Rodney Dangerfield
Jack Roy (born Jacob Rodney Cohen; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), better known by the pseudonym Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme. He began his career working as a stand-up comic at the Fantasy Lounge in New York City. His act grew in popularity as he became a mainstay on late-night talk shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, eventually developing into a headlining act on the Las Vegas casino circuit. His catchphrase "I don't get any respect!" came from an attempt to improve one of his stand-up jokes. "I played hide and seek; they wouldn't even look for me." He thought the joke would be stronger if it used the format: "I was so ..." beginning ("I was so poor," "He was so ugly," "She was so stupid," etc.). He tried "I don't get no respect," and the jokes that followed got a much better response from the audience; it became a permanent feature of his act and comedic persona. He appeared in a few bit parts in films, such as The Projectionist, throughout the 1970s, but his breakout film role came in 1980 as a boorish nouveau riche golfer in the ensemble comedy Caddyshack, which was followed by two additional successful films in which he starred: 1983's Easy Money and 1986's Back to School. Additional film work kept him busy through the rest of his life, mostly in comedies, but with a rare dramatic role in 1994's Natural Born Killers as an abusive father. Health troubles curtailed his output through the early 2000s before his death in 2004, following a month in a coma due to complications from heart valve surgery. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 117471 | 5/23/1966 | What's in a name | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117472 | 5/23/1966 | Someone's gonna get hurt | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117473 | 5/23/1966 | Get a horse | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117474 | 5/23/1966 | Lost | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117475 | 5/23/1966 | Flying southern comfort | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117476 | 5/23/1966 | The gourmet | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117477 | 5/23/1966 | Home sweet home | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117478 | 5/23/1966 | My neighborhood/The hold up | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117479 | 5/23/1966 | Unhandy husbands | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker | |||
Decca | 117480 | 5/23/1966 | That's show biz | Rodney Dangerfield | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dangerfield, Rodney," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/310827.
Dangerfield, Rodney. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/310827.
"Dangerfield, Rodney." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Dangerfield, Rodney, 1921-2004 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86067395
Wikidata: Rodney Dangerfield - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q436386
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/51813699
MusicBrainz: Rodney Dangerfield - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/65b57988-9e79-4fd4-b42a-ffa8a1cce111
ISNI: 0000 0001 1026 7495 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000110267495
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