Actually I have an old cassette of one of his live acts and he uses the “F” word a couple of times but he has a young audience at the time so it was probably appropriate.
I’m dying of cancer and I thought this was going to take me out early. Wtf Rodney deserves so much better. They couldn’t even make him laugh for real. Jesus this man is unbelievable
Rodney gets up at the end, and slays with the first joke. King of Comedy. No one ever made Johnny Carson laugh harder or longer. And that's a tough spot sitting next to him.
Ray, I 100% agree. Rodney was the best comic I ever saw live. Way better than Carlin or Bobcat. And this roast was a disgrace to Rodney's legacy. It shows me that people like Seinfeld, Barr, Allen, Clay, Carrey, Foxworthy have no loyalty or appreciation for what he did for them. I'm an amateur comedian & my focus is impressions. I met Godtfried last year & did my impression of him, Yoda & Jim Carey. I had Gilbert laughing. When I told him I was an unknown comic and asked him for help. He got all quiet and depressed and said No. I'm sure If it was Rodney, he would of helped me.
I got lucky my buddy was an usher at the landmark and he would rotate his friends to work as one well my turn came and was for Rodney was awesome he shook our hands at the end 👏🙌he was a riot had us friggin crying funny ..top notch ! We miss ya bro ..nothin but respect for ya !! 💯..hope your still tellin jokes in heaven !
I can’t imagine trying to roast the funniest man ever who constantly roasted himself for our entertainment, i hope my sense of humor can be just 1% what rodney’s was
When I see Rodney, it makes me happy to hear his jokes, as he is (SIMPLY), the best comic that has ever lived. Therefore, daily when I log into UA-cam, I always see several segments of Rodney, as I am subscribed to several (CHANNELS), that have Rodney segments. RIP, my friend, and I truly love and miss you. Respectfully, your long time listener.
For a legend like Rodney, there should have been triple the amount of people at that table. So called A list comedians should have been begging to get to be at that table.
One final comment- when he gets up at the end and says “actually we were supposed to have much bigger acts here but HBO would not go for it due to the money”. It seems to me, with that one remark he was actually roasting everyone that showed up to roast him- the perfect Rodney Dangerfield Anti-Roast. Classic comedy!
Liked the video for the last 45 odd seconds. Rodney Dangerfield lives in our minds & our laughter lines. Make the Creator laugh forever, Rodney. Huge Respect.
He said it all, towards the ending, "Actually we were supposed to have much better acts here, but HBO wouldn't go for the fucking money, you know?" RIP Rodney...
YOU KNOW YOUR A LEGEND IN COMENDY WHEN YOU REPEAT THE SAME JOKES IN 1997 THAT YOU DEBUTED IN 1970 AND PEOPLE STILL LAUGH AS HARD AS THE FIRST TIME THEY HEARD THEM . RESPECT
It would have been nice to see Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Jackie Gleason, Rich Little, Johnny Carson and Milton Berle do a real roast.. Rodney deserved so much better than this lame display.
Other than the half of that list that were dead already, you're absolutely right. Maybe they died before his 75th because....he never could get any respect.
@@stevesewall It may not show in this video but Rodney had more respect than leaders of the world. He himself was sad due to a lost childhood. Little love at the time grew to create a big super heart for us to be loved and entertained. It's our hearts that now need to be loved in trying times the kind we have today. We not only need love and laughter, all before it is ever forgotten but we need to think for ourselves. This man did a lot of observing and thinking and told no one. He did one other thing. He followed his dream. If we can't do it full time, then we should consistently do it part-time non-stop.
Former aspiring comics were honoring a man who helped launch their careers like Bob Saget and Louie Anderson. I'm sure each of them had the greatest respect for RD. Why Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, and Roseanne Barr were not there, who knows. You'll have to ask them.
He wasn't even to the level of a grave digger,let alone a king.So shut the fuck up and go wash your mouth of the shit you got ass licking this DAMNED jew.
