Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Andy Dick Show


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. There is no consensus to delete the article, and sourcing put forth during the discussion counters much of the nom. If folks feel strongly for a redirect, that process can continue editorially. Star  Mississippi  14:52, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

The Andy Dick Show

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Zero reputable sourcing found. Just found a couple TV encyclopedias that list it in passing, as well as tangential name-drops in articles about Andy Dick himself. "Andy Dick Show" + "MTV" returned only passing name-drops, TV directories, and other unusable content Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:56, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:56, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of programs broadcast by MTV as I think it would be more appropriate for that article than its own. Pahiy (talk) 03:27, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 05:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "One would think that a Hollywood fixture wrapping a car around a utility pole in an alcohol-and-drag haze would be the result of discovering his life was a huge joke -- not an impetus for making it one. But composed of off-color comedic sketches, vignettes, short films and music videos, The Andy Dick Show starring and directed by the actor and comedian of the same name - assumes nothing is sacred, especially Dick's own troubled life.  To wit: An E! True Hollywood Story spoof titled "The Little Angel Clown Who ... That Cries" pokes fun at many of Dick's peccadilloes, from the real-life car crash to his purported love of hate crimes ("No, I said I hate crime," he lamely protests), and offers eulogies for the mistakenly thought-to-be-dead actor and praise from Hollywood friends and co-stars ("He's like a beautiful eagle: majestic, endangered, likes fish," gushes NewsRadio co-star Dave Foley). Also fair game is the MTV stable itself:"  The article notes: "... his MTV sketch-comedy series The Andy Dick Show is the funniest thing on the tube right now, even more outrageous than Tom Green or Jackass. Andy is basically Charles Nelson Reilly in hell, twitching and writhing through his own basic-cable torture chamber, getting naked, falling down, and playing a wide range of disturbing characters, all thinly veiled caricatures of Andy himself, who writes and directs every episode. For all the bleeped obscenities and digitalized flesh, the show's one joke is fame: the disgusting lengths people will go to get it, and the disgusting tricks it plays on its minions. I was hooked from the first minute of the debut episode, which kicks off with the garish spectacle of Andy presenting his own E!-style True Hollywood Story, proclaiming himself "The Little Angel Clown Who ... That ... Cries." It's six minutes of sheer genius, making fun of Dick's real-life screw-ups while adding plenty of fake ones, such as his gay-porn film The Bend Over Stiller Show. "<li> The article notes: "He's already wrangled dwarfs, battled gingivitis, and cavorted with a farting sock puppet named Anus. So what's a Dick to do in season 3 of his wack-a-doodle sketch circus? Try more of the insane. He'll swap identities with Tom Green in an extreme version of Flipped and pitch a tent in his living room with a reluctant Master P."</li><li> The article notes: "MTV has given the new half-hour comedy series "The Andy Dick Show" a six-episode commitment and scheduled the show to air Tuesday nights at 10:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 27. Andy Dick, who co-wrote the show with a team of writers, stars in, directs and produces the show, which is executive produced by Jim Biederman. It features a series of three-minute comedy shorts shot on film. Guest stars include Ben Stiller, singer Mandy Moore and actress-model Tyra Banks. The pilot got the greenlit during the summer (HR 8/10)."</li> <li> The article notes: "Out in Hollywood,  what Andy Dick could really use is some relief from the ladies. He should have on his mind his weekly MTV program, The Andy Dick Show, which features short, lunatic films, mostly starring humorous Andy-played characters such as Daphne Aguilera (Christina's extrahairy sister) and Zitty McGee (eaten up by acne, he wants to be a model). About to enter its second season, the program has become an MTV top-five hit, with 7 million viewers tuning in for each episode's antics."</li> <li> The article notes: "MTV has given "The Andy Dick Show" a second leg, picking up the sketch show for another seven episodes. Dick's sophomore season, preeming Aug. 5, will feature his sketches, vignettes, short films and musicvid parodies, as well as the introduction of some new characters. Episodes will also include guest appearances from musician Dave Navaro, thesp-musician Tyrese, Johnny Knoxville, Carmen Electra, Jason Biggs and Ashton Kutcher. "</li><li> The article notes: "Promoting "The Andy Dick Show" (10:30 p.m. EST Tuesdays, MTV) has left him worn out. ... With that, "The Andy Dick Show" skewers everything from E! Entertainment Television to Dick's own drug problems. He is not sure how audiences will react to the latter."</li> <li> The article notes: "MTV has picked up seven more episodes of The Andy Dick Show, Brian Graden, the cable network's president of programming, announced. The talk show's second season will premiere on Aug. 5 at 9 p.m. Upcoming episodes of the series will feature Dick in comedic sketches, vignettes, short films and music video parodies. New characters include Zitty McGee, an aspiring model/actor with awful acne, and Bee Bop the Clown, a morgue employee who lightens the emotional burden of death."</li><li> The article notes: "They're all characters played by Andy Dick on an MTV sketch comedy series that's already become a classic after a year on the air. "The Andy Dick Show" features material that grates, disgusts and provokes some of the heartiest laughs you'll ever feel guilty enjoying. ... Like all daring comedy, "The Andy Dick Show" is a like-it-or-hate-it proposition. Previous episodes have featured an antichrist nanny named Marilyn Poppins and "Anus and Andy," a talk show co-hosted by Dick and a sphincter puppet that passes wind on their guests."</li> <li> The article notes: "The show on MTV - with an initial six-episode run that he is "90 percent sure" will continue with a pickup of more shows - is his most high-profile foray back into entertainment since the arrest. He calls it a "variety" show with "very nice short films.""</li> <li> The article notes: "MTV Canada, 10:30 p.m. MTV Canada is airing our national embarassment, Tom Green, in his creatively titled The Tom Green Show (10 p.m.), back-to-back with the man who dragged down the otherwise laudable NewsRadio, Andy Dick, in his creatively titled The Andy Dick Show. Dick played nerd-boy Matthew on NewsRadio, and he was annoying and manic. On his parody of a talk show, like Green on his parody of a talk show, he is annoying and manic. It's summer and it's a new thing, so do enjoy if these guys are your cup of flat pop, but I'm so sick of Green and Dick I wouldn't cross the street to kick them in their..."</li></ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Andy Dick Show to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 22:06, 30 April 2022 (UTC) </li></ul> Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:59, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
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 * Keep or Redirect While not the most notable or memorable show, it generated enough coverage to merit its own article, or at the least, being merged into [[List of programs broadcast by MTV]]. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep sources shared by Cunard establish notability per WP:GNG NemesisAT (talk) 11:26, 11 May 2022 (UTC)


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