Shawn Kohne is the Big Daddy of Adam Sandler movies.
While watching 50 First Dates, Kohne noticed that a line connected the film to another Sandler movie, Tommy Boy.
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"After that it was just the process of literally watching EVERY Sandler and Happy Madison Production looking for connections," Kohne told Mashable in an email.
Thus, the Sandlerverse was born.
After posting his video to YouTube and Twitter, Kohne happened to grab the attention of Adam Sandler's writer, Tim Herlihy.
Amazing work, but you missed about 50 #PollyFector #JoeKnibb https://t.co/BO1SaapgTb— Tim Herlihy (@MrTimHerlihy) January 26, 2016
"Obviously I couldn't find connections in the movies not mentioned in the video," Kohne said.
However, he was incredibly excited to hear from Herlihy. Kohn had even noted connections between movies that Herlihy hadn't ever noticed.
"Not only hear from the man, but to point out something he didn't even know about...THAT sure does make you feel good," Kohne said. "That's also why I left the Sandlerverse open for anyone else to add on to it at the end."
As for whether Kohne will continue to make these connections himself, he told us, "There is only so much time I can give to one idea before I actually start to lose my mind, ya know."
Be careful about losing that mind, Shawn. Wouldn't want you to become the newest "10 Second Tom."