Don't let anyone beat you down because you haven't achieved your dreams yet. Two years prior to this taping, Dangerfield was still making his living as a metal worker. He was still doing hell gigs hoping to be discovered. His big break wasn't until he was a last-minute SUBSTITUTE act on Sullivan. He was already in his late 40s. So when you think about putting down that pen, brush, or instrument: don't ever forget why you picked it up int he first place. You only stop being an artist, writer, or performer when you put it down yourself. You ARE an artist. You ARE a creator. You always will be.
Thanks for the background as I skipped wikipedia once I read he did this gig to watch it. You can see he's not fully confident but relaxed a bit when the audience laughed out loud for the first time. This is still brilliant and stands up in 2022, awesome! Don't know many of his films but apart from Bill Murray, he was the standout in Caddyshack. One of my fav movies :-) Rip Harold Ramis too.
I read about it in his autobiography. When he was doing siding he was always writing jokes and putting them in a duffle bag. After a year he arranged enough for a set then went to the Catskills to try them out at a hotel.
Rodney was a true original and everything was perfect, the tempo, the voice pitch, the delivery, the mannerisms, plus he really knew how to tailor his jokes to the audience. SORELY MISSED.
Man. I was a kid when these videos were on TV. Both my parents were alive (now gone), and we laughed all of the time. The 70s and 80s were the best years of my life.
Rodney was always my favorite. He gets lots of respect from me. God bless you. I took my wife to the beach. People asked me what l used for bait. So many great jokes.
I still remember the line that really got Jay Leno... I can't even drive by the gas station without being reminded that I'm 76 and I've got one orange ball.
I tell You, it aint easy being Me! Last Month, I went to the mall to see if I could buy a pair of pants. I discovered that I lost my reading glasses, so I went to the Lost and Found. They told me to Get LOST!! 😕
Even when I was a Kid, I didn't get any respect! On my first day, in first grade, when it was time to go home, as I was walking out of the classroom the teacher caught up with me and she said, "Rodney, you don't have to worry about giving me any apples!" I said, "Really?" She said, "Yes! Because You're already driving me Bananas!" 🍌
Remember on Sunday nights always watching the Ed Sullivan show. That was when I first saw Rodney. His routine was funny and I laughed, and knew I had found a great comic. The years went on and he would get funnier. Rest in Peace you have my and many others respect.
He didn't seem to straighten his tie as often as he did in later TV appearances. It became his trademark. He knew what worked. A funny guy ... always made us laugh.
bhahaha, no i thought the opposite same jokes again, the doctor second oppinion one , and the dog teaches his wife to roll over an play dead one , etc, most great stand up comedians do the same gags , steve hughs is very good better than rodney dangerfeild , and he swears and drinks thru out his gig, gota give him a look see steve hughs if you like good stand up hes one of if not the best ive seen them all and laughed but steve is very very good trust me
I've seen many videos of Rodney on Carson from different years. He did repeat his jokes two or three years later on Carsons shows. It sticks out now, because you can view UA-cam videos of Rodney spanning several years, but in those days most people didn't have vcrs etc, so he figured he could get away with it. I bet Carson remembered though......
This material is not as solid as in later years and the response is sometimes sparse, but he is unflappable staying committed to his jokes and personna.
@@thommysides4616 not necessarily about getting away with it. You can only come up with so many jokes about anything. No comic is unlimited. He used his best stuff he could come up with.
It''s clear he has a sophisticated perspective. It leaks out sometimes. But there is also an amazing universality to his jokes. Both of those things are authentic. Also his pace...modern comics tell a funny joke, then strut around the stage for 15 seconds laughing at their own joke. Rodney loads up the next one before you're even ready for it. He's playing with his food out there.
I often pause his comedy skits so I can laugh more. That bit about like father like son, that actually happens... when I was young, someone told me I had my moms nose and ears. I cried. My mom laughed. I don't mind now that I'm older. Seriously funny.
My parents and I watched the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1970's as a little kid. Mr Sullivan would call it Really Big Shoe. It was a great, clean, family oriented TV show episodes back then. So called nowadays need a great TV show episodes like that back then but yet they don't.
Yeah... and my wife... not too smart, she actually watched someone steal the car from the driveway, she tells me NOT to worry.... She wrote down the license plate number.
This guy could poke so much fun at himself and come out so suave and clean, we all can learn something here.....if you can't laugh at yourself, don't try to make anyone laugh at all.
Yes, I think he was a bit taken aback that they were somewhat lukewarm. He does the same act on Jackie Gleason, you can see the clip and he was better....maybe less nervous.
The audience was definitely not sweetened. Jackie Gleason never allowed this...not in NY and not in Miami. I had been in that theater in Miami in those days. It seated a few thousand people.
I had a joke I wanted to submit to Rodney, because I think it would have been perfect for him, but sadly he died before I could do so. "I don't get no respect. Last week my car broke down on the freeway. I asked a guy for a tow. He gave me a finger."
LOL....nice! Here's one of mine he could've done something with (right after his, "I attract everyone that can do me absolutely no good,".....I was next in line at The Dollar Store the other day when I hear my cashier's voice over the intercom: Price check on 3, please.
I didn't even know he was nationally recognized in 1969! I never heard of him until well into the mid- 70's. "I told my dentist my teeth are getting yellow ...He told me to wear a brown tie."
I never heard most of these jokes and I’ve heard Rodney hundreds of times this was his early years and he wrote this material and it is fabulous including his delivery I wanna hear more of this very early stuff I’ve heard his latest stuff 7080 times he was fabulous on this delivery
Rodney's delivery here was much more relaxed and less frenetic than his performances later in his life. I liked the more relaxed style and delivery of this performance.
im not sure you'd call Morrison letting loose. only if you watched the Oliver stone version were he dramatized it. now in New Haven & Miami he let loose.
Wow - he was just starting to get his groove at this time. His best jokes were always 2 crisp sentences. Like call and response. But once he got it down he was just unstoppable. 2 sentences, audience laughs, repeat. Never miss a beat. Rodney worked hard to make it look easy.
"I tell ya I've played some tough places. Aldo's...formerly Vito's....FORMERLY Nunzio's....tough place, Nunzio's I had dinner there once...they served me broken leg of lamb...😜"
Some of the imagery was extremely tawdry in this set. I'm surprised Ed would have allowed it... I mean "souvenirs" nearly killing him? Followed by Topo Gigio?
@@halc.2899 I suppose you're right. They censored the Stones for Let's spend the night together. Ed Sullivan show wanted them to say Let's spend some time together. So much for freedom of speech. Lol.
Mekrab J check out the very funny videoclip titled, "Retarded Dog Remix" with the sound of the news broadcaster being hijinxed by jim carrey from, "Bruce Almighty"!
Don't let anyone beat you down because you haven't achieved your dreams yet. Two years prior to this taping, Dangerfield was still making his living as a metal worker. He was still doing hell gigs hoping to be discovered. His big break wasn't until he was a last-minute SUBSTITUTE act on Sullivan. He was already in his late 40s. So when you think about putting down that pen, brush, or instrument: don't ever forget why you picked it up int he first place. You only stop being an artist, writer, or performer when you put it down yourself. You ARE an artist. You ARE a creator. You always will be.
Thanks for the background as I skipped wikipedia once I read he did this gig to watch it. You can see he's not fully confident but relaxed a bit when the audience laughed out loud for the first time.
This is still brilliant and stands up in 2022, awesome! Don't know many of his films but apart from Bill Murray, he was the standout in Caddyshack. One of my fav movies :-) Rip Harold Ramis too.
I read about it in his autobiography. When he was doing siding he was always writing jokes and putting them in a duffle bag. After a year he arranged enough for a set then went to the Catskills to try them out at a hotel.
Old news.
Dangerfield was actually talented though, unlike the people reading this
@@isambo400 Talent can be wasted when you lack self confidence.
Rodney was an endangered species and one of a kind - never to be duplicated - the funniest of all time.
Rodney was a true original and everything was perfect, the tempo, the voice pitch, the delivery, the mannerisms, plus he really knew how to tailor his jokes to the audience. SORELY MISSED.
This man was simply legendary. Such pure, clever, brilliant comedy.
R.I.P to the king 👑 of one liners.
RIP Ed Sullivan and Rodney Dangerfield. Long overdue condolences to both families :-(
Man. I was a kid when these videos were on TV. Both my parents were alive (now gone), and we laughed all of the time. The 70s and 80s were the best years of my life.
