Exclusive: Adam Sandler Visits Queens
All you
King of Queens fans complaining that I never talk about your favorite show, quit your bitchin' 'cause I've got some scoop!
A little birdie with ties to the soon-to-conclude sitcom tells me that
Adam Sandler taped a guest appearance last night for an episode slated to air in April. The erstwhile Billy Madison plays a goofy high-school chum of
Kevin James'. The two reconnect at their class reunion, but there's a twist: Sandler's character, the ex-class clown, is now the school's vice principal!
How'd producers pull off such a casting coup? Reps for the show declined to comment, but it's a safe bet that Sandler did it as a favor to James, his costar in the upcoming gay-buddy comedy
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Just a hunch.
Queens, meanwhile, returns to CBS' sked Apr. 9 with the first of the series' seven final episodes.
Quick sidebar: I caught an episode of
Queens on a recent American Airlines flight, and, I must say, it was
really funny. Granted, that was after three glasses of wine, but
still. Who (aside from TV Guide's Bruce Fretts) knew?
