Andrew Dice Clay

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Andrew Dice Clay
Pseudonym "Dice" or "Diceman"
Birth name Andrew Clay Silverstein
Born September 29, 1957 (1957-09-29) (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medium Stand-up, television, film
Nationality United States
Years active 1978 – present
Genres Character comedy, black comedy, satire, insult comedy
Subject(s) human sexuality, sexism, race
Influences Don Rickles, Redd Foxx
Influenced Jim Florentine, Jeff Duran
Notable works and roles The Day the Laughter Died
Ford Fairlane in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Website andrewdiceclay.com

Andrew "Dice" Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. Dice performed his first HBO Special in Philadelphia called The Diceman Cometh in 1989, and had his first starring role in a feature film (as Ford Fairlane) entitled: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane in 1990.

His popularity waned after this period, and in 2007 he attempted a comeback with the reality TV series Dice: Undisputed.[1]

He was controversial for his profanity[2] and for the sexism in his routines, for which he was banned from MTV and boycotted by Sinéad O'Connor and Nora Dunn, the former a guest and the latter a cast member on a 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live that Clay hosted.[1]

According to his official website, "His rise to fame was meteoric - with sold-out arenas, platinum albums, and starring roles in films and TV specials. His fall was just as epic- blackballed by the industry and becoming the man to hate by every PC group in the country."[3]

He will appear as a part of NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice 2 which will premier at the completion of the final season of ER

Contents

Discography

  • Dice, 1989
  • The Day the Laughter Died, 1990
  • Dice Rules, 1991
  • 40 Too Long, 1992
  • Day The Laughter Died, Part 2, 1993
  • Filth, 1999
  • Face Down, Ass Up, 2000


Recordings featuring Dice samples

  • "A Gangsta's Fairytale" on Ice Cube's album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority Records, 1990): Dice is heard saying "Good old Mother Goose, remember her? I fucked her." from "Nursery Rhymes" at the end of the song.
  • "Just Don't Bite It" on N.W.A's EP 100 Miles and Runnin' (Ruthless/Priority Records, 1990): Dice asking the question, "But does she suck a good dick?!" from "Couples In Love", is part of the song's chorus.
  • "Unbelievable" by EMF (EMI, 1991): features a sound bite of Dice's "Oh, what the fuck was that?" and "It's unbelievable."

Select filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Heffernan, Virginia (2007), Once Notorious, Now Just Trying Not to Be Invisible, New York: The New York Times (published March 3, 2007), http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/arts/television/03dice.html 
  2. ^ Hobart, Tania (2008), Andrew Dice Clay: One Night with Dice (1989), New York: The New York Times (published July 17, 2008), http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/2240/Andrew-Dice-Clay-One-Night-with-Dice/overview 
  3. ^ Biography,Offcial Website

External links

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