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Dangerfield began writing jokes when he was only 15 years old. By age 19, he started to try out stand-up. Under the stage name “Jack Roy,” he performed for a decade. Even though he became famous under the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, his legal name stayed Jack Roy for his entire life.
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By the time he gave up stand-up in the 50’s, he was in heavy debt. Just before leaving show business, he got fired from his job as a singing waiter. Next, Rodney tried his hand as a performing acrobatic diver, but those gigs failed as well. Finally, he worked in New Jersey as an aluminum siding salesman. Later on when he spoke about the first time he left stand-up he said, “at the time I quit, I was the only one who knew I quit!”
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