It’s only after taking a drag off his smoke that he barrels into his now famous nursery rhymes. Once he gets there, he wordlessly and without so much as acknowledging the audience, pulls out a pack of cigarettes, and flamboyantly lights up onstage. It is hard to tell, as he maintains a cocky swagger, fist raised above his head in triumph as he makes his way to the stage.
It is a carefully choreographed dance the two perform, while Dice hits the audience over the head with a hammer that leaves no room for subtlety.Īlthough Dice had made the rounds as a character actor for a couple of years before breaking out after this Rodney Dangerfield special, he was relatively unknown at the time it aired in 1987. While it could be argued that type of comedy is alive and well in Anthony Jeselnik and Amy Schumer today, both utilize a wit and intelligence in their shocking humor that betrays a winking nod to the audience. The controversy he engendered culminated in the departure of Saturday Night Live regular Nora Dunn when Dice hosted in 1990.Īndrew “Dice” Clay in fact represents the crass excesses of the 1980s and the last gasp of truly politically incorrect comedy. Groups for women’s rights, gay rights, and conservative values crowd regularly protested Dice’s shows. His comedy was brutally politically incorrect and absolutely filthy. And, should there be a need to point this out, he was no crowd-pleasing everyman comic like the great Brian Regan.
For a brief run during the late 1980s, Andrew “Dice” Clay was so popular that he was able to not only play Madison Square Garden, but also completely sell it out two nights in a row. However, only one comedian has performed here and completely sold out the stadium two nights in a row. Hundreds, if not thousands of musicians from almost every genre of music have played at this stadium, but only a handful of standup comics have had the ability to headline this vast monolith, most recently Kevin Hart and Eddie Izzard.
The fabled stadium is host to both the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers.
Madison Square Garden has a capacity to fit over 19,000 human beings in one area.
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