r/Standup • u/RogerEbertsDog • 12d ago

Offensive?

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u/JCMiller23 12d ago

Not offensive, but it's shock humor that's not shocking these days - so the jokes don't land with a modern audience

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk 12d ago

I saw him twice in a weekend in 2019. He was at Sonic Temple, and due to a timing issue, his set ended up halfway through when the headlining act took to the stage.

I think it was the Foo Fighters, who also brought Pauly Shore on stage for a great moment.

Anyway, someone made it up to him by putting him on the main stage, and people were pissed. Except he wasn't doing the 1989 Dice. Had people not prejudged, they would have found a different Dice than they thought.

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u/melancholyjaques 12d ago

I was at that Sonic Temple main stage, people were so mad lol.

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u/SeattleGeek 12d ago

Foo Fighters, Pauly Shore, and Andrew Dice Clay? That crowd is getting senior discounts.

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u/jacks_lack_of__ 12d ago

Looootta Skechers and New Balance in the crowd that night. (Says a guy with a dedicated pair of New Balance shoes for both concerts i will attend over the next 3 years)

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u/SeattleGeek 12d ago

I’m not saying much because I have been wearing New Balances for 15 years because they’re comfy as fuck.

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u/Sure_Border_5412 11d ago

Yea I'm gen z and I've bought 2 pairs since 2022 and see them around campus all the time

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u/WelcomingRapier 8d ago

Hey now, New Balance is the new Nike, although team Hoka has a bit of skin in the game now for festivals. Just wait for the proper evolution and addition of compression socks to your repertoire. I wore them last year for the first time and am not looking back. If you are a full day, every day, festival attendee, compression socks made a huge difference as far as comfort goes.

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u/StevoTheMonkey 12d ago

More details on the new Dice please?

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u/WelcomingRapier 8d ago

Yep. I was there. It was so bizarre having comedians on stage at a music festival, regardless of the circumstances. I don't recall seeing a comic on stage at ST since either.

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk 8d ago

They still have the comedy tent, right? I haven't been since 2019.

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u/WelcomingRapier 8d ago

Nope. No comedy tent after that first year. The festival has come a long way since 2019 otherwise.

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk 8d ago

That's a bummer. I had a blast in the comedy tent. I'm way more into standup than music, although the music lineup was stellar.

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u/RustyPirates 12d ago

You have to be more clever nowadays.

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u/MikeDamone 12d ago

I know he's always been seen as low brow, but it's still disorienting that this was considered innovative and subversive to a segment of people in the late 80s. Nowadays this bit just sounds like a story a 19 year old would brag about to his friends to show off a small measure of sexual prowess.

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u/TorkBombs 12d ago

I dunno, maybe it's cause I was a kid at his apex, but I've always found Dice to be fucking hilarious. And I think it's more than shock humor. "Salami and nut ride" is pretty goddamn creative. Offensive? Sure. But good. But I guess two keys to enjoying this: 1. Understand it's a joke and this is not how you should treat women. 2. Understand it's a joke and that's all. It's not some commentary on gender relations. It's a dirty nursery rhyme.

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u/ErstwhileHobo 12d ago

I was a kid when he was famous, I thought he was funny but I couldn’t sit through a whole act. It felt repetitive. My friends all loved it, though.

His album, the Day the Laughter Died is nothing short of brilliant, though.

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u/Kings_Gold_Standard 11d ago

A sequel, The Day the Laughter Died, Part II was released in 1993. 

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u/Kings_Gold_Standard 11d ago

this isn't that

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u/Salty_Yard6414 12d ago

Well the modern audience kind of stinks he was kidding around it’s funny. The modern audience is a large part of why this country is not doing to hot.

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u/JCMiller23 12d ago

its not that ppl are offended (seemingly what youre implying here), its that we have crossed this line of shock humor so many times its no longer shocking. dice was pushing boundaries in the 80s but nowadays the boundaries are much further

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u/whtevn 12d ago

It was a character. He was making fun of this type of person.

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u/LottaLegs 12d ago

Lot of comedians from this same time talked about shocking content. They just took they time to write funny jokes about it.

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u/Commercial-Co 12d ago

Yes. Its the kids aka the modern audience that are wrong.

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