Easy Money

He's got the van made up.

Exactly like Easy Money.

That's hilarious.

If people haven't seen Easy Money, Rodney

Dangerfield, super old school.

You gotta check out the van.

back to the past podcast i am kevin and i am joined as always by justin and brad today we are diving literally into the 1986 comedy classic back to school starring the most disrespected man in show business of all time rodney

dangerfield that's right the movie where the multi-millionaire buys his way into college hires Kurt Vonnegut to write his English paper, and does a famous triple Lindy dive just to prove a point.

Honestly, Thornton Mellon gets zero respect.

But this studio? This studio gets total luxury.

free.

You can watch it whenever you want.

You know, it's like, it's like the Christmas movies.

If you try to watch them in July, they're like $30.

I don't, but people do.

Easy Money in 1983, Back to School in 1986.

The money that came from the film career after Caddyshack was a lot, and was mainstream recognition that talk show appearances and comedy clubs didn't really produce in the same way.

Remember that guy Larry Kart from the Chicago Tribune who said nice things about Rodney in 1980? In 1986, Kart reviewed a show in Chicago and said, "Gone were the perfect little perfections of rhythm, sound, and nonsense that burst into laughter even when you knew what was coming.