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See Clips from the Films of Funny People's "George Simmons"
Adam Sandler goes viral in campaign for Apatow's latest.
by RT Staff | June 18, 2009
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George Simmons, the world-famous (yet quite lonely) comedian and movie star played but Adam Sandler in Judd Apatow's Funny People, won't be formally introduced to moviegoers until the film bows on July 31. In the meantime, however, you can get an early peek at some of the films that made Simmons a star, thanks to just-released clips from a few of his best-known hits, including Sayonara Davey, Dog's Best Friend, and Re-Do. It's all part of the promotional rollout for Funny People, centered around the launch of Simmons' official website. Ready to experience the latest and greatest in viral campaigns?

First up, we've got a clip from Sayonara Davey, a heartwarming comedy about a layabout college grad who's accidentally sent to Japan as a foreign exchange student -- and learns a little something about life in the process. (Warning: NSFW for language.) Take a look:


Next, get a glimpse of Dog's Best Friend, an action comedy about a cop who's forced to partner with a canine officer after his partner is murdered.

Finally, here's a scene from Re-Do, the story of a workaholic lawyer who, on his 40th birthday, wishes he could reclaim his lost youth -- and ends up in diapers:

George Simmons in "Re-Do" from Justin Long


Find out more about the character at the heart of Funny People by visiting George Simmons' official site!


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digitalrelic
digitalrelic writes:
on Jun 18 2009 12:15 PM

Haha, these are all fantastic! Reminiscent of what Tropic Thunder did but all of these are a lot funnier than any of the Tropic Thunder trailers in my opinion.

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willvaughn70
willvaughn70 writes:
on Jun 18 2009 01:16 PM

In reply to this comment (#2514172)
sorry, but there's no way in hell any of these are funnier than satan's alley. That tropic thunder trailer had me in stitches.

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Chris B.
Chris B. writes:
on Jun 18 2009 02:30 PM

haha the Funny People clip was good. i don't even know what to say about the Dog's Best Friend one. Re-Do looks funny

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Logan A.
Logan A. writes:
on Jun 18 2009 03:28 PM

Yeah these are good, but Satan's Alley was f****ing hilarious.

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JRW1980
JRW1980 writes:
on Jun 18 2009 07:50 PM

These clips also remind me of what they did in Tropic Thunder. This had to be Adam Sandler's influence on the movie. Hopefully he had a big hand in the script and everything else and we don't get much of Apatow's unfunny recycled crap in this film.

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knowingtoast85
knowingtoast85 writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:40 AM

It's nice to know that Sandler can make fun of the 90's/early 00's-style high-concept comedy that gave him his start, yielded so few classics (Billy Madison, Austin Powers 1) and gave us so much terrible, terrible bull**** (Deuce Bigalow, Joe dirt). These were pretty on-target, and I love the simple, artless poetry of "Man's Best Friend" (even if that's going after the 80's "Turner and Hooch").

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knowingtoast85
knowingtoast85 writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:09 AM

Oh, and everyone needs to check out their sister viral site too - for a crappy TV show called Yo Teach! Which I'm guessing stars Jason Schwartzman's character in "Funny People."

http://www.nbc.com/yo-teach/videos.shtml?Vid=1


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