No Respect

Even in death comedy legend Rodney Dangerfield gets "no respect".

January 31, 2005 -- EVEN in death, Rodney Dangerfield gets no respect. The late comedy legend's longtime publicist, Kevin Sasaki, got a call from a booker at CNN last week asking him if "Rodney would be available to share his comments on the passing and legacy of Johnny Carson." Sasaki replied that unless CNN had a new way of linking up to the afterlife via satellite, that would be impossible. Dangerfield, of course, passed away last October. Ironically, his new DVD set, "Rodney Dangerfield — The Ultimate No Respect Collection," was posthumously released last month, and includes clips culled from his more than 70 appearances on "The Tonight Show."

That is just plain disgusting. CNN, allegedly a major (reliable) media outlet called and asked how Rodney felt about the legacy of Johnny Carson. What about the legacy of Rodney Dangerfield? Rodney passed on last October.

I mean no disrespect to Johnny in fact I posted on the loss of both Johnny Carson and Rodney Dangerfield.

Both of these men are truly legends. Both were great comedians. It sickens me to think that CNN would do something like this. How must this make the family and friends of Rodney Dangerfield feel?

One more reason why CNN is not my news source of choice.

Respect Rodney Respect.

**NOTE** This is the 500th Post here at the Slaughterhouse!!!

SlagleRock Out!

Posted by SlagleRock at February 3, 2005 07:02 AM