He is one of my all time favorite comedians.
Rodney was always my favorite. He gets lots of respect from me. God bless you.
I took my wife to the beach. People asked me what l used for bait.
So many great jokes.
*LOVE love love Rodney Dangerfield! One of THE funniest guys on the Planet!*
R.I.P.
Remember him well....always a class act....rip...
I felt honored by his friendly conversation when I found the nerve to speak to him at my NYC gym.
Great times 1969, Rodney and Ed Sullivan what a fabulous time this country was and much better than now !!!!!
In Billy Joel's Tell Her About it. Ed is recreated and Rodney makes a surprise appearence at its ending!
A legend...RIP Rodney, you’re still just as funny as you were back then....🙏
He's dead.
I still remember the line that really got Jay Leno... I can't even drive by the gas station without being reminded that I'm 76 and I've got one orange ball.
They don’t make comedians like they used too. Class act Rodney. RIP
Love Rodney, he was the best.
Amazing how is jokes till translate 50 years later!
I don't get any respect! Last week, my tie was on fire! Some guy try to put it out with an Ax!! 😋
I tell You, it aint easy being Me! Last Month, I went to the mall to see if I could buy a pair of pants. I discovered that I lost my reading glasses, so I went to the Lost and Found. They told me to Get LOST!! 😕
Even when I was a Kid, I didn't get any respect! On my first day, in first grade, when it was time to go home, as I was walking out of the classroom the teacher caught up with me and she said, "Rodney, you don't have to worry about giving me any apples!" I said, "Really?" She said, "Yes! Because You're already driving me Bananas!" 🍌
he was a jewish cuckold
Remember on Sunday nights always watching the Ed Sullivan show. That was when I first saw Rodney. His routine was funny and I laughed, and knew I had found a great comic. The years went on and he would get funnier. Rest in Peace you have my and many others respect.
Rodney Dangerfield was still developing his iconic act at this point. It would become more polished (and funnier) as time went on.
He was cleaner here then he was on Carson years later. Mostly G rated jokes, but they were funny. I'm glad Ed discovered him!
Outside of tightening up the set ups, it was pretty much the Rodney we grew to love.
He didn't seem to straighten his tie as often as he did in later TV appearances. It became his trademark. He knew what worked. A funny guy ... always made us laugh.
When I visited Boston, I dropped into Cheers - nobody knew my name!
"I went to my doctor, he told me I was crazy. I said I want a second opinion. He told me ok, you're ugly too."
His timing, delivery: a comic poet.
Rodney, you will always be remembered as one of my favorite Comedians of all time.Rest in peace.
I agree. When I think of Rodney, I'll say to myself ... "He was one of Deta Manage's favorite Comedians".
Just can't believe he went as far back as this.. he was the best if the best..his movies were always funny..
The best part is how every one of his appearances had brand new jokes. Hardly ever a repeat. The true king of comedy
bhahaha, no i thought the opposite same jokes again, the doctor second oppinion one , and the dog teaches his wife to roll over an play dead one , etc, most great stand up comedians do the same gags , steve hughs is very good better than rodney dangerfeild , and he swears and drinks thru out his gig, gota give him a look see steve hughs if you like good stand up hes one of if not the best ive seen them all and laughed but steve is very very good trust me
@@rimaman8681RODNEY IS WAY BETTER!
I've seen many videos of Rodney on Carson from different years. He did repeat his jokes two or three years later on Carsons shows. It sticks out now, because you can view UA-cam videos of Rodney spanning several years, but in those days most people didn't have vcrs etc, so he figured he could get away with it. I bet Carson remembered though......
This material is not as solid as in later years and the response is sometimes sparse, but he is unflappable staying committed to his jokes and personna.
@@thommysides4616 not necessarily about getting away with it. You can only come up with so many jokes about anything. No comic is unlimited. He used his best stuff he could come up with.
It''s clear he has a sophisticated perspective. It leaks out sometimes. But there is also an amazing universality to his jokes. Both of those things are authentic.
Also his pace...modern comics tell a funny joke, then strut around the stage for 15 seconds laughing at their own joke. Rodney loads up the next one before you're even ready for it. He's playing with his food out there.
