October 23, 2023- Honda Center: Anaheim, CA. Indoor venue where the Anaheim ducks play, pretty similar to typical NBA/NHL arenas. Conveniently located across the street from train station, although the trains running late are limited.
Got there around 6:45PM and zero wait/very easy to get in, not the experience I had in previous shows. Disappointing the show was supposed to start at 7:30PM and didn't start until around 8:05PM. The lights went dark and Adam was talking, but some random guy comes on the opener. I'm a little disappointed "Surprise guest" is not a very popular comedian. His name was John Vessi or something like that, but I didn't see any results when googling him. Sandler mentioned he worked with him on his new netflix film "You're So Not Invited to My Bat Mitvah". For the most part, this guy was not very funny. He did have a few funny lines, but overall not great. Very dirty/sexual jokes. Funniest joke was something to the effect of he wears condoms during sex depending on the city he's in. When in detroit, he'll make sure to wear a condom because he doesn't want to go back. In Hawaii, he won't care as much because he doesn't mind returning.
Next up is Rob Schneider. He's actually the 2nd of 4 special guests, which was a pleasant surprise. He was actually quite funny which wasn't expected because he was terrible in his movies. He starts off with something like he enjoys doing standup with Adam Sandler because in the movies, he's just making stupid noises. He makes a joke about how he's gotten fat, but likes being fat in America because there are so many people who look much worse. He makes a joke about how you never see homeless Asian people.
Then Judd Apatow is next. He isn't super funny and his jokes are a bit dirty- lots about sex and porn. There were a few laughs but I can't remember any good joke. He also makes a joke about being fat but it's he can only see his penis if he bends over.
Rob Schneider comes back on and makes a really awkward joke about Judd Apatow being liberal and liberals can get away with anything, but if conservatives do the same thing, they'll go to jail.
Then is John Mulaney. Surprising to have 4 special guests, but I'm guessing that's the proximity to L.A. where so many entertainers are. His jokes aren't dirty for the most part, but aren't really that funny. He goes on a long joke about how his parents are too old and need to die, as being over 60/70 is weird and terrifying. Not funny. His last joke is much funnier about how he doesn't think dinosaurs actually exists and it makes no sense we put together piles of bones like that correctly. Before leaving, he says a museum worker was given 30 minutes to put together a piles of bones and then when he was done he realized he had two small bones left. He said those will be the arms and that's how the T-rex got small arms. Then he introduces Adam Sandler- about 30 minutes in.
Adam would switch long standup bits and short, goofy songs the whole night. It was pretty funny overall, but some of the jokes didn't really land. One joke about him releasing a balloon, then the balloon comes back to thank him and asks to get eaten out. His jokes aren't super dirty, but are like PG-13. He does some of the signature adam sandler weird voices but never in way that makes the material worse unlike some of his movies. He has a part where he picks people out of the audience and makes fun of them. Rob Schneider comes back for a solo song which is actually pretty good. The guy who makes crazy eyes pops up just to make that face. He finishes up with a chris farley tribute song and a song dedicated to his love for his wife. The funniest joke to me was saying ice cream cones should have an age limit of 8, because grown men licking cones is really creepy. He then proceeds to pretend to lick the microphone while imitating a older parent talking to young girl.
Overall probably give it a 7/10. Good show- funny, not hilarious. Ended around 10:20 so Adam was just under 2 hours. Length felt appropriate. With the big venue, sometimes the laughs obscured the volume. Would go to a separate tour.
