It's got to be rough being a Jets fan in New York. The majority of the city favors the New York Giants while the New York Jets are treated like the red-headed stepchild of the football scene in the metropolitan city. However, the Jets franchise does have the support of a megastar in funnyman Adam Sandler. Adam Sandler is responsible for curating his very own cinema powerhouse in his production company called Happy Madison Productions. We're all aware of his work in The Water Boy, Happy Gilmore, and Anger Management and now he's locked into a Netflix deal worth tens of millions of dollars.
In regards to Sandler's fandom for the Jets, he's always been open about his love for the team. In the movie Big Daddy, Sandler wears a multitude of different Jets t-shirts and jerseys throughout the film. Not to mention, the famed scriptwriter has also become a regular staple on the sidelines of Jets home games to cheer on his team. Unfortunately, the Jets haven't tasted a Super Bowl victory since 1968. Adam Sandler was two-years-old when the Jets won it all. Who knows if he'll ever get to witness his favorite football franchise do that again.
When we think of inventors, the image that comes to mind is usually that of a frazzled scientist toiling away in a lab, not celebrities pulled from the pages of Us Weekly. However, a number of well-known public figures hold patents for various innovations. Some are related to the work that made them famous, while others are offshoots of hobbies or just a single great idea.
Part of guitar wizard Eddie Van Halen's signature sound was his two-handed tapping technique, but letting all ten fingers fly while simultaneously holding up the guitar's neck could get a bit tricky. Van Halen came up with a novel way to get around this problem, though; he invented a support (top) that could flip out of the back of his axe's body to raise and stabilize the fretboard so he could tap out searing songs like "Eruption." While Van Halen was obviously interested in improving his guitar work, the patent application he filed in 1985 notes that the device would work with any stringed instrument. Want to tap out a scorching mandolin solo? Find someone selling Eddie's device.
It’s probably not surprising that James Cameron—who designed a submersible to take him to the deepest known part of the ocean—will often invent technology to make his films if what he needs doesn’t exist. He holds a number of patents, including US Patent No. 4996938, “apparatus for propelling a user in an underwater environment,” that he and his brother, Michael, created to film The Abyss and patented in 1989. The device is basically an underwater dolly equipped with propellers that makes it easy for a camera operator to maneuver in the water—and allowed Cameron to capture the shots he wanted for the 1989 film, part of which was filmed in an abandoned nuclear reactor.
In 1987 Jamie Lee Curtis designed and patented a disposable diaper that included a waterproof pocket that held baby wipes. She hasn't profited from her idea yet, though, since she refuses to license the patent until diaper companies make biodegradable products.
You know him as a rock legend, but Neil Young also loves trains—so much that he owns a stake in a model train manufacturing company and has an extensive collection. He also holds seven patents related to model trains, including Patent No. US5441223, "Model train controller using electromagnetic field between track and ground."