Rodney Dangerfield dead

[Bert Thung]

Very sad, I loved Back To School as a kid, and he gave the only decent performance in Natural Born Killers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6187136/

[Neil]

Shit, sorry to hear that.  He also gave a huge boost to the career of Sam Kinison, there are some Dangerfield clips on this site.

[no_offenc]

Pisser.  's a shame.

[Pinball]

His sitcom satire bit in Natural Born Killers was pure class. What a guy. RIP :-(

[Partridge's Love Child]

I thought that replacing Sean Maguire with Tim Vincent was an error.

[rjd2]

he had a clumsy charm that was quite sweet.

R.I.P

[Marty McFly]

such a shame, he was a very funny man.

i liked how that NBC site included "ladybugs" on its poll.

RIP rodney.

[Fuckwittio]

"Hey everybody, we're all gonna get laid!"

Best closing line in cinema history, that.

Dangerfield in Caddyshack is like a fucking force of nature, spitting out genius lines at a mile a minute. Apparently he brought two suitcases of coke to the set, which may explain why he's like a bull in a china shop all through the film.

He also bigged up Bill Hicks in the early stages of his career - "this kid's so ahead of his time, his parents haven't even met yet!" - so he had a keen eye for talent. His own stand-up was, of course, hysterical.

RIP Rodney.

[slim]

That's a damn shame. He and Chevy Chase were one of my earliest encounters with comedy, thanks for the memories. RIP.

[Fuckwittio]

Reports from Heaven say it's been raining underwear up there all morning & everybody's dancing to Kenny Loggins. They're ALL gonna get laid.

[Peking O]

One of my favorite Rodney stories is from his 80th birthday. The celebrations were cut short when Rodney collapsed with a heart attack. As he was being carted off on a stretcher he sat up and said "who gave me this for a present?"

R.I.P.

[Fuckwittio]

One of my favorite Rodney stories is from his 80th birthday. The celebrations were cut short when Rodney collapsed with a heart attack. As he was being carted off on a stretcher he sat up and said "who gave me this for a present?"

That is brilliant. Especially if you're hearing him saying that in your head. What a funny bastard.

Listening to some of his stand-up stuff now:
"How's your sex life, Rodney."
"Terrible, terrible. Last night I got heckled by a peeping tom."

I've gotta watch Caddyshack (for, ooh, about the 100th time) again tonight in tribute. I know it's seen as pretty low-brow, but it's my favourite comedy film of all. Even the minor characters are brilliant, like the caddyshack boss: "Hey you, pick up that blood!"

A masterpiece of ensemble comedy.

[Xander]

I liked that cartoon film where he was the dog.

[Marty McFly]

here's a rather good interview with rodney from a few months ago.

http://www.cannabisconsumers.org/art_view.php?rec_num=32

[Paul Twist]

such a shame, he was a very funny man.

i liked how that NBC site included "ladybugs" on its poll.

RIP rodney.

Ladybugs is an odd film. Ostensibly a wholesome family film, there are some very dodgy (and cut from the UK version, I believe) paedophillic jokes every now and then. BBC1 showed the film late at night with them in. It's like The Mighty Ducks had a couple of scenes inserted from the Brass Eye Special, but even less funny. Bizarre.

RIP Rodney D.

[rjd2]

"I went to a boxing match the other night, and a hockey game broke out."

"It's been a rough day. I got up this morning, put a shirt on and a button fell off. I picked up my briefcase, and the handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom."

"I can't get no respect. The other day somebody gave me the finger, and I enjoyed it!"

"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."

"I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table."

"A girl phoned me the other day and said, "Come on over. There's nobody home." I went over. Nobody was home."

"I drink too much. Last time I gave a urine sample there was an olive in it."

"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."

"With me, nothing goes right. My psychiatrist said my wife and I should have sex every night. Now, we'll never see each other!"

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."

"My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met!"

"I was such an ugly kid. When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up."

"I'm so ugly, my father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet"

"I'm taking Viagra and drinking prune juice - I don't know if I'm coming or going."

"When I was born, the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father: I'm very sorry. We did everything we could, but he pulled through."

"I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio."

"I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

"Some dog I got. We call him Egypt because in every room he leaves a pyramid. His favorite bone is in my arm. Last night he went on the paper four times. Three of those times I was reading it."

"I met the Surgeon General - he offered me a cigarette."

[Marty McFly]

Rodney Dangerfield - Rappin' Rodney (mp3)

enjoy.

[neveragain]

I can't think of Rodney without remembering his Simpsons episode (and it was just an episode built purely around him, no plot whatsoever). He was truly one of the greatest old-school quick-fire comedians - a species, sadly, very near extinction. RIP

[thatmuch]

This man was patently a genius and I'd never even heard of him before he died. If you slowed him down and added a few more words you'd get Emo Philips.
Did he ever come to the UK?

[butnut]

Yes, I know next to nothing about this guy, but it seems like he was pretty important. I was just reading here about Seinfeld, who got his first TV break on Rodney Dangerfield's HBO special in 1976.