I am an African American and as a young man, Don Rickles made me laugh when he held up a mirror and showed us all how absurd racism really is. I loved that he could make fun of everyone yet you knew he loved and respected all of us. I cried when he passed away he was my all-time favorite comedian. RIP Mr. Rickles thank you so much for making me laugh during times of racial unrest in the country.
I think you’re right. He reveals the absurdity of racism. He allows us to laugh at something horrible just for a moment before we go back to the depressing reality of real racial hatred.
Well said well said you're going to make me cry, he truly was one of the greats! Of a age that has sadly passed. We must remember Don Rickles and Dean Martin and all of them were all part of the greatest generation.
This was the genius of Don Rickles. When Dean zinged him with that line about “you ain’t reached that year yet” (to be a great comedian), Don let the applause die down, he let Dean have his moment, and then sings him with the “thank you Jerry” line. Pure genius!
Dean's reaction when Rickles says " good to be here at the home " priceless. And when Rickles says, " it takes many years to become a great comedian," Dean says, "well you ain't reached that year yet, " i almost died laughing.
It was very clear that Dean knew that was coming but no one else did, as in he was told what Dons speech was going to roughly say because its on the prompter. Its still a very funny moment and Berle coming over and sticking out his tongue is masterful.
smokedog number1 The older generation would roast each other all in good spirit, now with the current generation you can’t even say “thank you sir” without offending someone. Crazy how much we’ve fallen
Jerry Lewis, Dean's former on-stage partner. Cause: "As Martin's roles in their films became less important over time and Lewis receiving the majority of critical acclaim, the partnership came under strain."
What an EPIC panel of guests : Neil Armstrong, Future President Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Nipsey Russell, Milton Berle, Rev. Billy Graham, Sugar Ray Robinson, Dean Martin, and comic master Don Rickles.
You dont need to be clean to be good ... and "being offended" is nothing but PURITANISM ... which was also the reason for prohibition ... and look how that worked out. Not well ... because it financed the Mafia. STOP CENSORING SPEECH - starting with the RIDICULOUS bleeps on TV - AND IT WILL NOT BOTHER ANYONE after a while. "Being offended" is a YOU YOURSELF problem, not a problem of the person speaking.
To me, the most striking thing about Don Rickles is the contrast between his act in front of a crowd and his real personality. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. In contrast, his stage persona was one of the most or THE most abrasive person in show business at that time. It doesn't seem so bad today but in the 1960s it made some people cringe. Oh, and if you heckled him when he was doing stand-up, God help you. You'd regret it. I believe that his greatest talent was empathy. In real life, he was super nice because he had empathy. That same empathy is also what enabled him to identify the most abrasive thing he could get away with saying about you. Same skill used for different purposes. He could see right through you. There's never been anyone like him since.
@@tonypro5607 Don responded to Dean's put-down by calling him Jerry - Jerry Lewis was Dean Martin's comedy partner for many years before they fell out and split. They later became friends again.
When Dean and Jerry were partners, critics thought only Jerry was funny and Dean was just a straight man. Dean took that kind of hard. So when Dean makes a funny comment, Don insults him by calling him Jerry. @davidhamilton1981 @@tonypro5607
Mike mike if hearing what I previously said didn't compel you to at least do your own research on the topic, rather than making blanket statements such as a "racist and sexist" on people who you know nothing about, then you're truly pathetic.
no, I'm not calling any one person racist, unlike you, I know the history of this Country and know what it was like for people of color. So to call a generation that forced non-whites to drink from their own fountain the greatest generation is fucking disgusting.
Brings back memories of watching Mr. Rickles in my late teens with my parents. Dad on the sofa busting his gut laughing so loud. I sure miss those days!
From Italiy as an Italian resident , I made the great discovery of Don Rickles only a few years ago when I casually found out that he was in the cast of Casino. I simply find him brilliant, and I believe that everyone can learn from this type of comedy. By the way, the lightning-fast response at minute 2 by Dean Martin is pure genius.
As a Brit I find these "Roasts" brilliant; oh and by the way the flag that Bob Hope would have had wrapped around him at birth was probably the Union Jack as he was born in London ;-)
Jovan perez Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were the most popular comedy team of the 1950s, they broke up in 1956 and theyhad not been on good terms. They had not really talked for about 20 years. So after Dean got in his funny line when Don said “it takes years to be a great comedian” and Dean said “and you ain’t reached that year yet”, Don let Dean get his applause, and then he zinged him with “thank you Jerry”.
@@hal560 It's only vulgar because people made themselves believe it is vulgar. The black guys attending this were laughing I don't think they were offended whatsoever. If you can't laugh at yourself and your faults you will be miserable your whole life
LORD TWIGO so because people at the time found it funny, it’ll always be funny? Times change. Those black people laughing might have found it offensive, who knows? I don’t find it funny because I think it’s racist, and if you tell that joke to a modern black person, I can guarantee they’ll find it racist too. Attitudes change.
