Dookus
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Tue Oct-05-04 11:59 PM
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| I respect Rodney Dangerfield |
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I am a long-time aficionado of comedy. I spent my childhood watching old movies by the Marx Brothers, WC Fields, Mae West, Cary Grant (who WAS a great comedian!), Laurel and Hardy, the Bowery Boys, The Little Rascals, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton... I have a special place in my heart for comics.
Rodney Dangerfield was among the very best. I saw him in concert once, in 1983, and to this day, I have never laughed so hard. He was a machine-gun comic: the jokes came so fast and so hard that there's no recovery. I couldn't even REMEMBER any of his jokes, I was too busy laughing.
He was a paint salesman on Long Island (in the town next to the one I grew up in) when, in middle age, he decided to become a comic. He became one of the very best.
Goodbye Rodney. I will miss you - I hoped you had one more tour or movie in you.
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Wed Oct-06-04 12:04 AM
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| 1. RIP Rodney Dangerfield. |
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You were truly unique and made me smile.
RIP Rodney O8)
You have much respect.
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| Ready4Change
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Wed Oct-06-04 12:06 AM
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| 2. Respect in Peace, Rodney. |
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Wed Oct-06-04 12:17 AM
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| 3. Rodney, you are worthy! |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-04 12:36 AM by Lurking_Argyle
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Wed Oct-06-04 12:18 AM
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Wed Oct-06-04 12:19 AM
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| 5. Brilliant set-ups and persona--excellent delivery |
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And really well-written stuff. Not a three minute written-to-not-feel-scripted monologue about personal crap with a punchline attached, just joke-joke-joke, and all expertly crafted.
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| Dookus
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Wed Oct-06-04 12:42 AM
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he was one of a dying breed - the comic who tells jokes.
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Wed Oct-06-04 01:01 AM
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Rodney was a classic. He had a great life and made hundreds of millions of people laugh. I know that he's given me many thousands of chuckles just with Caddyshack!
RIP Rodney
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| SheWhoMustBeObeyed
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Wed Oct-06-04 04:57 AM
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I loved his stand-up but the performance that really amazed me was in Natural Born Killers. God, was he good. And creepy.
Rest in peace, Mr. Dangerfield.
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Wed Oct-06-04 05:35 AM
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| 10. "I asked the doctor for a referrral" |
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He sent me to Doctor Kevorkian!
I never get any respect.
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