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Rodney Dangerfield Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night Back to School
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2008
- Thornton Mellon recites Thomas' poem Do not go gentle into that good night. From the movie Back to School. Comedy Classic
I tell you, Dangerfield's recitation of this poem has got to be the greatest ever!
This has been on Jeopardy! and the contestants thought it was "gently."
No one can top, the author's rendition.
It's definitely a top tier rendition.
Agreed. Most of the people I've heard recite it gave is a depressing tone, but I think this more aggressive tone fits it better.
I heartily agree , my friend 👍
This is unironically the best recitation of this poem. Other actors read it in gentle, contemplative voices, but it's about, well, raging. About not lying down and accepting the inevitable, but screaming your heart out at something you can't defeat.
Make mine Rodney.
Part of what makes this so memorable is that this poem is the last thing anyone would have expected from a comic like Dangerfield. His performance is magnificent :-)
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Wish he would have done the whole poem like this. Would have been one of the best readings of the poem....
shade231 There's one version I ran into a while ago... dang if I can remember who, or where unfortunately... that managed to improve upon this.
It has dark, smoldering power to it, angry and with just a hint of bile, that just feels appropriate for a poem that is an exhortation to stand strong and live to the fullest even in the face of death.
This gives me chills. I watch this in my worst of moments. Thanks Rodney. RIP.
"Thornton, what does the poem mean?"
"It means I don't take shit from nobody."
When you think about it, that's exactly what the poem means.
Have always said, this is the best reading of this poem I've ever read
I actually remembered that poems decades later, when I was listening to a Dangerfield monologue. It made as deep an impression as any reading of any poem ever. Amazing.
When I think about it, I think it's more about growing old.
@@zelmoziggy, it's both. It's about growing old and telling people that just because you're old that doesn't mean you should just disappear.
@@gratefuldavid I can rage against the dying of the light without saying a word to anyone.
Much respect, Rodney. Much respect.
I have heard this poem read many times by many people including Dylan Thomas. And I think Rodney Dangerfield's version is the best.
I agree. I think Dangerfield's performance captures the rage of the poem better than Dylan Thomas' reading.
This part makes me wanna cry, the poem is so beautiful.
And he did recite it wonderfully. RIP Mr. Dangerfield
My father is in a critical condition. Please listen to this to the very end. I have faith that it will reach him somehow.
olcay gonenc I hope your father is doing better. You have my sympathies
olcay gonane...thinking of my friend this early morning who passed away in May. I read him this poem as he lay in hospice with tears streaming down my cheeks. I described the enormity of the heavens having died myself a decade before. I told Robert to not be afraid of that good night and to enter the gates of the new threshold blazing like a fire in the night. I could feel his spirit being uplifted and reassured everything would be okay! (RIP) dear friend!
This has to be the best reading of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night. This poem bring me memories of my Dad who passed away 7 years ago.
I know it’s a comedy but Rodney knocked this poem out of the park. I’m a 100% serious When I say that was the best reading of that poem I’ve ever heard.
i was never into poetry back in school but this here is making me cry. and from mr dangerfield?! haha! thanks mr dangerfield and thanks mr thomas.
Rodney Dangerfield really nailed it with how he read it
I used this passage to teach poetry to my English class, and was censured by my principal for "video-babysitting".
But the kids loved it and learned poetry.
This was already my favorite poem ever, but after seeing this movie, I liked it even more.
"Back To School" was , without a doubt , Rodney Dangerfield's BEST film - and THIS scene was his finest performance EVER ! ! !
Dylan Thomas doesn't speak of death as something to be feared. The meaning of the poem is simply that you shouldn't allow the inevitability of death break your will to live. He lists several types of men, explains how each of them looks directly into the face of death, and can find it within themselves to fight it. Then he examines his father, who is none of these but also all of them, and urges him to do the same.
Whenever one of my friends feels that they just can't go on I send them this clip
Go down fighting, amen.
True friend indeed!
This scene comes to mind sometimes. Must have been truly great by Mr. Dangerfield to still be awe inspiring.
This screen give me goose bumps!! Very good Dangerfield did on this poem. Same as the very end of Brave Heart!
"I feel like a just gave birth,to an accountant!" great movie,classic
This should encourage any of us going through struggles in our studies, health, anything to keep on persevering! Thank you, Rodney! 💖🙌
This is beautiful! It shows how great an actor he really was! Of course, his reply ("I don't take shit from anyone") adds comic relief (and it fits).
Cheesy 80's comedy or not... Most. Epic. Poetry. Reading. EVER.
