Author Michael Starr joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about his latest biography, Nothing Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield, the first-ever biography of the legendary comic and the most ...

Jack Roy (born Jacob Rodney Cohen; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), better known by the pseudonym Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was ...

Rodney Dangerfield is getting some respect from Fox Television Studios and David Permut Presentations. Producer and studio have snapped up the rights to the comic’s forthcoming tell-all bio with an ...

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) is best known as the author of “The Decameron,” short stories that he crafted in the vernacular, challenging the prestige of Latin as the language of great art. Chaucer ...

Joan Dangerfield, who keeps a bottle of her late-husband's perspiration in her refrigerator, is launching a new website about him. Maybe now he'll finally get a little respect? By Seth Abramovitch ...

Following the popularity of the 1969 novel “The Godfather,” people spoke of the importance of being treated with respect. At the time, as an introduction to some jokes, Rodney Dangerfield had been ...

While celebrating Rodney Dangerfield's birthday, a few of our favorite jokes came to mind. One of the comedy legend's ...

MGM Television is developing an unscripted series inspired by the Rodney Dangerfield movie “Back to School,” the company announced on Monday.Inspired by the ’80s comedy starring Dangerfield and Keith ...

Beloved Comedian’s Biographer Reveals the One Role He Refused—and Why It Was a 'Genius' Move originally appeared on Parade. Rodney Dangerfield may have earned respect from audiences, but his film ...

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, ...

According to Rodney Dangerfield’s widow, there was one regret the beloved comic had in his lifetime. “He battled depression even when things were going well,” Joan Child recently told Closer Weekly.