Gripping golfing flick

Sequel: Adam Sandler reprises role in 30 year old comedy classic

- Hein Kaiser

Now here's a movie sequel that nobody saw coming. Happy Gilmore, the crass, vulgar and exceptionally slapstick funny golfing flick has been streaming, video rental-ed and broadcast for almost three decades.

It was Adam Sandler's big break in 1996 and it's become a comedy classic that's not aged across generations since.

Last week, Happy Gilmore 2 appeared on Netflix's menu.

It was like sitting across the room, in a bar, from an extremely attractive person.

Do you or don't you buy them a drink? Do you approach them, or is the risk of rebuff just too great?

That's how sequels can seem, because when you finally do buy that person a drink, the nice from far but far from nice legend can shatter your fantasy. Thankfully, watching Happy Gilmore 2 is worth making a date with.

Three decades on Happy has four kids, his wife died after a golf ball accidentally struck her between the eyes, by his club.