Joe Pesci, left, and Rodney Dangerfield film scene from "Easy Money" outside Alfonso's pastry shop on Oct. 13, 1982. (Tony Carannante/Staten Island Advance) SIA file photo ...

A man who made failure into an art form, Rodney Dangerfield’s midlife break on “The Ed Sullivan Show” saw his career in show business finally take off. Born Jacob Cohen in Babylon… ...