Colin
03-29-2002, 03:25 AM
Dangerfield Gets Walk of Fame Star
The Associated Press
Mar 28 2002 3:35PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rodney Dangerfield finally got some respect with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 80-year-old comic and star of the movies ``Caddyshack'' and ``Back to School'' was praised by ``Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno and former ``Full House'' star Bob Saget at a ceremony that attracted scores of fans on Wednesday.
``We're here today to bury Rodney,'' Leno joked in his opening remarks.
Turning serious, he said Dangerfield was a mentor to him when he was still an unknown stand-up comedian working the club circuit.
``I appreciate the fact that he always took time to talk to all the young comics,'' Leno said.
Dangerfield repeatedly interrupted praise with shouts of: ``What a liar he is!''
With his traditional ``no respect'' shtick, the self-deprecating jokester delivered several one-liners in his speech before the Hollywood Boulevard crowd.
Pointing to his wife, Joan, he quipped: ``She married me to get even with her parents.''
``Now I'll tell you, things are going real good for me, real good,'' he added later. ``I just finished my first book. ... Now, I'm gonna read another one.''
Dangerfield suffered a mild heart attack last November but continues to perform live shows regularly at the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas. He's also finishing his autobiography, ``It's Not Easy Being Me.''
The Associated Press
Mar 28 2002 3:35PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rodney Dangerfield finally got some respect with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 80-year-old comic and star of the movies ``Caddyshack'' and ``Back to School'' was praised by ``Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno and former ``Full House'' star Bob Saget at a ceremony that attracted scores of fans on Wednesday.
``We're here today to bury Rodney,'' Leno joked in his opening remarks.
Turning serious, he said Dangerfield was a mentor to him when he was still an unknown stand-up comedian working the club circuit.
``I appreciate the fact that he always took time to talk to all the young comics,'' Leno said.
Dangerfield repeatedly interrupted praise with shouts of: ``What a liar he is!''
With his traditional ``no respect'' shtick, the self-deprecating jokester delivered several one-liners in his speech before the Hollywood Boulevard crowd.
Pointing to his wife, Joan, he quipped: ``She married me to get even with her parents.''
``Now I'll tell you, things are going real good for me, real good,'' he added later. ``I just finished my first book. ... Now, I'm gonna read another one.''
Dangerfield suffered a mild heart attack last November but continues to perform live shows regularly at the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas. He's also finishing his autobiography, ``It's Not Easy Being Me.''