Rodney was always "on". He kept the lines coming all night. It had to be a lot of pressure that he put on himself. He once said that it took him 3 months to prepare for one Tonight Show appearance. That's dedication. I miss all of this guys. R.I.P. Johnny, Rodney and Ed.
Let's be clear: Rodney Dangerfield was one of the funniest comedians of all time, and Johnny Carson played the perfect straight man. Together, they were awesome.
me too. not only have i watched every rodney clip on YT in the last 3 days, but i even watch the ones i have seen over and over again. I can't get enough of him. Even hearing the joke for the 3rd time makes me laugh just as hard. It never gets old. No one beats him...RIP rodney
No one else could do that with Johnny. Only Rodney. That's how much Johnny loved his humor. But the other side of that was that we never really got to know the real Rodney. Never a serious interview. He did a couple on Stern though later on. And his childhood and younger years were so miserable for him that he probably preferred not to talk about them anyway on Johnny.
I love Late Night with Letterman, but I am so happy Carson was the host to interview Rodney most of the times. No other host would and could Rodney be this great
THAT'S MY GUY!! THE LEGENDARY RODNEY DANGERFIELD & JOHNNY!! I SANG THE RAPPIN RODNEY VIEDO!! NO RESPECT NO RESPECT,!! SO INSANELY FUNNY!! NEVER ANOTHER, JOHNNY!! DEFINITELY, NEVER ANOTHER RODNEY!! SOOO MISS HIM!!💔💔💋❤❤💘💜💜💘💋💋💔💔💛💛💔💋💋💙💙❤❤💘💘💜💘❤💋💔💛💔💔💋 SUZAN C. WILSON
Christine Plymouth very true, the vaudeville acts were real showman/woman they could do it all; sing, dance, juggle you name it they had to be able to do it all and without missing a beat.
Rodney was good, very good.........but Johnny set him up for it........Many comedians gave Johnny mega-credit for their success, for being a great straight man. Don Rickles, for one, gave Johnny his undying thanks for that. Here, Rodney and Johnny are spot on great!
He passed away in 2004...82 years old... Dangerfield's headstone at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery On November 22, 2001 (his 80th birthday), Dangerfield suffered a mild heart attack while backstage at the Tonight Show. During Dangerfield's hospital stay, the staff were reportedly upset that he smoked marijuana in his room. But he was back at the Tonight Show a year later, performing on his 81st birthday. On April 8, 2003, Dangerfield underwent brain surgery to improve blood flow in preparation for heart valve-replacement surgery on a later date. The surgery took place on August 24, 2004.Upon entering the hospital, he uttered another characteristic one-liner when asked how long he would be hospitalized: "If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half." In September 2004, it was revealed that Dangerfield had been in a coma for several weeks. Afterward, he began breathing on his own and showing signs of awareness when visited by friends. However, he died on October 5, 2004 at the UCLA Medical Center, a month and a half shy of his 83rd birthday, from complications of the surgery he had undergone in August. Dangerfield was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. His headstone reads, "Rodney Dangerfield... There goes the neighborhood."
Two legends at their best. Can’t forget Ed too! Rodney is my favorite comedian hands down. And he is underrated. He will always have my respect and he is missed dearly. All three of these gentlemen♥️
Unlike the interviewers today who want to be in charge, Johnny Carson would let the guest full reign. The guest was a GUEST to have all the respect (pun intended) they deserve.
The 1980s were the last great decade of all time we had Ronald Reagan as President and this country was strong and people were much better than now Period!!!!!
Rodney was by far the best stand up comedian. I think his hard childhood upbringing gave him a lot of early material to use later in life. Miss him and Johnny Carson. Funny funny men.
Carleton, I also REALLY miss Rodney, Johnny, Ed and the rest of the "Tonight Show" gang. Thank God they live on through these video clips. Stephen Colbert and the other late night "comedians" of today are AWFUL in so many ways and NOT talented and funny like the way Rodney and Johnny were.
One sad note about Rodney. Late in his life a reporter asked him how he was doing and Rodney said “life has been one big downer.“ There was no punchline.
Saw him live at the Comedy Store in L.A. back in '82. Wasn't scheduled. Just dropped in to test some new material for his upcoming Tonight Show appearance. Hilarious guy. Sharp as a tack.
Today’s comedians don’t even come close. They’re so blue! We will never see another Rodney or Richard Pryor. Partially to blame is this sensitive culture that we now live in. This censorship and cancel culture.
Hey I saw him at the Riviera Hotel! I started working there when I was 17 yrs old. And on our nightly lunch breaks we would always go backstage to watch whoever was playing! Rodney was getting very popular at this time and I made it a point to see him every night for 2 weeks! Saw alot of the older acts!
