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Book SynopsisAn American comic icon tells the story of his second-act rise from obscurity to multimedia stardom.
When I was a kid, writes Rodney Dangerfield, I worked tough places in show business--places like Fonzo''s Knuckle Room. Or Aldo''s, formerly Vito''s, formerly Nunzio''s. That was a tough joint. I looked at the menu. They had broken leg of lamb. For once, one of America''s most beloved comic icons isn''t kidding. Dangerfield has seen every aspect of the entertainment industry: the rough-and-tumble nightclubs, the backstage gag-writing sessions, the drugs, the hookers, the lousy day jobs - and the red-carpet star treatment. As he traces his route from a poor childhood on Long Island to his enshrinement as a comedy legend, he takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through a life that has been alternately touching, sordid, funny, raunchy, and uplifting - equal parts Little Orphan Annie and Caligula. And unlike most celebrity autobiographers, he seems to have no qualms about deliver
