Bless This House

This was a pleasantly surprisingly funny sitcom that came out in 1995. The Honeymooners feel of this show worked. I thought the chemistry between Dice and Cathy Moriarty was the perfect Ralph & Alice. And Andrew Clay wasn't Dice in this show. He reminded me of plenty of the Jewish/Italian dads I knew growing up in New York City. They worked hard, seemed annoyed with life at times, but truly loved their wife and kids. And Lenny & Phyllis were Trudy & Ed Norton.

Unfortunately, before this show even premiered, people were boycotting it because "Dice" was in it. So stupid people were not to give this a chance. It was funny and real. Problem was we were in the middle of a politcally correct time. People complained, CBS buckled, and the show was no more. What a shame...it was one of the few new shows in 1995 that I loved.

Incidentally, one of the few people who actually gave Dice a chance was my Dad. HE HATED DICE!!! But he watched the pilot and enjoyed it greatly. He was as upset as I was when the show was cancelled prematurely.

I was so mad when i sat down and turned my TV on to watch Bless this house. I forget what show came on but i was like "What the h..."! Bless this house was funny! It wasn't just Dice's humor, all the actors played an equal role. Shows usually don't work if relies on one actor. I think the next weeks tvguide came out with the reason the show was canceled. Sighting some contract that Dice had signed that if the powers game him the show he would have to not do his standup show. I'm guessing in his show he bashes women. And to be perfectly clear, I never have seen any of his stand up back then. Only clips here and there. So i really wasn't a Dice fan or hater. All that mattered to me is some idiot(s) took the funniest show to come along in a long time off the air! I feel Bless this house would have lasted just as long as Married with children. I along with the rest of us comedy hungry people were robbed! I read the other reviews and Tue comparisons they were giving about what show Bless this house was spun off of. Honeymooners sure, but King of Queens, don't see it. I didn't like King of Queens. Tried watching it. It just wasn't that funny. Okay i have had my say but i need to get to what I really want! WERE CAN I BUY, STEAL, COPY, or BORROW Bless this house on DVD? I'm not kidding. I feel if the powers that be made this available on DVD, it would sell just fine! Thank you for reading my comments on Bless this house. Jerry

Much-bleeped comic Andrew Dice Clay (need I really go on?) headed the cast of the borderline abusive Honeymooners rip-off. Bless This House seemed determined to show that love means always having to say you are sorry. Watching this series which co-starred Cathy Moriarty as long-suffering wife Alice (blasphemy!) was like overhearing your neighbors arguing. If only we could have called 911.

Where Can I Find this on DVD?? Don't you just love the Clayton family? This show has been given a worldwide 'cult following' status. Like all American comedies (good & bad) there's just this air of magic about this one. Andrew Clay and Cathy Moriarty do it justice and I believe their parts could not have been played by anyone else because for me, they're truly peanut butter and jelly. Only 16 episodes? I think it was because people thought Andrew Dice Clay stinks (which I never understood) being British and all. Many of us craved for a second season..alas it was not to be. All I can do is patiently wait for the UK's Channel 4 re-runs.

When I say what I saidc in that one-line-summary, I don't mean what happened to Dice in the sense that his comedy is gone and is now a full blown dramatic actor that makes Marlon Brando look like Jerry Lewis. I know he is still the cool man that smokes and makes fun of ladies. I mean, where has his name gone? For this show, he has dropped his name and is now Andrew Clay. Andrew became famous by being known as Dice, not as Andrew Clay or Andtrew Silverstein. He shouldn't change. He's been known as dice since 1984's Making the Grade. Still, the show he acts in here is good, and Clay makes sure he gets his acting down pat by doing this, and it works, but Andrew shouldn't forget where his came from. DICE! A-