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Adam Sandler talks about 'The Chanukah Song' and a new film with the Safdie brothers

(JNS) - Adam Sandler recounted a funny remark from a celebrity mentioned in his famous "The Chanukah Song" when he spoke to a crowd at the 92nd Street Y (now called 92NY) in Manhattan on Tuesday night.

Following a screening of his new film "Hustle," Sandler said he showed his daughters the spot on 56th and Broadway where he stood in front of a diner and had the idea for the tune.

"I am so proud of that song, I love it," Sandler said, explaining that he excitedly wrote the song at the NBC studios of "Saturday Night Live." He didn't have Google back in 1994, and he went by what he thought was co...

 

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