Rodney was a rarity. Me and a buddy listened to one of his comedy albums after camping in the woods and both of us were pissing ourselves. One of my favorite jokes went something like, "It's tough out there for guys like me. The only reason I get women is because of who I am, a rapist."
Sir, we deal with crippler crossfaces and German suplexes only. If you want a sharpshooter for your boy, you will have to find a reddit account making fun of Bret Hart's stroke or motorcycle accident.
People always say Pryor, Carlin, and Cosby as greatest of all time. No one ever brings up Dangerfield and it makes fucking pissed. Of all those 3 he didn't let his agenda get in the way (Carlin, Cosby) and he had no real personal problems (Pryor, Cosby) and he was always on his game
Dangerfield and Steven Wright are huge sleepers in best comedians of all time lists, but idk why having "personal problems" would effect how you looked at their stand up?
I guess that applies more with Cosby (hypocrisy) than it does Pryor. You're right. But Pryor was known to smack his wife around more than a few times as well as his drug problems. Rodney never had any of that. I guess it helps when you hit fame late, though
Idk...when rating stand ups I just cant imagine looking at anything other than their material and performance...I'll leave their moralably questionable personal lives to outraged moms and whatnot..doesnt factor in to their body of work to me, what theyve done on stage is how I rank them, weve all done fucked up shit, whatever.
The difference between Dangerfield and Carlin/Pryor/Cosby is that Dangerfield's style was "setup, punchline" while the other three were more conversational.
Dangerfield is just as funny as the other three, but he loses points because he had a simpler style.
he didn't let his agenda get in the way (Carlin, Cosby) and he had no real personal problems
i fucking hate people, not just comedians, that are candid to the extent they reveal and then revel in their persona/moral failings. i think it's one of the worst traits a human being can have.
A friend I used to work with told me they used to say that in the Army all the time. He could've been full of shit, but I always found it to have a funny ring to it.
49 comments
11 egates09 2016-06-30
Rodney was a rarity. Me and a buddy listened to one of his comedy albums after camping in the woods and both of us were pissing ourselves. One of my favorite jokes went something like, "It's tough out there for guys like me. The only reason I get women is because of who I am, a rapist."
8 Icon_Crash 2016-06-30
IFIFY
3 egates09 2016-06-30
Oh no, see that would imply that me and my friend were engaging in homosexual behavior.
2 Icon_Crash 2016-06-30
It's not homosexual if it's just two thirsty guys helping each other out. Besides, it's not like there would be anything wrong with that.
1 scarletknight2 2016-06-30
I'm wishin' i coulda quit you"
1 [deleted] 2016-06-30
No personal problems? Like being a massive coke head?
10 Chris_Benoit_Daycare 2016-06-30
While I agree that he was really funny, I think that you should go for a drive without wearing your seat belt after the movie is over.
4 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
Sir, your name is in very poor taste
11 Chris_Benoit_Daycare 2016-06-30
My daycare offers state of the art weight benches and the softest pillows. Would you like to enroll anyone?
3 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
Please give my 8-year old a Sharpshooter
10 Chris_Benoit_Daycare 2016-06-30
Sir, we deal with crippler crossfaces and German suplexes only. If you want a sharpshooter for your boy, you will have to find a reddit account making fun of Bret Hart's stroke or motorcycle accident.
2 DickPunchOpie 2016-06-30
I instruct at the Blue Blazer Flight School, we should collaborate.
1 ScarletNumbers 2016-06-30
I prefer Ben Stern daycare.
9 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
People always say Pryor, Carlin, and Cosby as greatest of all time. No one ever brings up Dangerfield and it makes fucking pissed. Of all those 3 he didn't let his agenda get in the way (Carlin, Cosby) and he had no real personal problems (Pryor, Cosby) and he was always on his game
27 iWhereSchortSchorts 2016-06-30
Tss fawk yeah its like he dont get no respect or sumpthin!!