@@motanelustelistu Oh wait... Are you implying that your opinion is fact? Let me say this slowly so you can undeeeerstaaaaaand. I haaaave my opinion aaaand you have yours. In my opinion, Rodney was King! Before telling someone to wash their mouth out, look at yourself in the mirror. Who has the dirty mouth? You are the one using bad language. You should go wash your mouth out!
I was 12 years old, in 1969, when I first saw Rodney on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. (It was in July, Dad said that I could stay up late!) Long story short... I haven’t stopped laughing ever since! God Bless Rodney. Rest In Peace!❤️😉
No thumbs up or down for your comment, just to say that they weren't all that bad. A bit blue, but funny. These were comics that RD helped along the way. So, they were genuine and thankful roasters. Whom did you want? Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, Steve Martin??? Jerry Seinfeld would have been nice.
While you're at it, RIP TORN & RIP TAYLOR, I know they weren't at the roast but they shoulda been. Now they're gone, may they rest in Paradise. Rodney was the King of Comedy. Rickles was #2 he roasted everybody else, Dangerfield only roasted himself. Ya gotta love that!
The most wonderful king of comedy the great Rodney Dangerfield! We all miss you Rodney ..Especially in this time of 2020! Thank you sir for everything.
I grew up watching and loving Rodney, he gave us all SO many nights of laughter on Johnny Carson deserved a way better panel than this. WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU RODNEY - RIP.RODNEY
Sad that only four people show up at Rodney's roast. The man was a true legend & so many comics owe there careers to this man. (Can you say ungrateful bastards?) Rodney you made me laugh more times than I can count. I love ya, I miss ya & in my book YOU ARE THE KING OF COMEDY!!!!!!!
Jeeeez was this a roast? Rodney deserved more for his 75th. I'm sure you've had God rolling in the aisles since you got to Heaven buddy. Thanks for making us all laugh while you were here sir.
How could this be so short? Is this the end of a longer program or something? They did a weak sauce job of roasting the king - half the people just complimented him. Oh well, we love Rodney! More Rodney please!
I absolutely love Rodney Dangerfield. There's a lady I clean for and she has a picture on her desk of her and Rodney Dangerfield on an airplane . She had the honors of sitting next to him on a flight when she was young. I can't imagine what that would be like sitting next to this man. I would be so honored. He is so funny and has a joke for everything not just for an hour he can go on and on and on. And we're talkin jokes not sex not that I know I'm just saying!
Met him at the MGM Grand in Vegas. We were talking over a cup of coffee in the Grand Bar. He invited me to his show and I thanked him and asked about the tickets and he said " the box office opens at 4" . We laughed and he started to walk away. He turned around and asked me my date of birth. He scribbled it down and said early show 2 at the box office. They were there.
Paul Rodríguez really hited hard. 🤣😂😅 I recommend to those who haven't see it jet... Watch Rodney's documentary, he is a real clow, made so happy and laugh so hard as he was in fact GETTING NO RESPECT 😔😔 MY BEST TO THOSE WHO REALLY LOVED HIM... JIM CARREY AND MORE. R. I. P Rodney
Painful to watch. What's that thing on Steve Allen's head? I swear I saw it move a couple of times. Paul Rodriguez salvaged the show. Great material, Paul.
I've seen Rodney on screen as a little girl and I loved his style, how he made jokes of such things like rejection, then a month ago I watched his Biography and now I understand much more about him as a man, a comedian with such great gifts that helped many people including me in so many ways. You are an Angle in life and in the after life. I'm sure you are with God making him laugh. What a guy!
@@dmiller1000 & here I was gonna make a joke about he couldn't get proper 'angel' status due to lack or respect, then you made me realize that had gone right over my head.
Imagine a time when comedy giants like Rodney graced our tv screens and making us ALL laugh for hours. I miss those days for sure. They were much better than these days where we have to listen divisive media outlets talking nonstop about a sham presidential impeachment lead by a bunch of lying corrupt and hateful politicians. Enough of that and on with the roast!
It seems like a human trait to never truly appreciate others until they're gone. It's especially true for artists. So many died in poverty before seeing their work appreciated.
