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Early life and career

He was born on Long Island in the town of Babylon, the son of vaudevillian Phil Roy (Philip Cohen). Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Babylon is a village in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s He would later say that his father "was never home — he was out looking to make other kids”, and that his mother "brought him up all wrong”. As a teenager, he got his start writing jokes for standup comics; he became one himself at 19 under the name Jack Roy. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " He struggled financially for nine years, at one point performing as a singing waiter (he was fired), before giving up show business to take a job selling aluminum siding to support his wife and family. Showbiz redirects here For other uses see Showbiz (disambiguation. This article is about the house covering See Rail siding for an alternative usage of this term He later said that he was so little known then that, "At the time I quit, I was the only one who knew I quit!" In the early 1960s he started down what would be a long road toward rehabilitating his career, still working as a salesman by day. He came to realize that what he lacked was an "image" — a well-defined on-stage persona that audiences could relate to and that would distinguish him from similar comics. He took the name Rodney Dangerfield, which had been used as a comical name by Jack Benny on his radio program at least as early as the December 12, 1941 broadcast and later as a pseudonym by Ricky Nelson on the TV program The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American Comedian, vaudevillian A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson ( May 8, 1940 &ndash December 31, 1985) was an The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was a long-running American Television series, airing on ABC from October 3, However, Jack Roy remained his legal name, as he mentioned from time to time. ^[2] During a question and answer session with the audience on the album "No Respect," Rodney joked that his real name is Percival Sweetwater.

Fate intervened one Sunday night in New York, when The Ed Sullivan Show needed a last-minute replacement for another act. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, This live, weekly talent show, hosted by the very influential Sullivan, could make or break a show-business career. Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan ( September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American Entertainment Writer The middle-aged, husky Dangerfield, with his pessimistic monologue, was a contrast to the younger, trendier comics usually seen on the Sullivan show, and this alone gave him a novelty value. His success was assured when he told his very first "no respect" joke: "I don't get no respect. I played hide-and-seek, and they wouldn't even look for me”. Dangerfield would also tell conventional jokes in his act: "I grew up in a tough neighborhood. Tough neighborhood! Teachers would get notes from parents saying, 'Please excuse Johnny for the next 5 to 10 years!'" Dangerfield became the surprise hit of the show.

Finally established as a reliable stand-up comedian, he would write thousands more of these self-deprecating jokes. Self-deprecation is a form of Humor in which people or Comedians make jokes about themselves their shortcomings or their culture usually without Dangerfield began headlining shows in Las Vegas and made frequent encore appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, He became a regular on The Dean Martin Show and appeared on The Tonight Show 70 times. The Dean Martin Show is a TV variety - comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974, for 245 episodes The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running

He bought a Manhattan nightclub in 1969 in order to remain near his children after their mother had died. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark ^[3] "Dangerfield's" was the venue for an HBO show which helped popularize many stand-up comics, including Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr, Jeff Foxworthy, Sam Kinison, Rita Rudner, Andrew Dice Clay and Bob Saget. Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born on April 29 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian actor and writer James Eugene Redmond "Jim" Carrey (born January 17 1962 is a Canadian-American Film actor and Comedian. Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick; June 13, 1953) is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice-over artist and Roseanne Cherrie Barr, aka Roseanne Barr, aka Roseanne Arnold, aka Roseanne Thomas, aka Roseanne (born November 3 1952 is an Emmy Jeff Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American Stand-up comedian and Actor. Samuel "Sam" Burl Kinison ( December 8 1953 &ndash April 10 1992) was an American Rita Rudner ( 17 September, 1953) is an American comedienne, Writer and Actress. Andrew "Dice" Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Robert "Bob" Lane Saget (born May 17 1956) is an American Stand-up comedian, Television host, actor and Filmmaker

Rodney Dangerfield's comedy album No Respect.

His comedy album No Respect won a Grammy Award. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences One of his TV specials featured a musical number, "Rappin' Rodney”, which soon became one of the first MTV music videos. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City.

