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 ...

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

Rodney Dangerfield used to claim that, all his life, he never got any respect at all. Well, I guess you can call us the exception, because the countless one-liners that the stand-up icon conceived are ...

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 ...

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 ...

You will not be ignored. Whatever it takes, you’ll get seen, one way or another. Knock on doors, stand up and shout, gather with others and rally peacefully, you’ll do it until someone finally pays ...

He was born Jacob Cohen on Nov. 22, 1921, in Babylon, N.Y. He began writing jokes as a teenager. Under the stage name Jack Roy, he went on the road with his stand-up act, even doing a stint as a ...

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 ...

Even comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s home gets no respect. The late comedian’s wife is having a hard time finding an audience to buy this snazzy estate. Joan Dangerfield, 70 — who was married to the ...