“My dad visited us regularly and marveled at how hard Rodney worked, telling him, ‘I thought I worked hard, but you work harder.’ ”Īnd Dangerfield did labor at his craft. I was 16 when I first saw him on ‘The Tonight Show’ and suddenly there he was, 14 years later, walking towards me, the funniest man in the world.” Being a die-hard fan, I recognized Rodney immediately. “Part of their program included taking morning walks. “He lived in New York but was in town staying at the nearby Pritikin Longevity Center trying to lose weight and get healthier,” Joan recalled from her West Hollywood home. Joan Dangerfield - formerly Utah native Joan Child - married the comedian 25 years ago this year, the pair having dated for 10 years after meeting by chance in 1983 as Rodney strolled passed Joan’s Santa Monica flower shop. Born in New York’s Suffolk County and raised in Queens, the bug-eyed, tie-fidgeting, comedian cracked up audiences for decades with his often self-deprecating "no respect"-style of rapid-fire one-liners. Prior to his passing in 2004, Rodney Dangerfield was a regular guest on “The Tonight Show,” appearing alongside either Johnny Carson or Jay Leno on almost 100 occasions.
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