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About Rodney Dangerfield
Jack Roy (born Jacob Rodney Cohen; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), popularly known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme.
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“There goes the neighborhood.”
“The killers are wanted in all 50 states.”
“If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half.”
“My old man never liked me. He gave me my allowance in traveler's checks.”
“I was an ugly kid. I worked in a pet store. People kept asking how big I get.”
“I was an ugly kid. When I was born, after the doctor cut the cord, he hung himself.”
“I tell ya, my wife likes to talk during sex. Last night, she called me from a motel.”
“I live in a tough neighborhood. They got a children's zoo. Last week, four kids escaped.”
“I like to date schoolteachers. If you do something wrong, they make you do it over again.”
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous, everyone hasn't met me yet.”
“When I was a kid, I never went to Disneyland. My ol' man told me Mickey Mouse died in a cancer experiment.”
“I tell ya, my family were always big drinkers. When I was a kid, I was missing. They put my picture on a bottle of Scotch.”
“A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower."”
“In my life I've been through plenty. when I was three years old, my parents got a dog. I was jealous of the dog, so they got rid of me.”
“I tell ya, I grew up in a tough neighborhood. The other night a guy pulled a knife on me. I could see it wasn't a real professional job. There was butter on it.”
“When I got back into show business in 1961, I felt — for obvious reasons — that nothing in my life went right, and I realized that millions of people felt the same way. So when I first came back my catch phrase was "nothing goes right." Early on, that was my setup for a lot of jokes.”
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Roger Ebert on Rodney Dangerfield
“...in Dangerfield, there has always been something else in addition to the comedian. This is a man who has failed at everything, even comedy. Rodney Dangerfield is his third name in show business; he flopped under two earlier names as well as his real name. Who is really at home inside that red, sweating face and that knowing leer? The most interesting thing about "Back to School," which is otherwise a pleasant but routine comedy, is the puzzle of Rodney Dangerfield. Here is a man who reminds us of some of the great comedians of the early days of the talkies - of Groucho Marx and W. C. Fields - because, like them, he projects a certain mystery. Marx and Fields were never just being funny. There was the sense that they were getting even for hurts so deep that all they could do was laugh about them. It's the same with Dangerfield.”
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“I was so ugly... When I was born, the doctor slapped my mother!”
About Rodney Dangerfield
Jack Roy (born Jacob Rodney Cohen; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), popularly known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme.