One of my faves... maybe you'll get some respect in heaven.


Rodney Dangerfield Dies at Age 82
Tuesday, October 05, 2004

LOS ANGELES — Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies and made his lament "I don't get no respect" a catchphrase, died Tuesday. He was 82.

Dangerfield, who fell into a coma after undergoing heart surgery, died at 1:20 p.m., said publicist Kevin Sasaki. Dangerfield had a heart valve replaced Aug. 25 at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center.

Sasaki said in a statement that Dangerfield suffered a small stroke after the operation and developed infectious and abdominal complications. In the past week he had emerged from the coma, Sasaki said.

Clad in a black suit, red tie and white shirt with collar that seemed too tight, Dangerfield convulsed audiences with lines such as: "When I was born, I was so ugly that the doctor slapped my mother," "When I started in show business, I played one club that was so far out my act was reviewed in Field and Stream," and "Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: 'Basement?'"

In a 1986 interview, he explained the origin of his "respect" trademark:

"I had this joke: 'I played hide and seek; they wouldn't even look for me.' To make it work better, you look for something to put in front of it: I was so poor, I was so dumb, so this so that. I thought, 'Now what fits that joke?' Well, 'no one liked me' was all right. But then I thought, a more profound thing would be, 'I get no respect.'"



Thanks for all the laughs, Rodney.

oh man..

I loved him in "Easy Money"

Another great star has been taken from us. RIP Rodney.

No, nooooo!!!, I love his comedy. I remember watching him in Caddyshack movie. Now he will get lots of respect.

I guess he has stepped on his last duck.

when he was in the hospital i just shrugged it off. i thought he was gonna get better. my favorite movie that he was in is natural born killers. he did his best acting in that one.

Rodney Dangerfield was the man...No more old age...he is whatever he wants to be now!!!! Go Rodney, Godspeed and see ya later my man!!!

Rodney Dangerfield….

When we got married my wife told me I was one in a million. I found out
she was right!

I saw my psychiatrist. I told him, "Doc, I keep thinking I'm a dog." He told me to get off his couch.

Oh, when I was a kid, everyone thought I got plenty of girls. I used to go to a drive-in movie and do push-ups in the backseat of my car.

I was making love to one girl, I told her, "You're so flat-chested." She said, "Get off my back."

I said to one girl, "Come on, honey, I'll show you where it's at." She said, "You better, 'cause the last time I couldn't find it."

Oh, this girl was fat, when she walks backward, she starts beeping. I mean, fat. She asked me why my eyes were bulging, I told her, "You're standing on my foot!"

A lot of girls turn me down. One girl turned me down, she said she had to go to work in the morning. I told her, "I'll be finished by then!"

Oh, last week was a rough week. I noticed my gums were shrinking. I was brushing my teeth with Preparation H.

R.I.P. Rodney

RIP, [snipped - June7]!

Both flicks are classics.
My heart goes out to the family.

gman1966 said:

[snipped - show some respect. ]

R.I.P. - He was more than an inspiration, his humour had an effect on me beyond any other comedian.

Here's some of my favorite quotes



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Rest in eternal Peace.

abierman said

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That is just soo wrong!
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RIP Mr. Dangerfield

[snipped - June7]

Show a little respect even if you don't get his humor

Very well said, slave2dagroove. I could not have said it better myself.

I thought that guy was so cool. He said that he wanted to get cloned by the Raelians? I wonder if he did it?

abierman said:

Excuse me, but I have expressed my sincere 'RIP' earlier on this thread and have never applauded to his passing(come on, really!!). Since when is it wrong to say that I found him to be very unfunny?

I'm surprised he was around as long as he was.

I hope he's at peace now, and thanks for Caddyshack and Back to School.

Tuesday 5th October 2004 - The Day That Comedy Died, all the best Rodney.

'dre

abierman said:

This is as close as we're gonna get to expressing our sorrows and respect towards a man we, who clicked on this thread, are going to get. Call it an Org funeral, if you will...

Would you go to a funeral and say, "hey... RIP, but I never liked you anyway."

Why would you go at all... ???