So long Mr. Dangerfield.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:56 pm

'No respect' comic Dangerfield dies

From correspondents in Los Angeles
06oct04

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, has died. He was 82.

Dangerfield, who fell into a coma after undergoing heart surgery, died at 1:20pm (0320 AEST), publicist Kevin Sasaki said. Dangerfield had a heart valve replaced August 25 at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Centre.
Mr 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.

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'."

Dangerfield is survived by his wife, Joan, and two children from a previous marriage

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:16 pm

he's not gone not entirely, he's gonna be cyrogenically frozen and saved for future science

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:21 pm

Shit... Sorry Rodney, but you were a comic genius, and you will be missed.

He couldn't get no respect. On the way to the grave site, his hearse was ticketed for not getting there fast enough...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:35 pm

And so another that has brought me laughter departs this earth, this hospice for the terminally breathing.

Thank you, Rodney, for gifting us laughter. Thanks for being you. I would give you a hug right now but ... uhm ... dude, you stink.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:50 am

Rodney Dangerfield wrote: When I was a kid I knew my parents hated me... my bath toys were a toaster and a radio

That one always killed me...

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:12 am

Rodney Dangerfield wrote:
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

so long Rodney... best wishes

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:22 am

My Dad does a great impression of Rodney. I called and told him that I'm counting on him to continue the legacy.

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:40 am

Mr. Dangerfield, you've always had my respect and love. Mister Jellyfish Mister, I went to your site-great mutant vehicle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:42 am

birdbrain wrote:Mr. Dangerfield, you've always had my respect and love. Mister Jellyfish Mister, I went to your site-great mutant vehicle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, Birdbrain. In my dreams I am taking Rodney for a ride to one of the sex camps and he's rambling on the megaphone all the way.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:47 am

Rodney can make more money now that he's dead than when he was alive if some enterprising dude would cart his frozen carcass around the country and charge a fee to view the thing in Lenenistic fashion. The guy never gets respect...even in death!

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:49 am

...while your viewing the thing, an old Dangerfield joke track can be playing in the background...he'd love it! no one's ever done that before...even the pharohs would be jealous.

birdbrain · Post by **birdbrain** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:00 am

Hahahahahahahahaha-great. My smilies don't work but

for sure...

dman · Post by **dman** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:21 am

"This is the worst looking hat I ever saw.....Oh, it looks good on YOU, though."

Caddyshack, as Al Czervik

I'm betting few among us have NOT uttered that line at one point or another. Thanks Rodney, for a bunch of great ones.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:15 pm

the man of the hour wrote:My wife and I were happy for 20 years.. then we met each other!

I always kinda liked Rodney but he wasn't my favorite. Today I learned the true magnitude of his legacy: his New York club launched the likes of Roseanne Barr, Jim Carey, Jerry Seinfeld, Sam Kinnison (sp?) and dozens of others. And for that, the man will be immortal.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:36 am

You know Alpha, I really have to respect early spotters of talent in others. It's a real, unacknowledged gift that doesn't get teh respect it deserves.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:56 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:doesn't get teh respect it deserves.

He always said it... :-)

Ken Rosek · Post by **Ken Rosek** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:11 am

DVD Burner wrote:'No respect' comic Dangerfield dies

From correspondents in Los Angeles
06oct04

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, has died. He was 82.

Dangerfield, who fell into a coma after undergoing heart surgery, died at 1:20pm (0320 AEST), publicist Kevin Sasaki said. Dangerfield had a heart valve replaced August 25 at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Centre.
Mr 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.

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'."

Dangerfield is survived by his wife, Joan, and two children from a previous marriage

rosebud · Post by **rosebud** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:51 pm

...and my daughter, she's no angle. In highschool she was voted most likely to conceive.

Really odd, but I just happend to have a CD compilation I made for the trip with Rodney bits here and there. The young one around the camp were way into it. Heard the news about him on the way back from BRC.

He was my favorite.

So long Mr. Dangerfield.

So long Mr. Dangerfield.

Dad

sex camps

My daughter in highschool, was voted most likely to conceive