I tell ya, I went to the doctor the other day, he said "I think you're sick." I tell him I want another opinion, he says, "You're ugly, too."

The world just got a whole less funny.

It's funny, but when someone dies, you think about how much they meant to you. I personally didn't know Rodney Dangerfield, but I felt like I owed him something. I mean, half my schtick came from him in Caddyshack. The kinda tossed off and self-depricating humor (Your a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?) and comic timing (Hey, did somebody step on a duck?) are the foundations of many young and wannabe comedians.

And, while he didn't break barriers like Lenny Bruce, attack the establishment like Bill Hicks, reinvent the genre like Henny Youngman ... he had his own way of making his way, even if he didn't get any respect.

Do yourself a favor today, and read some of his finer jokes.