Rodney gettin a Little Respect

Would you believe it's almost 4 years since we lost this amazing comedian? Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect" and his monologues on that theme.

coming soon on CD (are people still buying CD's?) ...

Rodney Dangerfield –
Greatest Bits

“The other night a mugger took off his mask and made me wear it.”
– Rodney Dangerfield

Available for the first time together, these are iconic comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s Greatest Bits. Rodney Dangerfield is the man who coined the catchphrase “I Don’t Get No Respect” and gave us some memorable performance in hilarious films as Caddyshack, Easy Money, Back To School, etc. He also had regular appearances on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson, The Dean Martin Show, and The Ed Sullivan Show along with several extraordinary stand-up shows where he’d knock the crowd dead with his clever, side-splitting oneliners about his family, his wife, social situations and more.

Features extended bits from Rodney’s classic stand-up routines and a song performed by Rodney Dangerfield from the film Easy Money.
Rodney was recently featured in The Onion Movie, which was released on DVD this year.

Label: Shout! Factory
UPC 826663109900
Streetdate 11/4/09

TRACK LISTING
1. What’s In A Name (3:02)
2. “Am I Too Fast For This Table?” (from “No Respect”) (13:30)
3. “I Tell You With Bars I Am Never Lucky” (from “Rappin’ Rodney”) (11:58)
4. “No respect At All” (from “I Don’t Get No Respect”) (11:24)
5. Finiculi Finicula (2:31)
6. Rappin’ Rodney (5:09)

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Rodney Dangerfield - Rappin' Rodney (1983)

Look for cameo appearances by Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) and Pat Benatar.

Albums by Celebrities You Might Not Have Known Existed

Here's a collection of some celebrities who have put out albums. Some you might be aware of, while I think some of these will surprise you. Many are comedy albums that many people don't think of as record albums. I know there are tons more, but this should whet your whistle for awhile.

Adam Sandler
Adam West
Alfred Hitchcock
Alison Arngrim
Alyssa Milano
Andy Griffith
Anson Williams
Anthony Quinn
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Art Carney
Barbara Eden
Barry Williams
Benny Hill
Bette Davis
Bijou Phillips
Bill Cosby
Billy Bob Thorton
Billy Crystal
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Mumy
Bob & Doug McKenzie
Bob Crane
Boris Karloff
Brady Kids
Brent Spiner
Brian Austin Green
Brigitte Bardot
Brock Peters
Bruce Willis
Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Hackett
Burgess Meredith
Burt Reynolds
Burt Ward
Butch Patrick
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Lou Albano
Carmen Electra
Carol Burnett
Carol Channing
Cassius Clay
Cesar Romero
Chad Everett
Charles Manson
Charo
Cheech & Chong
Chevy Chase
Chris Burke
Christopher Knight
Clint Eastwood
Colonel Sanders
Corey Feldman
Cybill Shepherd
Dame Edna
Dan Aykroyd
Danny Aiello
Danny Bonaduce
David Hasselhoff
David McCallum
David Soul
David Soul
Dennis Weaver
Dick Van Dyke
Dominic Chianese
Don Adams
Don Johnson
Don Knotts
Don Rickles
Donny Most
Dorothy Lamour
Dudley Moore
Ed McMahon
Eddie Albert
Eddie Murphy
Edith Massey
Elizabeth Taylor
Elsa Lanchester
Emmanuel Lewis
Ernie Kovacs
Esther Rolle
Ethel Merman
Evel Knievel
Fabio
Farrah Fawcett Majors
Father Guido Sarducci
Fernando Lamas
Flip Wilson
Frank Gorshin
Fred Blassie
Gabriel Kaplan
Garrett Morris
Garry Moore
George Burns
George Wallace
Goldie Hawn
Harpo Marx
Hayley Mills
Herve Villechaize
Honor Blackman
Hugh O'Brian
Hulk Hogan
Jack Klugman
Jack Lemmon
Jack Palance
Jack Wagner
Jack Webb
Jackie Chan
Jackie Gleason
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jay North
Jayne Mansfield
Jeff Bridges
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Mathers
Jerry Springer
Jim and Tammy Faye Baker
Jim Backus
Jim Belushi
Jim Nabors
Joe Pesci
Joe Piscopo
Joe Rogan
Joey Lawrence
John Davidson
John F. Kennedy
John Lithgow
John Schneider
John Tesh
John Travolta
John Wayne
Johnny Whitaker
Jonathan Winters
Juliette Lewis
Kaptain Kool and Kongs
Kathie Lee Gifford
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Spacey
Kristy & Jimmy McNichol
Kurt Russell
Laverne & Shirley
Lawanda Page
Lenny & Squiggy
Leonard Nimoy
Lisa Whelchel
Lorne Greene
Louis Nye
Lyndon Johnson
Mae West
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Marcel Marceau
Marlon Brando
Martin Mull
Marty Feldman
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen
Maureen McCormick
Maureen O'Hara
Megan Mullally
Mickey Rooney
Mike Douglas
Mike Lookinland
Minnie Driver
Mister Ed
Mister Rogers
Morton Downey, Jr.
Mr. T
Muhammad Ali
Nancy Walker
Nichelle Nichols
Orson Welles
Oscar De La Hoya
Ozzie & Harriet
Paris Hilton
Patrick Stewart
Patty Duke
Paul Lynde
Peter Sellerrs
Philip Michael Thomas
Phylicia Rashad
Phyllis Diller
Pia Zadora
Ralph Carter
Randy "Macho Man" Savage
Raquel Welch
Raven-Symoné
Redd Foxx
Regis Philbin
Rex Smith
Rhonda Fleming
Richard Chamberlain
Richard Simmons
Ricky Seagall
Robert Conrad
Robert Downey, Jr.
Robert Mitchum
Rodney Allen Rippy
Rodney Dangerfield
Ronald Reagan
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Russell Crowe
Sally Field
Scarlett Johansson
Sebastian Cabot
Shaquille O'neal
Shari Lewis
Sidney Poitier
Sissy Spacek
Smothers Brothers
Sophia Loren
Soupy Sales
Steven Seagal
Sylvester Stallone
Tab Hunter
Ted Cassidy
Ted Knight
Telly Savalas
Three Stooges
Tim Conway
Timothy Leary
Tina Louise
Tisha Campbell
Tony Danza
Tony Perkins
Tony Randall
Tracey Ullman
Traci Lords
Triumph
Twiggy
Vanessa Williams
Vincent Price
William Shatner
Wink Martindale
Wolfman Jack
Woody Allen
Xaviera Hollander
Yul Brynner
Yvonne DeCarlo

