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Rodney Dangerfield Recovering
Rodney Dangerfield's got his own brand of medicine: Jerry Springer.
On the mend following last week's 12-hour brain surgery, Dangerfield was breathing on his own Monday, according to his publicist, and ready to get some of that special Springer tonic.
"He's conscious now, and the first thing he wanted to do today was tune in to Jerry Springer, which is his favorite show," rep Kevin Sasaki tells the Associated Press.
The 81-year-old comic is listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit at UCLA Medical Center. Sasaki says Dangerfield should be out of the ICU and into a regular recovery room in the coming days.
"He's not out of the woods yet, but they took out the breathing tubes today and he appeared thrilled and absolutely elated," says Sasaki. "The doctors are real pleased with his progress so far."
Dangerfield went under the knife last Tuesday for a procedure known as extracranial-intracranial brain bypass designed to improve his body's blood flow. Dangerfield needed the surgery as a prelude to a heart-valve replacement scheduled for next month.
He has been in stable condition since the surgery, but had been heavily sedated and on a respirator before coming around Monday in search of Springer.
If all goes well, Dangerfield will leave the hospital some time next week. The heart-valve job would then come in May.
Dangerfield has faced medical danger numerous times in the last decade. In 1992, he underwent surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. In 2000, he underwent double-bypass heart surgery.
On his 80th birthday in 2001, he suffered a heart attack. For once, at least, no surgery was required.
Dangerfield is best known for making high comedy out of low self-esteem. A former aluminum-siding salesman, Mr. No Respect hit the stand-up circuit in the 1960s and became a mentor to many up-and-comers, including Jay Leno and Jim Carrey.
He parlayed his shtick into a string of movie hits in the 1980s, including Caddyshack, Easy Money and Back to School.
Recent credits include Adam Sandler's Little Nicky and the low-budget comedy The 4th Tenor, which he cowrote and was coincidentally released straight to video on the same day as his brain surgery. An autobiography, tentatively titled Rodney Revealed, is also in the works.
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