‘The Do-Over’ Comedy Tour Brings Memories and Laughs

A Night with Andrew Breitbart’s Favorite Comedians

I often see people on Twitter arguing about what Andrew Breitbart would have thought about this or that. I generally don’t participate in those conversations because I rarely talked to him about politics. One of the longest conversations I ever had with him (more than the average hour) was about his favorite movie, Grandma’s Boy.

It’s now become one of my favorites because it makes me think of Breitbart (and it’s extremely funny). Coincidentally, the last time I ever saw Breitbart, he introduced me to Allen Covert, the star, writer, and producer of Grandma’s Boy. Many also recognize Covert from his many movies with Adam Sandler, where he is often the co-writer and executive producer.

I recently went to the DC stop of The Do-Over Comedy Tour with Adam Sandler, David Spade, Norm MacDonald, Rob Schneider, and Nick Swardson, who uttered Breitbart’s favorite line from Grandma’s Boy. Just before the show started, I saw Covert peek out from behind the stage, and I gave him an enthusiastic wave. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the show since most of them were Saturday Night Live alums. They all did their own stand-up sets, which can best be described as centered around family, but not family-friendly. (And I mean that in the best possible way.)

Since I enjoyed David Spade’s book, Almost Interesting, I was really looking forward to his set. He didn’t disappoint and even indulged me backstage as I told the tale of listening to his book while I drove to Arizona, which is where he is from. This seemed really interesting to me at the time, but I’m sure it was really boring to him. I followed up this amazing story with another I heard from my best friend, who went to the same high school as Spade. My interaction with Spade was basically the SNL bit that Chris Farley did when he awkwardly interviewed famous people.

“Remember when you did the morning announcements at Saguaro High School to promote Tommy Boy?”

“Yeah.”

“That was cool.”

Adam Sandler’s set was a mix of stand-up and song. There were several acoustic guitars on stage with him, but he settled on an electric guitar for the entire set. I reached peak fangirl status when he tested the feel and sound of the guitar by playing a few bars of my favorite Led Zeppelin song, “Whole Lotta Love.”

The comedy tour is to promote the new Netflix movie, The Do-Over. The movie is about Sandler and Spade’s characters faking their own deaths and getting new identities. This is not a perfect plan, so hijinks and laughs ensue.

Toward the end of the show, Sandler performed a song he wrote about Chris Farley. So many of the great writers/actors/comedians we saw that night worked with Farley. For my generation, that was SNL’s heyday. The Gap Girls. Matt Foley. The Hollywood Minute. Da Bears. Lunchlady Land. Buh-bye. We don’t remember the guest hosts. We remember Farley, Sandler, Spade, Schneider, MacDonald, among others.

The Do-Over tour reminded me of that early 90s SNL magic. Their memories of Farley must be bittersweet, as are my memories of Breitbart. He was the sun so many orbited around. Then he was gone. However, as long as Allen Covert and Grandma’s Boy make me laugh, Andrew Breitbart is still here.