Why did SNL get rid of Adam Sandler? Exit explained amid actor’s surprise return in latest sketch
Adam Sandler made headlines when he showed up in a Saturday Night Live sketch this week alongside Chris Rock. The former played a patient and the latter a surgeon, though fans were most curious about Sandler’s return to the show following his termination from the same after the 1994-1995 season.
Adam Sandler began his career on SNL in 1990 and was most known at the time for his original musical skits and his recurring character, Opera Man. Per Screen Rant, Sandler claimed the NBC executives weren’t a fan of him and his crew, especially for his behind-the-scenes antics, and at the time, SNL’s ratings were abysmal. Hence, the show decided to fire him and bring in new talent instead.
All about Adam Sandler’s role in the latest SNL episode as he makes his comeback after decades
During the December 14 episode, a group of surgeons, played by Emil Wakim, Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, and Chris Rock, can be seen in their scrubs, reveling in a successful post-op. However, one surgeon, played by Sarah Sherman, concedes that she fumbled with the pre-op paperwork, and instead of taking out the patient’s appendix, his gallbladder was removed.
Moreover, she also reveals that one of her airpods is stuck inside him. While the group is visibly shocked, Rock instructs his team to take it easy on the lady as there are other things to focus on at the moment. And also, he claims, “When she cries, she sounds like a Victorian ghost.”
The patient, previously concealed, takes off his covers to reveal Sandler. The medical team gets an even bigger shock, but per Sandler’s analysis, they shouldn’t be.
“Of course I’m awake, because I wasn’t given enough anesthesia,” he muttered.
While Linzley claimed that she had no hand in the anesthesia, Sandler brushed it off.
“We all know it was you, Linzley!” he exclaimed. “And I heard the ways you guys were talking to her, and it’s not okay. Is Linzley annoying? Yes. If she was a guy, would I punch her in the face? Yes. If I were a woman, would I punch her in the face? Without a doubt. But every workplace needs a Linzley–one annoying coworker to rag on. If it weren’t her, it would be you, nurse Michelle. Or you, unnamed male nurse. Or you, not sure what your role in this skit is,” he tells Emil Wakim. “But so happy you’re getting air time. Good luck. Hope your parents are proud of you.”
Sandler then tells everyone that he has a “stack of money buried at this address,” but before he can finish his sentence, he dies because Linzley pulled the plug on him so she could charge her AirPods.
“Wait,” she says, “are you guys mad at me?”
