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There have been many very funny comedians over the years. Bob Hope, Steve Martin, and many others. I'm sure lots of people have their favorites IMBD has a Comedy Central list of the top 100 comedians of all time. Probably no one will agree with it entirely. I don't either. Of their top 100 comedians, they placed Rodney Dangerfield as their # 7 choice.
OK. Always an honor to be in the top 10. I would have had Rodney as # 1. He appeared on the Tonight show more than 70 times, and unlike most comedians who would stand up telling jokes for few minutes, and then sit on the guest chair next to Johnny Carson and kick back & relax, Rodney always kept right on going reeling off one "I get no respect" joke after another, with Carson & the audience laughing, and cheering him on.
His list of accomplishments is too long to list here, but you can find it all in the wikipedia link >>
en.wikipedia.org
So, please avoid the temptation to post stuff from other comedians, as this thread is topic is Rodney Dangerfield, and only him, and lets keep it to that.
So, to be honest, there are so many great Rodney one-liners, it's almost impossible to pick a single one, but just to get gis started I'll post one that I remember >
"When halloween comes around, and they're doing trick or treat, I answer the door and the kids give ME candy."
And since this thread is just for fun, you can also inject one of your own, Rodney style one-liners, as long as it is really in the "get no respect" vein.
Here's one I thought up. > "I get in the elevator, and I press the down button. The elevator goes up."
Forget politics just for one time. Have some fun.
OK. Always an honor to be in the top 10. I would have had Rodney as # 1. He appeared on the Tonight show more than 70 times, and unlike most comedians who would stand up telling jokes for few minutes, and then sit on the guest chair next to Johnny Carson and kick back & relax, Rodney always kept right on going reeling off one "I get no respect" joke after another, with Carson & the audience laughing, and cheering him on.
His list of accomplishments is too long to list here, but you can find it all in the wikipedia link >>
Rodney Dangerfield - Wikipedia
So, please avoid the temptation to post stuff from other comedians, as this thread is topic is Rodney Dangerfield, and only him, and lets keep it to that.
So, to be honest, there are so many great Rodney one-liners, it's almost impossible to pick a single one, but just to get gis started I'll post one that I remember >
"When halloween comes around, and they're doing trick or treat, I answer the door and the kids give ME candy."
And since this thread is just for fun, you can also inject one of your own, Rodney style one-liners, as long as it is really in the "get no respect" vein.
Here's one I thought up. > "I get in the elevator, and I press the down button. The elevator goes up."
Forget politics just for one time. Have some fun.
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