It’s Not Easy Bein’ Rodney

Published August 6, 2004 3:00am ET



EVERY Caddyshack fan has a favorite line from the 1980 movie and for sheer kitsch, it’s hard to trump the exclamation by millionaire loudmouth Al Czervik following the climactic scene: “Hey, everybody! We’re all gonna get laid!” In and of itself, it’s not that funny; it’s not even a joke, really. Except that the actor playing Czervik is Rodney Dangerfield. Coming off his lips, the otherwise churlish outburst somehow seems utterly hilarious–and utterly inoffensive, so endearing is Dangerfield’s persona. He has, we might say, the comedic equivalent of the Midas touch: a combination of lovable charm and impeccable delivery that turns a lame wisecrack into one of Caddyshack‘s most memorable utterances.

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