Instagram channel<\/a>, which has 400,000 followers. \u201cIf there was an actual casting session for a TV show on Big Shot, he would have got the part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tDice is in the midst of prepping for his own showcase moment, with a big return comedy comeback show to be held at Manhattan\u2019s Carnegie Hall on Feb. 15.\u00a0\u201c35 years ago they would not have allowed me on the same block,\u201d\u00a0says Dice of the famously classy venue. <\/p>\n
\n\tAfter all, Dice made his name in the late \u201980s and early \u201990s with a foul-mouthed routine that exploded across television like a hand grenade, shocking TV audiences and galvanizing millions of fans who bought up his comedy records and paid to see his concerts. Dice, whose real name was Andrew Silverstein<\/strong>, became an overnight star and arena headliner, becoming the first (and to date only) comedian to sell out two nights at Madison Square Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tHis agent Dennis Arfa<\/strong>, now at AGI, would field calls \u201cfrom every promoter in the country, from Ron Delsener<\/strong> to Stu Green<\/strong> to Bill Graham<\/strong>,\u201d Dice tells Billboard<\/em>. \u201cAnd honestly, they didn\u2019t know if I was a singer, a magician or a juggler. They just knew I was the guy who went on sale and in 48 minutes sold out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tDice\u2019s material would make him and those he worked with millions, but the crass nature of his jokes about sex and women \u2014 as well as his targeting of gays and immigrants \u2014 became a growing problem for those around him. His refusal to soften his material (he recently told Joe Rogan<\/strong>, \u201cDice doesn\u2019t get f\u2013ked, Dice does the f\u2013king\u201d) would eventually be his undoing, although his flame would burn out much slower than history portrays.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tWhile Dice\u2019s gigs were being protested by gay rights groups like Queer Nation, it was powerful gay men in Hollywood \u2013 record producer David Geffen<\/strong>, 20th Century Fox\u2019s Barry Diller<\/strong> and manager Sandy Gallin<\/strong> who developed Dice\u2019s act and protected him for years. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tIn 1990 Diller would part ways with Dice, spiking a multi-movie agreement with him on the eve of the launch of his first film the Adventures of Ford Fairlane<\/em> \u2014 a move that a 2023 episode of Vice\u2019s The Dark Side of Comedy<\/em> about the comedian equated to a death knell for his career. But the truth is that Dice was far from done with television, remaining active in TV and touring for another decade. He inked deals with ABC, CBS and HBO,\u00a0and launched the 1995 sitcom Bless This House<\/em> on CBS without any real opposition from within the entertainment business. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tDice performed his final show at Madison Square Garden in 2000, inked a deal with SiriusXM in 2005 and stayed busy for the next 20 years doing occasional TV work, radio appearance and standup gigs. His recent comeback began seven months ago, when\u00a0comedian and longtime friend Bill Burr<\/strong> convinced Dice to warm up the crowd at one of Burr\u2019s headliner gigs.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cWhen we walked in his dressing room for the show, Bill stood up with a big smile and went, \u2018Dice, you\u2019re gonna do some time, right?\u2019\u201d Dice recalls. \u201cThe minute I got introduced, the New Jersey crowd went absolutely nuts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tIt\u2019s not just Burr either \u2013 podcaster Joe Rogan, comedians Sebastian Maniscalco<\/strong> and Jim Norton<\/strong>, radio megastar Howard Stern<\/strong> and dozens of other high-profile comedians have long supported Dice and cited him as an inspiration. And while he has never apologized for his past remarks toward gays, women and immigrants, he has softened his personality, and even slightly dialed back his famously filthy routine for one of his comebacks shows at the Wiltern in LA last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cI\u2019m less ego and more self-deprecating,\u201d he explains, noting that he enjoys mentoring younger talent and is more eager to share the spotlight with others \u2014 like the deadpan man eating his lunch on the sidewalk. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOne word, that\u2019s all he need to get the part.\u201d Dice notes. \u201cOne word to let the world know that this man is a genius.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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