Rodney Dangerfield Jack Benny — Who was Rodney Dangerfield? He was a cowboy character used by Jack Benny on his radio show in the early 1940s. There was a different one? Well, Rodney Dangerfield was the stage name of comedian Jack Roy who was born Jacob Rodney Cohen but that one got no respect.
Rodney Dangerfield was as funny as an elderly couple being evicted from their home because they couldn’t afford to pay the taxes necessary to pay a West Chester Swimming coach’s salary.