Posted on 08/24/2004 5:27:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (news) was hospitalized Tuesday for heart valve replacement surgery.
Dangerfield, 82, underwent brain surgery last year to reduce his chances of having a stroke during the heart operation.
Asked how long he would remain in the hospital after Wednesday's operation, he said: "If things go right, I'll be there about a week, and if things don't go right, I'll be there about an hour and a half."
The comic and actor, best known for his self-mocking line, "I don't get no respect," recently released his autobiography, "It's Not Easy Being Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs."
Dangerfield's films include "Back to School" and "Caddyshack." He is set to guest star on the sitcom "Still Standing" this fall and will be heard as himself in the animated comedy "The Family Guy."
A television movie based on his autobiography is also planned.
Joan Dangerfield leans over to kiss her husband, comedian Rodney Dangerfield (news), during a news conference at UCLA Medical Center in this May 7, 2003, file photo taken in Los Angeles. The 82 year-old comedian was hospitalized Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004, for scheduled heart valve replacement surgery. In April of 2003, Dangerfield underwent brain surgery to reduce his chances of having a stroke during the heart operation. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
I thought he died last year.
Hilarious guy. .....hope he pulls through ok.
must 'a been his double. ;-)
"I don't get no respect. Doctor says I need a heart operation. I say I want a second opinion. He says 'Okay, you need a frontal lobotomy too!'"
lol, seems he still cant get any respect.
Man, check out that wife of his. If she hasn't killed him yet his heart's probably in pretty good shape.
No respect, but he is a national treasure.
He was an aluminum siding salesman at one time.
My wife like to talk when she makes love.
Why just the other night she called me from a motel.
Indeed. Love em, grew up watching him. I was commenting on the posters "died last year" comment.
If Thorton Melon can do a triple Lindy of the diving board, he will have no problem with the heart surgery.
What was that movie about going back to school? He's not due to leave the mortal coil just yet. He needs to study biology some more.
"My mother-in-law's cooking was so bad that the flies all chipped in to fix the screen door!"
Rodney Dangerfield is a National Treasure. Good luck with his surgery.
..." "If things go right, I'll be there about a week, and if things don't go right, I'll be there about an hour and a half."
I once heard him in a radio interview. He said was an only child, raised by his mother. According to him, she was so self-centered to care about him, he always understood why his father left her.
I've heard his schtick a thousand times, and I still laugh my ass off! They play him a lot on All Comedy Radio, funny, funny man.
"I got in a cab, and told the driver I wanted some action. He took me to my house!"
"My wife cut me off for a month. I was lucky. Two other gusy she cut off permanently! I asked one, who said you could make love to my wife. He said 'Everybody!'"
He's still got it!
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