Bless This House

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-

This was an average sitcom, but it wasn't as bad as Dice purists made it out to be. First of all, CBS wanted him to drop the 'dice' from his name because this was a family sitcom. It wasn't his idea, which is probably why he was in billed as Andrew Clay in the movies he made around that time. He had a good cast to work with like Oscar winner Cathy Moriarty. Still, this was just an upgraded version of The Honeymooners that was just okay. I don't remember many of the episodes, but Dice was showing true acting ability, and not just the offensive comedy that made him a target of conservatives and the moral majority. Don't get me wrong, I like Dice, but I would like to see more mainstream stuff like this.

I believe that Andrew Dice Clay has the potential to be a good actor, but this so-so sitcom was not the place to display his talents. This was a 1990's version of The Honeymooners, with Clay and Cathy Moriarty as a working class couple trying to get ahead. This wasn't a totally horrible show, but it wasn't all that good, either. Clay's talents are better than what was shown in this bland sitcom.

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.

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.