"Sandy Wexler" Is Based On Adam Sandler’s Real-Life Manager

March 16, 2017

Adam’s longtime manager Sandy Wernick wasn’t thrilled when Adam missed a morning show appearance to support a strike, but Sandy was pretty happy about the good press that came from it.

TranscriptCONAN: "SANDY WEXLER," THIS MOVIE IS BASED ON A GREAT FIGURE IN SHOW BUSINESS. SANDY WARNICK, WHO HAS REPRESENTED YOU FOR A LONG TIME. ADAM: YES, AND YOU AND MANY OTHERS. CONAN: HE'S WITH. US. SANDY OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. [APPLAUSE] AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING AN IMPRESSION OF SANDY FOR YEARS MAKING FUN OF HIM AND THEN YOU FINALLY DECIDED SCREW IT THIS IS A MOVIE. AND YOU MADE THIS MOVIE, WHICH IS VERY FUNNY, BY THE WAY. ADAM: THANK YOU, CONAN. YOU MOCK HIM JUST AS MUCH AS I DO. CONAN: I DON'T THINK I DO BUT YES, I DO. ADAM: WHEN WE TOLD SANDY WE WERE MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT HIM HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS AND STATUE AND THEY WERE LIKE THEY'RE DOING YOU? ARE THEY GOING TO DO YOUR STUPID VOICE TOO? SANDY WAS LIKE YEAH. ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE YOU EAT LIKE AN ANIMAL WITH FOOD ON YOUR FACE? IS HE GOING TO LIE A LOT LIKE YOU DO? YEAH. CONAN: THAT'S SAD. ADAM: HERE'S THE DEAL. HONESTLY, EVERYBODY, THIS GUY SANDY IS LIKE MY FAMILY AND I LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING AND HE'S A VERY SWEET GUY. HE'S BEEN WITH ME SINCE I'M A YOUNG GIRLFRIEND. NICE, I WANTED TO -- BOY. ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO TELL THE STORY WHERE HE WAS INSANE. CONAN: HE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST ADVICE? ADAM: NOT EVERY TIME BUT WE ALWAYS LAND ON OUR FEET. DON'T WE, BUDDY? >> YES. CONAN: SANDY CAN'T SPEAK, BY THE WAY, UNLESS HE'S GETTING PAID. GO AHEAD. ADAM: IT'S LIKE 20 YEARS AGO. WE'RE DRIVING TO THE TODAY SHOW OR GOOD MORNING AMERICA OR JUST A SHOW. MORNING SHOW. WE'RE PULLING UP THE STREET IN NEW YORK CITY, I SEE A BUNCH OF GUYS ON THE STREET WITH PICKETT SIGNS. I WAS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE THEY PICKETT? THEY SAID THE CAMERAMAN. WHAT CAMERA MEN? THE CAMERA MAN ON THE SHOW THEIR PICKETING. I SAID WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT? HE GOES I DIDN'T THINK IT CONCERNED YOU. I GO I'M NOT CROSSING A PICKETT LINE. HE GOES IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE. NO, I GREW UP -- MY FATHER WOULD KILL ME. I WOULD NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE. HE GOES NO, BUT THEY WON'T NEGOTIATION WE CAN GO AROUND THE BACK. BUT AREN’T THEY GOING TO SEE THE SHOW? HE GOES NO, THEY DON'T WATCH THIS SHOW. NO, BUT THEY HAVE FAMILIES. "MOST OF THESE GUYS ARE DIVORCED." [LAUGHTER] SO I GO DUDE, I'M NOT CROSSING THE PICKET LINE. HE GOES YOU GOT, TO WE SIGNED -- I SAID NO. I DROVE AWAY AND ALL THE GUYS WITH THE PICKETT SIGNS WERE CHEERING YEAH, WAY TO GO, ADAM, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. NEXT MORNING IN THE KNOST IT SAYS ADAM SANDLER WON'T -- "NEW YORK POST" IT SAYS ADAM SANDLER WON'T CROSS THE PICKET LINE AND SANDY COMES IN AND SAYS DIDN'T I TELL YOU WE'D GET GOOD PRESS OUT OF THIS? CONAN: STICK AROUND. MUCH MORE WHEN WE COME BACK.

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