His career peaked during the early 1980s, when he became a movie star. His appearance in Caddyshack led to starring roles in Easy Money and Back To School. Caddyshack is a 1980 American Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Easy Money is a 1983 comedy Film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald and For the movie see Back to School. Back to school, in Clothing Retail, is a product season and is characterized by a display of items appropriate In Back to School, Dangerfield's writing described the character Lou (Burt Young) as "nice and tough" — he put one son through college and another through a wall. Burt Young (born April 30, 1940) is an American Academy Award -nominated Actor, painter, and Author. (On The Tonight Show, he applied this same description to his doctor, Dr. Vinny Boombotz. )

He played an abusive father in Natural Born Killers in a scene where he wrote his own lines. Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Natural Born Killers is a 1994 Crime film Satire directed by Oliver Stone about Serial killers and their coverage by the

In 1994, Rodney Dangerfield won an American Comedy Award for lifetime creative achievement. The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually in the United States from 1987 to 2001 recognizing performances and performers in the field of Comedy, with He was also recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which put one of his trademark white shirts and red ties on display. The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of When asked about the honor, he joked that the museum was using his shirt to clean Charles Lindbergh's plane. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Personal life

He was married to Joyce Indig with whom he had a son named Brian and a daughter named Melanie. From 1993 to his death he was married to Joan Child, who was instrumental in setting up his Internet site.

The confusion of Dangerfield's stage persona with his real-life personality was a conception that he long resented. While Child described him as "classy, gentlemanly, sensitive and intelligent" (yet he can make his eyes go big and small within seconds) ^[4], people who met the comedian nonetheless treated him as the belligerent loser whose character he adopted in performance. In 2004, Dangerfield's autobiography, It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs (ISBN 0-06-621107-7) was published. The book's original title was My Love Affair With Marijuana, a reference to the drug he smoked daily for 60 years. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a Chemical substance that acts primarily upon the Central nervous system where it alters Brain ^[5]

In 1995, his application for membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was rejected. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion At the time, he commented on how then-president of AMPAS, Roddy McDowall, who acted in a monkey suit in the Planet of the Apes series of films, possibly felt that Dangerfield was not dignified enough to join the organization. Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall ( September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998) was an English -born Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La Planète des singes. AMPAS would later offer membership, an offer he declined.

Dangerfield lived in his later years under his legal name "Jack Roy”, which he used in some of his skits, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where he raised his two children. The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The family owned at least one dog, which father or daughter (or both) walked regularly. Despite living inside a metropolitan city, Dangerfield was not a noticeable figure. He was said to have liked strolling to the New York Health and Racquet Club in his robe and he always had a touring bus (a rental) readily parked outside his apartment building.

Chris Rock once remarked that he was in Catch A Rising Star one night when "Rodney showed up in his robe“. Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Television Catch a Rising Star is a chain of Comedy clubs, founded in New York City in December 1972 and owned by Rick Newman. Rock said, "He must have lived down the block" — Dangerfield's was less than a mile from home, a place he could be found most anytime he wasn't touring. Despite his stage persona, he was generally well-respected in his daily life, very private and secluded, but polite if engaged.

Later years and death

On April 8, 2003, Dangerfield underwent brain surgery to improve blood flow in preparation for heart valve-replacement surgery on August 24, 2004. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical In Anatomy, the heart valves are Valves in the Heart that maintain the unidirectional flow of blood by opening and closing depending on the difference Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Upon entering the hospital, he uttered another one-liner of the type for which he was known: When asked how long he would be hospitalized, he said, "If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour-and-a-half. ”

In September 2004, it was revealed that Dangerfield had been in a coma for several weeks. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. Afterward, he began breathing on his own and showing signs of awareness when visited by friends. However, on October 5, 2004, he died at the UCLA Medical Center, where he had undergone the surgery in August. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. In keeping with his "No Respect" persona, his headstone reads simply, "Rodney Dangerfield - There goes the neighborhood. ” [1].

