I was watching On the Record With Bob Costas Wednesday night (channel 400 (!) on my newly installed RCN digital cable), and who should make a surprise guest appearance than the great Rodney Dangerfield, star of Back to School, my third-favorite movie of all time.
Even at 82, Dangerfield was cracking me up with his one-liners:
"I went to a hooker, and she told me, 'Not on the first date.'"
"My wife does a lot of charity work. She handles all the policemen's balls."
"I went to a nude beach, and they told me it wasn't polite to point."
"At the nude beach I saw a 100-pound man with 50-pound testicles. He told me he was sick. I told him, 'You're not sick. You're half-nuts.'"
I did a Google search for Rodney Dangerfield jokes, and here's the best I found out there:
"I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west!"
"My mother had morning sickness after I was born."
"When I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up."
"I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio."
"I stuck my head out the window and got arrested for mooning."
"I met the surgeon general. He offered me a cigarette!"
"They say, 'Love thy neighbor as thy self.' What am I supposed to do? Jerk him off too?"
"I'm a bad lover. Once I caught a peeping tom booing me."
"A girl phoned me and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home."
"I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said, 'Are you going to hate yourself in the morning?' She said, 'No. I hate myself now.'"
"I was tired one night and I went to the bar to have a few drinks. The bartender asked me, 'What'll you have?' I said, 'surprise me.' He showed me a naked picture of my wife."
"I went to see my doctor you know him, Dr. Vinny Boom Batz. I told him, "Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror, I feel like throwing up. What's wrong with me?' He said, 'I don't know, but your eyesight is perfect.""
"My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him, 'If you don't mind I'd like a second opinion.' He said, "All right, you're ugly too.""
"My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met."
"During sex my wife always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she called me from a hotel."
Funny, funny shit. Now don't forget to download the '80s classic Rappin' Rodney at Dangerfield's official website.
With the passing of Ronnie Reagan and knowing DEATH usually comes in threes...
Posted by Tequila Dave at June 10, 2004 10:02 AMI'll take Rodney kicking this weekend and the Pope next tuesday the 15th.