Rodney Dangerfield by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Jacob Cohen, a.k.a. Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004). The son of vaudeville comedian Phil Roy (Philip Cohen), he began writing jokes for other comedians as a teenager, and began going onstage himself at age 20. For a decade he struggled under the name Jack Roy, working as a comic, singing waiter and [...]

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