@@hal560 exactly, attitudes changed. We now live in a more sensitive society where people are too sensitive and whine and complain when even the slightest offensive words send people enraged. Don Rickles may have made some race jokes but he allways assured his audience that he had no ill will against anyone. Don was not racist, in fact I believe he was making fun of racism. Most of humanity's humor originally came from things that were horrible. Like for many years people made jokes about Nazis. I understand how feelings changed but frankly I believe they changed for the worst. People are more sensitive to race then ever before. Dosen't racism end when everyone realizes how stupid it was and treat everyone equally? I saw more equality in this roast than anything today. Media today likes to put minorities on a pedestal like they're more special than White people and in return they spit on white people like they did something wrong. I'm white, but I have no Ill will towards anyone because of race, but if I joke about a black person I'm suddenly racist? Something needs to change!
Hal Harris I agree with you. Anybody who Rickles roasted would seemingly laugh out of embarrassment and discomfort. I also agree with you about the racism. This was funny back then because racism was more common and used more loosely. We’ve progressed a lot. Why can’t we progress and say “wait a second, this wasn’t funny and should be left in the past”? Also, insult comedy is such low form of comedy. Wow so you can make fun of people’s imperfections and build some kind of act around it? “Talent”
They were the greatest entertainers of all time...my dad loved these guys roasts...we would all watch them and laugh and laugh..great memories with my DAD...
Holy Freaking Shit! The Legends on that panel: Sugar Ray Robinson, Ronald Reagan, Neil Armstrong, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, Billy Graham, Omar Bradley....I lost track. This is fucking awesome!
The best roast I have ever seen. Dino's wisecrack at Don and Don's response did it. I was in my single-digit years when this aired so I'm watching it again for the first time. RIP Don.
I'm so honored to have been brought up in the time when these guys were at their best!!!! I enjoyed all of them so much It's been a highlight in my life!!! Thank you guys!!!!
It was by far the best years of my life as well. I really wasn’t a comedy that much as a child, but mom would watch Dean’s celebrity roast, and I had no choice, but to sit there and listen to it having only four channels on the TV, after a while, it grew on me. The late great Bob Hope has connections to my city. Bob was an unruly child when living in Cleveland and he was sent to what was called the “Fairfield school for boys” just outside Lancaster Ohio. There he was known as Leslie Townes Hope. he ran away from there, was never recaptured, and the rest is history. But oh, what laughs we had growing up! The 70s were by far the greatest era for television and music.
These "roasts" were on TV when I was a kid. It's sad that the vast majority of the incredible talent on these shows is now long gone. I miss those shows.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO SEE HIM IN PERSON!!! HE MADE ME LAUGH HARDER AND LONGER THEN ANYBODY IN MY LIFE!!! IN PERSON HE WAS 1000 TIMES FUNNIER THEN HERE AND HERE HE IS SUPER GREAT!!!
He really is. In his live act, nobody was safe and the caged animal was loose, wanting to do whatever he wanted without television rules or anything like that. Probably my favorite comedian. The insult comedians after did their own thing, but they were not as great as Rickles. Rickles was just aggressive absurd put-on comedy.
@@akash-dsouza Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were the most popular comedy duo in the 40's and 50's. So Don Rickles call's him Jerry, like he didn't remember Dean's name at all.
My son is jealous of me for growing up as a child in the 1980s I feel for him there is such a generic look to everything now. In the 20th century every decade changed, the style of clothing &hair, the music, the art. Anyone with half a brain can tell the 80s from the 70s ...then the year 2000 came. Chain stores, all the music is the same , forget listening for a new rock band u wont find one. The shows are the same and all of our towns and cities look the same. Walmart, CVS, Home Depot, . Our kids on an iPhone all day I'll take the 20th century anytime at least it had flavor and we knew what was funny this is funny, Amy Schumer...not funny.
I truly believe that the black and white communities were much closer to understanding each other and sharing a heritage in the 70's than they've become since 1985 or so. It's just gotten worse, and not because of the people themselves, but by the agitator groups who stir up each side.
@@Mark-sj3xb this has been happening here in Australia too. At the moment it's the Sudanese community they are using to bump ratings and spread fear. As you say though it is a minority and doesn't play out like that in real life.
Wow so many great celebrities most of them all gone but never forgotten. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Hope at the Christmas Show in Vietnam 1968. Shook his hand and thanked him for coming to put on a show for the troops. R.I.P. all of you that has given us so much of your laughter
No words of discription , comments, discussion, or analysis, can define this kind of art. We just sit and enjoy it in awe....today we people saying you cant laugh about that. Thats the real danger!
