Bryan Cranston was in early talks for the role of Ballard.
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Fan of Billy Madison or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Billy Madison
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The kids loved to play with Adam Sandler, often jumping on him and tackling him.
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Larry Hankin and Mark Beltzman appeared in Home Alone (1990) and on Seinfeld (1989).
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Adam Sandler and Josh Mostel appeared in Big Daddy (1999).
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When Billy Madison apologizes to Danny McGrath for being mean to him in high school, Danny crossed Billy's name off the People To Kill list. The eight other people left on the list are all crew members of the movie.
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In the chlorophyll scene, Adam Sandler laughs at the end of the scene, and it is left in the shot.
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Billy refers to the janitor as "Sideburns", based on his exaggerated sideburns. In The Wedding Singer (1998) Adam Sandler's character calls out a wedding attendee as "Sideburns" Lady based on her exaggerated sideburns.
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One of the students mentions the video game Mortal Kombat (1992). Bridgette Wilson-Sampras appeared as Sonya Blade in the film adaptation of the game, Mortal Kombat (1995).
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In several scenes in the movie where most people would normally be barefoot, such as floating in the pool or sitting on the sprinkler, Billy is shown wearing shoes or socks.
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At the Academic Decathlon, Billy Madison ends his uneducated Industrial Revulotion speech by yelling "Knibb High School Football rules!" which ends an awkward silence and the crowd erupts in cheers. The same thing happens in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) where a high school student (Ox Robbins) ends his uneducated speech with "San Dimas High School Football rules!" also ending an awkward silence and the crowd erupts in cheers.
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The high school principal told Billy (Adam Sandler) and Eric (Bradley Whitford) at the start if the Academic Decathlon that if either one of them cheated they would be disqualified. Technically, during the chemistry event, Billy cheated.
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During the dodgeball scene, Adam Sandler hit the kids with the dodgeball as hard as he possibly could. The editor had to cut away quickly after each hit so that he didn't show the children crying.
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Chris Farley's quote "good, great, grand, wonderful" is the same quote that his character gave in Airheads (1994).
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Director Tamra Davis couldn't believe that they persuaded an old man to appear in his underwear.
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The high school principal told Billy (Adam Sandler) and Eric (Bradley Whitford) at the start if the Academic Decathlon that if either one of them cheated he was just going to snap but did not say anything about disqualification.
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David Spade was considered for the role of Frank.
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Though he co-wrote the script, Adam Sandler also ad-libbed a lot of his performance. Director Tamara Davis said, "It was important to let Adam be Adam."
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Norm MacDonald was drunk in the scene where his character is wasted.
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In the Cast Bios section of the Special Features on the "Billy Madison" DVD, Josh Mostel's character is referred to as Max Alexander, although his character's name in the film is Max Anderson.
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The director's assistant posed as one of the Drunk Chicks cover girls.
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Billy Madison - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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