Hard to believe but this would have been the 100th birthday of Rodney Dangerfield, the premiere standup comic who passed away almost 20 years ago at 82. This fixture of late night talk shows in the sixties and seventies who complained that he got "No respect", hit his stride when he starred in Caddyshack, and he never looked back.
I had the pleasure of seeing him at Constitution Hall in DC doing his stand up routine, and about a dozen of my friends all bought front row tickets and dressed up in dark suits and thin red ties like him. When he came out and saw us, he laughed and pointed at us. It's a moment I'll never forget.
He was funny and quick with comebacks to any shoutouts. The Gold Standard.
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