"Funniest Comedian JULIAN CLARY vs ANDREW DICE CLAY"

Julian Peter McDonald Clary (born 25 May 1959) is an English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter. Clary began appearing on television in the mid-1980s. Since then he has also acted in films, television and stage productions, numerous pantomimes and was the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 10 in 2012. Clary was born in Surbiton, Surrey, to Brenda Clary (née McDonald), a probation officer, and Peter J. Clary, a police officer. He was brought up in Teddington, Middlesex with two older sisters. By his own account, he was conceived "in broad daylight" in Clacton-on-Sea in 1958. Two of his great-grandparents were Germans who emigrated to Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. He was raised a Catholic. He later studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Clary began his career under the name Leo Hurll, a fake keyboardist for pop band Thinkman (a recording project conceived by Rupert Hine). He entered the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s, first under the alias "Gillian Pieface", and later as "The Joan Collins Fan Club". He wore heavy glam make-up and dressed in outrageous clothes, often involving leather/PVC and hinting at bondage. His pet dog "Fanny the Wonder Dog", a whippet, also featured in performances.

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Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and producer. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, macho persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the first stand-up comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for two consecutive nights. That same year, he played the lead role in the comedy-mystery film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Clay has appeared in several films and television shows, including critically acclaimed supporting roles in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (2013) and Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star Is Born (2018). He continues to focus on acting while still touring and performing stand-up. He launched his new podcast, I'm Ova Hea' Now, in September 2018. Clay was born to parents Jacqueline and Fred Silverstein in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, where he was raised. He is Jewish. He has one sister. Clay's father was a boxer and real estate agent. At age five, Clay was entertaining his family with impressions, and by seven he was playing drums, inspired by the sounds of big band music. Clay attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn and as a teenager worked as a drummer on the Catskill Mountains circuit in the 1970s playing bar mitzvahs and weddings under the name Clay Silvers. Upon returning to New York City, he failed to form a big band of his own. He pursued higher education but dropped out to become a full-time comedian. Clay cites Elvis Presley, Fonzie, John Travolta, and Sylvester Stallone as his heroes.

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