In case you missed Andrew Dice Clay on CNN.......HAHAHA!

[dubyaD40web]

Here he is going off on CNNfn. If you're at work, be careful!!!

Window's Media Player:
http://gorillamask.net/Media/ADCCNN.wmv


Edited for those with the Google problem:

Copy the link and open with Media Player. User the Open URL function.

[seabeyond]

1. dont like the dude. i dont think it is "funny" his slams against

women. doesnt make me laugh

want to give the jest of what he is saying

[Ian David]

14. I wrote a short paper on Dice during college

I'll summarize:

Clay saw himself as "doing a character" like Archie Bunker. He intentionally tried to make his character seem ignorant and foolish. He thought people would "get it," and see him not as a folk hero, but as a contemptible buffoon.

But later in his career, he realized this was not the case. People were seeing his character as a mascot and as a spokesperson for their own small-minded beliefs.

This is what he cried about during his interview on The Arsenio Hall Show. He didn't understand how people couldn't understand that he didn't want people to admire his "Diceman" personae.

A key difference between Dice and Archie Bunker is that Archie was always surrounded by foil characters. He always had Meathead around to call attention to Archie's idiocy.

The Diceman, on the other hand, had the stage all to himself and thought that people would be smart enough to "get the joke."

Hell, even smoking a cigarette by holding his arm across his head didn't bring home the point, "Hey, this guy is supposed to be a moron."

As if the half-literate juvenile nursery rhymes and malapropisms like "transtesticles" weren't enough.

Andrew Dice Clay was an idiot when it came to reading his own audience. And American males aged 12-30 were idiots when it came to understanding him.

[proud patriot]

18. I did not know that

I thought the character was idiot and laughed
at his jokes ...So I guess I got the joke .

I'm glad to hear it was just a character he created .

[Ian David]

21. If you can, see if you can find his interview on Arsenio Hall

He gets really choked-up and talks about how much the whole thing has upset him and how it's made his mother miserable.

July 10, 1990 in History
Event:
Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show
http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1990/july_10_1990_163818.html


Andrew Dice Clay
Here's a guy women love to hate and men adore. Inspired by his blue-collar Brooklyn roots, Andy Clay is rude, crude and extremely offensive. He makes fun of relationships and women are often the punchline. Also known for his dirty nursery rhymes, he always begins his shows by smoking cigarettes on stage. Nevertheless, his sexist Diceman persona -- an Italian wiseass despite the fact that he's really Jewish -- shot him to stardom in the '80s and he became a national phenomenon. In 1990, he hit the big screen as the lead role in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.

His "jerk" image has been slightly shattered since he broke down and cried on The Arsenio Hall Show, after being accused of misogyny. He was so popular that he once sold out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row, a first for a comedian. He is so raunchy that he was once banned from performing on MTV. Andrew Dice Clay is now mostly out of the spotlight (except for an appearance in 2001's One Night at McCool's), but he still has legions of dedicated fans.

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[ComerPerro]

19. Good take

I could never really stomach him enough to even listen to the humour.

But I think you really nailed it.

Good comparison to Archie Bunker, BTW.

Seems to me that FReepers are a little on the slow side, especially when it comes to recognizing satire or irony.

They never really got the joke.

[Buddyblazon]

2. hmmmm.

sends me to a google search page.

[jim3775]

3. "fuck the whole fuckin network"

Can't disagree with that.

[zbdent]

4. ADC 2005 - "Little Bush Blue . . .

HE NEEDED THE MONEY!"

[jayfish]

5. Your Link No Worky. -NT-

Jay

[Beaver Tail]

8. Try this

Right Click on the link,... save target as.... worked for me

[jim3775]

6. I wonder what the "Art Carney situation" is? n/t

[FrannyD]

7. Dice Clay

That was hysterical!

[ohio_liberal]

9. Wha?

I clicked the link and it sent me to Google :shrug:

[name not needed]

10. All I'm getting is a link to Google.

[lateo]

11. Link doesn't work

[peacebuzzard]

12. ditto

[jim3775]

13. Mirror link

http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2I6BA99LZGOGM0JXNC006IKBYM

[lateo]

16. Thanks!

That was hilarious.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. OMG! That was HYSTERICAL!

We need MORE people to do that. Make 'em get their facts straight! :rofl:

[Ian David]

17. WTF... they didn't bleep him???

I guess Financial News isn't used to people "dropping the F-Bomb."

Anyway, please let me know when Andrew Dice Clay is invited back.

[NewJeffCT]

20. replying now

so i can find it at home later today.