Comments on: What Future Emmy Winning Actor Was a Version of ‘Andrew Dice Clay’ on Murphy Brown? https://popculturereferences.com/future-emmy-winning-actor-andrew-dice-clay-murphy-brown/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Alex Widen https://popculturereferences.com/future-emmy-winning-actor-andrew-dice-clay-murphy-brown/#comment-29539 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:07:49 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=450#comment-29539 Andrew “Dice” Clay/The Diceman became such an infamous comedian around this period that quite a few shows, both sitcoms and serious ones, had fake impersonator versions of him appear.
The original “NIGHT COURT” had their own episode regarding this the same year Murphy Brown did, 1990. It was in an episode from the 8th season (the second to last), and the final episode to air in 1990, titled, “It’s Just A Joke.” The episode features the emerging popular “shock” comedian, Monte “Pottyman” Potter (played by Louis Mustillo in one of his first roles; he’s best known as Vince Moranto from “MIKE & MOLLY”). From the gimmick suit to his “nursery rhyme” jokes, it is very very obvious he’s a stand-in for Clay. The show’s writers and producers actually go almost out of their way to discredit and humiliate the character in the episode, exposing him as a soft bigot, bully, and a con artist (since he’s teamed up with a corrupt reverend who publicly condemns his act, and this advertises for it). Once Pottyman loses the support of Dan Fielding, his most ardent fan, it’s over.

“NIGHT COURT” is a fascinating show. It ran for 9 seasons, yet the cast line-up which most fans avidly remember didn’t come together until season 4 (and was assembled piecemeal through seasons 2-3). Judge Stone, Dan, and Bull Shannon were the only constants from the pilot. Few sitcoms get 4 seasons to flip around before nabbing a focused cast, and fewer still last another 5 seasons beyond that. Considering that, it’s unsurprising it was relaunched.

]]> By: George Shuma https://popculturereferences.com/future-emmy-winning-actor-andrew-dice-clay-murphy-brown/#comment-52 Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:59:29 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=450#comment-52 I only really liked his nursery rhymes.

]]> By: Kevin Wilson https://popculturereferences.com/future-emmy-winning-actor-andrew-dice-clay-murphy-brown/#comment-51 Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:45:03 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=450#comment-51 He had a short-lived sitcom and also starred in Ford Fairlane. He was decent in both.

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/future-emmy-winning-actor-andrew-dice-clay-murphy-brown/#comment-50 Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:04:42 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=450#comment-50 In reply to Tony Young.

He’s obviously talented, but so much of it was just based on being edgy by late 1980s standards, which mostly meant just making racist and sexist jokes…as “a character.”

]]> By: Tony Young https://popculturereferences.com/future-emmy-winning-actor-andrew-dice-clay-murphy-brown/#comment-49 Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:10:15 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=450#comment-49 First time I heard the whole set. It’s actually funny, considering the character. Too bad, he is a talented guy, but doesn’t really connect.

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