RIP Rodney

[Guest]

Rodney Dangerfield passed away tonight. He was 82.

Gosh... I'm going to miss this guy... You got my respect... Rest In Peace!

 

[Californian]

Damn!

Damn!

I'm gonna watch "Easy Money" and burn one for Rodney.

 

[Soggy]

OH man...i was just talking about him yesterday with a friend

OH man...i was just talking about him yesterday with a friend

Man...this calls for a CaddyShack and Back To School showing...and def taking bingers for my man...funny motha

 

[Einsteinguy]

God Bless Rodney DangerField.
He was a Funny man.

Einstein

 

[friendlyfriend]

My regards to his family and bless you Rodney. Rest in Peace and we shall enjoy your memories.

 

[SlackerScrog]

Rest in Peace, Rodney ( you always had my 'Respect' )

A 'one of a kind' and true Comedian .



peace

 

[Guest]

RIP Rodney

I bet he has god laughing his holy ass off.

King of the one liner.........gonna miss ya, Rodney.

 

[Hooked-On-Grown]

ooohhh dam!!! A legend in comedians!!!! RIP!!

Caddyshack is in the DVD as I type!!!


I'm with Maiste.........Got my respect!!!

 

[cooked cook]

much respect to Rodney

much respect to Rodney

Rodney, kept me laughing always. Back To School, Easy Money (where there is a nice scene of him smokin joints) and of course, the classic Caddyshack(which I have yet to own on DVD- not sure why). I believe he also smokes in Caddyshack, no? With Bill Murray in the "California Sensi x Kentucky Bluegrass" scene.
I could be wrong.


One funny guy.
Rodney will be missed.

 

[Guest]

Rodney will be missed, did any of you happen to notice his hot young wife?

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

I'm gonna' take some fat snaps off the bong and chill with the lady and some CADDYSHACK.

Best movie ever.

 

[Harley.]

Rodney has a large following over here in the U.K. We will all surely miss Him.

May the Gods smoke a large one with Him, as i am now.

 

[redbone]

Gonna miss that man!

Gonna miss that man!

Yeah: I caught him at his own joint (Dangerfield's) in NYC about 25 years ago. Great heart and hilarius. Came out for medicinal use just recently.

 

[Guest]

Rest in Peace brother. You will be missed.

 

[JLP]

"My wife....I'm tellin' ya....I think she's trying to get rid of me.The other day she says "Take out the garbage" so I said "I already did",then she says"Well why don't you go keep an eye on it".


"My kids...I'm tellin ya'....They really hate me,for Christmas they gave me a dart board with an automatic return".



JLP

 

[Guest]

anyone know of any bit torrent type sites that have any of his old HBO specials from the 80's????

 

[Hooked-On-Grown]

here a Rodney site............not sure if it the official.........



No Respect.....

"A girl phoned me the other day and said "Come on over, there's nobody home." I went over. Nobody was home."

 

[Guest]

Man I miss him already. One of the best Comics ever. Original and witty. I think its time for a Rodney Marathon.

Blatant

 

[Guest]

Source: National Enquirer, September 2002

Source: National Enquirer, September 2002

Rodney Dangerfield freely admits that a recent ENQUIRER report that he smoked a joint in a hospital's intensive care unit is completely true. But he says he has a perfectly reasonable explanation: "My wife won't let me get high at home!"

Two weeks ago we reported exclusively that Rodney's wife Joan rushed the 80-year-old comic to Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica because he feared he was having a heart attack.

And he stunned hospital staffers by firing up a marijuana joint while changing his clothes in the ICU.

"Marijuana calms Rodney's nerves," said his spokesman Kevin Sasaki, who revealed that his office was flooded by calls - all of them positive - after The ENQUIRER story hit the stands.

"Everyone wanted to tell him, 'You go, Rodney!' He's become a hero of sorts.

"Rodney has a medical history of heart problems. And he finds that smoking grass helps to lower his blood pressure. Right now, keeping his blood pressure low is an important part of Rodney's life."

The comic will even write about his love affair with pot in his upcoming memoir, "It Ain't Easy Being Me," Sasaki disclosed.

Rodney was released from the hospital when doctors determined that his chest pains were not life-threatening. But by that time he'd already given everyone around him a dose of his "medicine."

