Happy Madison Productions

Background
Happy Madison Productions is Adam Sandler's production company, founded in 1996. The name is a portmanteau of his two successful movies from the 1990s: Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison.

1st Logo (October 12, 1996)
Nickname: "The Goat"

Logo: A still image of a black and white goat in front of trees fades in. The goat appears to be sitting in the back of a Chevrolet truck. The company name "Happy Madison, Inc." in a gradient Impact font is seen underneath the goat.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This is only seen on Adam Sandler's 1996 HBO special What the Hell Happened to Me?, which is a still image taken from that special.

Editor's Note: Some may feel that the goat is staring into your soul, but it's mostly harmless.

2nd Logo (May 27, 2005-)
Nicknames: "The Old Man", "The Golf Logo", "Terrific!"

Logo: Over a space background, a white golf ball is coming 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 fades to a golf course scene, as the golf ball is smacked against the screen by a golf club, leaving the logo imprinted on the screen with a white outline and a screen glass crack. A few seconds later, 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 before it fades out.

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

Variants:
 * On TV series except for Rules of Engagement, the company name appears smaller and the end part is shortened.
 * For the aforementioned series, the logo consists of just the golf ball striking the screen.
 * On Zookeeper, a still version of the golf ball on a black background appears at the end.
 * On Here Comes the Boom, the text scrolls up with the end credits.
 * On Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, another man appears on the left behind the golf club.
 * On Grandma's Boy, the man says "Oh, boy" instead of "Terrific!"
 * On The Goldbergs starting with season 5, the logo shares the screen with the Doug Robinson Productions logo.
 * On some episodes of Schooled, the logo shares the screen with the Adam F. Goldberg Productions logo.
 * On The Ridiculous 6, the logo turns sepia and the background fades to a mountain scene. Also, the man wears a cowboy hat.
 * On Hubie Halloween, the golf ball is replaced with a pumpkin, the name is in, the man is dressed as a vampire and the background is set in a graveyard-like area.

FX/SFX: The ball rotating and being hit, the screen cracking, and the man appearing.

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, accompanied by the man uttering his phrase. The string theme was composed by Weddy Wachtel, while the breakbeat is a sample of "Hit It" by the Network Music Ensemble.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Sometimes, the opening theme of the movie is used instead, with the sound effects and voiceover intact.
 * On films such as Grandma's Boy, Strange Wilderness, and The House Bunny, a different dramatic string theme and breakbeat was used.
 * On The Ridiculous 6, a western sting is heard while the crack of a whip replaces the golf-swing and glass-cracking sounds.
 * Original CBS and ABC airings of the aforementioned series used their generic themes and voiceovers.

Availability: Common. First seen on The Longest Yard (2005). Can also be found on other post-2005 Happy Madison 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.

Editor's Note: None.