This Is Your Life: |
Rodney Dangerfield |
Premiere: |
February 26, 1981 |
Host: |
Ralph Edwards/David Frost |
Network: |
NBC-TV |
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Guests |
Notes |
Buck Buchanan |
Former defensive football player with the Kansas City Chiefs - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Charlie Burke |
Childhood friend |
Chevy Chase |
Via videotape - actor, comedian; co-star in movie "Caddyshack" |
Paul Fallisi |
President of the one-year-old Rodney Dangerfield Fan Club at Hunter Hall dorm, University of New Hampshire; presents plaque |
Thelma Gopi |
Housekeeper and cook for past 16 years |
Grits Gresham |
Noted outdoorsman, author and TV personality - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
"Happy" Hairston |
Former basketball player with the L.A. Lakers - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Terry Hanratty |
Former college football great, star Notre Dame quarterback knocked out by Bubba Smith during a game in 1966 - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Jim Honochick |
Former baseball umpire - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Robert Klein |
Friend, comedian |
Sally Marr |
Old friend, mother of Lenny Bruce |
Ann Meara |
Via videotape - comedienne; part of team Stiller and Meara |
Lee Meredith |
Actress who usually played sexy dumb blondes - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Brian Roy |
Son, age 20 |
Melanie Roy |
Daughter, age 16 |
Jim Shoulders |
Rodeo star - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Bubba Smith |
Former Michigan State and NFL defensive football player - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Norm Snead |
Former football quarterback - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Micky Spillane |
Writer of hard-boiled detective stories - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Jerry Stiller |
Via videotape - comedian; part of team Stiller and Meara |
Marv Throneberry |
Former baseball player - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Bruce Wilhelm |
Olympic weightlifter, World's Strongest Man competitor - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Dick Williams |
Former baseball player, Montreal Expos baseball manager - one of a group of ex-athletes and other celebrities who did a series of Miller Lite TV beer ads with Rodney |
Robert Wuhl |
Friend, comedian; does impression as long-lost son "Rupert Dangerfield" |