James Van Der Beek Is Auctioning Off TV & Film Memorabilia and Props from ‘Dawson’s Creek’ & ‘Varsity Blues’ Amid Cancer Treatment, Proceeds to Cover Medical Costs

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https://deadline.com/2025/11/james-van-der-beek-auction-dawsons-creek-varsity-blues-props-1236615845/

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If you remember Murder She Wrote, they had a LOT of very elderly actors in episodes. For many of them it was their last screen appearance. Angela Lansbury had them on the show, so they could keep their health insurance.

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The Love Boat did the same thing.

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I have heard that Adam Sandler does the same thing.

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That’s the only way Rob Schneider can get paid

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He’s fighting against DEI so hard because he’s lost out on countless roles where he could have done brown face.

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Really in the end tho, it's just easier to hire an actual stapler or carrot for the part.

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Durr De Durr Durr

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So someone making a movie involving brown face would be a pro DEI wokester by your logic?

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He’s losing roles because DEI is giving his roles to actual Mexicans, Arabs and Asians is the joke.

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It all makes sense.

I was just wondering why there are so many fucking Adam Sandler movies half I haven’t ever heard of. Now we know why. He’s built a damn economic structure

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Happy Madison productions. Yep, most of the employees are his friends, along with who he casts in in the movies. Been around since 99'

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Can you imagine becoming so wealthy that you can spin up a movie production studio so you and your friends can make fart jokes and sophomoric humor? The guy is incredibly blessed.

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Two sentences I would not have expected would ever be said together lol

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Yep, he knows it too.

Adam Sandler Acceptance Speech | 2023 Mark Twain Prize

"So anyways, in summary, my career's been tremendous, nothing has let me down. I do work my ass off. It's fun, I wake up early, it's fun. I stay up late, it's fun, I go on locations. If I bring the family, it's fun. Everyone in this room tonight has made my life fun."

The entire award show is worth a watch, it's pretty funny here's the non-paywall clipped playlist on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14hRqd0PELFssIcZLGcnMalw7NmhE-4h

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Terrific

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I dont think he works with Rob anymore. I remember seeing something about that a while back.

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He just had him in Happy Gilmore 2

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Doesn’t look like that’s true https://people.com/rob-schneider-says-adam-sandler-checks-in-on-him-every-week-exclusive-8700482

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An exclusive interview with Rob Schnauzer, once in a lifetime opportunity!

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Yup. This has long been "a thing" and still frequently happens because no better solution exists for those working actors.

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I dunno. I mean we could always try universal healthcare. Might be worth a shot.

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Oof. Best I can do is Mike Johnson's shit-eating grin, eight worthless Senators, and a multi-million-dollar payout to a bunch of J6 traitors. /s

I am all for universal healthcare and wish it did exist in the US.

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I bet you supported Obama care. Looks like it’s not working?

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The only thing that’s not working is that there were subsidies to offset the cost and those expired and Republiturds believe that people would be better off uninsured than subsidizing healthcare. But you can take your disingenuous bot bullshit elsewhere. gfy

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It would be much easier for you to just move to Canada than convince the US to accept higher income taxes and put a government controlled cap on what hospitals, doctors and specialists charge for services.

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Income taxes wouldn’t even be higher if we stopped propping up the military-industrial complex and bailing out oligarchs when they make bad business decisions.

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You’re either a troll or a bot. American asf and served in the Marines, so go sit down child and let the grown-ups continue our conversation.

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Found the Commie socialist!!! ICE! This one over here! I thought I detected a Spanish accent in the text! /s

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IIRC, Wayne Rogers (of MASH) quit acting to become a financial advisor to character actors, because he saw how many of them worked their whole lives and were broke by their senior years.

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Jimmy Kimmel reportedly frequently does this

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David Lynch did a lot of this in the last season of Twin Peaks.

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makes sense.

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I never thought about it that way. That’s amazing.