Kind of hard to shame a joker. If they mentioned drugs and casually flashing his junk those were the faults he flaunted. Besides that his private life seemed to he little more than set ups for one-liners.
This was at a time when Roasts weren’t at their height and most of the friars club was old and dying off. Jeff Ross brought in then we era of roasting. Now it’s a platform for comics and young and hip and cool. Most roasts before weren’t televised and the ones that were on tv it was on Comedy Central which wasn’t mainstream at all back them. And these comics were close to Rodney personally. They performed on Rodney’s specials in the 80’s. Louie Anderson was a very popular stand up. The rest were decently popular whether you think they’re funny or not . The top comics of the day were like Carlin, Chris Rock, Chappelle, etc. This wasn’t their style. Or they were too young or too old or ethnic or niche New York comics. A lot of big comics were doing films or TV. It just wasn’t a hip time for stand up. Stand up came back in a big way about 10 years after this and then you had the roast of drew carey, Pamela Anderson, etc. So chill out. This roast as a whole was funny. Rodney’s bits alone are great
yeah his peers where gone...it would have been fun to hear his peers. Steve Allen alone made me drop by. what was a hoot then ain't so much a hoot anymores
Well OK, but Rodney deserves better than most of this. For years I've been looking for a brilliant 5 minute monologue he did at this (or some other) roast that aired around 2002 - 2004. It was mostly about what it''s like to be a comedian, small time and big time. Advice to young would-be comedians. Like, be prepared. It was so honest and direct - an expose of show business, yet a business he still loved - I couldn't believe I was hearing it on TV. He talked about what it was like to be him, no holds barred. What a man, I've loved and respected him ever since. Anyone recall it, or know where it can be found?
Nobody can replace Rodney! He was the best! He never cursed in his act and was always hilarious!
A one of a kind,in more respect than his Mother-in law.
Actually I have an old cassette of one of his live acts and he uses the “F” word a couple of times but he has a young audience at the time so it was probably appropriate.
Rodney got dirtier as he got older. The Vegas show online is Rodney in top form.
I’m dying of cancer and I thought this was going to take me out early. Wtf Rodney deserves so much better. They couldn’t even make him laugh for real. Jesus this man is unbelievable
Missing you Rodney, you got my respect.
Same here we lost to many Great ones!
@@felixfischer312 death is the one thing in this life that we can never comprehend.
@@joseantoniodelgado109 to make room for others 😘
Yes. Never a truer word said. He deserved so much more than this.
@@felixfischer312 8
He deserved a bigger and better lineup
Yeah, seriously. Bob Saget? What the heck?
@@midcenturymodern9330 Bob Saget got his first big break on Rodney's "Young Comedians" special.
Yeah but he didn't want to do a roast.
Says it himself
He's there with people he knows and loves
Who would you have recommended?
Absolutely, very disappointed
Rodney gets up at the end, and slays with the first joke. King of Comedy. No one ever made Johnny Carson laugh harder or longer. And that's a tough spot sitting next to him.
InstaBlaster...
😊 The only person who was his equal was robin williams...
Rodney is, to this day, the best Comic I've seen .
Ray Benoit he was fab but George was better
Ray, I 100% agree. Rodney was the best comic I ever saw live. Way better than Carlin or Bobcat. And this roast was a disgrace to Rodney's legacy. It shows me that people like Seinfeld, Barr, Allen, Clay, Carrey, Foxworthy have no loyalty or appreciation for what he did for them. I'm an amateur comedian & my focus is impressions. I met Godtfried last year & did my impression of him, Yoda & Jim Carey. I had Gilbert laughing. When I told him I was an unknown comic and asked him for help. He got all quiet and depressed and said No. I'm sure If it was Rodney, he would of helped me.
I got lucky my buddy was an usher at the landmark and he would rotate his friends to work as one well my turn came and was for Rodney was awesome he shook our hands at the end 👏🙌he was a riot had us friggin crying funny ..top notch ! We miss ya bro ..nothin but respect for ya !! 💯..hope your still tellin jokes in heaven !
