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Victor Steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Sep 30 03:39:36 UTC 2013


Sandler used "wicked" a lot in his Massachusetts persona on SNL. His
schtick is fairly formulaic, so he goes to the well repeatedly. On the
other hand, both ads (I'd attached links to videos) represent a temporal
rather than a regional meme.

     VS-)

On 9/29/2013 9:40 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> I hadn't seen those commercials, but it seems like wordplay. FWIW, I just caught the first 30 minutes of "Deeds" (Adam Sandler) and while I wasn't paying attention, I think Sandler's character uses "wicked" like that.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA

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