Twentieth Century Fox was originally set to release the film in December 1990. They dropped the project due to the failure of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) and a string of media controversies surrounding Andrew Dice Clay. Clay called the decision "a load of crap... [it] could have been a cool Christmas present for my fans... to see the Diceman up there on the screen, 40 feet tall. I completely trusted the people at Fox, put my entire career in their hands, which turned out to be my mistake."
Andrew Dice Clay was the first, and (as of 2019) only, comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for 2 consecutive days.
The first and (as 2020) only concert film to be nominated for Worst Picture at the Golden Raspberry Awards.
The movie contains no graphic violence, gore, or sexually explicit acts. It became the first movie to receive an NC-17 rating entirely because of profane language.