Quite simply the greatest comedian that ever lived.
He was a Gem. The Best of the Best.
I often pause his comedy skits so I can laugh more. That bit about like father like son, that actually happens... when I was young, someone told me I had my moms nose and ears. I cried. My mom laughed. I don't mind now that I'm older. Seriously funny.
He was a standalone talent ❤
I second that.
My parents and I watched the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1970's as a little kid. Mr Sullivan would call it Really Big Shoe. It was a great, clean, family oriented TV show episodes back then. So called nowadays need a great TV show episodes like that back then but yet they don't.
My girl friend called me and told me to come on over, no one is home. So I came over. No one was home!
Ken Nickels that was a really really good joke.
Yeah... and my wife... not too smart, she actually watched someone steal the car from the driveway, she tells me NOT to worry.... She wrote down the license plate number.
😂
for all the fans of stand up comedy just when you thort it was all over when yoy thourt there were no more goody comediens left serch steve hughs
@@rimaman8681 goodbless..,,,
This guy could poke so much fun at himself and come out so suave and clean, we all can learn something here.....if you can't laugh at yourself, don't try to make anyone laugh at all.
How cool to have the Stones warm up an audience for Dangerfield.
Rodney was simply the best! He's the. KING
I love how nervous he was when he came out, and then... he got The Rodney.
Sad that good things last but a short time.
Dangerfield is gone miss him...
Great comedian - one of a kind and never to be duplicated!
Great man really enjoy watching him!!
His comedic genius comes through even though he hadn't developed his catch phrase yet.
"No respect"!
It amazes me how lost the audience was. He was killing it and almost nobody was getting it.
Yes, I think he was a bit taken aback that they were somewhat lukewarm. He does the same act on Jackie Gleason, you can see the clip and he was better....maybe less nervous.
The audience sounds recorded
The audience was definitely not sweetened. Jackie Gleason never allowed this...not in NY and not in Miami. I had been in that theater in Miami in those days. It seated a few thousand people.
He was brilliant.
Rodney was a man who came up from nothing...and brought it along with him !
lol
Good one!😅
Probably the cleanest routine from him I’ve ever seen.
Rodney Dangerfield, and Foster Brooks,the best .😆😆.
"We were so poor we couldn't afford tinsel on the Christmas tree so we had to wait for my grandfather to sneeze"
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He was one of the best... truly
AWE, I love him, just everything about him. you can clearly see he was a sweetheart.
I had a joke I wanted to submit to Rodney, because I think it would have been perfect for him, but sadly he died before I could do so. "I don't get no respect. Last week my car broke down on the freeway. I asked a guy for a tow. He gave me a finger."
that is pretty good.
Jeff B I'm stealing that one. Good stuff
@Kanga Guru Glad you liked it. I wish I could have heard him telling it. His cadence would be perfect.
Great one, Jeff B !
LOL....nice! Here's one of mine he could've done something with (right after his, "I attract everyone that can do me absolutely no good,".....I was next in line at The Dollar Store the other day when I hear my cashier's voice over the intercom: Price check on 3, please.
I didn't even know he was nationally recognized in 1969! I never heard of him until well into the mid- 70's. "I told my dentist my teeth are getting yellow ...He told me to wear a brown tie."
I never heard most of these jokes and I’ve heard Rodney hundreds of times this was his early years and he wrote this material and it is fabulous including his delivery I wanna hear more of this very early stuff I’ve heard his latest stuff 7080 times he was fabulous on this delivery
Best stand up bar none
as time went on, he got a bigger crowd, and more respect.
i feel sorry for anyone that does'nt like this ,,,,he,,,Rodney is the Best
Still funny..even clean!..down 2 steps..his best joke here..and the souvenir..😂😂
i thought no one was gonna find a 60s video on youtube about rodney this is great.
Rodney's delivery here was much more relaxed and less frenetic than his performances later in his life. I liked the more relaxed style and delivery of this performance.
Love Rodney! My favorite comedian.
Ken D Black Negro
Brilliant stuff! Have always loved this guy!
I went to my Dr, I said Dr. I want to stop aging.... So he gave me a gun!
Was it Dr. Vinnie Boom Batz?