We could live a 1000 years and there will never be another Rodney!!
I can’t imagine trying to roast the funniest man ever who constantly roasted himself for our entertainment, i hope my sense of humor can be just 1% what rodney’s was
When I see Rodney, it makes me happy to hear his jokes, as he is (SIMPLY), the best comic that has ever lived.
Therefore, daily when I log into UA-cam, I always see several segments of Rodney, as I am subscribed to several (CHANNELS), that have Rodney segments. RIP, my friend, and I truly love and miss you. Respectfully, your long time listener.
Rodney roasts himself better than any of these other comedians can!! R.I.P.
😂😂 spot on 👌🏾
For a legend like Rodney, there should have been triple the amount of people at that table. So called A list comedians should have been begging to get to be at that table.
RIP Rodney and also RIP to Louie Anderson and RIP to Bob Saget on their recent passings.
One final comment- when he gets up at the end and says “actually we were supposed to have much bigger acts here but HBO would not go for it due to the money”. It seems to me, with that one remark he was actually roasting everyone that showed up to roast him- the perfect Rodney Dangerfield Anti-Roast. Classic comedy!
What happened to all those comedians he helped. This is a sad panel. Rodney deserved so much more
no where.
Uh they died. Kaufman, kinison. Hicks. Who else? Theyre dead lol
@@TheArmchairPriest Seinfeld was to busy being big.
Saget was a monster At this time
Rosanne was in rehab
Liked the video for the last 45 odd seconds. Rodney Dangerfield lives in our minds & our laughter lines. Make the Creator laugh forever, Rodney. Huge Respect.
What a crowd, what a crowd. What a line up
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler "what a crowd, what a crowd" was rodney's opening line to all his stand ups.
His roast at the house was leg of lamb,always crowded,too ,even the neighbors booed him.
This roast is really sad. Wtf! The man was one of the greatest of all time and this is the best they could do for him?
He said it all, towards the ending, "Actually we were supposed to have much better acts here, but HBO wouldn't go for the fucking money, you know?" RIP Rodney...
absolutely the greatest who beat the odds in every way...RIP Rodney
and not a comedian on that panel including steve allen who can hang with Rodney in any way shape or foem
form
They couldn't get anyone funnier for a legend!!
Wish he was still here !
YOU KNOW YOUR A LEGEND IN COMENDY WHEN YOU REPEAT THE SAME JOKES IN 1997 THAT YOU DEBUTED IN 1970 AND PEOPLE STILL LAUGH AS HARD AS THE FIRST TIME THEY HEARD THEM . RESPECT
Nice
ONE OF THE BEST COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME,
It would have been nice to see Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Jackie Gleason, Rich Little, Johnny Carson and Milton Berle do a real roast.. Rodney deserved so much better than this lame display.
You seem like the right person for this! You're 100 percent right!
Should have had Carson and Rickles for sure
Other than the half of that list that were dead already, you're absolutely right. Maybe they died before his 75th because....he never could get any respect.
I was just thinking that. He deserved sooooo much more than this array of mediocre.
I would have replaced Sandra and Louie with Joan Rivers and Sam Kinison (if HBO would pay for them) and the host could have been Richard Pryor.
This roast literally shows that Rodney gets no respect.
I'm afraid so. He deserves better.
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler Rodney Dangerfield wasn't his real name
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler - Hope they find out what is wrong with you.
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler
Rodney Dangerfield is his his professional name.
@@stevesewall It may not show in this video but Rodney had
more respect than leaders of the world. He himself was sad
due to a lost childhood. Little love at the time grew to create
a big super heart for us to be loved and entertained.
It's our hearts that now need to be loved in trying times the
kind we have today. We not only need love and laughter, all
before it is ever forgotten but we need to think for ourselves.
This man did a lot of observing and thinking and told no one.
He did one other thing. He followed his dream. If we can't do it
full time, then we should consistently do it part-time non-stop.