Joan Child held an event in which the word "Respect" had been emblazoned in the sky, while each guest was given a live Monarch butterfly for a Native American butterfly-release ceremony led by Farrah Fawcett. The monarch ( Danaus plexippus) is a Milkweed butterfly ( Subfamily Danainae in the family Nymphalidae. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Ferrah Leni Fawcett (born February 2 1947) is an American actress

Homage

UCLA's Division of Neurosurgery has named a suite of operating rooms after him and given him the "Rodney Respect Award" which his wife presented to Jay Leno on October 20, 2005, on behalf of the David Geffen School of Medicine/Division of Neurosurgery at UCLA at their 2005 Visionary Ball. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American Record executive, Film producer, Theatrical producer and philanthropist

Comedy Central aired a special titled Legends: Rodney Dangerfield on September 10, 2006, which commemorated his life and legacy. Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Featured comedians included Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Ray Romano, Roseanne Barr, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Saget, Jerry Stiller, Kevin Kline and Jeff Foxworthy. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9 1966 is an American Comedian, Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Television James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Raymond "Ray" Romano (born December 21 1957) is an American Actor, Writer and Stand-up comedian, best known Roseanne Cherrie Barr, aka Roseanne Barr, aka Roseanne Arnold, aka Roseanne Thomas, aka Roseanne (born November 3 1952 is an Emmy Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born on April 29 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian actor and writer Robert "Bob" Lane Saget (born May 17 1956) is an American Stand-up comedian, Television host, actor and Filmmaker Gerald "Jerry" Stiller (born June 8 1927 is an American Emmy Award -nominated Comedian and actor Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24 1947 is an American Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and two time Tony Award -winning stage and film Jeff Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American Stand-up comedian and Actor.

Northern Irish rock band The Dangerfields are named in tribute to him. The Dangerfields are a rock 'n' roll band based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Impressed by Dangerfield's role in Caddyshack, Europet's design manager Allen Shuemaker brought forth the idea of creating a line of animal chew toys modeled after the comedian. Caddyshack is a 1980 American Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and The line had a short run in 1989 and, in recent years, have become highly desirable by a small group of collectors. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Part of Europet's 1989 product line was influenced by Dangerfield's distinct look

Cultural Effect

In 2007 it was reported that a Rodney Dangerfield tattoo is among the most popular celebrity tattoos in the United States, generally by people in their late 20s or early 30s who got the tattoo in the 1990s. A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons ^[6]

References in pop culture

• The bipedal, talking shark from Hanna-Barbara's cartoon Jabberjaw (voiced by Frank Welker) is the combined characters of Curly from The Three Stooges, as evident by his persona and voice; and Rodney Dangerfield, frequently using his famous catch phrase, "I don't get no respect”. Jabberjaw was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor.
• In November 1996, he appeared on The Simpsons episode "Burns, Baby Burns" as Mr. Burns' long-lost, illegitimate son Larry. " Burns Baby Burns " is the fourth episode of The Simpsons ' eighth season, first aired by the Fox network on November Charles Montgomery Burns, also referred to as Mr Burns is a recurring Fictional character and Antagonist in the animated television series The character was modeled on Dangerfield himself, right down to his tie tug and the line, "I don't get no regard -- and no esteem, neither”.
• He had a famous falling out with former Howard Stern Show writer Jackie Martling over a loan Rodney made to him the in late 1970s. The Howard Stern Show is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern on Howard 100, one of two channels on the subscription-based Jackie Martling (born John Coger Martling Jr on February 14, 1948) is an American Comedian, comedy Writer, musician Jackie claimed that he paid Rodney back in jokes and that the debt was settled. See also Mathematics of humor A joke is a short story or ironic depiction of a situation communicated with the intent of being humorous.
• On The George Lopez Show episode "George is Lie-Able For Benny's Unhappiness", George makes a comment about his friend's mother's large bra: "They're so big they still got snow on 'em in the summer time”. George Lopez (also known as The George Lopez Show) is an American Sitcom starring comedian George Lopez that originally aired George's mother overhears him and George explains by saying "What!? I heard it off a guy on TV that don't get no respect", an obvious reference to Dangerfield's catchphrase.
• On Adam Sandler's film Little Nicky, Dangerfield plays the first devil ever, Lucifer. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9 1966 is an American Comedian, Little Nicky ( 2000) is a Comedy film written produced by and starring Adam Sandler. Lucifer is a name frequently given to Satan in Christian belief When Nicky's brother claims the throne, he throws Lucifer (who is Nicky's, Adrian's, and Cassius' grandfather) out of his way. While Dangerfield is lying on the ground, he says "Even in Hell I don't get no respect”. Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering
• "Rock It Like This" by Run DMC includes the lyric "I'm not Rodney Dangerfield, so give me respect". Run-DMC was a pioneering hip hop group during the 1980s founded by Joseph "[The Reverend] Run" Simmons, Darryl "D
• In the Disney movie Aladdin, the Genie takes on the form of Rodney when delivering the line, "I can't believe it; I'm losin' to a rug!". Aladdin is a 1992 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 25
• T.I. dissed Ludacris in a song with Young Buck called "Stomp. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr (born September 25 1980 better known by his Stage name T David Darnell Brown (born March 15 1981 better known by his stage name Young Buck, is an American rapper who is signed to G-Unit Records and Cashville " His lyrics were: "All you get is Rodney Dangerfield: no respect".
• Rodney was portrayed in Celebrity Deathmatch, defeating Rob Schneider in one episode and Don Rickles in another. Celebrity Deathmatch is a Claymation Parody Television show that pits celebrities against each other in a Wrestling ring Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter and For the radio and television announcer see Donald Rickles (announcer.
• Rodney appeared in the Sum 41 music video for the song "In Too Deep"
• In episode 4.12 of the NBC sitcom The Office, Michael Scott performs a Rodney Dangerfield impersonation. Sum 41 (sometimes referred to as The Sums) is a Canadian Pop punk band from Ajax Ontario. "Did I Stutter?" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American Comedy television series The Office, and the
• At the end of The Onion Movie Rodney says, "Hey everybody, we're all gonna get laid". The Onion Movie is a Comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert Siegel and Todd Hanson This is a reference to the 1980 movie Caddyshack, where Rodney's character Al Czervik says the same line. Caddyshack is a 1980 American Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and