I told my Psychiatrist, I feel terrible, I've got low self esteem and I feel like I'm nothing, he says don't worry about it, you're not worth it!
Very tame. he can't let loose on Ed's show.
sportster1988 - that's not fair, Morrisons a different breed hahaha
im not sure you'd call Morrison letting loose. only if you watched the Oliver stone version were he dramatized it. now in New Haven & Miami he let loose.
They actually got paid for Ed's show. Not like today.
Not on 1969 tv at all.
First TV appearance he was 47. Born 1920 his fame came in his 60's in the early 80's. He had a crazy life and career.
"The kind of shades, you want 'em to go up, you got to pull 'em down." Yeah, I remember those.
Hadn’t seen this one of Rodney on Ed Sullivan, & it felt great to laugh out loud 🤣
Rodney was the best... the very best!!!
I love him ♥
I dont often laugh at stand ups but this actually made be laugh out loud a few times.
He was great! Miss him!!
Wow - he was just starting to get his groove at this time. His best jokes were always 2 crisp sentences. Like call and response. But once he got it down he was just unstoppable. 2 sentences, audience laughs, repeat. Never miss a beat. Rodney worked hard to make it look easy.
🔴👍👍 Rodney Dangerfield one of my favourites
Thank you for uploading.
LOVE THE SHOW KEEP IT UP BILLV
Damn hard to believe been 50+ years time really seems to go by.
"I tell ya I've played some tough places. Aldo's...formerly Vito's....FORMERLY Nunzio's....tough place, Nunzio's I had dinner there once...they served me broken leg of lamb...😜"
Rodney is the man.
this was probably before he went with his iconic one liners - but none of the less, Rodney Dangerfield was funny no matter what
He was already 46 when he appeared here. He was late but still great
best stand up comic ever.
the last one about the horses!
all great!
Very wholesome....perhaps too wholesome. Ed was very strict on what he considered allowing on his show.
Rodney's best jokes were certainly not wholesome
Some of the imagery was extremely tawdry in this set. I'm surprised Ed would have allowed it... I mean "souvenirs" nearly killing him? Followed by Topo Gigio?
This video sucks!!!
The Ed Sullivan show, he had to keep it clean.
and maybe he had slowed down the tempo just a little bit
@Brown Paw Rude ass!
Richard Pryor turned comedy into dirty garbage. He burned up too late.
Ineluctable Smith fuck you 🖕🏽
Nah he hadn’t came into his own yet.
What a brilliant performance.
back then he was still King of the One-Liners
This is the most restricted I've ever seen him.
And yet this was the appearance that started his career as a successful comedian.
Not at his best. He was better on Carson.
@@ollietamuff3340 In 1969 on the Ed Sullivan show the censors were still in control.
@@halc.2899 I suppose you're right. They censored the Stones for Let's spend the night together. Ed Sullivan show wanted them to say Let's spend some time together. So much for freedom of speech. Lol.
The one nice thing is that I hadn't heard most of these jokes before. In most of his other routines there are a few I heard multiple times.
He's like a musician ...singing his lyrics 🎙🎶
Best comedian ever His wife asked him Rodney Rodney take me somewhere I never was before I took her to the kitchen
Henny Youngman did that joke long before Rodney.
The best comedian in the world 🌎.
Love this guy. 🤘🤘
Sue Stowers: Best Comedian yet!
How'd I get here? I was watching puppy videos next thing I know I'm watching Rodney Dangerfield clips. R.I.P Mr Dangerfield.
Mekrab J check out the very funny videoclip titled, "Retarded Dog Remix" with the sound of the news broadcaster being hijinxed by jim carrey from, "Bruce Almighty"!
"I called suicide prevention, they put me on hold!!!"
dang ..the year i was born. He is simply the best!
One of my favs
I’ll tell ya.. I get no respect, the other day I
found my birth certificate... it was a written apology from the Trojan Rubber Co
I tell ya no respect . No respect
No respect at all
I know my wife cheats on me.... Eveytime i come home the parrot says "Quick out the window!"
Rodney is one of the funniest men ever
King of the one liners.
Rodney Dangerfield and Phyllis Diller were two of the BEST.❤
All of his movies were priceless too. It's not what he said, just his delivery would make a person burst bust out uncontrollably
Man he is timeless,