"No Respect" from Godfather?; Daily Kos political encyclopedia (Kossary)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/arts/06dangerfield.html?oref=login
> In 1972, after seeing the Francis Ford Coppola movie "The Godfather," he came
> up with a new angle that would reshape his routine. "All I heard was the word
> 'respect,' " he recalled. " 'You've got to give me respect,' or 'Respect
> him.' I thought to myself: It sounds like a funny image - a guy who gets no
> respect. Maybe I'll write a joke, and I'll try it."

The files of the Yale Dictionary of Quotations have Dangerfield quoted in
the N.Y. Times, 14 June 1970, as saying "I don't get no respect."

Fred Shapiro


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