Except of course the utter butchering of Dylan Thomas's epic poem...
David DeBlois and how many did that one scene expose and perhaps move those that would have never read Dylan Thomas and perhaps others.
if there could ever be an accurate count we all would be amazed.......butchered or not.
who are you to deem it " a cheesy, funny way"???
@@cdfgh1111 for to read the words of another, we empower those that could never again. From the stone, a forum is taken. A unity of wits to defend. Capturing thus the fire before it flies..into that empty good night.
It got me into poetry as a kid. Dead Poets Society can suck my balls
I think Rodney actually had good acting chops,he delivers this with some intense emotion..funny movie lol
This is the greatest reciting of this poem I have ever heard, So glad I found it on here, changed my view on life forever...
One of the greatest comedians recite a beautiful poem magnificently! RIP Rodney Dangerfield
I used this clip, along with highlights from Dead Poets Society, with my high school class who said they hated poetry. Wouldn't you know it, they all did "A" class work, writing poems about subjects that meant a lot to them. Then the principal reprimanded me for using too much video in a class, as if I was being lazy! It says a lot about the US system that makes kids to groan when you say they are going to read Shakespeare. I ignored the principal. "I don't take sh-t from no one!"
I wish I had had you as my teacher! I thought school was so boring because of people like your principal. I love dead poets society also! ❤️
@@molotovgirl555 Your response means so much, all these years later! To this day I find it tragic that teachers -- often prevented from making their own curricula-- manage to turn subjects such as history and writing into something boring! It's like so many of were beaten down by the system (which makes us all like robots) so we forgot what drove our own passion to get a graduate degree in the first place. So much of art is about great writing, I don't understand how people can find the subject boring. I hope you remain excited about the power of words. Your own words to me have had deep effect. ❤️ I hope your 2021 is full of serendipity and random incidents of joy and good fortune.
@@ArgoLupus Serendipity is one of my favorite words and experiences, so just made my day! Thank you so much! You hit the nail on the head, the school system is so robotic! I hope your 2021 is filled with magic and enchantment and so many of your dreams coming true!
@@molotovgirl555 ❤️
my favorite rodney dangerfield moment of all time
Even though they cut out a lot of the poem, I love hearing Dangerfield quote it. He has the passion that made him a great actor. If only people would have seen it. He was much more than just a comedian.
best recitation of the poem that I've ever heard. I laughed and cried at the same time.
I love this movie... great 80's timepiece.
Damn I miss the 80s.
Best motivational speech. Ever.
RIP Ned Beatty...one of my favorite scenes...LOL
Had it not been for this scene, I'd have never heard or later read this poem, much less heard of Dylan Thomas. Nor would I have discovered the value of poetry and the love I now have for it.
For the poetry snobs scoffing at this scene, who instead prefer the recitations in the movie "Dead Poets Society" (a movie I also enjoyed) who sneer in derision and/or contempt for Mr. Dangerfield's recitation, I have a request for you. Stop for just a moment and try to contemplate just how many were exposed to Dylan Thomas's work, who otherwise wouldn't have, had this wonderful scene never been included in "Rodney Dangerfield's Back To School" (1986).
this scene rules!!!
This lives in my head rent free
Because of Back To School, I learned about the giants, Dylan Thomas and Kurt Vonnegut! Who said comedy will empty your brain? 😀
Rodney Dangerfield reading poetry. Who knew?
Faithfulpoet and ChuChu had it nailed correct. Rodney was the Best of the Best.
Never put it past Rodney to show us all that he was up for anything, any challenge or task. And CAN do it flawlessly! Rodney will be seriously missed.
After all these years, I still listen to it and years still well up in my eyes and at the Dr time he'll still burns in my heart. And you, my father up there on the sad height curse me now bless with these brave years I pray, do not go gentle into that good night RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT! To me it says "All you got give it, do you cause nobody can do it better and FUCK DAMNED WORLD TO HELL IF THEY DONT LIKE IT! because even if they don't like you, they'll at least RESPECT you. His will be done! From the womb to the tomb and from the root to the fruit.
It’s cut down obviously for time and pacing, and he doesn’t recite it perfectly but, …… wow. His passion brings that glorious poem to life. It really does. Rodney absolutely killed this. RIP sir.
Classic Rodney. One of the great late-bloomers of Hollywood.
you've broadened my horizons. Poetry is exactly like wine.
Loved Back To School. I especially loved his quoting of this poem. very Shakespearean.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, because their words had forked no lightning, they do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay. Rage, rage against the dying of the light!
