Manhattanville to establish Rodney Dangerfield comedy institute

He said he got no respect. Turns out he was wrong.

Rodney Dangerfield, the standup comedian and star of films like “Back to School,” will have an entire institute of higher learning named in his honor.

Manhattanville College in Purchase will establish The Rodney Dangerfield Institute for the Study of Comedy, according to its website. The college will announce the details of the school during its commencement ceremony Saturday.

Dangerfield, who died in 2004, will also receive a posthumous honorary doctorate.