The Club that Rodney Built

Comedian Rob Magnotti remembers performing in front of Rodney Dangerfield in 2004. Magnotti, who grew up a fan of the superstar, was slightly on edge before the show.

“They told me that night, ‘Rodney’s going to watch your set’,” Magnotti said. “That’s a lot of pressure!”

Dangerfield watched the act from the same booth he always occupied at Dangerfield’s Comedy Club, which he opened decades before on First Avenue and East 61st Street. Read more