The Waterboy
Directed by	Frank Coraci
Produced by	Jack Giarraputo Robert Simonds Adam Sandler
Written by	Tim Herlihy Adam Sandler
Starring	Adam Sandler Kathy Bates Henry Winkler Fairuza Balk Jerry Reed
Music by	Alan Pasqua
Cinematography	Steven Bernstein
Editing by	Tom Lewis
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	November 6, 1998
Running time	90 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$23,000,000
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The Waterboy is a movie starring Adam Sandler, released in 1998. It co-stars Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk. Lynn Swann, Lawrence Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, and Bill Cowher have cameos, as well as Rob Schneider, who in this movie originated the "You can do it!" guy seen in other Sandler movies. Sandler produced the movie and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. It was directed by Frank Coraci. A water boy is someone who, in sports, provides players or competitors with water. ... Image File history File links Waterboy_poster. ... Frank Coraci (b. ... Jack Giarraputo is a prolific film producer have been involved in the creation of more than 30 films in a little over a decade. ... Robert Simonds is a producer of American comedy movies. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9th, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Tim Herlihy is a 40 year old American screen actor, movie producer, screenplay writer, and Broadway show book writer . ... Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. ... Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, songwriter, and actor. ... Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952 in New Jersey) is a jazz pianist and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News Theme. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Various people share the name Tom Lewis: Tom Lewis the Canadian folksinger/songwriter Tom Lewis the British obstetrican This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9th, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. ... Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, songwriter, and actor. ... Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. ... Lynn Curtis Swann (b. ... Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959, in Williamsburg, Virginia), commonly referred to as LT, is a retired Hall of Fame American football player. ... For other uses, see Jimmy Johnson. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the American actor/comedian. ... Tim Herlihy is a 40 year old American screen actor, movie producer, screenplay writer, and Broadway show book writer . ... Frank Coraci (b. ...

The movie was extremely profitable, earning over $160 million in the United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with Waterboy becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with The Wedding Singer. The Wedding Singer is a 1998 romantic comedy film written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Frank Coraci that stars Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, and Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan, the object of his affections. ...

Sandler's character, Bobby Boucher, bears a strong resemblance to his "The Excited Southerner" comedic skits from his album "What The Hell Happened To Me?" ^{[original research?]} He also shares similarities in speech and mannerism to Canteen Boy, a recurring character, also portrayed by Adam Sandler, on Saturday Night Live.[1] Like Bobby, Canteen Boy preferred "purified water, right out of the old canteen", which he always carried with him. What the Hell Happened to Me? is a 1996 comedy album by Adam Sandler. ... Canteen Boy is a recurring Saturday Night Live character played by Adam Sandler. ... This article is about the American television series. ...

Plot

Adam Sandler plays Bobby Boucher (pronounced in the French fashion as "Boo-SHAY"), a socially inept (but also intelligent) water boy with anger issues due to constant teasing and his mother's (Kathy Bates) excessive sheltering. He was the water boy for the fictitious University of Louisiana Cougars, but the players tormented him, and the team's head coach, Coach Red Beaulieu, (Jerry Reed) fired him for disrupting his team's practices. He later goes to Coach Klein (Henry Winkler), coach of the fictitious South Central Louisiana State University Mud Dogs, and volunteers to work as the team's water boy for free after seeing the filthy water that the coach provides his players. Coach Klein notices his anger problem and encourages Bobby to stand up for himself instead of letting the players walk all over him. Social skills are skills a social animal uses to interact and communicate with others to assist status in the social structure and other motivations. ... In the USA, a water boy (sometimes spelled waterboy) is a person, regardless of gender, who works on the sidelines and provides water or some other liquid energy drink, such as Gatorade, to athletes. ... Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. ... At present, no single institution exists with the specific, official name of the University of Louisiana. ... Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, songwriter, and actor. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ...

Bobby then effortlessly tackles one of the players, prompting Coach Klein to put him on the field, with positive results. Despite his overprotective mother's disapproval (who mistakenly calls the sport "foosball", or possibly "fool's ball"), he secretly continues to play football, and also secretly goes to school. Here, he uses his anger to tackle the opposing players by pretending they're the people who made fun of him throughout his life (the coach of the last football team he worked for, his mom, a player who called him "needle dick", etc.). He quickly becomes one of the most feared linebackers in college football and love interest of Vicki Vallencourt (Fairuza Balk). They play so well with Bobby on the team that they make it to the Bourbon Bowl against the Cougars. Table football (Bonzini style table). ... This article relates to sports. ... A college football game between Colorado State and Air Force. ... Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. ...

