Adam Sandler on the Man Who Gave Him & Chris Rock Their Starts

Entertainment Weekly

Early in Adam Sandler and many other comics' careers, there was one man who decided who got onstage and who didn't. In this video, ‘Jay Kelly’ star Adam Sandler gives a heartfelt shoutout to the late Lucien Hold, who ran the Comic Strip comedy club and gave many people their start in comedy.

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00:00George, I can't believe you brought that up because I was thinking about that this morning.

00:04Yes.

00:04There was a man, honestly, a man named Lucian Hold.

00:08Lucian Hold was the manager of the Comics Trip Club in New York City.

00:13He passed you.

00:14He decided if you can get on stage.

00:16And that guy spent so much time for no reason with me and Chris Rock used to tell us how to do.

00:21Really?

00:22Yeah, he really was like the greatest guy.

00:24Got nothing from it.

00:25No money from it.

00:26Just ran the club.

00:27Well, then I just shout out to Lucian.

00:28Lucian Hold unfortunately passed away, but was the greatest and we all loved him.

00:33Every comic has a good Lucian story.

00:35That's a good story.

00:36I like that story.

00:36That's a great answer.

00:37Yeah, that's an actual and honest great answer.

00:40I did think of him this morning.

00:41I don't even mean to know why.

00:42I wish he was here to see all the stuff we went on to do because he was there for Eddie Murphy.

00:47He was there for everybody.

00:48You're kidding.

00:49He decided who got on and who didn't get on.

00:53So there's some guys that didn't get on that would say that's the story.

00:55That hate his guts.

00:56Yes.

00:56We're waiting outside this comic book to beat himself.

01:00Yeah.

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