He entertains mindless drunken adults with excruciating Elder comedians like Don RicklesĪnd Richard Pryor have indeed paved the way for this kind of material,īut people regard Clay with contempt, like he's doing more harm Is accused of trafficking only in the Insult, obvious stereotypes,Īnd age-old generalizations. I have never seen so many people, men and women, stare at breasts like they did. When it was over, if there were a garbage bag I would have worn it home. He even brought my roommate into it, fantasizing what would it be like to have both 'pairs' in his face. "For ten minutes he went on about my chest. One female audience member, Heather Swanson, was mortified. "Look at this big-titty bitch," he'dīegin. Women sitting front row center were regularly traumatized by Dice's Come a little closer, I'll butter your fuckin' popcorn." Oh look at him - he's smoking! Yeah, and I'm jerking off too, honey. You can smoke a baloney pony, but not a fuckin' Marlboro? Wiping your ass is a filthy habit but nobody's banning that. But it's okay if you wanna butt-slam your buddy while waiting for the bus? You smack him in the face with your dick five or six times? Oh, this isn't offensive. Up in San Francisco, the fag capitol of California, they passed a bill, you can't even smoke in the street. "All over the country, stop cigarettes, stop fuckin' cigarettes. While other comedians were out postulating whether or not you mightīe redneck, Diceman had already begun dumbing it down a notch. Stage presence, a character affectionately referred to as Diceman. Hard every night to sharpen what can only be described as an impossiblyĬrass, racist, misogynist attache of gags under the guise of his He didn't know anyone in the business, but he worked Madison Square Gardens to capacity on more than one occasion.Īndrew Clay Silverstein started practicing comedyĪt age twenty. Of screaming fans into auditoriums all across America, and filled Single evening engagements with Dice packed tens of thousands Truth, considering any controversy surrounding Clay's plain, straightforwardīlue humor predated the South Park franchise by well over aĭecade. You put me on stage, I'm the greatest stand-up ever in the history of American culture."įor a short while, that statement may not have been far from the What's so funny about it? The fries are good. I would rather watch a Monday night amateur who doesn't know any better try to create something funny rather than going, 'Have you been to McDonald's lately?' Yeah, I have. "Watching Jerry Seinfeld on stage is like watching a fucking accountant," says comedian Andrew Dice Clay. I hope you enjoy.Rotten Library > Biographies > Entertainers > Comic > Andrew Dice ClayĪnd said, "Hey, what's in the bowl, bitch?" After playing the game, our grandmother would sit us down on the floor around her rocking chair and tell us her version of the story. My cousins and I would declare these words boldly before leaping with all our might over the tiny candlestick on the ground. For those of you who do not know, this game consists of singing the following lines while leaping over a candlestick on the ground. My favorite part of the evening is when we would play Jack Be Nimble. We would all go to her house and she would tell us stories by the fire while we sipped hot chocolate from her signature coffee mugs. Many evenings, my grandmother would watch my cousins and me as our parents would go on date nights and to shows in the city. One of my favorites was "Jack Be Nimble." As you know, my grandmother had a knack of putting her own twist on all kinds of nursery rhymes. I am delighted to see you back for yet another reimagined nursery rhyme from my lovely grandmother, Kay.
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