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'''Happy Madison Productions''' is an American film and television production company founded on December 10, 1999 by Adam Sandler. The company takes its name from the films '''''Happy''' Gilmore'' and ''Billy '''Madison''''', two box office successes starring Sandler himself. The films ''The Waterboy'' and ''The Wedding Singer'' helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. The majority of the company's films have received negative reviews from critics, with three considered to be among the worst ever made; yet most have performed well at the box office.

 

 

 

It had two subsidiaries; the drama genre [[Madison 23]], which only produced two films ''Reign Over Me'' and ''Funny People'', both starring Sandler himself and the horror subsidiary [[Scary Madison]], which only produced ''The Shortcut''.

'''Logo:''' A still image of a black and white goat appearing to be sitting in the back of a Chevrolet truck in front of trees fades in. The text "{{color|gray|Happy Madison, Inc.}}" in a gradient Impact font is seen underneath.

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'''Logo:''' Over a space background, a golf ball comes out of a solar eclipse, zooming back slowly and rotating to our left with the script words "Happy Madison" in the center at the top and the word "PRODUCTIONS" spaced out in Futura underneath. The background then fades to a golf course scene as the ball is smacked against the screen by a golf club, leaving the logo imprinted on the screen with a white outline and a glass crack. A few seconds later, we zoom back to reveal an elderly man in a golf outfit holding the golf club, looking on at the logo as he says "Terrific!". The background then fades to black with only the logo remaining before fading out.

'''Trivia:''' The man depicted in the logo is Adam Sandler's late father, Stanley Sandler. Adam Sandler created this as a tribute to him, in the hopes that he is somewhere out there, laughing at the films.

* On ''Rules of Engagement'', the logo starts at the point where the golf ball strikes the screen and ends there.

* On other TV series from the company, the logo is abridged and the text is smaller.

* At the end of ''Zookeeper'', the golf ball with the text appears on a black background.

* On ''Grandma's Boy'', the man says "Oh, boy" instead.

* On ''The Goldbergs'' starting with S5 E2, the logo shares the screen with the [[Doug Robinson Productions]] logo.

* On ''The Ridiculous 6'', the logo turns sepia and the background is a mountain scene. Also, the man wears a cowboy hat.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Begins with a dramatic swelling theme, followed by a swift golf swing sound, then a glass-cracking sound, transitioning into a soft upbeat breakbeat and ending with the man uttering his phrase.

* On ''Hubie Halloween'', a spooky theremin theme and a carnival theme are heard with the glass-cracking sound.

 

'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The string theme was composed by Weddy Wachtel, who also composed a few of the company's films, while the breakbeat is a sample of "Hit It" by the Network Music Ensemble.

'''Availability:''' Common. First seen on ''The Longest Yard'' (2005). Can also be found on other films such as ''Click'', ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'', ''Grown Ups'', ''Just Go with It'', and ''Pixels''. Does not appear on ''Bedtime Stories'' or ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2''. It's also seen on TV series such as ''Rules of Engagement'', ''Breaking In'', ''The Goldbergs'', ''Imaginary Mary'', and ''Schooled''.