Thanks for this clip. So fantastic to see these great Americans. Great fun and very very Funny. I wish Bob and Dean and uncle Milton were still with us. The best of the best. X
To me the "Thank you, Jerry" line is best improv from him I ever heard. Such a layered comment and I've never heard Dean laugh that loud. It was perfect. I'm guessing many people don't get it now..
OMG...Don is by far one of the greatest, brazen comedians of all time. Thank God for You Tube and all the memories of his greatest comedic performances!!
I don't agree at all. Martin was clearly funnier, Lewis's comedy does not age well at all. His comedy was mainly zany antics while Dean was extremely quick witted in sketches, interviews etc.
Dean Martin was among the funniest, wittiest comedic personalities in show business, Jerry Lewis was not. Lewis relied on goofy voices and antics which have, Jim Carrey took his own act and improved upon it.
I'm being completely honest, Martin is in an entirely different league than Lewis. After they separated you could easily tell that Martin is the naturally funnier person out of the two. Lewis relied heavily on doing outrageous antics, while Martin actually said funny things off the cuff. The Dean Martin Show actually does hold up, it's a sketch show. . . Why wouldn't it hold up? Most of it is just funny, quick witted ad-libbing as opposed to Jerry Lewis doing some high pitched voice and falling down. And Martin wasn't a drunk, that was a part of the act. Everyone who was around him said he had apple juice in his glass and Martin himself said the same thing. And yes the name is from the simpsons teacher strike episode.
Dean Martin had the ability to be funny in any situation . . . a sketch, an interview, during a performance, movie . . . it didn't matter. He was effortlessly funny and quick witted. Jerry Lewis was not quick witted and humor came much harder to him. He completely relied on doing outrageous antic to be found funny and many people such as myself do not find him funny regardless of the scenario.
This was held in 1974 and was the first of the many Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. These were held in the Ziegfeld Room of the then- MGM Grand (Now Bally's) in Las Vegas. The roasts ran from 1974 to 1980, were paused due to the MGM fire in 1980, and resumed briefly in 1984. The TV versions were edited down from the full sessions which, while good-natured, sometimes contained profanity and suggestive remarks. On this particular occasion, the naughtiness may have been toned down, as the Reverend Billy Graham was among those present.
Tom Barrister thank you I was wondering when this roast was in line with the Dean and Jerry reunion. 1974 would make it about 2 years before their reunion. It was still nice to see that Dean still was light hearted as far as joking about Jerry.
@@Palsrible Kids like you need to learn some respect for the last great men of that generation. Little punk dipshits who will never be half the man he was need to sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up. Go take your seat among them, disrespectful bitch.
This is what real equal opportunity looks like. If this isn't diversity then what the hell is. They all are having a blast together. Men, women, black and white Americans, Republicans and Democrats, Hollywood stars, politicians and even religious leader...What the PC progressives are shoving down the collective throats of the nation is not diverse or equal for the greater good.
Thank you for this. if I was on my death bed which sadly my mom is currently he is the truly the best. I am sad he is 89 not 49 but Mr. RICKLES is the best. Can make me life even as sad as I maybe.
I am an African American and as a young man, Don Rickles made me laugh when he held up a mirror and showed us all how absurd racism really is. I loved that he could make fun of everyone yet you knew he loved and respected all of us. I cried when he passed away he was my all-time favorite comedian. RIP Mr. Rickles thank you so much for making me laugh during times of racial unrest in the country.
I think you’re right. He reveals the absurdity of racism. He allows us to laugh at something horrible just for a moment before we go back to the depressing reality of real racial hatred.
wonderful comment sir-bravo
michael freeman well said. he was the best
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Well said well said you're going to make me cry, he truly was one of the greats! Of a age that has sadly passed. We must remember Don Rickles and Dean Martin and all of them were all part of the greatest generation.
Deans laugh after Don says "thank you Jerry" is priceless 😂
Yes, and I love that Dean spit out his drink when Don said it was great being here at the home
This was the genius of Don Rickles. When Dean zinged him with that line about “you ain’t reached that year yet” (to be a great comedian), Don let the applause die down, he let Dean have his moment, and then sings him with the “thank you Jerry” line. Pure genius!
Jerry Lewis.
@@paulleckner8235 Thanks for clearing that up Capt. Obvious. 😂
@@jasperjenkins7729 Not ever millennial is as knowledgeable aw we are. They need things dumbed down for them.
Why Jerry Lewis?
@@cloud7475 He was the comedian of the duo. Dean Martin was the straight man.
Dean's reaction when Rickles says " good to be here at the home " priceless. And when Rickles says, " it takes many years to become a great comedian," Dean says, "well you ain't reached that year yet, " i almost died laughing.
Yeah! The insults were fling like bullets at an old west shootout!
1:59
Milton Berle comes over and shakes his hand.
"Ah, thank you, Jerry."