Selected filmography

• The Projectionist (1971)
• Caddyshack (1980)
• Easy Money (1983) (also writer)
• Back to School (1986) (also writer)
• Moving (1988) (Cameo)
• Rover Dangerfield (1991) (voice) (also writer and producer)
• Ladybugs (1992)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Casper (1995) (cameo)
• Meet Wally Sparks (1997) (also writer and producer)
• Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998) (voice)
• The Godson (1998)
• Pirates: 3D Show (1999) (short subject)
• My 5 Wives (2000) (also writer and producer)
• Little Nicky (2000)
• Back by Midnight (2002) (also writer)
• The 4th Tenor (2002) (also writer)
• Three 'S' a Crowd (2005)
• Angels with Angles (2005)
• The Onion Movie (2008)

TV work

• The Dean Martin Show (regular performer from 1972-1973)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (frequent guest)
• Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977)
• The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982)
• Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986)
• Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right (1988)
• Where's Rodney (1990) (unsold pilot)
• Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show (1991)
• Rodney Dangerfield: It's Lonely at the Top (1992)
• In Living Color (1993)
• Rover Dangerfield (1993 - Cartoon Network feature) (voice of Rover Dangerfield)
• The Simpsons (1996) (voice of Mr. Burns's son, Larry Burns in the episode "Burns, Baby Burns")
• Suddenly Susan (1996) (Plays Artie-an appliance repairman who dies while fixing Susans oven)
• Home Improvement (1997) Himself
• Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast (1997)
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1997) (voice, as himself) in the episode "Day Planner"
• The Electric Piper (2003) (voice)
• Phil of the Future (2004) (voice of Max the Dog in episode "Doggie Daycare")
• Still Standing (2004)
• Rodney (2004) Himself (Episode aired shortly after his death)
• The George Lopez Show (2004) Leave it to Lopez - Life insurance agent - Episode dedicated to his memory

References

External links

• Rodney Dangerfield at the Internet Movie Database
• Article about Dangerfield from a Kew Gardens website
• Interview with Sam Esmail on esmail.com(LINK APPEARS OUTDATED AND ESMAIL HAS NO SEARCH FUNCTION)
• Interview with Rolling Stone Magazine
• Audio interview with Fresh Air's Terry Gross from 7/6/04
• News and updates about the late Rodney Dangerfield
• Episode capsule for Simpsons episode #4F05 "Burns, Baby Burns"
• Rodney Dangerfield at Find A Grave