Giving Him Some ‘Respect’: The Story of Rodney Dangerfield

Published on 03/20/2018
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Even when he was undergoing brain surgery and recovering, he maintained his sense of humor. In 2003, he came out of the California hospital after a 12 hour operation and still had a heart bypass in the near future. Despite this intense time, his publicist revealed told ABCNews Rodney said, “My wife thinks I’m dumb and that’s why I needed brain surgery. I made a deal with her. I said, ‘No more brain surgeries for me as long as you stay as dumb as you are.'”

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After leaving the intensive care unit that year, he claimed he had one thing he wanted to do upon returning home. That was to watch his favorite show, The Jerry Springer Show. Who would have thought?!

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