It was very clear that Dean knew that was coming but no one else did, as in he was told what Dons speech was going to roughly say because its on the prompter. Its still a very funny moment and Berle coming over and sticking out his tongue is masterful.
I swear this man is the only person where i can watch the same clip over and over again but I laugh like its the first time ive watched it.
Him and Rodney !!!
Am 35 and just starting to realise why older generation always said theirs was better,
smokedog number1 The older generation would roast each other all in good spirit, now with the current generation you can’t even say “thank you sir” without offending someone. Crazy how much we’ve fallen
dude im lucky i came across this culture 3 years ago, i was 21. now im so deep into it im an outsider to my community
smokedog number1 I agree
@@outviteslb8143 same story brother! humour of our time is no longer an option
@@outviteslb8143 Me too. Im alienated and proud. I hate this epoch.
“Thank you, Jerry!” The comeback of the decade!
Carlos Kayath i did not get the joke.. pls explain?
Jerry Lewis, Dean's former on-stage partner.
Cause: "As Martin's roles in their films became less important over time and Lewis receiving the majority of critical acclaim, the partnership came under strain."
Comeback of the century . . .
I love that line, "it's great being here at the home ". You can't find this comedy anymore!
It was sooo funny!!! :)
@@tonypro5607 The Retirement Home.
The delivery was fantastic
Dean Martin about to spit his drink!! 🤣🤣
I don't fully get it
The only man that can insult you for ten minutes and make you want to cry at the end. RIP Mr rickles. You were a gem!
Don: It takes many years to become a great comedian
Dean: It sure does, and you ain't reached that year yet.
LMAO!
Joshua Brooks thank you Jerry!! Lol
Linda R LOL
yep, the best reply comeback that I think I've heard in any of these roasts, Dean nailed it.
james friel yes he did.
Joshua Brooks fantastic come back.
What an EPIC panel of guests : Neil Armstrong, Future President Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Nipsey Russell, Milton Berle, Rev. Billy Graham, Sugar Ray Robinson, Dean Martin, and comic master Don Rickles.
Unbelievable, right?
I can't believe you left out Jack Benny.
That’s a huge guest list
Don’t forget General Omar Bradley. That dais is elite.
and Jack Benny
"THERE'S NO BOOING, THERE'S NO BOOING" IM CRYING
2:17 "thank you Jerry". Gets me every time, maybe the best line delivered in all of the roasts by Don. Classic.
J-DUB .... I agree with you I can't help laughing over this we exchange between Dean and Don. Plus Dean laughing so hard is priceless.
Who's Jerry
Simply the best kill (by Dean) and recovery in showbizz - ever!!
Yes, Dean made the mistake of taking a drink when Don is talking. Funny how he almost sprayed his drink
@@Mark-sj3xb yeah, that was a classic remark. Who'd think he'd go there!
The stage was full of national treasures.
There will never be a generation with such great actors & comedians.
Man! This is pure gold. These guys will remain legends forever.👍
These were real comedians. Clean acts, nothing vulgar. And they were hysterical. They are truly missed.
You dont need to be clean to be good ... and "being offended" is nothing but PURITANISM ... which was also the reason for prohibition ... and look how that worked out. Not well ... because it financed the Mafia.
STOP CENSORING SPEECH - starting with the RIDICULOUS bleeps on TV - AND IT WILL NOT BOTHER ANYONE after a while. "Being offended" is a YOU YOURSELF problem, not a problem of the person speaking.
Just racist assholes, huh
Curious, what's your take on George Carlin?
Oh they certainly could be vulgar, just not on television
You should have heard them when the cameras were off!
there will never be another Don Rickles. RIP Don!
luvsmontano818, you're right about that. He was hilarious. What a comedy genius he was. RIP, Don Rickles
My All-Time fave comedian...with Robin Williams right behind him! When I used to watch these "Roast" shows, NO ONE made me laugh like Don Rickles!
U8
Only one came close : Greg Giraldo
Would never get away with raw humor like Don Rickles had..Back when we could laugh at ourselves..
latham area your exactly right every thing so politically correct or so race driven that we forgot to laugh at ourselves
Amen to that. Are we allowed to joke anymore. Because if we can't, then prepare for a miserable life.
@@herry8488
That's what the left wants, because they themselves are miserable people
There wasn't any social media watching every damn thing back then.THAT'S the problem now.
To me, the most striking thing about Don Rickles is the contrast between his act in front of a crowd and his real personality. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. In contrast, his stage persona was one of the most or THE most abrasive person in show business at that time. It doesn't seem so bad today but in the 1960s it made some people cringe. Oh, and if you heckled him when he was doing stand-up, God help you. You'd regret it.
I believe that his greatest talent was empathy. In real life, he was super nice because he had empathy. That same empathy is also what enabled him to identify the most abrasive thing he could get away with saying about you. Same skill used for different purposes. He could see right through you. There's never been anyone like him since.
