STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – For six weeks in the fall of 1982, Staten Island got no respect. That’s because bug-eyed, necktie-tugging stand-up comic Rodney Dangerfield was filming scenes from his new movie, ...
Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies and made his lament "I don't get no respect" a catchphrase, died Tuesday.