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5 unusual facts about Rodney Dangerfield


Dangerfield's

Dangerfield's is a comedy club located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, United States, and named after comedian Rodney Dangerfield.

Jerry Saltz

His humor, irreverence, self-deprecation and volubility have earned him the designation as the Rodney Dangerfield of the art world.

John Torres

In 2005 the song “Yes Be Yes” (written by Torres, Tim Kobza, and Stephanie Carlisi) was featured in Scott Edmund Lane’s film “Angels With Angles” starring Rodney Dangerfield and Frank Gorshin.

Paul Frisbie

He is often compared to Rodney Dangerfield of which he has said, "I hope they're talking about the energy, not physical appearance -- I happen to think that I look like Robert Redford."

WDRQ

Its morning drive team of Rogers and Holiday featured comedic "celebrity" drop-ins by the spoofed likes of Rodney Dangerfield, Clint Eastwood and Eddie Murphy, as well as original characters like Mr. Action.


Harry Hurwitz

His directorial debut film The Projectionist also included the first acting role for actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield.

Skate or Die!

Two characters were featured in Skate or Die!: Rodney Recloose, a wild man with a purple mohawk and a Marine Corps tattoo (and a facial resemblance to comedian Rodney Dangerfield) who runs a skateshop in the game, and his son Bionic Lester, an even wilder kid with a green flattop, who you were able to take on in the joust and the downhill jam.


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Dom Irrera

His film work includes a featured role in Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle, a cameo in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski, The Fourth Tenor, starring old pal Rodney Dangerfield, and he played himself in the Rodney Dangerfield / Dom DeLuise film The Godson.

Where's Rodney?

Rodney Buddner (Jared Rushton) is a pre-teenager who idolizes comedian Rodney Dangerfield (Himself), and discovers that he can somehow cause his idol to magically appear whenever Buddner is in need of advice.