Love how quick Dean and Don can make up jokes with each other and go hysterical! They don’t make guys like this anymore!
Nope. This stuff was all scripted.
No. That was practiced.
You want to see unpracticed see c Barkley
The old celebrity roasts were so much more intelligent than the modern ones.
When he said "ahhhh...thank you Jerry" I lost it. As did Dean Martin. A fabulous comeback.
Wat does it mean?
@@tonypro5607 Don responded to Dean's put-down by calling him Jerry - Jerry Lewis was Dean Martin's comedy partner for many years before they fell out and split. They later became friends again.
When Dean and Jerry were partners, critics thought only Jerry was funny and Dean was just a straight man. Dean took that kind of hard. So when Dean makes a funny comment, Don insults him by calling him Jerry. @davidhamilton1981 @@tonypro5607
A time when we could laugh at each other and not get hit with a lawsuit! Glad I grew up in that era.
Same here. Kids today don’t have any great entertainment like we did.
@@rexoates4484As a 19 year old sadly I agree
You must not have seen any roasts within the past 30 years.
Sad to realize that almost everyone in this video has passed. Greatest generation.
The greatest generation of racist assholes who treated women like property...
Mike mike Billy Graham bailed Martin Luther King Jr out of jail, real racist guy clearly
Noah Carlsson one example.....that all you got?
Mike mike if hearing what I previously said didn't compel you to at least do your own research on the topic, rather than making blanket statements such as a "racist and sexist" on people who you know nothing about, then you're truly pathetic.
no, I'm not calling any one person racist, unlike you, I know the history of this Country and know what it was like for people of color. So to call a generation that forced non-whites to drink from their own fountain the greatest generation is fucking disgusting.
Brings back memories of watching Mr. Rickles in my late teens with my parents. Dad on the sofa busting his gut laughing so loud.
I sure miss those days!
From Italiy as an Italian resident , I made the great discovery of Don Rickles only a few years ago when I casually found out that he was in the cast of Casino. I simply find him brilliant, and I believe that everyone can learn from this type of comedy. By the way, the lightning-fast response at minute 2 by Dean Martin is pure genius.
As a Brit I find these "Roasts" brilliant; oh and by the way the flag that Bob Hope would have had wrapped around him at birth was probably the Union Jack as he was born in London ;-)
At 2:19 when Don thanks Dean and calls him Jerry has to be one of the most funny moments in comedy history, these Roasts are classic comedy...
Theafor Mentions
@@moosejules1 that is probably the most underrated comment on the internet
Maybe its because I'm young, but I didnt get it. Can someone explain please.
Jovan perez Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were the most popular comedy team of the 1950s, they broke up in 1956 and theyhad not been on good terms. They had not really talked for about 20 years. So after Dean got in his funny line when Don said “it takes years to be a great comedian” and Dean said “and you ain’t reached that year yet”, Don let Dean get his applause, and then he zinged him with “thank you Jerry”.
That was pure comic genius.
No obscenity. No vulgar jokes. Just plain comedy. What a natural. RIP Mr Rickles.
I’d consider “I’d ask you to talk, but we know the blacks, your lips lock” to be vulgar (at least by modern standards).
@@hal560 It's only vulgar because people made themselves believe it is vulgar. The black guys attending this were laughing I don't think they were offended whatsoever. If you can't laugh at yourself and your faults you will be miserable your whole life
LORD TWIGO so because people at the time found it funny, it’ll always be funny? Times change. Those black people laughing might have found it offensive, who knows? I don’t find it funny because I think it’s racist, and if you tell that joke to a modern black person, I can guarantee they’ll find it racist too. Attitudes change.
@@hal560 exactly, attitudes changed. We now live in a more sensitive society where people are too sensitive and whine and complain when even the slightest offensive words send people enraged. Don Rickles may have made some race jokes but he allways assured his audience that he had no ill will against anyone. Don was not racist, in fact I believe he was making fun of racism. Most of humanity's humor originally came from things that were horrible. Like for many years people made jokes about Nazis. I understand how feelings changed but frankly I believe they changed for the worst. People are more sensitive to race then ever before. Dosen't racism end when everyone realizes how stupid it was and treat everyone equally? I saw more equality in this roast than anything today. Media today likes to put minorities on a pedestal like they're more special than White people and in return they spit on white people like they did something wrong. I'm white, but I have no Ill will towards anyone because of race, but if I joke about a black person I'm suddenly racist? Something needs to change!
Hal Harris I agree with you. Anybody who Rickles roasted would seemingly laugh out of embarrassment and discomfort.
