Taken from JRE #1989 w/Andrew Dice Clay:
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The Jerogan Experience Between sets I went over to Greenblatt's to get a cup of coffee and I'm with this screenplay writer his name is Mark I forgot his last name actually sorry sorry Mark anyway we're getting coffee and here comes this guy, you know Rick Rubin with the beard, the whole lot, and he's with this little like heavyset guy.

Oh man, here comes some asshole, you know.

And He goes, yeah, can I, you know, he's soft spoken, can I speak with you a minute?

And I do have a Brooklyn attitude, I'll admit it.

You know, and I go, yeah, what can I do for you, pal?

And then the guy Mark that's with me goes, aren't you Rick Rubin?

And Rick goes, yeah, I, I want to do an album with you.

You know, because I had to do another show.

And that's how me and Rick met, and we wound up doing 5 albums together.

You know, and we were a great team together.

And I mean, sometimes we would disagree, but you can't get Rick mad.

said to Rick 1 time, you know, when Dice Rules, where

I do Grease Lightning, that was Dice Rules the album, okay, besides the movie.

And I go, did they, I was at Westwood 1 Radio, something like that, And on the way back, you know, I say to Rick, I go, did they put up all the posters like you said they were gonna do?

Yeah, like you can't get, even if he didn't like something on an album and, you know, I could get heated, you know, I'm that kind of personality.

I'm like, I don't give a fuck, it's not your fucking album.

Well then I suppose you'll do what you like.

And he goes, actually I never had a fight.

don't just get mad at me at least, like yell at me, but great guy.

So when it came to the day the laughter died, So me and Rick put out hit albums.

And this is right, like, I think, after Dice Rules.

So me and Rick are talking and I go, you know, you know how

much I love going on late at night and just,

I was always, like, 1 of the last few acts at night at the comedy store.

You know, because of the kind of stuff I did.

So there's, you know, people sitting quiet.

You got a drunk in the front with his head on the table, and you got 4 people that are just too tired to leave.

You know and I go I want to do like the ultimate late-night set you know and he sort of had the same thought process like we just go unsuspecting crowd you know and this is like you would say at the height of doing the arenas, you know, craziness surrounded me at that time.

It was like the Lady Gaga of stand-up comedy, You know, and now I just want to go up in front of a few people with no notes, with no idea of what the album's gonna be.

And we do 3 nights at Dangerfields and it winds up the double CD, The Day the Laughter Died.

And I'm just loving it, you know, the silence, the smoke,

you could hear me smoke, you know, people walking out, you know, And we didn't cut any of it, you know, like I said, keep it in there, you know, it's great, you know.

I really got angry, you know, at this family that came in.

See, this will lead to, could set me up for Saturday Night Live to tell you stuff, but...

So this family comes in, these real fucking out-of-towners from, I don't know, Midwest, Bible Belt, you know, whatever they were, but they were all wearing the same coat and the same hat with the ball on top.

And they're sitting in the front and the more I got into them, the more the father laughed.

And I got angry at that, cause I'm going, this guy, I would imagine,

in my mind, that this guy really looks to fuck around

They were old enough You know, they were like, I don't remember the ages, but I

don't know young 20s late teens And I'm going why

is this motherfucker laughing when I'm doing this, instead of going, like, cut it out?

Because I know if I was sitting there with my 2 daughters and some comic, some asshole on stage is going, so you like to have her on your lap or whatever I said on the album, you know, I'd look at the guy and go, walk away from me and my family or there's a problem, you know.

This guy's laughing and I'm angry about it, you know.

So the more he would laugh, the more I would go after this motherfucker.

The actual silence of the room or somebody walking out and yelling.

You're about as funny as a glass of milk.

You know the album better than me, which is ridiculous.


Speaker 0: The Jerogan Experience Between sets I went over to Greenblatt's to get a cup of coffee and I'm with this screenplay writer his name is Mark I forgot his last name actually sorry sorry Mark anyway we're getting coffee and here comes this guy, you know Rick Rubin with the beard, the whole lot, and he's with this little like heavyset guy. Oh man, here comes some asshole, you know. And He goes, yeah, can I, you know, he's soft spoken, can I speak with you a minute? And I do have a Brooklyn attitude, I'll admit it. You know, and I go, yeah, what can I do for you, pal?

