hahahahaahahahahah thats right doody!! LOS ANGELES Rodney Dangerfield (news), the goggle-eyed comic famed for his self-deprecating one-liners and signature phrase "I can't get no respect," died on Tuesday at age 82, his publicist said. Dangerfield, who became a pop culture sensation with a string of broad film comedies starting with "Caddyshack" in 1980, died at 1:20 p.m. PDT (4:20 p.m. EDT) at the UCLA Medical Center, where he had undergone heart valve replacement surgery in August, spokesman Kevin Sasaki said in a statement. 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. May God Bless Him And His Family Team Amber Alert.
Other classic Rodney lines from Caddy Shack: "The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it." "Hey baby, you must have been something before electricity." In reference to an ugly kid: "Now I know why tigers eat their young." "My dingy's bigger than your boat"
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aww man - too sad Rodney was a great guy - a really funny and genuinely nice fellow. I'm glad he lived a long and prosperous life to 82 years old. He will be missed.
He was simply the best. It's an art when a comedian could make you laugh your a$$ off without saying the F-Word once! More quotes: A girl phoned me the other day and said... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home. Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't. I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it. I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people. I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me. I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her. I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself. I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. 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. If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all. Men who do things without being told draw the most wages. Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about My mother never breast-fed me. She told me she liked me as a friend. My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He My wife and I were happy for twenty. Then we met! My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it. My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was. They change the sheets every day... from one bed to another. We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations - we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together. When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
I think he was asked how long he would be in the hospital this time. Said something to the effect, 2 weeks if everything goes well, 1 hour if it doesn't. Will miss him.
In my opinion, his GOAT was "Back to School". Caddy Shack is an undisputed classic, but Back to School -- there's something about that movie that meks it, in my opinion, his Greatest Of All Time.
Oooh, now I know why lions eat their young! My wife, she's like FedEx. Every time she goes somewhere, it's overnight...
I thought his part in Natural Born Killers was good too because it was so out of character for him. He did a good job of looking like a creepy abusive/molesting father. And he still even made that kinda funny. I can't believe he's gone.
