Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes

I was so ugly my parents had to hang a pork chop around my neck to get the dog to play with me.

Jack Roy

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• I had an interview once with some German journalist - some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists - maybe a week after - and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, "It's impolite; remove your glasses." I said, "Do I ask you to remove your bra?"

  

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• I was so ugly my parents had to hang a pork chop around my neck to get the dog to play with me.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Parents
  • Play
  • Dog