Author: Rodney Dangerfield Page 8

I told my wife the truth… I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist; then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

One night I figured – let my wife make the first move… she went to Florida.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

She was so ugly that when I bent down to pet her cat it turned out to be the hair on her legs.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Hey, I don’t get respect from anyone… why, American Airlines thanked me for flying United.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A girl phoned me the other day and said, "Come on over, nobody's home, so I went over… nobody was home.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Last year my birthday cake looked like a prairie fire.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: “Basement?”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

And just remember, the best thing about kids… is making them!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Man: Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt [an Austrian painter].

Thornton Melon: You too, huh? She’s shown it to everybody.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I joined Gamblers Anonymous; they gave me 2 to 1 I wouldn't make it!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

There's only one thing wrong with my wife's face – it shows.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I went to look for a used car and found my wife's dress in the back seat.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Hey everybody, we’re all gonna get laid!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Last week I told my psychiatrist, “I keep thinking about suicide,” and he told me from now on I have to pay in advance.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My wife donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I told my dentist I want a tooth to match the others; he gave me one with four cavities.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

[breaks wind at a dinner] Whoa, did somebody step on a duck?

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

This girl was ugly. They used her in prisons to cure sex offenders.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My old man was dumb, he picked a guy’s pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

My wife is such a bad cook, if we leave dental floss in the kitchen the roaches hang themselves.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

With the shape I’m in you could donate my body to science fiction.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor