Gee. You ask a lot of questions. It was a long time ago, and I gave up comedy writing to stick with medicine. So I don’t know any jokes, other than the ones about his wife and his not getting respect. Wrote some screenplays as well, but we never found anyone intelligent enough to bankroll them. Plus Rodney had health problems for quite some time, so he slowed down. Spent a lot of time puttering around at home. Still found time for the Tonight Show. I think he still holds the record for number of appearances.
He was always nice to me and his wife was super nice too. His lawyers - eh, not so much. LOL. If you crossed the line by stealing material, you would hear from his lawyers. But if you respected him, he would go out of his way to help you. He liked helping me, so I figure he was the same for others.
I would write jokes to make myself laugh. I could never tell jokes, but writing came easy when I was younger. Always carried around a notepad and kept notes of ideas all day, then use that for inspiration. Eventually something would click. You write 20 in a week and throw away 19. At least I would throw away a lot that I felt weren’t so good.
I noticed that FR is used by some writers to get jokes for talk radio. So if you read something funny here, it will probably be used by a writer or comedian the following day. All my writing was before FR ever existed, but if I were writing now, I would use it for material. Some funny stuff here.
Yes, FR can be very funny. I had no idea people were stealing some of the funny lines. I guess you can’t blame them though. Your story is interesting. Thank you.
Oh my gosh, yes, this place is serious show prep for Rush. You have to admit that certain threads are so funny they are literally funnier than comedians’ routines. Try the thread on Al Gore (verbally, VERBALLY) spouting off today about how May was the hottest month. Talk about feeding FR a straight line. FUNNY stuff.
There is a certain elite club here, in which all members wear smoking jackets (men) or velvet gowns (women... and some men), and sit in big leather chairs. Some even smoke cigars. It’s the “Rush Has Quoted my Post Verbatim” club, of which I am eternally proud to be a member. All of us members are not in any way insulted by his borrowing; rather, we are thrilled to play even the smallest part of aiding El Rushbo as he strives to save the Constitutional Republic.
Like the dentist on Seinfeld who converted to Judaism, I only come here for the jokes. ;)