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Maybe Steinbrenner will realize that the Yankees' personnel problems stem from folks taking themselves too seriously. Everyone's worried about who respects whom and how much. In that case, Rodney Dangerfield might prove the perfect manager, since he don't get none anyway...
...Dangerfield just about hit the peak of his recent renaissance in the comedy world, and he might be looking to get out while he's on top. Imagine him in the clubhouse, trying to prepare his men for a game against the best pitcher in the league...
...what do these comics do? Start by saying what they do not do. They do not spin whimsical stories of urban childhoods, like Bill Cosby and George Carlin. They do not deal in analysis and self-hatred, like Woody Allen and Rodney Dangerfield. They do not refract their rage in race-and-reefer jokes, like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. They do not tell topical or political jokes, like Johnny Carson. Indeed, they rarely tell jokes or stories at all. They do not talk about their mothers, their wives, their egos. Their past is a mystery; their presence is perplexing...
Benjamin H. Schatz '81, a class marshal and a member of the speaker subcommittee, noted that since the mid '70s class day speakers, such as author George Plimpton and comedian Rodney Dangerfield, had dealt with humorous topics in their speeches rather than serious issues...
Past Class Day speakers include last year's Walter Cronkite, Rodney Dangerfield, William F. Buckley, Jr. and Dick Gregory...