Andrew Dice Clay

My first encounter with Andrew Dice Clay came one very hungover afternoon, when my housemates and I were in need of something to watch that wasn’t ‘too strenuous’. Our DVD collection was pretty light-on and we couldn’t possibly sit through Con Air again! We decided to have a look through the old VHS collection, when we came across one titled Brain Smasher… A Love Story, with the threat of sounding dramatic, safe to say the next 90 minutes changed our lives as we knew it!
The film stars Dice Clay as Ed ‘Brain Smasher’ Malloy who gets caught up in a ‘a twisted web of lies, magic and kung fu’. The movie also stars Teri Hatcher as the supermodel love interest Samantha, who is on the run from a bunch of Chinese monks who insist they ‘are NOT ninjas’ when they are repeatedly falsely identified. Yes, it’s even better than it sounds!
The following weekend, we were able to track a copy of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane which is arguably even better! Ford Fairlane is a ‘rock and roll detective’, who also happens to drive a Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner and have a pet Koala, played by an oversized puppet. The film also features Pricilla Presley, Ed O’Neil and a perfect soundtrack!
With around 30 years in stand-up comedy, as well as his extensive television and film credits, Dice has had an impressive career and it by no means looks to be slowing down. More recently the ‘Dice Man’, as he is commonly referred to, had a guest star role in the HBO series Entourage, playing himself as Drama’s co-star in Entourage’s mini show Johnny’s Banana’s. His first major drama role came as ‘Augie’ in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine putting on a critically acclaimed performance.
The Dice Man and his beautiful wife, ‘Mrs Clay’ are currently in Australia for a number of standup shows around the country. His comedy has never been shy from controversy and has been banned from numerous TV and radio stations. In 1989 he was banned for life from MTV after reciting what he called his ‘Adult Nursery Rhymes’ at the Video Music Awards (eventually over turned in 2011) they are far too rude, even for me to repeat! He also stirred up a bit of mischief on the Channel Nine program The Morning Show earlier this year, when he was cut off during a satellite interview, after he made remarks like ‘I want to kangaroo fuck half these chicks across the country’.
Dice has released numerous comedy albums including Dice Rules, The Day The Laughter Died I & II and Face Down Ass Up. His podcast ‘Rollin’ with Dice a Wheels’ is also very popular amongst fans. He has performed in some of the most iconic venues in the world including Madison Square Gardens and up next is our very own Costa Hall!
Dice has just completed three shows in Melbourne and will be performing at Deakin’s Costa Hall this Sunday 19th October.
When&Where: Costa Hall – October 19
By Abbey King