Jim Carrey vs Adam Sandler: Part 1 (Early Careers)

Jim Carrey

Vs

Adam Sandler

  Well, now this is the one I've been bragging about for a better long time. I'm going to determine who is better Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler. Yet, this all started at work with another buddy of mine at work. He is not one of the two guys who likes MacGyver like those two did in my Jack Bauer vs MacGyver Post. Though that guy likes Macgyver and is a little anti-social with some people and what does he know. He's a Adam Sandler fan. Keep in my I love Adam Sandler's movies but I tend to like Jim Carrey's Movies much more. I think that some of there movies reach the same and different types of audiences.

  However, recently their movies have fallen off a little bit. Especially Adam Sandler's. His movies have not become as funny as they did in the past and he has to rely on his buddies to help him out like Rob Scheinder, Kevin James, etc. Recently his movie Jack & Jill (2011) had swept this years' Razzies.

http://news.yahoo.com/sandlers-jack-jill-goes-downhill-razzies-023645224.html

They are the Golden Raspberry Awards given to the worst movies and actors of the year. Another movie done by his production company "Happy Madison" had Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star in there list of nominations as well.

In the past I thought his movies have been entertaining but through the last couple of years the quality has gone downhill. The same could be said for Jim Carrey.

  Well, to be honest Jim Carrey hasn't done to much but he has just guest starred in 30 Rock & The Office. He has made some decent movies like Mr. Popper's Penguins, and done voice adaptions for A Christmas Carol. But, it's a far cry from what he has done in the past.

  For this occasion I will breakdown this debate into 3 separate posts. This first one I will look at their  earlier careers and how they started out. The 2nd one will deal from the mid 90's into the mid 2000's around the time they have achieved the most success. The last one will deal with their careers now and where they are going from here. And I'll try to be fair and partial as best as I can. Some people thought I showed favoritism to Jack Bauer in the Bauer/MacGyver blog but I compared them and I still think Jack Bauer can kick his ass. Anyway now it's Jim Carrey vs Adam Sandler.

First let's examine, Adam Sandler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sandler

He's from New York and graduated from NYU's Tisch School for Arts and found his niche for comedy in clubs and on TV. He guest starred on The Cosby Show and was a regular on the MTV Game Show Remote Control.

He would soon go on to be a regular and a writer on Saturday Night Live. He did a lot of stuff with Chris Farley.

Though the Lunch Lady skit with Chris Farely was his funniest. Watch and see

http://www.dula.tv/watch.php?file=lunch-lady-land-from-snl.flv

He is very musically talented. It shows evidence from his comedy albums and skits on those albums in which some of his stuff on the albums didn't appear on SNL. He didn't have too many characters on the show besides the  herlihy boy.

Once again Chris Farley to the rescue. He was also the Canteen Boy in which he portrayed a naive, childlike assistant scoutmaster with an acute attention to detail. He used snake calling to get even with those who made fun of him. The sketch had some controversery when in it the Scoutmaster portrayed by Guest host Alec Baldwin made sexual advances towards the Canteen Boy and it stirred up much controversy due to its implications of pedophilia. I saw the skit online and I'm not going to post it or show a pic since it's a little disturbing and not that funny at all.

Anyway, in 1995 Sandler left SNL to persue his movie career. We'll leave it off right there with him for Part 1.

Now, on to Jim Carrey!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey

According to his bio Carrey comes from Canada. He had a natural talent to make people laugh and had a lot of help financially from his father. Until he was discovered by Rodney Dangerfield that Carrey began to go into more comedy clubs. He even had starred in some short run TV Show called The Duck Factory (1984)

And a couple of movies like Once Bitten (1985), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Earth Girls are Easy (1989). Damon Waynes was also in Earth Girls and they formed a friendship which lead Carrey to be one of the cast members' on older brother Keenan Ivory Waynes stetch comedy show In Living Color!!

In Living Color really brought out his crazy comedic side. Pretty much with characters like Vera De Milo.

and of course my personal favorite................Fire Marshall Bill.

He should have made that character into a movie. Only difference between SNL and ILC was that Color was on primetime on Fox but mostly on around 9 while SNL was late night on Saturdays and not too much retrictions. Which I think is why In Living Color didn't last long. But it launched the careers of the Waynes Family, Jamie Foxx and of course Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey left In Living Color to start in his first starring feature film in 1994 while a year later Adam Sandler did the same when he left SNL.

I just wanted you to take a look at there best stuff from their TV shows in their early careers. Part 2 will discuss their rises to major fame. Don't mean to be one sided but I'll leave you with another Fire Marshall Bill skit. They are hillarious and I can give a great impersonation of Fire Marshall Bill. Just ask me next time you see me!!