January 6, 2015
As 2014 came to a close, we also celebrated our first anniversary as a website devoted to the business of comedy, so we had double the reason to celebrate the year in comedy.
December 31, 2014
It's been a tremendous year of change for all of us. At the end of our first year devoted full time to comedy, we wanted to thank everyone who has helped the site grow. The contributors, the developers, the writers, readers and commenters, and everyone who helps us out by retweeting, posting on other sites and boards, we can't thank you enough. We have big plans for 2015 to continue and grow and hope you'll all stick around.
December 29, 2014
2014 was a year where comedy news dominated the headlines regularly, and that was in no small part because we lost so many comedy legends this year. The empty spaces at the comedy dias this year are large and unfillable. Literal legends, people who created modern comedy who we were lucky enough to have in our midst just a year ago like Joan Rivers, Sid Ceaser, David Brenner, Mike Nichols and Robin Williams, are no longer here. We also lost younger brilliant comics who should have had decades ahead of them, like John Pinette, Otto Petersen, and Tim Wilson. All eight of these tremendous talents have left behind great work for this generation and future generations to enjoy for years to come.
December 29, 2014
Any time you try to make a list of the "top" anything, it's always a little bit subjective, due to the point of view of the writer. With the understanding that it's not an exact science, and really just an opinion, I will give you my top 15 comedy events list of 2014, of all the events that I covered during the year. Some of the events I was involved with in some way, but most of them not! I tried to be as impartial as I could.
December 21, 2014
It was 2014. The Greatest Year in Comedy since the Beginning of Comedy had great stand up, great movies, great shows, and it also had great books. These ten comedians wrote ten books while they were killing it in their respective comedy arenas. And now we need you to vote, on who had the #1 book. Jim Gaffigan, Amy Poehler, Joan Rivers, Andrew Dice Clay, Russell Brand, Carol Leifer, Todd Glass, Megan Amram, John Cleese, or Marin Short.
December 11, 2014
Ho Ho Ho!!! It's almost Christmas, Hannukah and other assorted gift giving holidays. Is there any better gift than the gift of laughter? Support your favorite comedians while making your friends incredibly happy with the greatest gift in the world. Here are some new releases that will make great gifts in 2014. You don't have to leave your chair, just click a few links, and your holiday shopping is done. Don't be a cheapskate! But a few! You need the friends. Just click on the link in each listing to purchase and you'll be done in minutes.
December 5, 2014
"No matter what anyone says, the tough guys are the most sensitive."
December 3, 2014
Here's a chance to spend a evening in Hollywood with Andrew Dice Clay.
December 2, 2014
This Friday Unmasked with Andrew Dice Clay airs and Dice drops the bomb that he wrote the infamous intro to Sam Kinison's act.
December 2, 2014
Martin Scorsese's hour-long drama series starring Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano and Andrew Dice clay has been ordered to series by HBO. The new drama will explore the music business in the 1970's through the eyes of a record executive trying to resurrect his label in the face of the emerging punk and disco markets and will shoot in New York, and will star two prominent comedy personalities-- Ray Romano and Andrew Dice Clay.
November 28, 2014
Andrew Dice Clay sat down with Ron Bennington to tape an hour long interview in front of a studio audience. Over the course of the hour, the man who described himself as the biggest star in comedy spoke genuinely, telling one great story after another, but not as his character would tell the stories-- he told the stories from the perspective of Andrew Clay, and its fascinating to hear him talk about his early days, in his own voice.
November 27, 2014
This year we've featured 23 comedians share who was the one person who had the biggest influence on their career. The comedians all had different reasons for the person they chose. Some of the names picked were mentors, or helped launch careers. Others merely inspired. Since it's Thanksgiving, we are taking another look at the 23 comics who let us know who was the Comedian Who Changed Their Life.
