Today is the birthday of Jacob Cohen, a.k.a. Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004). The son of vaudeville comedian Phil Roy (Philip Cohen), he began writing jokes for other comedians as a teenager, and began going onstage himself at age 20. For a decade he struggled under the name Jack Roy, working as a comic, singing waiter and [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:50AM on November 22, 2012