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Obituaries

Rodney Dangerfield, R.I.P.

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.5.2004 11:04 PM

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Completed the Triple Lindy this afternoon. Since we already had our probituary two weeks ago, I'll just say that, even though I wasn't expecting any more Rodney material on this side of the grave, I'm a sadder man.

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  1. andy   22 years ago

    *Plays taps on trumpet...

  2. CodeMonkeySteve   22 years ago

    *Now* does he get some respect?!

  3. Stevo   22 years ago

    It wasn't easy, bein' him.

    But FINALLY, he gets some respect.

    (hat held to heart, if I had a hat)

  4. Stevo   22 years ago

    Oops, crosspost. (Dueling Steves.)

  5. TWC   22 years ago

    Rodney Dangerfield made my dad laugh. That was hard to do.

  6. Christopher W.   22 years ago

    Local (miami) played up his "I get no respect" line, but y'know, he could actually play different characters. Caddyshack vs. Back to School.
    And while I'm hardly going to put Back to School on a top ten liberatarian films list, he did play a real, successful businessman, managing to get thru a bunch of pointy-headed professors (well, Sally Kellerman's head wasn't pointy, her blouse was) the old-fashioned way....hard work and bribery.

    Here's to you, Rodney. Ya made me laugh.

  7. Douglas Fletcher   22 years ago

    And hats off to Jack Roy!

  8. Bob   22 years ago

    "I?ll tell ya why! ?Cause Truman was too much off a pussy to let McCarthur go in there, and blow out those commie bastards!!"

  9. Nathan   22 years ago

    Somewhere in heaven Ted Knight is getting his balls busted.

  10. secret misogynist   22 years ago

    "You don't lie to me, you lie to girls."

    Sage advice which has served me well through life so far.

  11. Warren   22 years ago

    Overheard at the gates of heaven:
    ?Hey, Wang, I hear this place is restricted, so don?t tell them you?re Jewish, okay??

  12. cdunlea   22 years ago

    "What is this place, the dance of the dead? Hey Ringo, take some lessons!"

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