I also agree with you about the racism. This was funny back then because racism was more common and used more loosely. We’ve progressed a lot. Why can’t we progress and say “wait a second, this wasn’t funny and should be left in the past”? Also, insult comedy is such low form of comedy. Wow so you can make fun of people’s imperfections and build some kind of act around it? “Talent”
They were the greatest entertainers of all time...my dad loved these guys roasts...we would all watch them and laugh and laugh..great memories with my DAD...
Don Rickles was the best of all time at these roasts.
He was so good and this was so funny I can laugh at these all day long too funny
Totally agree 👍
Easily
Holy Freaking Shit! The Legends on that panel: Sugar Ray Robinson, Ronald Reagan, Neil Armstrong, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, Billy Graham, Omar Bradley....I lost track. This is fucking awesome!
+Sherpaful Yeah today you'd get jayz, bieber, a few "musical"starlets that lip synch their songs and a few black rappers.
+Sherpaful holy crap, General Omar Bradley too. Amazing collection of people.
+Adam Kelleher General Jimmy too!!
+Sherpaful Now I see why it was called "the greatest generation".
youngThrashbarg
lol...yeah now we have beiber, jimmy kimmel, kayne west...et al...none worth a spit.
2:17 thank you jerry 😂
Best thing ever. Dean's laugh kills me everytime 😂
The best roast I have ever seen. Dino's wisecrack at Don and Don's response did it. I was in my single-digit years when this aired so I'm watching it again for the first time. RIP Don.
I'm so honored to have been brought up in the time when these guys were at their best!!!!
I enjoyed all of them so much
It's been a highlight in my life!!!
Thank you guys!!!!
It was by far the best years of my life as well. I really wasn’t a comedy that much as a child, but mom would watch Dean’s celebrity roast, and I had no choice, but to sit there and listen to it having only four channels on the TV, after a while, it grew on me. The late great Bob Hope has connections to my city. Bob was an unruly child when living in Cleveland and he was sent to what was called the “Fairfield school for boys” just outside Lancaster Ohio. There he was known as Leslie Townes Hope. he ran away from there, was never recaptured, and the rest is history. But oh, what laughs we had growing up! The 70s were by far the greatest era for television and music.
This is wonderful being at the home.....lol.......Greatness
+nlwilliams31 "and you haven't reached that year yet"......Dean Martin.
+aspenrebel what a great line...........................burn. followed by another rickles burn. humor can be funny and clean.
+nlwilliams31 Dean almost swallowed his glass on that one!
Milton got pissed!!! lmao i nearly fell out of my chair
ALMOST had a spit take by Dean Martin at that moment.
These "roasts" were on TV when I was a kid. It's sad that the vast majority of the incredible talent on these shows is now long gone. I miss those shows.
I’ve not laughed this much in ages … omg what a comedian ! absolutely brilliant.
I love how riclkles made fun of everyone but was genuin and sincere at the end of his speech
Class
Right. Watch his roast of Frank Sinatra.
Every single time.
I wish there was talent like that again. These are stars and forever legends
There never will be.
This is the best of comedy when people knew how to take a joke and they got along with each other. It was a lot of clean fun.
in todays society its a wonder these videos havent been deleted but love ya Don your a master roaster
Imagine somewhere, there’s a college student or CNN host watching this yelling, “There’s too many old white men there.”😂🤣
A white girl with blue hair and piercings all over her face
That stage is more diverse than most of the oscars
@Ken Penalosa Thats by the asians own choice.
these guys will roast them up and down till the cry and we the audience from whole world will enjoy their white liberal tears
These college students are BRAINWASHED idiots.god help this nation with these idiots running things.
“This is wonderful being here at the home” I spat my food out omg 😆 I love this guy
I WAS FORTUNATE TO SEE HIM IN PERSON!!! HE MADE ME LAUGH HARDER AND LONGER THEN ANYBODY IN MY LIFE!!! IN PERSON HE WAS 1000 TIMES FUNNIER THEN HERE AND HERE HE IS SUPER GREAT!!!
He really is. In his live act, nobody was safe and the caged animal was loose, wanting to do whatever he wanted without television rules or anything like that. Probably my favorite comedian. The insult comedians after did their own thing, but they were not as great as Rickles. Rickles was just aggressive absurd put-on comedy.
Remembering a time when celebrity was the side effect of talent.....those days are gone....
"Ahhhh, thank you, Jerry."
We lost a genius.
Please explain that joke I didn't get it
@@akash-dsouza Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were the most popular comedy duo in the 40's and 50's. So Don Rickles call's him Jerry, like he didn't remember Dean's name at all.
@@jukka_1 Thanks so much man :)
R.I.P., Don. It's over. Thanks for the laughs.
Back then you could never, and I mean NEVER, host a roast without Don Rickles.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"...Jack Benny a great star, Milton Berle great people, this is wonderful being here at the home..."
LMAO 😂😂😂
I cried when Mr Rickles passed away. May the Good Lord bless them all.