"When hospital personnel complained of the smoke, Rodney thought it was a riot. He wanted everyone to join in the fun," a source revealed.

"He told me he's been toking up for nearly 50 years. He said, 'I was a hippie long before hippies were born.'

"Rodney said he's been rolling his own joints for ages now and he doesn't intend to stop just because he's a senior citizen.

"Smoking weed is something he's not ashamed of or tries to hide.

"Though his doctors haven't prescribed marijuana as part of his medical treatment, Rodney says he writes his own pot prescriptions.

"He told a friend, 'It makes me feel good. What's so wrong with a funnyman wanting to feel good?'

"Where pot is concerned, Rodney would rather kick the bucket than kick the habit!"

RODNEY DANGERFIELD -- Rodney "No Respect" Dangerfield began his career at the age of 15 when he started writing jokes. At 17 he started performing at amateur nights. At 19 he had two jobs, one as a comic who couldn't make a living, and the other as a singing waiter. Rodney would sing and people threw money at him.

He traveled the comedy circuit for ten years but reluctantly gave up show biz for a more stable income.

It wasn't until the age of 40 that Dangerfield made the decision to relaunch his career as a performer and comedy writer for the second time. He spent his days in a business office and his nights working in New York clubs. Not satisfied, Rodney opened his own club, the now famous Dangerfield's on First Avenue in Manhattan. The club was a huge success and so was Rodney. Rodney introduced many of today's comedy stars to television for the first time on his HBO shows which emanated from Dangerfield's, such as Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr, Jim Carrey, Jeff Foxworthy, Sam Kinison, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld, Rita Rudner, Robert Townsend, Louie Anderson and others.

Rodney Dangerfield's feature film credits include starring the classic hit comedy CADDYSHACK, as well as EASY MONEY which he co-wrote, the mega-hit BACK TO SCHOOL (one of the first comedies to gross over $100 million), and Paramount's LADYBUGS. In contrast to his comedy roles, Rodney accepted a dramatic role offered to him by Oliver Stone for NATURAL BORN KILLERS. Critics praised his realistic portrayal as the "Father From Hell."

Dangerfield also took an interest in working behind the scenes. He produced the animated feature musical ROVER DANGERFIELD for Warner Bros. Rodney not only provided the voice for Rover, but he also wrote the screenplay, co-composed the songs and served as Executive Producer.

Recently, Dangerfield starred in and co-wrote MEET WALLY SPARKS, a comedy featuring Cindy Williams, Burt Reynolds, David Ogden Steirs, Michael Bolton, Tony Danza, and others.

Another film Dangerfield co-wrote, MY 5 WIVES, was just released. In this outrageous comedy Rodney plays a polygamist. In real life, Rodney is married to Joan Child, owner of Jungle Roses, a national floral distribution company. They have been married since 1993. Rodney has two children from a previous marriage, Brian and Melanie, and will soon become a grandfather for the first time.

Earlier this year, Rodney appeared as Lucifer in the Adam Sandler film, LITTLE NICKY.

Due for release in 2002, Rodney just completed filming THE 4th TENOR, an unusual love story.

Besides being a Las Vegas headliner for over 20 years, Dangerfield has also made countless appearances on talk and television variety shows. His first big break was The Ed Sullivan Show which he did 16 times. Rodney also appeared on This Is Your Life, What's My Line, "The Dean Martin Show", Saturday Night Live, and a record 70 times on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Recently, Rodney has appeared on Mad TV, Suddenly Susan, Late Night with Conan O' Brien, The Single Guy, Home Improvement, The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Pioneering new territory in cyberspace, Rodney was the first entertainer to personally own a Web site on the Internet. Launched in February 1995, his state-of-the-art site has won numerous awards and distinctions as one of the most popular destinations on the World Wide Web and can be found at http://www.rodney.com.

Dangerfield's contributions to the world of comedy have not been overlooked. In 1981, Dangerfield won a Grammy Award for his comedy album named No Respect and was the recipient of the Lifetime Creative Achievement Award from the 1994 American Comedy Awards. Rodney's famous trademark white shirt and red tie are on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C......Aaahhh....respect at last.