November 11, 2014
In Andrew Dice Clay's new book "The Filthy Truth" Clay reveals many things. An affair with Terri Hatcher, the origins of many components of the Diceman character, and behind the scenes looks at his many setbacks, achievements. He also talks about the outrageousness of his material, and how pushing boundaries both helped and hurt his career. The upsides were ongoing. Killing at clubs, his runaway breakout HBO Special, selling out Madison Square Garden for not one but two nights. Even the infamous appearance that got Dice banned from MTV seemed to only help his career.
November 8, 2014
Huge Unmasked Taping Announcement in New York City!! Andrew Dice Clay will sit down with host Ron Bennington for an episode of Unmasked and you can request tickets!
November 1, 2014
You thought Halloween had become lost forever to the sexy cop, the sexy boxer and the sexy mailperson. No, there's still creativity out there, you just have to look for it. We found 20 people who decided that the scariest thing they could be this year-- was a stand up comedian.
November 1, 2014
Andrew Dice Clay’s book ‘The Filthy Truth’ says that after a wild night of lovemaking, he and Teri Hatcher agreed they must never see each other again.
August 5, 2014
Nearly one month to the day after being fired by SiriusXM, Anthony Cumia premiered the subscription-based Anthony Cumia Show yesterday with the tagline, "NOW we're talking uncensored." Anyone familiar with Anthony's old "Live from the Compound" broadcast will be familiar with the set of his new show-- a green screen studio that allows him to show video clips and appear to be pretty much anywhere he wants to be. During the two-hour broadcast Cumia talked about the Times Square incident as well as his Twitter response that led to his firing, but mostly covered familiar ground to anyone who has been following his story closely.
July 14, 2014
Sam Tripoli is a Los Angeles based comedy killer. He’s often labeled a “dirty” or “edgy” comedian, which he thinks is stupid because, “I’m just honest, I just talk about what I know. I’m not trying to shock anybody.” But, as the founder of the adult variety show The Naughty Show, and co-host of PunchDrunk Sports podcast where he once lost a bowling bet and had to pop a viagra and watch gay porn live on the podcast, you can see where people might get those labels from.
June 27, 2014
The new HBO series from Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger about a record executive who has to navigate the music scene of 1970s New York City while trying to resurrect his label, has added Andrew "Dice" Clay to the cast as well as Mick Jagger's son.
June 22, 2014
It took me 20 years to get on The Artie Lange Show. Being a comic or an actor is much different from other jobs.
May 15, 2014
Every comedian has a class they belong to. It's the year they entered comedy. It's a defining year, and you never forget the other people who were in your "class." Comedian Mike Bocchetti was in the class of 1992. Since then he's gone on to appearances on the Howard Stern Show, the Jim Breuer Show and The Opie and Anthony Show on SiriusXM. He appeared on 2 seasons of NBC's Last Comic Standing and acted with Robert DeNiro in the feature film "The Family". Mike was also the announcer for the Artie Lange Show which aired on DirectTV and co-founded Blasted Films with comedian Ken Burmeister. This is his look at the class of 1992.
April 19, 2014
For over 60 years, the comedy album has been the best way for comedians to express whatever they wanted without direction from an executive or show runner.
April 11, 2014
Comedian Jim Florentine was a guest on the Ron and Fez show this week, and told some great stories about working with Andrew “Dice” Clay. Florentine went on the road with Dice for about 5 or 6 years as his opening act. According to Florentine, Dice would take ball busting to an extreme—even by comedian standards.
April 5, 2014
March 24, 2014
Andrew Dice Clay stars as the father in this new series of commercials promoting Sprint's "Framily" Plan.
March 21, 2014
There’s a good chance that you weren’t even aware of its existence, but The Artie Lange Show is one of the most underrated comedy shows currently in production. Kate Voss takes a look at why you should be watching "The Artie Lange Show."
January 11, 2014
The Comedian Who Changed My Life is a new series where comics talk about, you guessed it, the comedian who changed their life. This week, Jim Florentine tell us who is "The Comedian Who Changed My Life."