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  Dave Alan WQSR Baltimore (mediawatch) 1-Arriviste Username: mediawatch Post Number: 5 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.143.80.131 |
LOS ANGELES - Rodney Dangerfield (news), 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. 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.   | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 750 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.222.242.142 |
It is sad...I thought it was just a matter of time after that surgery, not to sound morbid. RIP Rodney. | ||
marv (marv) 4-Laureate Username: marv Post Number: 92 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.100.134 |
This is a shock. Last I heard was that he was recovering well. He was one of a kind and always made me laugh. God Bless and Rest His Soul! | ||
marilyn (marilyn) 4-Laureate Username: marilyn Post Number: 88 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 147.174.246.133 |
RIP Rodney... | ||
Vonnie (vonnie) 5-Doyen Username: vonnie Post Number: 317 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 172.128.241.241 |
Rodney Dangerfield was hilarious. He'll have them rolling in the clouds. RIP | ||
Dinelle (dinelle_watson) 5-Doyen Username: dinelle_watson Post Number: 334 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 67.35.245.96 |
I love that guy and all the movies he was in. "No respect," he says. "No respect." Well, he finally got some. | ||
Arcadia (arcadia) 4-Laureate Username: arcadia Post Number: 121 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.237.47.181 |
Rodney Dangerfield always made me laugh. He was one of a kind. RIP Rodney. Arcadia | ||
Destruction (destruction) 6-Zenith Username: destruction Post Number: 477 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.139.236.125 |
As funny as Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and Ted Knight were in Caddyshack, Rodney owned that movie every second he was on the screen. Back to School was a great vehicle for Rodney....hell he even made Ladybugs watchable and that wasn't easy. Like most Americans, I spent the better part of Tuesday emailing and recounting my fave "I get no respect lines". Laughed till I cried....then laughed some more. | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 5-Doyen Username: mark_speck Post Number: 237 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.188.136.225 |
Considering the state of his health, I wasn't shocked that he passed away. I was saddened, to be sure, as Rodney was one of my heroes (I was notorious in high school for doing a Rodney impression--people either really liked or hated me, LOL!), but at the same time, I was happy. I thought of all the times Rodney made me double over with laughter, and I was also happy that his suffering was over. No man could go through that many operations and be the same ever again. RIP and God Bless, Rodney,...for God blessed us with the gift of your humor.  Best, Mark | ||
einnod23 (einnod23) 3-Pundit Username: einnod23 Post Number: 43 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 24.90.14.159 |
From Back to School: "Hey, everybody, outside, it's Bruce Springsteen....." Everyone leaves the registration booth to go outside to look at the limo parked in front. "Come on, son. Let's register!"  |