The greatness that was Rodney deserved a much better line-up than this. I guess it's true, he couldn't get no respect! 😀
woah woah woah louie anderson is a GREAT comic lol
Former aspiring comics were honoring a man who helped launch their careers like Bob Saget and Louie Anderson. I'm sure each of them had the greatest respect for RD. Why Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, and Roseanne Barr were not there, who knows. You'll have to ask them.
@@emg8810 - They had no respect and common decency.
The comics should have roasted all the other comics instead of Rodney
Steve Allen was and is a TV legend. I like Louis Anderson. The rest..meh.
Rodney was King! RIP
He wasn't even to the level of a grave digger,let alone a king.So shut the fuck up and go wash your mouth of the shit you got ass licking this DAMNED jew.
@@motanelustelistu Oh wait... Are you implying that your opinion is fact? Let me say this slowly so you can undeeeerstaaaaaand. I haaaave my opinion aaaand you have yours. In my opinion, Rodney was King! Before telling someone to wash their mouth out, look at yourself in the mirror. Who has the dirty mouth? You are the one using bad language. You should go wash your mouth out!
Love you Rodney!
You one of the best!
So wonderfully funny and deeply tied to our hearts and his forever. There will never another Rodney Dangerfied Peace ❣️🕊️
I was 12 years old, in 1969, when I first saw Rodney on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. (It was in July, Dad said that I could stay up late!) Long story short...
I haven’t stopped laughing ever since!
God Bless Rodney. Rest In Peace!❤️😉
He was on Ed Sullivan too.
Even in his roast he is giving other comics a job and a boost.
These were the best people they could come up with to roast a legend?
Ridiculous right!!!
No thumbs up or down for your comment, just to say that they weren't all that bad. A bit blue, but funny. These were comics that RD helped along the way. So, they were genuine and thankful roasters. Whom did you want? Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, Steve Martin??? Jerry Seinfeld would have been nice.
I agree with you TOTALLY!!! This was blatant disrespect for a LEGEND that started MORE than half the careers of all great comedians we know today!!!
Rodney was right!, He get's no respect!, No respect at all!.
Thank you!
Don Rickles, David Letterman, and Jerry Seinfeld among others should have been on that stage.
Norm McDonald was a huge Rodney fan. He would have been great at this roast.
Especially Jerry Seinfeld
I agree with that they all should have been there for him
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler you are a complete fucking asshole
I’m sure everyone he asked came. Rodney and and Bob Saget were good friends - Seinfeld not so much.
Thanks for this post! Grateful for UA-cam!
I love Rodney dangerfield! May he RIP
I really miss Rodney... 😢
OMG. Apart from Rodney, is that what we are left with? The greats have left the stage.
rip bob saget :'( rip rodney dangerfield all very very talented and the world is missing such awesome comedians
While you're at it, RIP TORN & RIP TAYLOR, I know they weren't at the roast but they shoulda been. Now they're gone, may they rest in Paradise. Rodney was the King of Comedy. Rickles was #2 he roasted everybody else, Dangerfield only roasted himself. Ya gotta love that!
Rodney was the best!
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler
No respect
@Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler grow up.
Rodney you were amazing
How do you roast a guy who's entire career was founded on roasting himself? ..oh...I see.
The most wonderful king of comedy the great Rodney Dangerfield! We all miss you Rodney ..Especially in this time of 2020! Thank you sir for everything.
Wow, that was lame. Rodney wasn't kidding when he said HBO had no budget for the event.
That was an excuse, sadly. The truth is that Rodney had few friends among his peers.
@@jamesjay5343 I can see why they had Saget first - his was the least funny of them all ...
One of a kind
Hard to believe he'd be 101 years old this year...2022.
That was disappointing. Great respect for Rodney for not getting up and leaving after 2 minutes.
Ouch but true
They can’t roast a roast master
Came here to see Saget’s performance. This was the first time I heard Danny Tanner say curse words.
