Don’t know which if those guys is funnier, but honestly have to start with Milton, then Don, then Johnny, whose “casual” monologues were priceless. Johnny’s imitation of Ronald Reagan was beyond hilarious. Don’s infectious, naughty, kid-like glee at making you laugh like crazy and Milton Berle’s insane self-confidence that he was the Master Of Comic Shtick -comedy gold. We don’t have anyone today close to these generous people who made hard times fun every night of the week. So glad we at least get to see them here on YT.
Thanks Ad for posting this hilarious classic roast. I'm still cracking up with all of them. Love them. Used to see all these funny comedians. I'll be 65 this year.
I didn’t grow up in this generation yet thanks to TH-cam I came across and. I realize this is what comedy is all about . Not a single word of obscenity yet so powerful and funny. Thanks for this video
Love watching these roasts because they all knew each other well and knew how to take a joke unlike the younger generation who get offended by everything.
Don and Johnny both had incredible humor that aged so well. I was born long after this aired, and never watched a single episode of the Tonight Show with Johnny live, but I get all their jokes and think they're hilarious.
I saw Milton Berle live in a dinner theatre in Maryland about two years later, in June of 1972. “Last of the red-hot lovers”. I was 8, and all I remember was the laughing. Funny man.
Rickles made Dom Deluise cry because he was harassing him about his weight .. I have it on one of those Dean Martin Show' d.v.d. s..not kind at all that time.. just my humble opinion..
Watch Don and Frank Sinatra on the Johnny Carson show. I don’t get enough of cracking up!! It’s my drug of choice laughing so hard and feeling so good afterwards! I highly recommend watching Don a few times a week! Laughter is good medicine for the soul!!!
When the POW, returned from the Hanoid Hilton. The first question one of the ex prisoner asked, was the tonight show still televis with Johnny Carson. The joy on the face of the EX POW, was overwhelming, couldn't wait to get caught up, and enjoy true classic comedy from the Golden era
I "found'' Don Rickles i think a year ago.I've seen ALL the videos on the youtube of or with him and not one time.I'm 35 from Greece and i feel its a great shame that so many people don't know english well enough to understand the jokes and the spirit of what is happening and what was this guy is all about.I am so happy i found him,but at the same time it's so disappointing when you realise, that guys like him is one in a million years and even more disappointing is the level of ''humor'' we see today.It's sad that as we getting better in every aspect of sience ,we (as humanity) are deteriorating to everything that has to do with real inspirational things,like art.These guys was not professionals, they where just themselves.And when yourself is so amazingly beautiful, it's then, when you can be idolized by a guy that was born 80 years after you,in an other country that don't even speak well your language.Don should be an idol don't only about how great comedian he was, but also for the fact that he was the most hummble person you could find.Idol and myth.One of the greats.On the Parthenon of paradise (if there is such a thing) there syrely is a chair that says its name.DON RICKELS.
What's so amazing about Rickles was that nearly every other comedian has a well-prepared, well-rehearsed routine to showcase their talent. Not Rickles, he was ad-libbing from start to finish and was generally funnier than all of them. You can tell by the reactions of all the celebrities he insults that he was genuinely admired and respected.
Thats what amazing about Rickles, he never relied on scripts or cuecards unless obviously it was a movie or formatted tv show. He admitted once on Tonight Show, he doesn't tell jokes but talks to the people & here he let it go, even kid & cop in the audience got an earful.
I was just saying the other day, they don't have comedy like this anymore. This was real comedy! BTW, Don's prediction did come true! George C. Scott did win the Oscar for Patton. Of which he declined to accept, because he felt every actor was unique in their own way, and should not be compared to one another. Since this event happened in 1970, and the Oscar's for Patton were held in 1971, this was a true prediction on Don Rickles' part. I watched the Oscar's the night the award was not accepted, tax day - 4/15/71, Goldie Hawn announced it.
The '50's through early '70's were the best array of the more decent, truly funny comedians...before that time...and afterwards, there was never a good steady run of comedians and comics; as Gleason, Red Skelton, Orson Welle's. others. I always loved Carson, Cavett, the GREAT Jack Benney, and I still smile, even laughing, when I see & hear in my mind's eye, George Burns, Art Carney...We had some true Gems way back then.
George Scott never laughed so hard. Piece of trivia, Jim Mulholland was a writer for Cavett, Carson, and Letterman. He also wrote “Oscar” and played the titular part. Also was a writer of the Dean Martin roasts.
