Rodney Dangerfield
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Reading Rodney Dangerfield’s autobiography, It’s Not Easy Bein’ Me, was like listening to him do a long monologue on the Tonight Show couch. He starts off just like anyone else. He speaks casually, makes small talk. He seems sincere. He’s not angling for a punchline and then — Pow! Pow! Pow! He fires off a
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The way I remember hearing it told was Rodney Dangerfield didn’t start making it big until he started belittling himself. He was the first comedian I heard make a self deprecating joke. I have a talking statue of him on my desk at work.
Vincent Young 