RIP Bob Saget
I grew up watching and loving Rodney, he gave us all SO many nights of laughter on Johnny Carson deserved a way better panel than this. WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU RODNEY - RIP.RODNEY
Sad that only four people show up at Rodney's roast. The man was a true legend & so many comics owe there careers to this man. (Can you say ungrateful bastards?) Rodney you made me laugh more times than I can count. I love ya, I miss ya & in my book YOU ARE THE KING OF COMEDY!!!!!!!
..I don't get no respect. "My uncle's dying wish was to have me in his lap. He was in the Electric Chair." 🤣😅
Rodney was the funnies one!! He saved his own roast. Go figure...
Yeah, he even mentioned how HBO couldn't Afford Better Acts!!! How Fuckin FUNNY is That Shit???!!! LOL!!!!!
All of them RIP, Bob Saget too.
Man, Rodney was funny!!!!!!! Thank-you
A true comic legend, Probably the best comedian ever. Pathetic line up, Rodney deserves much much more.
Agree 100%
Bob Saget, Steve Allen, Louie Anderson all gone now too as well as Rodney…. Life is certainly short , Laugh 😃
In fairness, Bob Saget was a legend even then.
(RIP)
A legend in fucking children.
ABSOLUTELY 100%
Love you always, Bob!
LAME. Rodney deserved so much better.
You're so right!
exactly. Dean Martin Roasts were the real roasts
100%
@@D3Hearts they were! What happened to the great comedians??
Jeeeez was this a roast? Rodney deserved more for his 75th.
I'm sure you've had God rolling in the aisles since you got to Heaven buddy.
Thanks for making us all laugh while you were here sir.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME YOU'RE MISSED SO MUCH THAT'S WHEN COMEDY WAS COMEDY 🤣🤣🤣
How could this be so short? Is this the end of a longer program or something? They did a weak sauce job of roasting the king - half the people just complimented him. Oh well, we love Rodney! More Rodney please!
Saw you at the Tropicana when I lived in Vegas. Much respect. 🙏
No doubt about it Rodney is the greatest ever
I truly hope that he realized how many loved him and how much people respected him.
We love you and miss you, making us laugh
This guy is top shelf!
I absolutely love Rodney Dangerfield. There's a lady I clean for and she has a picture on her desk of her and Rodney Dangerfield on an airplane . She had the honors of sitting next to him on a flight when she was young. I can't imagine what that would be like sitting next to this man. I would be so honored. He is so funny and has a joke for everything not just for an hour he can go on and on and on. And we're talkin jokes not sex not that I know I'm just saying!
Rodney was the Best!!!
Miss you Rodney!! 🙏
Met him at the MGM Grand in Vegas. We were talking over a cup of coffee in the Grand Bar. He invited me to his show and I thanked him and asked about the tickets and he said " the box office opens at 4" . We laughed and he started to walk away. He turned around and asked me my date of birth. He scribbled it down and said early show 2 at the box office. They were there.
Boy, they went all out on the cast of roasters! You know, you can't consider yourself properly roasted, until you've been roasted by Louie Anderson.
Paul Rodríguez really hited hard. 🤣😂😅 I recommend to those who haven't see it jet... Watch Rodney's documentary, he is a real clow, made so happy and laugh so hard as he was in fact GETTING NO RESPECT 😔😔 MY BEST TO THOSE WHO REALLY LOVED HIM... JIM CARREY AND MORE. R. I. P Rodney
Yes
Yes a payhetoic effort
Painful to watch. What's that thing on Steve Allen's head? I swear I saw it move a couple of times. Paul Rodriguez salvaged the show. Great material, Paul.
I've seen Rodney on screen as a little girl and I loved his style, how he made jokes of such things like rejection, then a month ago I watched his Biography and now I understand much more about him as a man, a comedian with such great gifts that helped many people including me in so many ways. You are an Angle in life and in the after life. I'm sure you are with God making him laugh. What a guy!
Rodney never played a little girl on screen....
@@dmiller1000 I meant when I was a little girl.
@@dmiller1000 & here I was gonna make a joke about he couldn't get proper 'angel' status due to lack or respect, then you made me realize that had gone right over my head.
Old Rodney has been roasting himself for years and he was brilliant at it! these guys aint' much!
