RIP Rodney Dangerfield :(

**Buzzkill** · 10-05-2004, 09:34 PM

**Loose Cannon** · 10-05-2004, 09:37 PM

OH Man. Just saw him on Costas' show a little while back. R.I.P.

**Evil Vito** · 10-05-2004, 09:37 PM

R.I.P

**Mike the Metal Ed** · 10-05-2004, 09:44 PM

Damn, I just watched Little Nicky the other day, and said how great he was in it.

R.I.P

10-05-2004, 09:56 PM

Jesus fucking christ, first Janet Leigh and now Rodney Dangerfield.

Rodney was a huge legend, I wasn't a big fan of him but I respect the legend he was.

I used to hate the idea of having "Back to School" remade, but I say it's a good idea to have them remake that movie as a way of tributing and bringing back memories to Rodney.

I remember him in the movie "Ladybugs" too.

RIP, this sucks. All the legends are dying lately.

**Smitty** · 10-05-2004, 10:09 PM

Without a doubt, the funniest one-liner comedian ever. This sucks.

**Shaggy** · 10-05-2004, 10:25 PM

well this caught me off guard. I heard that he wasnt really doing any good but this just totally got me off guard. Well it usually comes in 3's so I wonder who will be the next one to go.

R.I.P Rodney

**Danny Electric** · 10-05-2004, 10:30 PM

Caddyshack

He was awesome

**YOUR Hero** · 10-05-2004, 10:39 PM

First I've heard of his passing.

R.I.P.

**Buzzkill** · 10-05-2004, 10:43 PM

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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 August 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. But in the past week he had emerged from the coma, the publicist said.

"When Rodney emerged, he kissed me, squeezed my hand and smiled for his doctors," Dangerfield's wife, Joan, said in the statement. The comic is also survived by two children from a previous marriage.

As a comic, Dangerfield -- clad in a black suit, red tie and white shirt with collar that seemed too tight -- 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."'

He tried it at a New York club, and the joke drew a bigger response than ever. He kept the phrase in the act, and it seemed to establish a bond with his audience. After hearing him perform years later, Jack Benny remarked: "Me, I get laughs because I'm cheap and 39. Your image goes into the soul of everyone."

Dangerfield had a strange career in show business. At 19 he started as a standup comedian. He made only a fair living, traveling a great deal and appearing in rundown joints. Married at 27, he decided he couldn't support a family on his meager earnings.

He returned to comedy at 42 and began to attract notice. He appeared on the Ed Sullivan show seven times and on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson more than 70 times.

After his standout film role in "Caddyshack," he began starring in his own movies.

He was born Jacob Cohen on November 22, 1921, in Babylon on New York's Long Island. Growing up in the borough of Queens, his mother was uncaring and his father was absent. As Philip Roy, the father and his brother toured in vaudeville as a pantomime comedy-juggling act, Roy and Arthur. Young Jacob's parents divorced, and the mother struggled to support her daughter and son.

The boy helped bring in money by selling ice cream at the beach and working for a grocery store. "I found myself going to school with kids and then in the afternoon I'd be delivering groceries to their back door," he recalled. "I ended up feeling inferior to everybody."

He ingratiated himself to his schoolmates by being funny; at 15 he was writing down jokes and storing them in a duffel bag. When he was 19, he adopted the name Jack Roy and tried out the jokes at a resort in the Catskills, training ground for Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Red Button, Sid Caesar and other comedians. The job paid $12 a week plus room and meals.

In New York, he drove a laundry and fish truck, taking time off to hunt for work as a comedian. The jobs came slowly, but in time he was averaging $300 a week.

He married Joyce Indig, a singer he met at a New York club. Both had wearied of the uncertainty of a performer's life.

"We wanted to lead a normal life," he remarked in a 1986 interview. "I wanted a house and a picket fence and kids, and the heck with show business. Love is more important, you see. When the show is over, you're alone."

The couple settled in Englewood, New Jersey, had two children, Brian and Melanie, and he worked selling paint and siding. But the idyllic suburban life soured as the pair battled. The couple divorced in 1962, remarried a year later and again divorced.

In 1993, Dangerfield married Joan Child, a flower importer.

At age 42, he returned to show business. He remembered in 1986:

"It was like a need. I had to work. I had to tell jokes. I had to write them and tell them. It was like a fix. I had the habit."

Even during his domestic years, he continued filling the duffel bag with jokes. He didn't want to break in his new act with any notice, so he asked the owner of New York's Inwood Lounge, George McFadden, not to bill him as Jack Roy. McFadden came up with the absurd name Rodney Dangerfield. It stuck.

Dangerfield's bookings improved, and he landed television gigs. After his ex-wife died, he took over the responsibility of raising his two children. He decided to quit touring and open a New York nightclub, Dangerfield's, so he could stay close to home. A beer commercial and the Carson shows brought him national attention.