RIP Rodney.
Interstellar Trailer #2 brought me here.
we took the same route
Miss ya, Rodney
Neither after nor before I was so moved by an absurd comedy. A brilliant moment.
You tell 'em Rodney!
Thank you and I love you for sharing this!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I needed this.
Christopher Nolan's favorite film.
How is poetry anything like wine? Poetry illicits awakeness, consciousness, and vision. It allows you to peer into someone else's soul so you can see their thoughts, essence. Poetry is music of the tongue. It has the power to evoke specific and real emotion.
What a classy man. "I don't take sh*t from no one" 🤣
I don’t care what anyone says this is the best rendition
I nearly pissed my pants when i saw this poem in my class XD
The most underrated comedian. EVER.
Still my fav poem
Great movie but this part is unforgettable!
Love how Rodney intoned this! Would love for this to have been the full poem. Maybe someone can do a AI voice match of him for the rest. Probably would the greatest reading of this poem.
Tremendous rendition
12 years ago I was at the brink of death. My left lung had collapsed and my O2 count was 42%. For the first time I start using the ventilator over night. After a month my lung was completely open and I was back better then before. I never gave up and “did not go gently into that good night”
Do not go quietly into the night. Rage, rage againt those who would see you fade into the night. Never surrender, even when a cause is lost, the reason still remains. You do not need to win to be victorious.
it means...I don't take shit from no one. lol
I cry watching this
I still believe in heroes.
This really is so motivational
after John Cena said this in a commerical for 2k15 I just thought it was something he came up with and i was like this is so awesome. Then I watch interstellar and I was like it's a poem I have to find this! I love it no matter who's saying it I love it.
It seems like use of video like this could help to convey the meaning a power of poetry.
dylan thomas was dealing with some serious shit when he wrote this
Lol
I don't know why I laughed so hard reading this.
His father was dying right in front of him. He wrote the poem for him
Paul Corteville : Kenny Loggins was going through the same thing with his dad when he wrote,"This is it"
@@paulcorteville7637 I had thought the same when I first heard it in the 60s but learned in college he wrote it years prior, and actually published it a year before his dad dying....Dylan must have felt as if his dad was going to die soon and writing this may keep him around longer....it is hard to tell with alcoholic poets.
Hmm. When i saw this years ago had no clue... thx 2 a co-workers tat, she brought it back &gave it relevance
This week ive watched a reading by Iggy Pop. Very nice. by Christopher Lee. awesome and i just watched an Interstellar montage with the poem read by Anthony Hopkins. But those , you would expect to be grand. Not Rodney. The king of one-liners reading this, these words, makes it even more poignant than anyone else. We will miss you Dangerfield, we will miss you.
long live King Rodney!
I'm sorry they didn't include Rodney's earlier line "I feel like I've given birth...to an ACCOUNTANT!" That's what makes this scene more of a dramatic contrast to the earlier one. Great film, great star!
10 people went gentle into that good night.
Wow!!!! And he should be PROUD!!!!
aside from how funny Dangerfield says the poem
this is a very inspirational poem
Ned Beatty at 1:29 is hysterical
great great great
Respect.
54 , still moved
Thus poem can only be read two ways, anger, or sadness.
@dodge96neon the projectionist. that was rodney dangerfield. and yes. he was excellent in it as much as comedy.
Still makes me laugh !!!
Does this hall remind you of the same room that Jennifer Beals danced in at the end of Flash Dance?
Ned Beatty can barely contain himself.
RIP means:
Rest in Peace
Rodney Is the Pope!
Agreed.
@ArgoLupus WHAT a cool youtube comment and synopsis, one of the best I ever read on youtube :-)
while he was reciting the poem I was like, Wow, is that really Rodney??? and then he said "I don't take shit from no one." and then was like, Yeah thats the Rodney we know haha
This was my jam when I was on the cusp of bombing out of my PhD program....And it's pretty much what I come back to every time the world craps the bed.
When 9/11. the Great Recession, Covid-19, or any personal challenges get you down, I recommend a steady diet of Rodney's Poetry Hour and Rhapsody in Blue.
Is there a clip on yt of his first test, where the professor gives him the brutal question w/ 27 parts?
When you need something to pick up you when your down!!! RAGE!!!
Fuck yes.
That's how it's supposed to be
@madra2 Your comment made my day. Rodney-lovers around the world unite!
the answer is... FOUR?!?
😂😂👏🏼
Rodney more than man