Happy Madison Productions

Background : Happy Madison Productions is Adam Sandler's production company, founded in 1999. The name is a portmanteau of his two successful movies from the 1990s: Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison. Happy Madison didn't use a logo until 2005.

(May 27, 2005- ) Nicknames : "The Old Man", "The Golf Logo"

Logo : Over a space background, a white golf ball is coming out of a solar eclipse (a la Universal) zooming back slowly and rotating to our left with the words "Happy Madison" in the center at the top (in a cursive script designed to imitate the logo for legendary golf ball company, Titleist) and the word "PRODUCTIONS" (spread out in a more blocky Futura-type font) underneath. Suddenly, the background fades to a golf course scene and then the golf ball is smacked against the screen by a golf club, leaving the Happy Madison logo imprinted on the screen with a white outline and the appearance of the screen glass being cracked by the swing of the ball. Then, with the logo and glass-crack remaining static, we zoom back to reveal an elderly man in a golf outfit, holding the golf club that hit the ball, looking on at the logo and saying "Terrific!". The background then fades to black with only the logo remaining for another 1-2 seconds before it fades out.

Trivia : The man depicted in the logo is Adam Sandler's late father, Stanley Sandler.

Variants : FX/SFX : The ball rotating and being hit, the screen cracking.
 * On Zookeeper, a still version of the Happy Madison golf ball on a black background appears at the end.
 * On Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, another man appears on the left behind the golf club.
 * On Grandma's Boy, the old man says "Oh, boy" instead of "Terrific!"
 * On TV series like Rules of Engagement and The Goldbergs, the logo begins as the golf ball is struck at the screen and ends right there as well.

Music/Sounds : Begins with a dramatic swelling choral theme, followed by a swift golf swing sound, then a glass-cracking sound, transitioning into a soft, upbeat breakbeat, accompanied by the old man uttering his phrase. Sometimes, it's the beginning of the movie's theme with the "Terrific!" phrase intact. Up until 2008, a different theme is used, the first one is a theme sounds like the 1990 Universal Pictures jingle, then a different theme is used. The glass-cracking sound and the "Terrific!" phrase intact.

Availability : Common. First seen on The Longest Yard (2005)''. Can also be found on other post-2005 Happy Madison films such as Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Grandma's Boy, Click, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Strange Wilderness, Pixels, and Jack and Jill''.

Scare Factor : Low. The golf ball being hit and coming toward the screen and the man talking may catch some off guard.