Rodney Dangerfield - The Ultimate No Respect Collection

Description

The Rodney Dangerfield "Ultimate No Respect Collection" features many of the beloved comedian's TV specials and performances. This 3-DVD set includes over 8 hours of laughs. Fans will be reminded that nobody did stand-up comedy better than Rodney...he was the master! Being released for the first time ever, these shows are the only non-movie Dangerfield material available. In development for quite some time, the content was selected and approved by Rodney himself.

So let's begin with the end - as the producers of this DVD definitely saved the BEST for last! Included at the end of Disc 3 is Rodney's Act - NEVER BEFORE SEEN or available. The Act is classic, uncensored, irreverent Rodney - just the way everyone loved him! Coming straight from Dangerfield's personal collection, Rodney wanted people to see this show. Now, thanks to Rodney's wife Joan - viewers can share in something that is truly extra-special and ultra rare! Now preserved on DVD, Rodney's Act will live on forever!

Content included: Disc 1: ORIGINAL ABC NETWORK SPECIALS
- It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1981)
- I Can't Take It No More (1983)
- Exposed! (1984)

Disc 2: HBO CABLE SPECIALS (contains some strong language and adult humor)
- It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986)
- Nothin' Goes Right (1987)
- The Really Big Show (1991)

Disc 3: RARE RODNEY (contains some strong language and adult humor)
- Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989)
- This Is Your Life honoring Rodney (1981)
- A long-lost segment of Rodney on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!
- Rodney's Act - Very rare and never before seen, this classic 1995 stand-up routine was taped at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Customer Reviews:

Rodney.......2007-07-24

Pretty cool DVD. Some of the skits didn't warrant inclusion, but overall it was a nice summary of a unique comedian's life and work.

Very Funny.......2007-05-07

Listen to one of the masters of the craft. Excellent and worth it.

Get Some Respect NOW! .......2007-03-14

My wife gave me no respect, not even my kids, so I took it upon myself to get this video collection of Rodney's shows, clips, etc. VERY FUNNY! The only thing that I did not think was top-notch was the grainy and out of focus routine in Las Vegas - it could have had better sound and visual acuity, but hey, after watching this, I got some respect!!

I remember going to Rodney's nightclub in NYC (Dangerfields') back in the early 80's when he was making a comeback of sorts. My wife and I went in and gave the Doorman $5 for a better seat - we were seated right in front of the stage. So, after one impersonator and a torch singer did their acts, Rodney comes up on the stage and begins to pummel the crowd with one no respect joke after the other - he had all of us rolling! Anyhow, half-way through his act he asked the audience if anyone out there had any questions for him. Being seated right in front of him, it was not that difficult to get his attention, so he pointed to me and said "Yes young man, what is your question?"

I responded with "When does the comedian come on?" Well, he reacted to that question threatening my life by the hands of his friend Vinnie Boombatz - and from that point on in the show he kept picking on me and my wife for the rest of the show. After the show, he came over to me and apologized, but he also said that he never had anyone ask that question before of him and thought I had a pretty good line there!

Well, that's my story of giving Rodney No Respect! But if you purchase this video, that's what you'll get!

Good, but..........2007-01-03

...hopefully there will be a better one released in the future. As previous reviewers have mentioned, this box set primarily focuses on Rodney's `80s TV and HBO specials (as opposed to his standup routine). The only things that save these often embarrassing shows are the bits that Rodney does with Sam Kinison and Rosanne Barr--but even then just barely. And it's disappointing not to see more of his Tonight Show appearances or even a single appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, as these were some of Rodney's truly magical moments.

Perhaps one day there will be a compilation of Rodney's better standup moments released on DVD. Until that time, we will have to settle for this flawed box set, which only scratches the surface of his comedic genius.

"I Get No Respect. I Could Always Tell That My Parents Hated Me. My Bath Toys Were a Toaster and a Radio." .......2006-06-10

Rodney is great. This box set was put together perfectly. I spent a whole Sunday (literally 20 hrs) watching these DVD's. Then I spent the following weeks watching them over and over again with friends and family. I have yet to find one person who doesn't like Rodney's stand-up or skits.

Seriously, about 95% of the footage in this compilation is gut busting comedy at its best.

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