I gotta do another show, you know. And then the guy Mark that's with me goes, aren't you Rick Rubin? And I'm looking at him. I'm going, who's Rick? He goes, he basically created rap.

And Rick goes, yeah, I, I want to do an album with you. And I don't want to bother you. I'm going to go next door

Speaker 1: and watch the second show,

Speaker 0: You know, because I had to do another show. And that's how me and Rick met, and we wound up doing 5 albums together. You know, and we were a great team together. I mean, you know, he's Rick Rubin. And I mean, sometimes we would disagree, but you can't get Rick mad.

He's an interesting cat. Very different human being, right? Oh, it's, you know, I

Speaker 1: said to Rick 1 time, you know, when Dice Rules, where

Speaker 0: I do Grease Lightning, that was Dice Rules the album, okay, besides the movie. And I go, did they, I was at Westwood 1 Radio, something like that, And on the way back, you know, I say to Rick, I go, did they put up all the posters like you said they were gonna do? You know, and he goes, I suppose. And I'm looking at him. I go, you're the boss.

Don't you know?

Speaker 1: Well, I told him to put it

Speaker 0: up. Dude! Yeah, like you can't get, even if he didn't like something on an album and, you know, I could get heated, you know, I'm that kind of personality. I'm like, I don't give a fuck, it's not your fucking album. Well then I suppose you'll do what you like.

I'm like, don't you ever get mad? Didn't you ever have a fight? And he goes, actually I never had a fight. I go, you never got a punch in the face. He goes, no.

Speaker 1: I go, well, you're about to if you

Speaker 0: don't just get mad at me at least, like yell at me, but great guy. And we had great experience. So when it came to the day the laughter died, So me and Rick put out hit albums. And this is right, like, I think, after Dice Rules. These are high-powered comedy albums

Speaker 1: to sell millions of copies. So This

Speaker 0: you'll like. Mitzi's involved in it. This is great. So me and Rick are talking and I go, you know, you know how

Speaker 1: much I love going on late at night and just,

Speaker 0: you know, no reaction. Because that's how my career got made. I was always, like, 1 of the last few acts at night at the comedy store. You know, because of the kind of stuff I did. So there's, you know, people sitting quiet.

You got a drunk in the front with his head on the table, and you got 4 people that are just too tired to leave. You've had those sets. Oh yeah. You know and I go I want to do like the ultimate late-night set you know and he sort of had the same thought process like we just go unsuspecting crowd you know and this is like you would say at the height of doing the arenas, you know, craziness surrounded me at that time. It was like the Lady Gaga of stand-up comedy, You know, and now I just want to go up in front of a few people with no notes, with no idea of what the album's gonna be.

And we do 3 nights at Dangerfields and it winds up the double CD, The Day the Laughter Died.

Speaker 1: Okay. And I'm just loving it, you know, the silence, the smoke,

Speaker 0: you could hear me smoke, you know, people walking out, you know, And we didn't cut any of it, you know, like I said, keep it in there, you know, it's great, you know. I really got angry, you know, at this family that came in. See, this will lead to, could set me up for Saturday Night Live to tell you stuff, but... So this family comes in, these real fucking out-of-towners from, I don't know, Midwest, Bible Belt, you know, whatever they were, but they were all wearing the same coat and the same hat with the ball on top. 2 daughters, mother, father.

And they're sitting in the front and the more I got into them, the more the father laughed. And I got angry at that, cause I'm going, this guy, I would imagine,

Speaker 1: in my mind, that this guy really looks to fuck around

Speaker 0: with his daughters. They were old enough You know, they were like, I don't remember the ages, but I

Speaker 1: don't know young 20s late teens And I'm going why

Speaker 0: is this motherfucker laughing when I'm doing this, instead of going, like, cut it out? Because I know if I was sitting there with my 2 daughters and some comic, some asshole on stage is going, so you like to have her on your lap or whatever I said on the album, you know, I'd look at the guy and go, walk away from me and my family or there's a problem, you know.

Speaker 1: That's how I would get.

Speaker 0: This guy's laughing and I'm angry about it, you know. So the more he would laugh, the more I would go after this motherfucker. But there's also no laughs. That's the part I did enjoy. The actual silence of the room or somebody walking out and yelling.

What's that? There's a famous 1 line on that. You're about as funny as a glass of milk. You know the album better than me, which is ridiculous. Why would you

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