His resume is amazing, especially when you look at how long he worked in late night TV. Johnny was the king of late night hosts. I think Mulholland would be the king of late night writers. Peter Lassally would be the king of late night producers, working for Carson, Letterman, Snyder and Ferguson.
Jesus………the amount of legendary legends………….Henny Youngman…..Carson…..Berele…….Rickles……Chavet……unbelievable! The only one missing is Rodney Dangerfield!….. this is Hollywood at its finest…..
I never met him in real life ; I have listened to the one LP my late dad had called “ Hello Dummy !”. I have listened to that record 100s of times and he still makes me laugh out loud! He is a classic and a class act all the way. I have read his autobiography as well. He used to be on a TV show called “ CPO Sharkey “ funny as all heck.
Today's Roasts aren't even a peanuts shadow compared to the Roasts of the 70s!! Today's Roasts 90 percent of it is just: "Oh, I see this or that person is here".
Hollywood was literally a galaxy of stars once upon a time - true stars.. icons in the truest sense of the world. America's for all its great powers never had any thing more powerful than its cultural icons..I couldnt stop laughing !!! God Bless America , love from India
Agreed. Galaxy of stars. Eons ago. My brother asks me why I don't watch comedy shows, Films, etc,.. anymore. Last time I saw a comedy, Was 1994- 2004. Friends. All my favorite talk show Hosts, comedians, musicians, etc.. Have passed on, not retired, But passed on.
@@savtamarlene shows like Mary Tyler Moore Rhoda. 3s company. Happy days, my favorite. Was it the actors who where funnier back then, or the writers. Don't find any humor that much anymore.
@@rodbrunet4813 I go back to Father Knows Best, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, Lassie, My Three Sons, LIVE TV with Milton Berle, etc. I'm most likely older than you...I was born into the brand new invention of television...we were infants together. IMHO...both. Also, the world was much more wholesome then. Bad things always occurred but it was accepted to be unacceptable. Today anything goes and the morals are in the gutter and it shows in entertainment. Unfortunately, the world is unraveling.
XX Century ...one of progress and chaos. From 1940 to 1970 too intense and revolutionary.....then the aftermath, which ain't over.. We are now in a vortex of mediocrity and degeneration.
If I remember right, George C. Scott said during his turn at the lecturn that the reason he was invited is because somebody was needed to say nice things about Don Rickles, and for that actor, not a comedian, was needed for the show.
The very best. Thank you.
Your Welcome.
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Love the roasts. Sandy
53 years later.....and I'm still crackin'up...!!
Amazing Don outlived them all , the master comedian. We will never see another one like him again!
A excellent comedian all ready miss him
A TRUER WORD WAS NEVER SPOKEN
100% True. Nor the Rest of the Dais.
@@67lionsoflisbon37 Nope!
Milton was born like 20 years before Rickles.
Don’t know which if those guys is funnier, but honestly have to start with Milton, then Don, then Johnny, whose “casual” monologues were priceless. Johnny’s imitation of Ronald Reagan was beyond hilarious. Don’s infectious, naughty, kid-like glee at making you laugh like crazy and Milton Berle’s insane self-confidence that he was the Master Of Comic Shtick -comedy gold. We don’t have anyone today close to these generous people who made hard times fun every night of the week. So glad we at least get to see them here on YT.
Thanks Ad for posting this hilarious classic roast. I'm still cracking up with all of them. Love them.
Used to see all these funny comedians. I'll be 65 this year.
Johnny Carson’s timing is wonderful!
I didn’t grow up in this generation yet thanks to TH-cam I came across and. I realize this is what comedy is all about . Not a single word of obscenity yet so powerful and funny. Thanks for this video
This is precisely the level of belly laughter I needed today! These roasts were the very epitome of comedy!
I’ve been watching Don since the 60’s and now 2024 I love him even more!!! 😂😂
Don was laughing harder than anyone else. Love it. Thx for posting. Memories to see than to just remember. Special
And he didn't get up and slap anyone.
@@vanmoody Milton Berle did though
@@marcpetrie7090 Ruth Buzzie got pretty violent with that purse. Roflol Funny stuff.
@@vanmoody Ruth is brilliant with that thing,I can't remember the guy's name but she nearly ripped his top off "kissing" him lol
All star comedian group
Love watching these roasts because they all knew each other well and knew how to take a joke unlike the younger generation who get offended by everything.
it is so funny to see don rickles, actually belly laughing. so other way around. johnny is so quick witted, this is just amazing.
