How do you botch a Rodney Dangerfield sitcom? This is how!

Rodney Dangerfield's signature line of "I tell ya, I get no respect" is never more evident than in this bomb of a TV Pilot. Dangerfield finally hit the big time with BACK TO SCHOOL (1986), which was the sixth highest grossing film in the U. S. that year. How did Hollywood capitalize? By creating quite possibly the worst TV show pilot in history (which says a lot) in ...WHERE'S RODNEY. Dangerfield plays himself and is at the mental whims of a 14 year old obsessed with Dangerfield also named Rodney (Jared Rushton from HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS) who can zap Dangerfield to his side when he needs advice. We also get lots of "comedy" involving the kid's home life (with Jay Thomas as his dad). It is like the creators sat down and said "Let's make something that appeals to NONE of Dangerfield's fans." Insanity.

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