Fart jokes, vulgar sex talk and stupidity make up the contents of Adam Sandler's fifth and latest comedy album, "Shhh … Don't Tell".
The album starts out on the right foot with the hilarious skit, "Sid & Alex," in which Sandler plays Sid, who receives a birthday phone call from his friend Alex. The hilarity of the track comes from Sandler's perverted mind - think getting sexually excited over a toaster.
"Gay Robot" is one of those tracks that could be greatly offensive. The skit is pretty much self-explanatory; it's about a bunch of guys hanging out with a horny gay robot that is all knowledgeable about football statistics.
The album's major disappointments are the skit; "Pibb Tries The Skateboarding" and the song; "Best Friend." Those two tracks are neither funny nor intriguing in any way - they're just horribly boring.
Sandler's spoof of Eminem is hilarious, featuring Sandler's take on rap. It's a goofy rap about a guy who is proud to be wimpy.
The skit "Newlyweds, Sleepyheads," is both stupid and funny. It features newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, played by Adam Sandler and Molly Shannon, trying to fall asleep, as Sandler talks about how fat his wife is and how hot her mom is in his sleep.
The best skits are "The Boss and the Secretary," where we get to hear a man with a "Tic Tac"-sized undercarriage and loads of fat rolls ordering his secretary to pleasure him.
Another funny skit that many college kids can relate to is "Calling Home." With references to Ronnie James Dio, genital warts, being sexually attracted to Oprah Winfrey, and everything else vulgar, even though this nine-minute track is about a college freshman calling home and getting to talk to all of his relatives, listening to this track makes me feel like I was back in eighth grade.
What makes the album work is that it's ridiculously pointless at some parts, yet pretty damn funny at others. Sandler's newest characters reappear throughout the tracks.
And Sandler can still write a rock ballad spoof, as "Mr. I Do and the Doo Doos," illustrates. In this song full of meaningful lyrics (just like the rest of the album), a newly married Sandler sings openly to his unmarried buddies about how he's putting down the bong because he gets to have unprotected action every night now. The last line, where Sandler describes cheating on his wife with his sister-in-law, pretty much sums up the intelligence of the entire album.
All in all, "Shhh … Don't Tell" is worth a listen by any Sandler fan. While it's representative of the old-school Sandler most people like the best, his latest release isn't as good as "They're All Gonna Laugh At You!"
But, if you like vulgar sex humor and toilet jokes, Sandler's "Shhh … Don't Tell" won't be a disappointment in any way.
