Remembering Rodney.......

[svonkampen]

I'm not a sexy guy. I went to a hooker. I dropped
> my
> > pants. She dropped her
> > price.
> > I tell you, with my doctor, I don't get no
> respect.
> > I told him, "I've
> > swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills." He told
> me
> > to have a few drinks and
> > get some
> > rest.
> > I tell ya when I was a kid, all I knew was
> > rejection. My yo-yo, it never
> > came back!
> > When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I
> was
> > kidnapped, and the
> > kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, "We
> > want five thousand dollars
> > or you'll
> > see your kid again."
> > Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt because he
> > leaves a pyramid in every
> > room.
> > With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps
> > barking at the front door. He
> > don't want to go out. He wants me to leave.
> > What a dog I got. His favorite bone is in my
> arm!
> > Last week I saw my psychiatrist. I told him,
> "Doc, I
> > keep thinking I'm a
> > dog." He told me to get off his couch.
> > I worked in a pet store and people kept asking
> how
> > big I'd get.
> > My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then
> we
> > met.
> > I'll tell ya, my wife and I, we don't think
> alike.
> > She donates money to the
> > homeless, and I donate money to the topless!
> > One night I came home. I figured, let my wife
> come
> > on. I'll play it cool.
> > Let her make the first move. She went to
> Florida.
> > I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on
> the
> > lake. He told me, "Wait
> > til it gets warmer."
> > My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I
> drink
> > in front of a mirror.
> > I
> > drink too much. Way too much. My doctor drew
> > blood. He ran a tab.
> > When I was born the doctor came out to the
> waiting
> > room and said to my
> > father, "I'm very sorry. We did everything we
> > could...but he pulled
> > through."
> > I come from a stupid family. During the Civil War
> my
> > great uncle fought for
> > the west!
> > My father was stupid. He worked in a bank and
> they
> > caught him stealing
> > pens.

SvK

[Racerbvd]

I watched Back to School yesterday, still love that guy!!

[asphaltgambler]

I laughed out loud on more than a few of thoses!

Funny guy ...no question

[Seahawk]

Originally posted by Racerbvd
I watched Back to School yesterday, still love that guy!!

VCR's! The Japs will KILL you on the overhead...

[Brian 162]

From his Big and Tall commercial from Back to School. " You want to look thin? Hang out with fat people."

[Carl Bauer]

What's a widget?!

[Don Plumley]

"Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it."

"Woah, somebody step on a duck?"

"Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though."

[rfuerst911sc]

He was one of the all time greats.

[livi]

Originally posted by Don Plumley
"Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it."

"Woah, somebody step on a duck?"

"Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though."

Must have seen Caddy Shack a hundred times. I know every single line. Rodney together with Bill Murray and Chevy Chase - can´t go wrong.

"You take drugs, Danny ?"
"Every day."
"Good! So whats the problem ?"

"...and be the ball."

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

"Are you fat? When you go jogging, do you leave potholes? When you make love, do you have to give directions? At the zoo, do the elephants throw you peanuts? Do you look at a menu and say 'OK!'?"

Gotta love the triple lindy as well

[nineoneone]

"I took my wife to a dog show"





"and she won"

[stevepaa]

I've seen "Comedy Central Is running a special on him on September 10th, 2006, which will commemorate his life and legacy. "

Anyone know if true?

[Jeff Higgins]

"Can't take my wife anywhere. Took her to the opera and she forgot the sandwiches."

[cmccuist]

I told my father I was tired of running around in circles. He nailed my other foot to the ground.

He told me we were going to play tag and he'd drive.

I know my wife is cheating on me. Are you kiddin'? When I come home the parrot yells "quick, out the window."

I bought a used car and found her dress in the back seat.

I tell ya, my proctologist, he's the only one I see eye to eye with.

There's a profession - proctologist. You start at the bottom and you stay there.

I asked him if my heart was strong enough for sex. He said "not if you join in."

