film and Music Career Sandler’s first comedy/song album, they’re all gonna laugh at you!, was released in 1993 just as hisfilm career was taking off. By then Sandler had appeared in Cone-heads, Mixed Nuts, and Airhead. In 1995 Sandler left Saturday Night Uve and cowrote, along with friend Tim Herlihy, and starred in Billy Madison. He then cowrote and starred in Happy Gilmore in 1996, garnering MTV’s Best Fight Award for his character’s sparring scene with 72-year old actor and former television game show host Bob Barker. After releasing What the Hell Happened to Me? in 1996, Sandler costarred in 1997 with James Caan and Damon Wayans in the action comedy Bulletproof and the went to work on The Wedding Band, a movie about a wedding DJ who wants to be married.
When asked if he planned to release a third album, Sandler told Scene’s Steven Battan, "I have some other ideas for songs, some duet-kind of things that I want to do, but we’ll see." Sandler told Gary Graff of Detroit Jewish News, "I never had the discipline for anything but comedy and acting… But I do have the discipline to stay up all night and make sure I write something that, to me, feels good. That I’ll do."
Selected discography they’re all gonna laugh at you!, Warner Brothers, 1993. What the Hell Happened to Me?, Warner Brothers, 1996.
Sources Periodicals Atlantic City Press, June 8, 1996. Boston Herald, June 14, 1996. Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, PA), June 12, 1996. Columbus Dispatch, June 24, 1996. Dallas Morning News, July 5, 1996; July 8, 1996. Detroit Jewish News, June 21, 1996. Everybody’s News (Cincinnati, OH), June 21, 1996. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 5, 1996. Grand Rapids Press, June 27, 1996. HartfordCourant, April 25, 1996; June 6, 1996; June 10, 1996. Oakland Press (Pontiac, Ml), June 28, 1996. Philadelphia Weekly June 12, 1996. Pitch Weekly (Kansas City, MO), June 20, 1996. Pittsburgh Press, June 23, 1996. Scene (Cleveland, OH), June 1996. Sunday Republican (Waterbury, CT), June 9, 1996. Valley Advocate (Hatfield, MA), May 16, 1996. Willoughby News-Herald (Ohio), May 24, 1996.
Born September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, Adam Sandler was raised in Manchester, New Hampshire. At the age of 17, his brother dared him to take the stage at a Boston comedy club's amateur night and was surprised at how well Adam performed. That planted the seed for his career, though he first attended NYU, receiving a Fine Arts degree in 1989. Not long after graduation, Sandler gained a position with the NBC-TV sketch-comedy show Saturday Night Live, and became one of the show's most popular actors during his five-year stint.
In 1993, Warner Brothers signed Sandler to a recording contract, and he delivered his debut album They're All Gonna Laugh at You that September. The LP became popular with college radio and sold well, earning a gold certification and a Grammy nomination. Sandler broke out in the cinema the following year, appearing in Mixed Nuts and Coneheads before his first starring vehicle, 1995's Bill Madison. His second comedy album, What the Hell Happened to Me?, was released in early 1996; it leapt into the Top 20 and eventually went platinum. By now one of the biggest comic stars in America, Sandler reeled off a string of blockbuster films including Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy and Big Daddy before releasing his third album, Stan and Judy's Kid, in 1999. The 2000s found Sandler trying his hand at less comedic rolls (Punch Drunk Love), animation (8 Crazy Nights), but the box-office results were mixed. In 2004 he released his fifth album, Shhh...Don't Tell. ~ John Bush, Rovi
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966), is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office.[1] He is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), Big Daddy (1999), and Mr. Deeds (2002), though he has ventured into more dramatic territory. In 1999, Sandler founded Happy Madison, a film and television production company that has produced numerous films and developed the 2007 television series Rules of Engagement.
Adam Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents,[2] Stanley, an electrical engineer, and Judy Sandler, a nursery school teacher.[3] When he was five, his family moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he attended Manchester Central High School. He found he was a natural comic, and nurtured his talent while at New York University by performing regularly in clubs and on campuses. Sandler graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988.[4]
Later in his career, he would draw on his earliest experiences for material for his comedy, music and movies. The song "Lunchlady Land" from his debut album They're All Gonna Laugh at You! is dedicated to Emalee, the lunchlady at Hayden Dining Hall at New York University.[citation needed]
Career
Acting career
Sandler at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival
In the mid to late 1980s, Sandler played Theo Huxtable's friend, Smitty, on The Cosby Show (1987–1988). He was a performer for the MTV game showRemote Control, on which he made appearances as the characters "Trivia Delinquent" or "Stud Boy". Early in his career, Sandler performed in comedy clubs, taking the stage at his brother's urging when he was seventeen. He was discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandler's act in Los Angeles. Miller recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for SNL in 1990 and became a featured player the following year, making a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including "The Chanukah Song".[5] Sandler told Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show that NBC fired him and Chris Farley from the show in 1995.[6]
In 1994 he co-starred in Airheads with Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi. He starred in Billy Madison (1995) as a grown, though uneducated, man repeating grades 1–12 to earn back his father's respect, along with the right to inherit his father's multi-million-dollar hotel empire. In At the Movies, Siskel and Ebert gave the film a very bad review, and said of Sandler "...Not an attractive screen presence, he might have a career as a villain or a fall guy or the butt of a joke, but as the protagonist his problem is he creates the fingernails on the blackboard" with Siskel adding "...you don't have a good motivation for the character's behavior".[citation needed] He followed this film with other financially successful comedies such as Bulletproof (1996), Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Wedding Singer (1998). He was initially cast in the bachelor-party-themed comedy/thriller Very Bad Things (1998), but had to back out due to his involvement in The Waterboy (1998), one of his first hits.
