However, by Grown Ups 2 , the audience is no longer invited into the fortress; they are locked outside looking in. When Schneider does his "weirdo" routine, it doesn't feel like a joke for us; it feels like an inside joke between him and Sandler that we aren't privy to. The "Rob Schneider character" has become a reliquary of 90s nostalgia, preserved in amber but losing its vitality.
According to various reports at the time, Schneider was unable to commit to the shooting schedule of Grown Ups 2 . He was, at the time, focusing on his own sitcom, simply titled Rob , which premiered on CBS in 2012. Although Rob was ultimately canceled after one season, the production schedules clashed with the filming of the Grown Ups sequel. grown ups 2 rob schneider