Back when roasts were on-point, hilarious and most importantly, respectful
There Will never be comedy like the dean Martin roast . ( No more ).
Now a days, there is no comedy or roasts where there is no vulgar jokes innit, back in the day there was intelligent comedy
We all miss you Don. You were one of the best.
LMAO..While introducing Rickles, Dean said “Evil Knievel’s next jump will be over his mouth” ...😂😂
"You would love the evening if you knew you were here.." He was priceless!
Ah.....the back in the olden days when comedians could be funny and not worry about the audience getting butt-hurt.
A room filled with legends .❤
Oh the days when everyone got along and laughed
Nobody took offense at anything
Great days are gone
Wow, so many legends there at this event. Dino, Rickles, Hope, Reagan, and Billy Graham. Wish we had this kind of talent in 2018.
There's no booing! There's no booing! If there's another outburst we're going let Bob Hope come up and do his jokes.
What it means?
@@tonypro5607 suffer his jokes...🙂
WOW! The Great of the Greats and this is still funny after all of the years gone by.
All of them are true Legends.❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤❤❤
God those were the best times. Being a kid born in 95, I sure as hell missed these things. Thank god for TH-cam
The wonderful Don Rickles. Even the great Bob Hope appreciated your cutting but great humour!
"Thank U Jerry"....best comeback!! 😂😂😂😂😂
charlie Los ... Dean laughter after that comment was priceless, is on that will last in my memory.
Dean's laugh at that joke is the best.
I don’t get it. What’s that in reference to?
@@sillyboy2223 he meant jerry lewis deans former friend. They were a comedy duo. He’s saying jerry was better basically
I am privileged to have grown up with these guys. God bless them all for the greatest movies ever made... That is why they call it the classics.
Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Bob Hope What a life of service to our military forces for decades. We thank you forever ❤️ 💜
Wow old days were much better !!!
Yes they were, sometimes I think we have forgotten how to have fun.
My son is jealous of me for growing up as a child in the 1980s I feel for him there is such a generic look to everything now. In the 20th century every decade changed, the style of clothing &hair, the music, the art. Anyone with half a brain can tell the 80s from the 70s ...then the year 2000 came. Chain stores, all the music is the same , forget listening for a new rock band u wont find one. The shows are the same and all of our towns and cities look the same. Walmart, CVS, Home Depot, . Our kids on an iPhone all day I'll take the 20th century anytime at least it had flavor and we knew what was funny this is funny, Amy Schumer...not funny.
I truly believe that the black and white communities were much closer to understanding each other and sharing a heritage in the 70's than they've become since 1985 or so. It's just gotten worse, and not because of the people themselves, but by the agitator groups who stir up each side.
Obama didn't do things any good.
@@Mark-sj3xb this has been happening here in Australia too. At the moment it's the Sudanese community they are using to bump ratings and spread fear. As you say though it is a minority and doesn't play out like that in real life.
Ever since Roots was broadcast.
Dean, Don and a great group of stars. These shows are classics, and have kept me laughing for many years
Wow so many great celebrities most of them all gone but never forgotten. I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Hope at the Christmas Show in Vietnam 1968. Shook his hand and thanked him for coming to put on a show for the troops. R.I.P. all of you that has given us so much of your laughter
Neil Armstrong? Billy Graham? Wow!
Better world then.
Rev. Billy Graham on the same roast as Don Rickles? Not easy turning the other cheek. 😆
Ronald Reagan and Omar Bradley too!
RIP Don Rickles! The funniest man that has ever lived, hands down!!!!!
Now that’s a good joke
Oh the times when humor was so funny. Miss those days.
Ladies and gentleman, THIS is a roast! Classy, real talent on the stage and MUCH funnier than anything they do today.
THis is the reason these folks lived so long! It was the laughter :) It does prolong your life. Laugh more today peeps xoxo!
and they all smoked and drank
1:18 there is no booing there is no booing
Dwayne Ottley Epic, right?
"If there's another outburst, we're gonna let Bob hope up here and do his jokes!"
@@joshuabrooks4907 means?
@@tonypro5607 thats what Don says after this.
@@joshuabrooks4907 what it means?
Hilarious comedy without bad language ...a rare treat! 😂🎸🤘😎
No words of discription , comments, discussion, or analysis, can define this kind of art. We just sit and enjoy it in awe....today we people saying you cant laugh about that. Thats the real danger!
This has one of the most hilarious moments in it. It takes a long time to become a great comedian.
Thanks for this clip. So fantastic to see these great Americans. Great fun and very very Funny. I wish Bob and Dean and uncle Milton were still with us. The best of the best. X
Leon Pitsikas Thanks for the comment.
These roasts are timeless, nothing was out of bonds and everyone was fair game!!! People had thicker skin in the olden days!