His film debut came in 1971 with "The Projectionist," which he described as "the kind of a movie that you went to the location on the subway." He did better in 1980 with "Caddyshack," in which he held his own with such comics as Chevy Chase, Ted Knight and Bill Murray.

Despite his good reviews, Dangerfield claimed he didn't like movies or TV series: "Too much waiting around, too much memorizing; I need that immediate feedback of people laughing."

Still, he continued starring in and sometimes writing films such as "Easy Money," "Back to School," "Moving," "The Scout," "Ladybugs" and "Meet Wally Sparks." He turned dramatic as a sadistic father in Oliver Stone's 1994 "Natural Born Killers."

In 1995, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rejected Dangerfield's application for membership. A letter from Roddy McDowall of the actors branch explained that the comedian had failed to execute "enough of the kinds of roles that allow a performer to demonstrate the mastery of his craft."

The ultimate rejection, and Dangerfield played it to the hilt. He had established his own Web site ("I went out and bought an Apple Computer; it had a worm in it"), and his fans used it to express their indignation. The public reaction prompted the academy to reverse itself and offer membership. Dangerfield declined.

"They don't even apologize or nothing," he said. "They give no respect at all -- pardon the pun -- to comedy."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/10/0....ap/index.html

**Rain Man** · 10-05-2004, 10:45 PM

GONNA MISS THAT FACE!

R.I.P.

**ColdwaVer** · 10-05-2004, 11:00 PM

The poster child for not taking yourself too seriously.

We'll miss you, big guy.

**Mike the Metal Ed** · 10-05-2004, 11:01 PM

**KayfabeMan** · 10-05-2004, 11:03 PM

WOW. Gonna miss him...

Rest In Peace

**Fryza** · 10-05-2004, 11:06 PM

Holy shit man, that sucks. He was awesome.

R.I.P Mr. Dangerfield.

**Lara Emily** · 10-05-2004, 11:18 PM

Rodney was one of my favorite comedians.

RIP,

**FFD** · 10-05-2004, 11:18 PM

Oh man, such a shocker. Rest in Piece.

**samichna** · 10-05-2004, 11:21 PM

Yeah, I'd heard he wasn't doing too well lately.

Sad to see him go. RIP

**John la Rock** · 10-05-2004, 11:52 PM

RIP

another legend gone

**Boondock Saint** · 10-05-2004, 11:52 PM

Holy shit. Surpised as hell. This sucks. Back To School is an alltime classic. RIP

**DegenerationY** · 10-06-2004, 12:03 AM

It was his time, I'd be lying if I said I didn't see it coming.

**Hardkore Kidd J** · 10-06-2004, 12:06 AM

One of the funniest comedians I've ever heard rest in piece Rodney.

**Funky Fly** · 10-06-2004, 12:09 AM

WTF No.

RIP Rodney.

**Champion of Europa** · 10-06-2004, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

Holy shit. Surpised as hell. This sucks. Back To School is an alltime classic. RIP

**RoXer** · 10-06-2004, 12:19 AM

As I was reading that news article that Buzzkill posted, I was still laughing at some of his one liners. I don't mean this in a bad way, but I don't think his death will shed too many tears. And if it does, it will be from us laughing too hard at some of his jokes.

**The Answer** · 10-06-2004, 12:58 AM

R.I.P Rodney you were one funny individual

**slextremely** · 10-06-2004, 01:27 AM

Rodney was the man... I'm gonna watch Caddeyshack now
R.I.P. Rodney

**el fregadero** · 10-06-2004, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DegenerationY

It was his time, I'd be lying if I said I didn't see it coming.

**yianni** · 10-06-2004, 07:00 AM

**CosaNostra** · 10-06-2004, 07:20 AM

Easy Money.......

RIP

**SuperSlim** · 10-06-2004, 09:16 AM

RIP

**MVP** · 10-06-2004, 04:07 PM

I heard about his death on the news this morning, and I couldn't stop thinking about it all day.

R.I.P. to one of the greatest comedians of all time.

**Penner** · 10-06-2004, 05:54 PM

I loved ladybugs

RIP

10-06-2004, 05:55 PM

R.I.P

Labybugs ruled

Gertner "metrosexual"

**RGWhat316** · 10-06-2004, 07:12 PM

R.I.P. For the guy that gets no respect, hopefully he gets it all now.

**PorkSoda** · 10-06-2004, 08:28 PM

**FakeLaser** · 10-07-2004, 12:11 AM

RIP. Rodney was one of the first comedians I loved.

I watched Back To School last night in his honor.

10-05-2004, 09:34 PM	#1
Buzzkill Jamiroquai Bodega Posts: 18,627	RIP Rodney Dangerfield :(

10-05-2004, 09:37 PM	#2
Loose Cannon I'm all there is Posts: 31,811	OH Man. Just saw him on Costas' show a little while back. R.I.P.

