Rodney Dangerfield

Anyone can repeat a Rodney Dangerfield joke, but no one can tell one quite like the man himself. In his autobiography, , we get a rare glimpse into the events that shaped Rodneys perspective and propelled his career. If its history you want, thats a good place to start. Rodney.com continues on as a tribute to the living philosophy of perhaps the ul... timate comedic genius. We had an artistic mastermind, a comedy God, walking among us. The following pages offer a journey into his virtuous mind. People remember Rodney as a regular on variety programs like The Tonight Show and from a host of sidesplitting movies that incited cult followings. But if you never witnessed Rodney perform his opus, his Las Vegas act, then you missed the definitive comedic eventa contemplative glimpse into the otherwise billowing eyes of this soulful philosopher. The following reviews of his live shows were those Rodney cherished. He could immediately see the writers understood he what he was trying to do on stage, making their accounts essential to the true Rodney fan. Later, Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote in Rodneys obituary that If Steinbecks Tom Joad or Kafkas Joseph K had been stand-up comics, they might have been something like Rodney Dangerfield. He then recanted, No, waitnot at all. There was only one Rodney. When he was a child and lost his parents at the beach, he asked a policeman, Do you think well ever find them? I dont know, came the reply. Theres so many places they could hide. No breaks, no how, no way. His father worked in a bank and got caught stealing pens. Research reveals that Rodney Dangerfield is the sap in his own family tree. The line has never been broken. Elevator operators eye him and always say the same thing: Basement? On a night out in a Chinese restaurant, he opens his fortune cookie and gets the check from the next table. The trauma reaches into the intimate parts of his life. He has become such a maladroit lover that he caught a peeping Tom booing him. His wife cut me down to once a month. Im ...Read More