Comedian Rodney Dangerfield and Al Sharpton allegedly had at least one thing in common — ties to the same Genovese mob soldier.
Joseph Pagano, whom Sharpton knew through his sports-promotion dealings, was extremely close to the comic, according to FBI records detailed by The Smoking Gun.
Pagano once recounted to Sharpton a story that Dangerfield loved to tell — about how he had been pressured by a mobster who wanted a cut of a nightclub the funnyman owned, the site said.
The mobster demanded to know whom Dangerfield was “with,’’ which in Mafia parlance meant which crime family he was associated with.
“What do you mean? I’m here with my brother,” Dangerfield replied.
“No, I mean who’s your ‘rabbi’?” the wiseguy persisted.
“Rabbi Horowitz!” Dangerfield shot back.
The comedian said he got socked in the mouth for the wisecrack.
The report said that before he became a star, Dangerfield had worked as a door-to-door aluminum-siding salesman and was busted in 1955 for taking out federal loans in the names of his customers.
Dangerfield, known for the catchphrase “I get no respect!” in his comedy act and his roles in such films as “Caddyshack” and “Back to School,” died at 82 in 2004.