10-05-2004, 09:37 PM	#3
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,329	R.I.P

10-05-2004, 09:44 PM	#4
Mike the Metal Ed VALENT�A Posts: 11,988	Damn, I just watched Little Nicky the other day, and said how great he was in it. R.I.P

10-05-2004, 09:56 PM	#5
Dark Kane Guest Posts: n/a	Jesus fucking christ, first Janet Leigh and now Rodney Dangerfield. Rodney was a huge legend, I wasn't a big fan of him but I respect the legend he was. I used to hate the idea of having "Back to School" remade, but I say it's a good idea to have them remake that movie as a way of tributing and bringing back memories to Rodney. I remember him in the movie "Ladybugs" too. RIP, this sucks. All the legends are dying lately.

10-05-2004, 10:09 PM	#6
Smitty mmm mmm bitch! Posts: 2,881	Without a doubt, the funniest one-liner comedian ever. This sucks.

10-05-2004, 10:25 PM	#7
Shaggy Yipee Kai Yay!!! Posts: 5,705	well this caught me off guard. I heard that he wasnt really doing any good but this just totally got me off guard. Well it usually comes in 3's so I wonder who will be the next one to go. R.I.P Rodney

10-05-2004, 10:30 PM	#8
Danny Electric dirty irani Posts: 11,956	Caddyshack He was awesome

10-05-2004, 10:39 PM	#9
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	First I've heard of his passing. R.I.P.

10-05-2004, 10:43 PM	#10
Buzzkill Jamiroquai Bodega Posts: 18,627	LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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 August 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. But in the past week he had emerged from the coma, the publicist said. "When Rodney emerged, he kissed me, squeezed my hand and smiled for his doctors," Dangerfield's wife, Joan, said in the statement. The comic is also survived by two children from a previous marriage. As a comic, Dangerfield -- clad in a black suit, red tie and white shirt with collar that seemed too tight -- 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."' He tried it at a New York club, and the joke drew a bigger response than ever. He kept the phrase in the act, and it seemed to establish a bond with his audience. After hearing him perform years later, Jack Benny remarked: "Me, I get laughs because I'm cheap and 39. Your image goes into the soul of everyone." Dangerfield had a strange career in show business. At 19 he started as a standup comedian. He made only a fair living, traveling a great deal and appearing in rundown joints. Married at 27, he decided he couldn't support a family on his meager earnings. He returned to comedy at 42 and began to attract notice. He appeared on the Ed Sullivan show seven times and on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson more than 70 times. After his standout film role in "Caddyshack," he began starring in his own movies. He was born Jacob Cohen on November 22, 1921, in Babylon on New York's Long Island. Growing up in the borough of Queens, his mother was uncaring and his father was absent. As Philip Roy, the father and his brother toured in vaudeville as a pantomime comedy-juggling act, Roy and Arthur. Young Jacob's parents divorced, and the mother struggled to support her daughter and son. The boy helped bring in money by selling ice cream at the beach and working for a grocery store. "I found myself going to school with kids and then in the afternoon I'd be delivering groceries to their back door," he recalled. "I ended up feeling inferior to everybody." He ingratiated himself to his schoolmates by being funny; at 15 he was writing down jokes and storing them in a duffel bag. When he was 19, he adopted the name Jack Roy and tried out the jokes at a resort in the Catskills, training ground for Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Red Button, Sid Caesar and other comedians. The job paid $12 a week plus room and meals. In New York, he drove a laundry and fish truck, taking time off to hunt for work as a comedian. The jobs came slowly, but in time he was averaging $300 a week. He married Joyce Indig, a singer he met at a New York club. Both had wearied of the uncertainty of a performer's life. "We wanted to lead a normal life," he remarked in a 1986 interview. "I wanted a house and a picket fence and kids, and the heck with show business. Love is more important, you see. When the show is over, you're alone." The couple settled in Englewood, New Jersey, had two children, Brian and Melanie, and he worked selling paint and siding. But the idyllic suburban life soured as the pair battled. The couple divorced in 1962, remarried a year later and again divorced. In 1993, Dangerfield married Joan Child, a flower importer. At age 42, he returned to show business. He remembered in 1986: "It was like a need. I had to work. I had to tell jokes. I had to write them and tell them. It was like a fix. I had the habit." Even during his domestic years, he continued filling the duffel bag with jokes. He didn't want to break in his new act with any notice, so he asked the owner of New York's Inwood Lounge, George McFadden, not to bill him as Jack Roy. McFadden came up with the absurd name Rodney Dangerfield. It stuck. Dangerfield's bookings improved, and he landed television gigs. After his ex-wife died, he took over the responsibility of raising his two children. He decided to quit touring and open a New York nightclub, Dangerfield's, so he could stay close to home. A beer commercial and the Carson shows brought him national attention. His film debut came in 1971 with "The Projectionist," which he described as "the kind of a movie that you went to the location on the subway." He did better in 1980 with "Caddyshack," in which he held his own with such comics as Chevy Chase, Ted Knight and Bill Murray. Despite his good reviews, Dangerfield claimed he didn't like movies or TV series: "Too much waiting around, too much memorizing; I need that immediate feedback of people laughing." Still, he continued starring in and sometimes writing films such as "Easy Money," "Back to School," "Moving," "The Scout," "Ladybugs" and "Meet Wally Sparks." He turned dramatic as a sadistic father in Oliver Stone's 1994 "Natural Born Killers." In 1995, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rejected Dangerfield's application for membership. A letter from Roddy McDowall of the actors branch explained that the comedian had failed to execute "enough of the kinds of roles that allow a performer to demonstrate the mastery of his craft." The ultimate rejection, and Dangerfield played it to the hilt. He had established his own Web site ("I went out and bought an Apple Computer; it had a worm in it"), and his fans used it to express their indignation. The public reaction prompted the academy to reverse itself and offer membership. Dangerfield declined. "They don't even apologize or nothing," he said. "They give no respect at all -- pardon the pun -- to comedy." http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/10/0....ap/index.html