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by stevepaa
I've seen "Comedy Central Is running a special on him on September 10th, 2006, which will commemorate his life and legacy. "

Anyone know if true?

Yes, just checked.

Press Release


COMEDY CENTRAL HONORS A TRUE LEGEND OF COMEDY RODNEY DANGERFIELD WITH THE FIRST IN THE NEW SERIES "LEGENDS" PREMIERING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 AT 9:00 P.M.*

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"Legends: Rodney Dangerfield" Features Testimonies From Comedians Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Susie Essman, Jeff Foxworthy, Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, Norm MacDonald, Anne Meara, Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Ray Romano, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller And Many Others --------

NEW YORK, July 10, 2006 -- The king of the one liners gets all the respect he deserves when COMEDY CENTRAL honors the life of a genuine pioneer of comedy himself, Rodney Dangerfield. "Legends: Rodney Dangerfield" premieres Sunday, September 10 at 9:00 p.m.*

Dangerfield is a true comedy star and "Legends" is COMEDY CENTRAL's way of celebrating his life. Best known for his trademark "I don't get no respect," Dangerfield continues to this day to receive nothing but that from his numerous fans and the many comedians he inspired along the way. His "Legends" special will feature clips from previous concerts, appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show," rare interview footage and tributes from an all-star line up of Dangerfield's comedy friends including Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Susie Essman, Jeff Foxworthy, Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, Norm MacDonald, Anne Meara, Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Ray Romano, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller and many others.

COMEDY CENTRAL's "Legends" is a new type of documentary series that takes an inside look at the legends of comedy as told through the voices of comedy insiders and those who worked with them and knew them intimately. It is a modern tribute that focuses on each legend's on-stage persona and off-stage personality, while examining how and why they ascended to the ranks of comic royalty and their influence on the modern-day comedy scene. Packed with clips of memorable performances and interviews with peers and acolytes, each individual, hour-long episode of "Legends" will be retain its own style and unique flavor, just like the legends themselves. What better way to kick-off the series than with legendary, comedy-icon Rodney Dangerfield.

Executive producer for the series is Sue Wolf. Executive producer with Wolf for this episode is Dangerfield's daughter Melanie Roy-Friedman. Wolf also serves as director. Karen Lee Copeland is producer.

Lou Wallach and Christina Lee are the COMEDY CENTRAL executives in charge of production.

Melanie Roy-Friedman is a 20-year veteran of the comedy business. She spent ten years at HBO booking talent and developing shows, as well as producing shows for HBO, Nick Jr, Lifetime, COMEDY CENTRAL and others. She has an extensive resume which includes talent booking, casting, development and production.

Dangerfield was born in Babylon, New York in 1921. He began writing jokes at fifteen and started performing before he was twenty. From age nineteen until twenty-eight, he was a reasonably successful comedian known as Jack Roy but stopped performing so he could live a "normal" life as a husband and father. At forty, he decided to go back to his comedy roots, this time as Rodney Dangerfield, but found it difficult to get bookings on talk shows. However, after pressing his agent to book him on "The Ed Sullivan Show," he performed so well that he became a regular guest. Following his initial appearance, he had cemented his image as a comedian, constantly tugging at his red tie, always proclaiming he got no respect. Years later, Dangerfield opened his own comedy club aptly titled "Dangerfield's" so that he could stop traveling and stay close to home with his two young children and still perform and discover new talent. Other notable accomplishments include his Grammy Award-winning comedy album "Rappin' Rodney," his stand-out roles as Al Czervik in "Caddyshack" and Thorton Mellon in "Back to School" numerous appearances on "The Tonight Show" and many other television and movie roles. He died on October 5, 2004 after falling into a coma following heart surgery.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 88 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL is a registered trademark of Comedy Partners. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is http://www.comedycentral.com.

[Brian 162]

"I've got 2 great looking kids. Thank god my wife fools around."

"Does a bowl of soup come with the hat?"