Although his earlier films did not receive critical praise, his more recent films, beginning with Punch-Drunk Love (2002), have received more positive reviews. Roger Ebert, in his review of Punch-Drunk Love, concluded that Sandler had been wasted in earlier films with poorly written scripts and characters with no development.[7] Sandler has moved outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious parts such as the aforementioned Punch-Drunk Love (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe), Spanglish (2004) and Reign Over Me (2007). He played a loving father figure in Big Daddy (1999). During filming, he met Jacqueline Samantha Titone—his future wife and mother of his two daughters -— who was cast as the waitress from The Blarney Stone Bar.[citation needed]
"Like Will Ferrell, Sandler has layers of tenderness under layers of irony under layers of tenderness—plus a floating anger like Jupiter’s great red spot," wrote David Edelstein of New York magazine in a review of You Don't Mess with the Z. "Some performers become stars because we can read them instantly, others—like Sandler—because we never tire of trying to get a fix on them."[8]
Sandler at the premiere of Funny People in Berlin, 2009
Sandler starred in Bedtime Stories (2008), a fantasy film directed by Bringing Down the House director Adam Shankman, about a stressed hotel maintenance worker whose bedtime stories he reads to his niece and nephew begin to come true. This marked Sandler's first family film and first film under the Walt Disney banner.[9]Keri Russell and English comedian Russell Brand co-starred.
In 2009, Sandler starred in Judd Apatow's third directorial feature Funny People. He played a very successful stand up comedian who finds out he has a terminal illness and he takes a young inexperienced comic, played by Seth Rogen, under his wing. Filming began in October 2008 and finished in January 2009. The film was released on July 31, 2009.[10] At one point, Sandler was in talks to star in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film Inglourious Basterds, which he confirmed, but he did not appear in it due to a scheduling conflict with Funny People.[11] Following the release of Funny People, it, along with Punch-Drunk Love were cited in the June 2010 announcement that Sandler was one of 135 people (including 20 actors) invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[12]
Sandler appeared in Grown Ups, teaming up with Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade (all of whom have worked with Sandler before) for a film about five best friends from high school who reunite 30 years later on the July 4 weekend. Other costars include Salma Hayek (playing Sandler's wife), Maria Bello (playing James' wife), and fellow SNL alumna Maya Rudolph (playing Rock's wife), Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows, and Norm Macdonald. Sandler and Dickie Roberts scribe Fred Wolf wrote the script and Dennis Dugan directed the film.[13]
Sandler starred in the 2011 film Just Go with It, with Jennifer Aniston, a romantic comedy written by Allan Loeb and Tim Dowling and directed by Dennis Dugan. He played a plastic surgeon who asks his office manager, played by Aniston, to pose as his wife, in order to prove his honesty to his much younger girlfriend, played by Brooklyn Decker. Sandler also provided the voice of a capuchin monkey in Kevin James' Zookeeper, released on July 8, 2011.[14] He filmed Donny's Boy with Andy Samberg, which tells the story of a man, played by Sandler, who fathered a son, played by Samberg, with his teacher in high school. Then years later, visits his son on the eve of his wedding where he clashes with the bride (played by Leighton Meester).
Anna Faris, who appeared in The Hot Chick, became the first female actor to headline a production for Happy Madison with The House Bunny and will headline another film for Happy Madison in the near future.
In June 2007, it was announced that Happy Madison had made a preemptive acquisition for Mitch Albom's screenwriting debut.[16]
In June 2008, it was announced that Sandler will be executive producer for a horror thriller titled The Shortcut under a nascent genre label for Happy Madison called "Scary Madison".[17]
In October 2009, it was announced that Sandler and Happy Madison will produce the Richard Pryor biopic Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? for Sony, the company's first major dramatic production. The film was written by Bill Condon, who is set to direct, and Pryor will be played by Marlon Wayans, who is replacing Eddie Murphy.[18]
Personal life
Sandler with his two daughters in February 2011
On June 22, 2003, Sandler married actress Jacqueline Samantha Titone, and they are the parents of two daughters, Sadie Madison Sandler[19] and Sunny Madeline Sandler.[20] Sandler lives with his family in Los Angeles, although he also has a home in New York.[citation needed]
Also executive producer and writer
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy (also for The Wedding Singer)
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actor
Also executive producer and writer
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Comedy
Razzie Award for Worst Actor
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Cole and Dylan Sprouse)
Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor
Also executive producer
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Actor
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Film – Choice Actor, Comedy
Also executive producer
People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Male Star
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Leading Man
Also producer
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Movie Star
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Male Star
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