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The company's production office were formerly located in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, but the company left after the completion of Sandler's final contracted film for the studio ''Pixels''; however they still continue to work with Sony on their [[Sony Pictures Television|television division]] to this day, producing series such as ''The Goldbergs''.

The company later signed a four-film deal with Netflix in October 2014; and later again in January 2020 worth up to $275 million. Its parent company, Happy Madison, Inc. is run by Adam Sandler's brother Scott and is located in Manchester, New Hampshire.  

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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 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 consists of just the golf ball striking the screen.

* 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.

'''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.

* In some cases, a different dramatic string theme and breakbeat is used.

* On ''The Ridiculous 6'', a western sting is heard while the crack of a whip replaces the golf-swing and glass-cracking sounds.

* On ''The Goldbergs'', ''Imaginary Mary'' and ''Schooled'', the logo is silent.

'''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''. It doesn't appear on ''Bedtime Stories'' and ''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''.