It's pathetic 😒
Just not funny ... Rodney deserved so much better ... it was cringeworthy.
I loved him in the .movie. Easy. Money. Could not stop. Laughing. Miss. Him
Your comment. Looks. Like it. Was written. By. William. Shatner.
They will be missed but they will live on
Another great video.
Underrated Rodney Dangerfield!
Imagine a time when comedy giants like Rodney graced our tv screens and making us ALL laugh for hours. I miss those days for sure. They were much better than these days where we have to listen divisive media outlets talking nonstop about a sham presidential impeachment lead by a bunch of lying corrupt and hateful politicians. Enough of that and on with the roast!
Amen!
It seems like a human trait to never truly appreciate others until they're gone. It's especially true for artists. So many died in poverty before seeing their work appreciated.
The King!!
Rodney is a legend. Crazy that both Louie and Sagat are gone now too.
Rodriguez was the funniest roaster.
A True Professional ... Much Love Rodney
Why is it my eyes well up whenever I see this man. if anyone should have lived for ever its Rodney. He brought so much joy to the world.
At least Paul salvaged this one in a savage way.
A legend gets to pick who he wants to roast him.
Maybe it was because they knew nobody could roast him better than he's been roasting himself for like 30 years.
Rodney looks super sad here.
NO wonder
I think because he's not venting his parelells.
Tears are real
It shows you how much love and yes, "Respect" Rodney's peers had for him when none of them even seriously tried to embarrass him in the roast!
Kind of hard to shame a joker. If they mentioned drugs and casually flashing his junk those were the faults he flaunted. Besides that his private life seemed to he little more than set ups for one-liners.
This was at a time when Roasts weren’t at their height and most of the friars club was old and dying off. Jeff Ross brought in then we era of roasting. Now it’s a platform for comics and young and hip and cool. Most roasts before weren’t televised and the ones that were on tv it was on Comedy Central which wasn’t mainstream at all back them. And these comics were close to Rodney personally. They performed on Rodney’s specials in the 80’s. Louie Anderson was a very popular stand up. The rest were decently popular whether you think they’re funny or not . The top comics of the day were like Carlin, Chris Rock, Chappelle, etc. This wasn’t their style. Or they were too young or too old or ethnic or niche New York comics. A lot of big comics were doing films or TV. It just wasn’t a hip time for stand up. Stand up came back in a big way about 10 years after this and then you had the roast of drew carey, Pamela Anderson, etc. So chill out. This roast as a whole was funny. Rodney’s bits alone are great
yeah his peers where gone...it would have been fun to hear his peers. Steve Allen alone made me drop by. what was a hoot then ain't so much a hoot anymores
That's a great synopsis. And this wasn't as common and comedy Central wasn't everybody's channel. It was good stuff, now they've steamrolled it
I respect you rodney Dangerfield and love the hell outta you
R.I.P. Louis Anderson Jan.20, 2022 !
The man was and is still a legend. He deserved the Hollywood bowl.
Well OK, but Rodney deserves better than most of this. For years I've been looking for a brilliant 5 minute monologue he did at this (or some other) roast that aired around 2002 - 2004. It was mostly about what it''s like to be a comedian, small time and big time. Advice to young would-be comedians. Like, be prepared. It was so honest and direct - an expose of show business, yet a business he still loved - I couldn't believe I was hearing it on TV. He talked about what it was like to be him, no holds barred. What a man, I've loved and respected him ever since. Anyone recall it, or know where it can be found?
Just skip to when Rodney stands up save yourself the heart ache.
Paul looks like he is Bruno Mars' older brother !! LMAO FUNNY He always was !! I am 57 soon and remember ! Classic indeed !
I would've been disappointed, he deserved an all star line up
They broke the mold after you Rodney!
Rodney roasted himself his entire career
1:25 Probably the funniest comedian ever, such a damn shame these people didn't show up for Rodney.
Jackie Gleason was funny, but Rodney Dangerfield had it all ! He was the king of comedy 😮
Man he was the best they should make a movie about him