Lotta respect for Rodney
RODNEY Dangerfield was fondly remembered the other night at the comedy club that bears his name after a screening of "Legends: Rodney Dangerfield," which was exec-produced by his daughter, Melanie Roy-Friedman, and airs tonight on Comedy Central. The audience - which included Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Klein, Joy Behar of "The View" and Susie Essman from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - saw footage shot by Melanie of her dad's stand-up act and testimonials from comics whose careers he boosted, including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Ray Romano. Essman told The Post's Mandy Stadtmiller that Dangerfield was the only person who urged her to make her act raunchier. "Rodney called me up one day out of nowhere," Essman recalled. " 'You got to be the female Andrew Dice Clay, that's the way to make you a big star,' and I was like, 'I don't know, Rodney, I kind of want to be myself.' "
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