R.I.P. George Carlin, 71

One of my favorite comics passed away today of heart failure. He will be missed.



WASHINGTON (AFP) — Irreverent US comedian George Carlin, who became known as a voice of the 1970s counterculture and was one of the country's best known funny men, died on Sunday aged 71, US media reported.

The Grammy award winner, whose career spanned five decades, died of heart failure, his publicist Jeff Abraham told the New York Times.

Carlin had a history of heart problems and passed away in Santa Monica, California after checking into the hospital with chest pains.

He won four Grammy Awards, including one for his 1972 comedy recording "FM & AM," in which he combined his older, more conventional material that entertained audiences in the 1950s and 60s, with his new, edgier and more controversial style.

Gray-bearded and often dressed in black casual attire, Carlin frequently admitted to drug use and shocked 1970s audiences with his hit "Seven Words That Can Never Be Said on Television."

When a radio station played the album on air, Carlin's use of numerous swear words sparked a legal case over obscenity regulations that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

The material was judged indecent, though not obscene, and a 1978 high court ruling upheld the government's right to penalize stations that broadcast such material during hours when young people may typically be tuned in.

Carlin, who also collected five Emmy Awards, was considered in the same class of influential comedians as Richard Pryor and his predecessor Lenny Bruce, the Times said.

The first host of the popular comedy show "Saturday Night Live" when it debuted in 1975, he went on to sell more than one million recordings of his stand up acts and also became a best-selling author.

"I think it is the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately," Carlin once said.

Earlier this year, Carlin was named the winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and was to accept the award at a ceremony in November.

He performed as recently as last weekend in Las Vegas.

"In his lengthy career as a comedian, writer, and actor, George Carlin has not only made us laugh, but he makes us think," said Kennedy Center chair Stephen Schwarzman. "His influence on the next generation of comics has been far-reaching."

He was an Air Force veteran and got his start in entertainment as a disc jockey at a radio station in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Carlin was born in New York and had a daughter, Kelly, with his first wife Brenda who died in 1997. He is survived by his second wife, Sally.