2 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
Go drink gasoline
-4 iWhereSchortSchorts 2016-06-30
Rinse YOUR mouth with gasoline to get the dick off your breath or sumpthin
7 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2016-06-30
oooh you should've quit while you were ahead
7 sanfrancisco69er 2016-06-30
Dangerfield and Steven Wright are huge sleepers in best comedians of all time lists, but idk why having "personal problems" would effect how you looked at their stand up?
3 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
I guess that applies more with Cosby (hypocrisy) than it does Pryor. You're right. But Pryor was known to smack his wife around more than a few times as well as his drug problems. Rodney never had any of that. I guess it helps when you hit fame late, though
2 ChurchOfBaldOpie 2016-06-30
What the hell are you taking about? Dangerfield did a shit load of drugs. Huge into cocaine
0 sanfrancisco69er 2016-06-30
Idk...when rating stand ups I just cant imagine looking at anything other than their material and performance...I'll leave their moralably questionable personal lives to outraged moms and whatnot..doesnt factor in to their body of work to me, what theyve done on stage is how I rank them, weve all done fucked up shit, whatever.
3 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
You're right. I really am a douche
-1 sanfrancisco69er 2016-06-30
Dangerfield IS the 3rd or 4th funniest comedian ever though, imo.
6 NotRye 2016-06-30
3rd, behind Jeff Foxworthy and Gabriel Englacias.
4 BoardroomBimmy 2016-06-30
But those guys aren't very funny
1 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
Not to me, sorry
0 sanfrancisco69er 2016-06-30
Who do you think has the best morals..Pablo Francisco? Yeah..he's probably the best. Super well behaved guy.
1 ScarletNumbers 2016-06-30
His career ended when Don LaFontaine died.
1 Patmcpsu 2016-06-30
The difference between Dangerfield and Carlin/Pryor/Cosby is that Dangerfield's style was "setup, punchline" while the other three were more conversational.
Dangerfield is just as funny as the other three, but he loses points because he had a simpler style.
1 JesusLesnar 2016-06-30
Yeah but Pryor and Cosby mistreating women only makes them better.
-2 JohnQNo1 2016-06-30
i fucking hate people, not just comedians, that are candid to the extent they reveal and then revel in their persona/moral failings. i think it's one of the worst traits a human being can have.
5 JMueller2012 2016-06-30
Say more things
-1 JohnQNo1 2016-06-30
More things
6 stinkskc 2016-06-30
Could you imagine hanging out with him in real life. It'd be hard to keep it together. Also norm always says Rodney was the funniest dude ever
6 K1bbler 2016-06-30
His Simpsons episode was one of the best too.
3 Phantas_Magorical 2016-06-30
Couldn't they get a pole for that sign?
1 stinkskc 2016-06-30
Where He was mr burns son or whatever
1 MeteorBlitzkieg 2016-06-30
No regard, no regard at all! No esteem, either!
1 duranfarbissina 2016-06-30
lmao yea
5 JohnQNo1 2016-06-30
This post is falling apart like a chinese motorcycle
3 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2016-06-30
It's all fucked up like a soup sandwich.
1 Icon_Crash 2016-06-30
It's like a spider on roller skates.
(As an aside, the only one I've ever heard use "soup sandwich" with any degree of frequency is Harlen Ellison.)
1 GleepGlorpFloopdedoo 2016-06-30
A friend I used to work with told me they used to say that in the Army all the time. He could've been full of shit, but I always found it to have a funny ring to it.
4 Gronez_Bambaataa 2016-06-30
"hey, you wanna make $14 the hard way?"
One of the best lines in any movie.
4 MeteorBlitzkieg 2016-06-30
"Hey, did someone step on a duck?"
1 [deleted] 2016-06-30
[deleted]
1 aria_taint 2016-06-30
You should watch Stripes while high and you will want to buy an RV.
1 dave72988 2016-06-30
Him and sam kinison in back to school was a great scene https://youtu.be/9Hn9xAaKUbw
1 Doc_McCoy79 2016-06-30
I never got Caddyshack.
I thought Back To School was worlds better, still maybe my favorite 80s comedy. The Sam Kinison cameo is one of my all time favorite cameos ever.
"Is she RIGHT?"