Rodney Dangerfield’s Widow Keeps Jar Of His Sweat In Refrigerator

Joan Dangerfield showed it off to The Hollywood Reporter.

On Nov. 22, what would have been his 92nd birthday, Joan will unveil Rodney.com, a website dedicated to the famously disrespected stand-up, where you can relive classic talk show appearances, peruse handwritten routines and peek at photos of him palling around with the likes of Adam Sandler and Bill Gates…

But back to the sweat. Here’s how Joan explains it: “I discovered that Elvis had a handkerchief that was apparently stained with his sweat and it went for a lot of money. So Rodney had a ‘eureka’ moment. He said, ‘I sweat more than anybody! My sweat has to be as good as Elvis’ sweat, right?’ ” Joan went right to work, ordering hundreds of perfume-sample bottles and setting about farming her husband’s perspiration. “My job became the ‘sweat collector,’ ” she explains. “I’d take a sponge and spoon and collect his sweat — about an inch at a time. I thought we could water it down but he said, ‘No, that wouldn’t be right.’ ” Ultimately, the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, where Rodney performed a lot in his later years, put the brakes on the operation: “They said, no, we couldn’t offer that sweat. They said there was an insurance issue. Rodney was crestfallen.” Joan still keeps the cloudy fluid in a Tupperware container, which she’ll transfer to a crystal decanter for special occasions. “It means a lot to me,” she says. “I do know how hard he worked to make people laugh.”

 

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.