About the Author:
Bill Crawford is the author of several books, including Stevie Ray Vaugn and Rock Stars Do The Dumbest Things.
From Booklist:
Lengthening Dennis Miller's rap sheet, Crawford credits the world's oldest 13-year-old with discovering that Jerry Lewis of his generation, Adam Sandler. Other than that tidbit, Crawford's quickie bio assumes potential readers' heads are empty vessels as far as entertainment history before last Tuesday is concerned. So he explains who John Belushi, Chris Farley, and similar luminaries were in page-count-inflating detail, though the sentences are very simple, very short; this is invigorating in its way, rather like a lesson learned from watching Saved by the Bell . Speaking of Sandler's schoolboy humor and appeal, Crawford says that Sandler's character in The Waterboy "evolved at least in part from [his] Saturday Night Live characters Canteen Boy and Cajunman." He goes on to explain that, like Canteen Boy, Waterboy is concerned with water, and like Cajunman, Waterboy is from "the Cajun country of Louisiana." Well, that certainly explains the accent! Chock-full of similar revealing analysis, deep truths, and riveting commentary, this is a simple, naive, harmless, fan-magish trifle. So give it to the fans. Mike Tribby
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