Just remember: It's lonely at the top, when there's no one on the bottom.

The line plays on the cliché “It’s lonely at the top,” twisting it into a darker, comic observation: “the top” only feels meaningful if there is a “bottom” beneath it. In other words, status and success are relational—without an audience, rivals, or people to out-rank, triumph can feel empty. The joke also hints at insecurity: the speaker’s sense of importance depends on comparison, so if no one is “below,” the achievement collapses into isolation. In Dangerfield’s persona—built on self-deprecation and social pecking orders—the quip satirizes ambition and the need for validation.