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Adam Sandler And Bob Barker's Fight After Happy Gilmore Was Even Better

By Daniel Johnson |

Directed by Tyler Spindel, the “Night of Too Many Stars” fight begins with Sandler visiting Barker in the hospital, attempting to bury the hatchet almost 20 years after their violent meeting. But old habits die hard. Teasing turns to ruthless barbs turns to Sandler sucker punching Barker in his hospital bed. The fight is even more ridiculous than the golf course squabble, with hospital props like prosthetic legs and a vase of bedside flowers being reappropriated as weapons.

At one point Barker flatlines, then pops up, zombie-like, to dump his bedpan over Sandler’s head. The fight ends in comic fashion, with Barker infecting the two of them with ebola. Even as angels in heaven (where Carl Weathers shows up in a cameo), the pair comes to blows yet again, with Barker delivering the final wallop with his harp.

For those keeping score, that’s Barker 2, Sandler 0. If the rematch was anything like the original fight, that was Barker’s doing. Barker had a “Happy Gilmore” stipulation that he would only appear in the film if he won the fight. Moreover, he was gung-ho to do the fighting himself, stunt doubles be damned.

“He was completely game for it, he got the joke,” director Dennis Dugan told Cracked. “But he was totally up for it. Also, he’d studied martial arts as a hobby forever, so, even though he was about 70, he really could kick ass.”