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WATCH: Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon Dedicate Song to the Troops on ‘Tonight Show’

Image by YouTube/The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Maia Efrem

By Maia Efrem May 26, 2016

In honor of Fleet Week and just days before Memorial Day, Adam Sandler joined Jimmy Fallon for a twang-infused performance of “Friends on All Bases,” a patriotic parody of “Friends in Low Places,” to an audience full of servicemen and -women.

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Donning cowboy hats as a banner of the American flag waved on a screen behind them, the two did justice to the Garth Brooks country classic. The cheering audience most certainly approved.

Rock out to the song below:

Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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