| The Day the Laughter Died | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Andrew Dice Clay |
| Cover: | The Day the Laughter Died.jpg |
| Released: | March 14, 1990 |
| Recorded: | December 26–27, 1989 |
| Venue: | Dangerfield's, New York City |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Length: | 102:14 |
| Label: | Def American/Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Rick Rubin |
| Prev Title: | Dice |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Dice Rules |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
The Day the Laughter Died is a comedy double album by American comedian Andrew Dice Clay, released in 1990. It was produced by Rick Rubin, whose concept was to record an unadvertised performance in a small club with a small crowd, many of whom would not necessarily be fans of Clay's act. Clay chose a New York club owned by comedian Rodney Dangerfield, Dangerfield's, to record during the holiday season. A sequel, The Day the Laughter Died, Part II, was released in 1993.
The album is largely improvisational, with Clay interacting with the audience over the course of over an hour and a half. The topics run through his usual gamut of sex, relationships between men and women, masculinity and popular culture. Unlike his prior recordings, the jokes are delivered intentionally flat and raw as to offend and alienate the audience, turning the performance into the joke itself.[1]