The Waterboy

In 1998 Adam Sandler wrote and starred in The Waterboy, the follow-up to his 1996 hit Happy Gilmore. In it, Adam stars as Bobby Boucher, a man with less than adequate intelligence, an overbearing and overprotective momma, and a hidden knack for crushing football hits. When Bobby loses his volunteer water boy job with the championship Cougars, he begs the rival Mud Dogs’ Coach Klein, played by Henry Winkler, to let him come on board the struggling organization as their hydration engineer. After Coach Klein encourages Bobby to stand up to a bully, he witnesses the raw violence Bobby is capable of and insists he joins the team as a linebacker. Bobby does, despite the frequent protests of his overprotective and aggressive momma, and becomes a sensation. Made for $23M, this blockbuster brought home $190M at the box office, pleasing fans and critics alike. But does it hold up?  Listen as Jon, Colin, and Brent debate what momma said, and see if this is some high-quality H2O, or if Bobby’s momma is wrong again and Gatorade is the superior form of hydration.