But during their victory bonfire and celebration, Coach Beaulieu and his team drop a bomb by showing Bobby's high school transcript, which turns out to be fake. But Coach Klein tells Bobby that he can continue to play on the team, if he takes and passes a GED exam. When his mom sees him studying for the exam, she is shocked when she finds out that he has been playing football and going to school behind her back, but Bobby says that he likes school and football and that he has had enough of his mother's over protectiveness. On the day of the exam, Bobby passes the exam with flying colors. Then the County Sherriff arrives and tells Bobby that his mother is in the hospital after falling sick.

When Bobby arrives at the hospital, the doctors tell him they dont know what's wrong with her. Mama is actually faking her illness to keep Bobby from leaving her. While in the hospital, she finally shows Bobby why she's been so determined to keep him inside of her house. She reads him letters his father sent her (and Bobby learns for the first time his mama's name is Helen!), which shows he once left their home and, while he was out, fell for an attractive fortune teller named Phyllis. She explains to Bobby that she didn't want him leaving her the way his father did, and allows him to go to the football game, going with him to see what football is like.

Bobby misses the first half of the game due to being in the hospital with his mother, causing the Mud Dogs to fall behind. But after mending ways with his mother, Bobby joins the game, he is able to reinforce their defense and prevent further losses, but Coach Beaulieu adopts a scorched earth tactic of running out the clock; he's already winning, he just needs to neutralize Bobby's tackling abilities. Fortunately, Bobby is able to help Coach Klein overcome his old fear of Coach Beaulieu by "pretend[ing] that Red Beaulieu is somebody [he's] not afraid of," and design brilliant new plays that Beaulieu is unable to counter. The Mud Dogs effectively score the winning touchdown at the very last instant. The movie ends with Bobby and Vicki getting married and driving off on his tractor, followed by the sudden reappearance of Bobby's father (who is quickly tackled by Mama Boucher).

The movie was filmed in DeLand, Florida. The Mud Dogs home stadium is actually Spec Martin Memorial Stadium, where the DeLand High School Bulldogs play football and soccer. Some of the classroom footage was filmed at Stetson University, also located in DeLand. The Annual Dog Parade in DeLand Old Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand Manatees in Blue Spring State Park near DeLand DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. ... Stetson University is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university that consistently earns high rankings in national college guides. ...

Cast

• Adam Sandler .... Robert 'Bobby' Boucher, Jr.
• Kathy Bates .... Helen 'Mama' Boucher
• Fairuza Balk .... Vicki Vallencourt
• Henry Winkler .... Coach Klein
• Jerry Reed .... Coach Red Beaulieu
• Larry Gilliard Jr .... Derek Wallace
• Blake Clark .... Farmer Fran
• Peter Dante .... Gee Grenouille
• Jonathan Loughran .... Lyle Robideaux
• Al Whiting .... Casey Bugge
• Clint Howard .... Paco
• Allen Covert .... Walter
• Rob Schneider .... Townie
• Todd Holland .... Greg Meaney
• Robert Kokol .... Professor "Colonel Sanders"
• John Farley .... Tony Dodd
• Kevin P. Farley .... Jim Simonds
• Frank Coraci .... Robert 'Roberto' Boucher, Sr.
• Paul Wight .... Captain Insano
• Dan Fouts .... Himself (ESPN commentator)
• Brent Musberger .... Himself (ESPN commentator)
• Lynn Swann .... Himself (ESPN commentator)

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Trivia

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• "Vicky Vallencourt"'s last name is a reference to "Tony Vallencourt" a character played by Adam Sandler on SNL. Her name also continues the tradition of the female lead in Adam Sandler movies have both her first and last name begin with the letter V.
• The line "You can do it!" is referenced in "Original Prankster" by The Offspring. The line was used again in Sandler's movies Little Nicky and The Longest Yard and both times was said by Rob Schneider. It was used again in Rob Schneider's The Animal, this time spoken by Adam Sandler, as well as in Sandler's Anger Management, but spoken by then-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.
• The wrestler Captain Insano is played by actual pro wrestler Paul Wight, also known as World Wrestling Entertainment's The Big Show or as The Giant during his time in the WCW.
• Big Show made reference to his small part in the movie on an edition of RAW, when WWE Champion John Cena and World Heavyweight Champion King Booker talked about their respective movies, The Marine and Ready to Rumble.

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