MARILYN AND I WENT TO RODNEY DANGEREFIELD'S COMEDY CLUB, OVER 25 YEARS AGO, TO SEE AND HEAR HIM PERFORM. HE JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE, BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE PLACE.
THIS WAS HIS PLACE AND YOU KNEW HE DID ABOUT THREE OR MORE SHOWS A NIGHT AND YET, HE KEPT THE SHOW FRESH BY INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE IN FRONT OF HIM. EACH SHOW HAD HIS PERSONAL STAMP ON IT.
HE USED MEMORY GAMES TO AMAZE THE CROWD - EARLY IN THE SHOW, RODNEY WOULD ASK PEOPLE AT RANDOM, PERSONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR HOME TOWN OR JOB OR LOVE LIFE AND IT WAS ALL VERY OFF THE CUFF AND SEEMINGLY MEANINGLESS BANTER TO RELAX THE GROUP - IT WAS MUCH MORE.
AT THE END OF THE SHOW, RODNEY WOULD PULL UP ALL THAT INFORMATION AND MATCH UP THE PEOPLE PSYCHOLOGICALLY, BY SAYING THINGS LIKE THE LADY ACCOUNTANT FROM PENSACOLA, NEEDS TO DATE THE HAT SALESMAN FROM SLIDDELL, LOUSIANNA OR THE ART TEACHER SHOULD PAINT THIS GUY'S HOUSE FOR HIM.
WRITING THIS IS NOT GOING TO CONVEY THE ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR WHEN YOU REALIZED HE WAS GETTING ALL THIS STUFF RIGHT AND HE WAS RUNNING THRU IT AT LIGHTENING SPEED AND HIS MATCH UPS WERE SO FUNNY AND ON TARGET AND CREATIVELY THOUGHTOUT - HE WAS A MASTER AT WORK.. HOW HE DID IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN RIGGED - IT DOES NOT MATTER - YOU LEFT THAT CLUB ( AND THE PRICES WERE REASONABLE FOR A MANHATTAN NIGHTCLUB), KNOWING THAT YOU HAD BEEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A COMIC GENIUS AND YOU COULD EASILY DROP THE WORD COMIC FROM THAT DESCRIPTION AND STILL BE ACCURATE. ONLY AN IDIOT DOES NOT RESPECT TALENT - BUT IT WOULD TAKE A TALENTED IDIOT TO NOT SEE THAT WE LOST A GIANT YESTERDAY -- AND THERE IS ALWAYS A SHORTAGE OF GIANTS.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, GO TO HIS WEBSITE AND PAY YOUR RESPECTS - WWW.RODNEY.COM
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