Rodney Trotter and was born from a one line joke in the very first episode, "Big Brother". This became a long-standing joke throughout the entire series. It is revealed in numerous episodes such as "Big Brother", "The Long Legs of the Law", and "A Royal Flush" that Rodney is embarrassed about Del's antics, including lying to girls they want to date. In "Yuppy Love", he lied to a new girlfriend, Cassandra, that he lived in the posh King’s Avenue in order to impress her; however, she later found out where he lived when she phoned Nelson Mandela House. Del often asks Rodney
Lester Rodney praise to black athletes. His sports page often carried more stories about Joe Louis and Kenny Washington than on those white athletes whose prowess was the subject of the mainstream papers. Rodney's outspoken commentary often publicly pitted him against other sportswriters, but they would often offer information for Rodney to publish what they could not themselves use. Soon after returning from the war, Rodney met the woman who would become his second wife, Clare, a lifelong educator, and they were married on April 21, 1946. Rodney stayed with the "Daily Worker" until the mid-1950s, keeping on top of racial issues