Adam Sandler - Shhh...Don't Tell (CD)

All Music Guide

Almost five years after the mediocre Stan and Judy's Kid, Adam Sandler returns with a winning set of sophomoric potty humor. Recycling the structure of every Sandler album before it minus the songsonly What's Your Name Shhh...Don't Tell bounces between songs and sketches but the vulgar has been kicked up a notch. It's a great move considering the Sandler on screen has been venturing into Jimmy Stewart territory. There'll be none of that here as Sandler introduces us to the proud "Mayor of Puytown", a man who can't impress his friends with his puny flatulence named "Timmy Tinyhole", and a "Gay Robot" that just happens to be a master of football statistics ("The Eagles will win in three. Now can I grab your butt?"). "Secret" is the highlight with it's eurodisco ode to men who worry about their bikini lines too much. The bumbling character Pibb is a one trick pony the album could have a little less of but fans have been waiting for Sandler to come back to this absurd and lowbrow, absurd... style of humor for too long. The characters on Shhh...Don't Tell are hardly the sweetheart Mr. Deeds was and the album is all the funnier because of it. - David Jeffries , All Music Guide Read more Less