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RIP Rodney you will be missed 
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He made one of the funniest sports quotes ever:
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out"
RIP
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out"
RIP
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Rodney Dangerfield dead at 82
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Posted: 8:43 PM EDT (0043 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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, 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 August 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.
Rodney Dangerfield dead at 82
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Posted: 8:43 PM EDT (0043 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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, 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 August 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.
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I hate to hear this... he was one of my all-time favorites...
I was fortunate enough to see him live... he was a master at dealing with hecklers...
My favorite Rodney line... I was at one of his concerts... someone from the audience yells out "Hey Rodney... how is your sex life"... Rodney responded... "My sex life... geez... it's like shooting pool with a rope"....
He paved the way for a lot of comics... RIP Rodney... you will be missed...
I was fortunate enough to see him live... he was a master at dealing with hecklers...
My favorite Rodney line... I was at one of his concerts... someone from the audience yells out "Hey Rodney... how is your sex life"... Rodney responded... "My sex life... geez... it's like shooting pool with a rope"....
He paved the way for a lot of comics... RIP Rodney... you will be missed...
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How sad... he was so funny. RIP Rodney... now you'll have respect...
"Last night I came home, I walked in the house, I picked up the extension. My wife was having phone sex with some guy. I told the guy, "Don't let her fool you, she's faking it."
"Last night I came home, I walked in the house, I picked up the extension. My wife was having phone sex with some guy. I told the guy, "Don't let her fool you, she's faking it."
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I tell ya, my wife was never nice. On our first date, I asked her if I could give her a goodnight kiss on the cheek - she bent over!
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Oh, my wife loves vacations. The other night she told me, "I wanna go someplace I've never been before." I took her to a men's room.
Oh, last week was a rough week. I noticed my gums were shrinking. I was brushing my teeth with Preparation H.
I'm getting old. I got no sex life. I get tired just holding up the magazine. At my age, I like to get sex over quickly. Then I can get to the nap.
Oh, last week was a rough week. I noticed my gums were shrinking. I was brushing my teeth with Preparation H.
I'm getting old. I got no sex life. I get tired just holding up the magazine. At my age, I like to get sex over quickly. Then I can get to the nap.
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I know the best way to get girls. I hang out at prisons and wait for parolees.
What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!
when I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler with me. Yeah, just in case I have to prove something.
What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!
when I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler with me. Yeah, just in case I have to prove something.