Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, and others also offered touching tributes to the comedian during his Mark Twain Prize ceremony.
. “Signore Twain, sharp observer of human race-eh, Sandman fart on David Hasselhoff’s face-eh,” Menzel sang in a perfectly imperfect Italian accent. “Good God in heaven, Kennedy Center! What have you done?” joked Conan O’Brien later in the show, broadcast on CNN on March 26.
Also featuring speeches from Chris Rock, Dana Carvey, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, and Drew Barrymore, the show was chock-full of people sharing fond memories of Sandler’s wit and generosity, impressions of Sandler’s silly voices, and digs at Schneider.
“Growing up, my parents literally did everything they could to give me crazy confidence at literally everything I did,” he said. “School, sports, singing, joking — they acted like I was the best at all those things, even though other kids were way better than me.” He continued, “Everyone in this room tonight has made my life fun. People always would ask me, ‘Those bad reviews you get, how does that make you feel? Make you feel like fucking shit?’ It really doesn’t.
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