Billy Madison
Billy Madison is a 1995 comedy film starring Adam Sandler as a manchild who must repeat grades 1-12 to inherit his father's company.
The title character's name has become shorthand for someone regressing to childish behavior or facing remedial challenges: I felt like Billy Madison going back to community college at 35.
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- schoolPlace of instruction
- classroomEducational instruction space
- dodgeballElimination sport via throwing
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
Adam Sandler · Happy Gilmore · spelling · bee · penguin · shampoo · conditioner · bus · Chris Farley · stupid · graduation · elementary · principal · business ethics · spelling bee · SNL · nincompoop · nudie
- 1995 FilmsToy Story, Braveheart, Casino, Apollo 13, Jumanji
- ComediesThe Hangover, Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun
- Comedy CharactersAustin Powers, Ace Ventura, The Dude, Elle Woods, Napoleon Dynamite
Billy MadisonGood Will Hunting
Film about hidden brilliance
Hermione Granger · Atticus Finch · Rhodes Scholar · Matilda · Lisa Simpson
Billy MadisonJames Bond
British intelligence agent
Hannibal Lecter · sophisticate · Don Draper · Patrick Bateman · dry wit
Billy MadisonRocky Balboa
Erin Brockovich · self-made man · rags-to-riches · Andrew Carnegie · overachiever