Andrew Dice Clay started as a "dirty" comedian like Richard Pryor, but very soon discovered that, once he ran out of jokes, he could still get lots of personal enjoyment out of picking on members of the audience. He actually developed it into an art form - he made people so uncomfortable that they actually got up and left his shows. And he was PROUD of it! Because it was something brand new - and something he was GOOD at! And thus, the former "dirty comedian like Richard Pryor" quickly metamorphosed into one of the most verbally abusive and confrontational performance artists that the entertainment beeswax has ever known. And nobody got it. They just wanted to hear dirty nursery rhymes. So he fell for it. He played up to them with dirty jokes and stupid, stupid songs. But he couldn't give up his audience abuse! He loves it so much!
As of 2001, he has a new record label and has returned to the original "dirty comedy" that made him a star to begin with.
Andrew Dice Clay started as a "dirty" comedian like Richard Pryor, but very soon discovered that, once he ran out of jokes, he could still get lots of personal enjoyment out of picking on members of the audience. He actually developed it into an art form - he made people so uncomfortable that they actually got up and left his shows. And he was PROUD of it! Because it was something brand new - and something he was GOOD at! And thus, the former "dirty comedian like Richard Pryor" quickly metamorphosed into one of the most verbally abusive and confrontational performance artists that the entertainment beeswax has ever known. And nobody got it. They just wanted to hear dirty nursery rhymes. So he fell for it. He played up to them with dirty jokes and stupid, stupid songs. But he couldn't give up his audience abuse! He loves it so much!
