Known for high-profile roles in such seminal comedy pictures as Easy Money and The Godson, American comedian Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004) was known for his self-deprecating humour, depression, and gallant ability to command very little to no respect from his family, peers, spouse, physician, psychiatrist, and dog.
But starting out in [...]
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Dear Editors,
I am writing to you re: a recent editorial cartoon published in the Saturday evening edition of The New Berliner. On page 43 [dreiundveirzig], a cartoon attributed to staff illustrator Joe Himmel depicted our most esteemed ruler, emperor, and Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht [hence, Wilhelm II or, [...]
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(LOS ANGELES) Brian Dangerfield, son and youngest child of comedian Rodney Dangerfield, has been refused enrolment at the prestigious and swanky Respectington Academy.
Declaring the child’s aptitude test results to be “lower than Rodney’s wife at a miners’ convention,” the notoriously exclusive school chose to award the final fall semester spot to the Elysse, daughter of [...]
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