# Rodney Disrespected For the Last Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768 "2004-10-06T00:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/1 "2004-10-06T00:32:44Z")
[Rodney Dangerfield dead at 82.](http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=peopleNews&storyID=6422391) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/2 "2004-10-06T00:41:46Z")
I liked his standup routines more than his movies but he sure was funny. I thought his health was improving during that hospital stay. Gonna miss ya Rodney. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/3 "2004-10-06T00:41:53Z")
☹ RIP, Rodney. Such a loss. ---
**Author:** ![pyrrthon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pyrrthon1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pyrrthon1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/4 "2004-10-06T00:43:51Z")
Goodnight, funny man. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/5 "2004-10-06T00:46:50Z")
I was never a huge fan but he was a part of my childhood and I will definitely miss him. Rest in peace, Rodney. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/6 "2004-10-06T00:48:22Z")
Oh no. ☹ I hope he gets the comedy king funeral he deserves with lots of laughter and tears. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/7 "2004-10-06T00:59:55Z")
One of the great old-fashioned Jewish schtick comics . . . with him and Henny Youngman gone, it’s up to young pishers like Jon Stewart to carry the torch. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/8 "2004-10-06T01:03:08Z")
I am totally going to hell – my first thought was “Yessssssss! I’m on the board in the Death Pool!” ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/9 "2004-10-06T01:38:29Z")
I’ll have to join you there; my first thought was, “His dealer is sad now.” ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/10 "2004-10-06T01:44:31Z")
I really thought he was going to come out of that coma. He’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/11 "2004-10-06T01:45:44Z")
Wow, What a loss, the world needs comedians. I wonder if Dr. Vinnie Boom Batz is going to be investigated for malpractice. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/12 "2004-10-06T01:56:18Z")
R.I.P. Henny Youngman. I’ll fondly remember you as the guy who wrote a book. And I was able to pick out any book and write a book report in junior highschool. I don’t remember a thing about you, but sir, you have my respect. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/13 "2004-10-06T02:12:14Z")
Farewell Rodney. You certainly got respect from me. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/14 "2004-10-06T02:16:53Z")
I’ll always respect you Rodney :(. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/15 "2004-10-06T02:17:15Z")
What a great comedian. I was lucky enough to catch him in Vegas some years back. Very funny man. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/16 "2004-10-06T02:23:33Z")
Is Fall becoming the “in” time to die for celebrities? Last year didn’t Ritter, Zevon, and Cash all die in the Fall? Now Janet Leigh and Rodney Dangerfield. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/17 "2004-10-06T03:02:10Z")
I hope they remember to tuck in his tie… ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/18 "2004-10-06T03:15:59Z")
Rodney was always one of my favorites. “I bought a used car the other day. I found my wife’s dress in the back seat.” “I was at a restaurant the other day when my tie caught on fire. The waiter tried to put it out with an axe!” “At the restaurant the other day I said a toast to my wife: ‘To the best woman a man’s ever had’, and the waiter joined us!” I’ll miss you Rodney. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/19 "2004-10-06T03:31:17Z")
Aw, fuck. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768/20 "2004-10-06T03:56:18Z")
He was the real thing, the guy who wants to make everyone laugh because he’s so miserable. I wrote a blog entry about him back in June; after I wrote it, I went to his Web site and sent him an e-mail with a link to the post. I got an e-mail from his wife the next day, saying Rodney had read it and liked it and wanted to send me something, and would I send my address? (She signed the e-mail “Joan Dangerfield (Mrs. Rodney),” which I thought was cool.) I sent my address immediately, of course, and in a week or so I received a copy of his autobiography with a personalized inscription. Amazing. I didn’t even think he would read it; I figured it would go into a folder labeled “Fan mail (delete at will)” or something. _I don’t think my doctor likes me. I called him up and said, “Doctor, I just took a whole bottle of sleeping pills, what should I do?” He said, “Have a few drinks and try to get some rest.”_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodney-disrespected-for-the-last-time/267768.md?page=2)