Yeah I didin't realize it at the time! I met Kenny Rogers one time. I'll never forget he was driving a Stutz Bearcat Car...tha's what he told me. I was too busy staring at thte car and he got out and I hadn't even looked at him and I said...what kind of car is that!!. ThenI realized it was him and he was just the nicest , down to earth guy ever!
Kenny Rogers was appearing in Phila. in 1980, when he walked out on stage the first words he uttered were:I DO NOT SIGN ANY AUTOGRAPHS! The fans were paying his goddamn salary, the nerve of that half ass!
I saw Harold Ramis the director say that they were thinking of Don Rickles for Rodney's part in Caddyshack, but no one was hotter than RD at the time, based on appearances like this, and that's why they tapped him for the role. He took a straight $35k for the role, no points or residuals. He was making $50k a week in Vegas at that point, so he actually lost $ on the movie. Thank God he did it, eh? I mean this was his first movie, he couldn't even act, he just played himself essentially and STOLE the movie from the Great Ted Knight, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase. Plus the gopher ;)
Rodney Dangerfield you are the greatest. the Elvis Presley of comedy.Thank you for all the laughs. So animated with those eyes and that voice.Many have called me a good imitator of Rodney but aren't we all. We would have needed another 40 or 50 years of of him and his new material to say the least. If it was only possible.Thanks for all the laughs Rodney.
Being from the UK we never had the Tonight Show but I adore watching these clips. Carson is an absolute master of his game. As for Rodney Dangerfield what a guy,supremely talented. TV today cannot touch these classics.
So was Richard Pryor. Groucho Marx. Don Rickles. Dean Martin. Sammy Davis Jr. Steve Martin. You name it. Don't know any funny comedians in the UK. I'm an American. Can't think of any. 😅
I saw a thing about the making of Caddyshack. Rodney did his lines and thought he had bombed. Nobody laughed. They had to explain to him that it was a live microphone and they couldn't laugh! But he still had a tough time the rest of the movie. Hence his comment at the end where he talks about liking the live performance and the feedback.
This had to have been one of his best performances ever on the Tonight Show. Every joke was a killer. He was the best! How he remembered all of that routine I’ll never know. 😂
Saw him twice in concert, he comes out does 15 minutes of jokes, and the entire place was laughing so hard,he sat down for 10 minutes while everyone was laughing! The King of the one liners!
@Doug Richardson I saw him in 1999 at the MGM Grand in Vegas with a bunch of friends. We ate dinner in one of the MGM's resturaunts before the show and mentioned to the waitress we were seeing his show later and she told us we were sitting in Rodney's booth! She said he usually sat there by himself for breakfast every time he played the MGM Grand. Made our day! I wish we had gone back to that resturaunt the next morning just to see if he showed up.
@@willzimjohn There is a Friar’s Club roast of Don Rickles, and Johnny Carson introduced Henry Youngman by saying: “Our next speaker is known as ‘The King of the One Liners’, mainly because Youngman can’t remember two lines in a row”.
In an age of political correctness, this is the kind of comedian who offends very few. His prime time jokes still have an edge but no foul language necessary. He is definitely missed.
Rodney had to overcome a terrible childhood and upbringing, he beautifully channeled his experiences in life to become successful. If anyone ever deserved fame and fortune it was him.
The movie is funny but it is hilarious when he's on screen! His open line: "This place is restricted Wang, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish" (Wang is obviously of Asian decent) ROTFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK not his first joke but his first real zinger!!
Rodney was without a doubt, the KING OF, ONE-LINERS!! Nobody has been able to match him or beat him since he died. And when he was alive I cannot think of one person they could catch him. And not only catch him but surpass him. Not. A. Soul. He was the best. In the movies he starred in, let’s face it he carried the entire movie. Without him each movie would’ve flat out sucked. He even surpassed Chevy Chase in each movie. We miss you Rodney for comedy just as much as we miss Elvis for his kind of music. Our world became a smaller world and a sadder world without you in it for comedy and Elvis for music. America became a sadder, Quieter Country. A Quieter Country.
Saw him live in SF with my cousin in 1980. We laughed all the way home and into the following week. I remember he told a heckler, "what, do you go to the movies and yell at the screen?" Classic
My top ten comedians ever to appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" are: 1) Rodney Dangerfield 2) Don Rickles 3) Richard Pryor 4) Joan Rivers 5) George Carlin 6) Robin Williams 7) Jonathan Winters 8) Bob Hope 9) Buddy Hackett 10) Dean Martin My top 10 favourites!
The reason that I like George Carlin's comedy much more than Richard Pryor's is because Carlin would very selectively use profanities to underscore the points he was making in his comedy concerts whereas Pryor used profanities way too much and only for the shock value.
Rodney Dangerfield was without any question one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all-time, but Sam Kinison and Buddy Hackett were also excellent as was Woody Allen during his stand-up comedy years.