To me the "Thank you, Jerry" line is best improv from him I ever heard. Such a layered comment and I've never heard Dean laugh that loud. It was perfect. I'm guessing many people don't get it now..
It was brilliant I got got it,
This is brilliant. What a cast of characters up there!
OMG...Don is by far one of the greatest, brazen comedians of all time. Thank God for You Tube and all the memories of his greatest comedic performances!!
I remember when I was kid , the whole family would watch these specials , great memories.
Million percent legends never forgotten
This is wonderful being here at the home.
I didn't get that. What did Don mean by "This is wonderful being here at the home" ?
Nursing home or Retirement home
Thank you Jerry! Brilliant! Deans reaction is wonderful.
Paul Aylett ... I just loved Dean laugh an he always got the biggest smile.
Just brilliant. He always ends with beautiful words of thanks and love.
God what I would do to go back in time and be in that crowd with those iconic legends!!!! Timeless comedy !
1:58 Rickles opened the door, Dean slammed it, and Don tore it down.
Nah, he wasn't. Dean was far more talented, much funnier than Lewis and obviously a far better singer.
I don't agree at all. Martin was clearly funnier, Lewis's comedy does not age well at all. His comedy was mainly zany antics while Dean was extremely quick witted in sketches, interviews etc.
Dean Martin was among the funniest, wittiest comedic personalities in show business, Jerry Lewis was not. Lewis relied on goofy voices and antics which have, Jim Carrey took his own act and improved upon it.
I'm being completely honest, Martin is in an entirely different league than Lewis. After they separated you could easily tell that Martin is the naturally funnier person out of the two. Lewis relied heavily on doing outrageous antics, while Martin actually said funny things off the cuff. The Dean Martin Show actually does hold up, it's a sketch show. . . Why wouldn't it hold up? Most of it is just funny, quick witted ad-libbing as opposed to Jerry Lewis doing some high pitched voice and falling down. And Martin wasn't a drunk, that was a part of the act. Everyone who was around him said he had apple juice in his glass and Martin himself said the same thing. And yes the name is from the simpsons teacher strike episode.
Dean Martin had the ability to be funny in any situation . . . a sketch, an interview, during a performance, movie . . . it didn't matter. He was effortlessly funny and quick witted. Jerry Lewis was not quick witted and humor came much harder to him. He completely relied on doing outrageous antic to be found funny and many people such as myself do not find him funny regardless of the scenario.
This was held in 1974 and was the first of the many Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. These were held in the Ziegfeld Room of the then- MGM Grand (Now Bally's) in Las Vegas. The roasts ran from 1974 to 1980, were paused due to the MGM fire in 1980, and resumed briefly in 1984.
The TV versions were edited down from the full sessions which, while good-natured, sometimes contained profanity and suggestive remarks. On this particular occasion, the naughtiness may have been toned down, as the Reverend Billy Graham was among those present.
Tom Barrister thank you I was wondering when this roast was in line with the Dean and Jerry reunion. 1974 would make it about 2 years before their reunion.
It was still nice to see that Dean still was light hearted as far as joking about Jerry.
Everyone on that stage respected Billy Graham for who he was, something you would never see nowadays. Is there a full roast video anywhere?
Reverend Billy Grahame, ha, con artist extraordinaire.
@@Palsrible Kids like you need to learn some respect for the last great men of that generation. Little punk dipshits who will never be half the man he was need to sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up. Go take your seat among them, disrespectful bitch.
@@Palsrible the United States Government is the REAL Con Artist.
“There’s no booing! There’s no booing!”..........pre-snowflake, pre-PC days.
These are the generations that get the belt from their fathers if they talk back to their mothers. And yes, they grew up with a father and a mother.
This is what real equal opportunity looks like. If this isn't diversity then what the hell is. They all are having a blast together. Men, women, black and white Americans, Republicans and Democrats, Hollywood stars, politicians and even religious leader...What the PC progressives are shoving down the collective throats of the nation is not diverse or equal for the greater good.
Ahh yes here comes the white saviour. Ignore the fact that the black people were laughing out loud in the clip, of course.
I like how Milton burle always acted like he was going to go after Don rickles
Milton and Don were like father and son, Don always said Milton was his idol
Thank you for this. if I was on my death bed which sadly my mom is currently he is the truly the best. I am sad he is 89 not 49 but Mr. RICKLES is the best. Can make me life even as sad as I maybe.
+Suzanne Young Thanks for the comment.
Mr. Governor..I'm fed up with you.. LMAO 😅
As a black man I loved Don Rickles one of the funniest comedians of all time
At 1:45 when Dean almost spits out his water I laughed almost to tears...the next 25 seconds were comedy gold!!
Water. 🤭😏
what an era that was.
i wish i was born in that time.
Mahmoud Waheed hope you would be white
Yup
And u would be sent to Vietnam
ya’ll act like we live in a fuckin utopia rn