10-05-2004, 10:45 PM	#11
Rain Man MoeFREAK Posts: 1,682	GONNA MISS THAT FACE! R.I.P.

10-05-2004, 11:00 PM	#12
ColdwaVer Darth Teedious Posts: 4,634	The poster child for not taking yourself too seriously. We'll miss you, big guy.

10-05-2004, 11:01 PM	#13
Mike the Metal Ed VALENT�A Posts: 11,988

10-05-2004, 11:03 PM	#14
KayfabeMan TPWW's Glass Ceiling Posts: 5,793	WOW. Gonna miss him... Rest In Peace

10-05-2004, 11:06 PM	#15
Fryza Fthagn? Posts: 10,042	Holy shit man, that sucks. He was awesome. R.I.P Mr. Dangerfield.

10-05-2004, 11:18 PM	#16
Lara Emily Hey Posts: 15,662	Rodney was one of my favorite comedians. RIP,

10-05-2004, 11:18 PM	#17
FFD Eh, **** it! Posts: 2,896	Oh man, such a shocker. Rest in Piece.

10-05-2004, 11:21 PM	#18
samichna TAKE IT EACE Posts: 27,417	Yeah, I'd heard he wasn't doing too well lately. Sad to see him go. RIP

10-05-2004, 11:52 PM	#19
John la Rock That's how I roll!!! Posts: 4,437	RIP another legend gone

10-05-2004, 11:52 PM	#20
Boondock Saint Posts: 8,795	Holy shit. Surpised as hell. This sucks. Back To School is an alltime classic. RIP

10-06-2004, 12:03 AM	#21
DegenerationY WARRIORS Posts: 9,414	It was his time, I'd be lying if I said I didn't see it coming.

10-06-2004, 12:06 AM	#22
Hardkore Kidd J Time to Nut Up or Shut up Posts: 2,803	One of the funniest comedians I've ever heard rest in piece Rodney.

10-06-2004, 12:09 AM	#23
Funky Fly The Satanic Mechanic Posts: 52,521	WTF No. RIP Rodney.

10-06-2004, 12:19 AM	#25
RoXer History's Greatest, Mr. E Posts: 42,425	As I was reading that news article that Buzzkill posted, I was still laughing at some of his one liners. I don't mean this in a bad way, but I don't think his death will shed too many tears. And if it does, it will be from us laughing too hard at some of his jokes.

10-06-2004, 12:58 AM	#26
The Answer R.I.P Eddie Guerrero Posts: 3,553	R.I.P Rodney you were one funny individual

10-06-2004, 01:27 AM	#27
slextremely oooooh yeaaaa Posts: 356	Rodney was the man... I'm gonna watch Caddeyshack now R.I.P. Rodney

10-06-2004, 07:20 AM	#30
CosaNostra IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR THING Posts: 4,521	Easy Money....... RIP

10-06-2004, 09:16 AM	#31
SuperSlim Oh Sht* Posts: 19,302	RIP

10-06-2004, 04:07 PM	#32
MVP Mas Vagina Porfavor Posts: 11,343	I heard about his death on the news this morning, and I couldn't stop thinking about it all day. R.I.P. to one of the greatest comedians of all time.

10-06-2004, 05:54 PM	#33
Penner Crash Bang Posts: 21,391	I loved ladybugs RIP

10-06-2004, 05:55 PM	#34
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	R.I.P Labybugs ruled Gertner "metrosexual"