Greatest intro from the greatest master of ceremonies, followed by Mr. Television. Simply the best.
Don and Johnny both had incredible humor that aged so well. I was born long after this aired, and never watched a single episode of the Tonight Show with Johnny live, but I get all their jokes and think they're hilarious.
52 years ago. Only Dick Cavett (33 in this show) is still with us.
We won't see this pure wonderful humor again😢
I can never get enough of these roasts.
Oh my gosh, I never realised how funny Carson was 😂🤣😂🤣
Wtf? Where have you been for the last 60 years?
Most people were born just after he retired from the tonight show
I saw Milton Berle live in a dinner theatre in Maryland about two years later, in June of 1972. “Last of the red-hot lovers”. I was 8, and all I remember was the laughing. Funny man.
"HEY GEORGE, IM TALKING!" gets me every time 😂😂
LOL - he just went right after him! that was relentless
it is kind of adorable how eager and excited Rickles was to get a what for from everyone.
Unforgivably probably being a Brit I’ve only discovered Don Rickles in the last 2 or 3 years but I swear he’s the funniest man I’ve ever seen.
I totally agree with you am a brit to he was so funny 😂
Totally hilarious, just a treasure of great humour.
You gotta love this Era of entertainment.
Rickles could be so insulting yet people loved him, now that's class. He never hurt anyone though. No one today compares to Rickles.
🥰🌹
That is because today people are way too sensitive and get easily offended.
That's for sure.
Rickles made Dom Deluise cry because he was harassing him about his weight .. I have it on one of those Dean Martin Show' d.v.d. s..not kind at all that time.. just my humble opinion..
Watch Don and Frank Sinatra on the Johnny Carson show. I don’t get enough of cracking up!! It’s my drug of choice laughing so hard and feeling so good afterwards! I highly recommend watching Don a few times a week! Laughter is good medicine for the soul!!!
When the POW, returned from the Hanoid Hilton. The first question one of the ex prisoner asked, was the tonight show still televis with Johnny Carson. The joy on the face of the EX POW, was overwhelming, couldn't wait to get caught up, and enjoy true classic comedy from the Golden era
What a classy line up you'll never see that sought of class again
So sad for it .
I love the genius of reckels and skipping over the last person he was going to talk about, just kept mentioning he would skip over.
Pure epic inspired performance, RIP Don!
I "found'' Don Rickles i think a year ago.I've seen ALL the videos on the youtube of or with him and not one time.I'm 35 from Greece and i feel its a great shame that so many people don't know english well enough to understand the jokes and the spirit of what is happening and what was this guy is all about.I am so happy i found him,but at the same time it's so disappointing when you realise, that guys like him is one in a million years and even more disappointing is the level of ''humor'' we see today.It's sad that as we getting better in every aspect of sience ,we (as humanity) are deteriorating to everything that has to do with real inspirational things,like art.These guys was not professionals, they where just themselves.And when yourself is so amazingly beautiful, it's then, when you can be idolized by a guy that was born 80 years after you,in an other country that don't even speak well your language.Don should be an idol don't only about how great comedian he was, but also for the fact that he was the most hummble person you could find.Idol and myth.One of the greats.On the Parthenon of paradise (if there is such a thing) there syrely is a chair that says its name.DON RICKELS.
Theo Von is a hilarious contemporary comedian just being himself. Joey Diaz too. Check them out.
"Someday, you may find yourself ...but it's not worth looking for" 😁😃
"What are you a road? Hope you take a left and go right into yourself." comedy gold.
Don had no problem insulting. But he ALWAYS finished w admiration and love
Milton Berle, Henry young man, don tickles, Johnny carson all the great stars never again in our lifetime!
Lol don tickles
Don Rickles should've been kept in a glass case, with these words written on it...
"Break Glass, only in case of depression"!
Hank snow
The roasts were the perfect platform for Rickles.
"I didn't forget you, Milton!!" 😂😂
I can't stop watching this 🤣🤣🤣
This was worth the time :) Thank you sooo much for posting this!
Thank you for watching.
Don Rickles is the epitome of improvisation
Berle is rickles "guru".. but rickles made berle way of giving jokes of roasting into the next level of comedic genius..
Didn’t used to appreciate Rickles until I was in my late 50’s. He was a genius.
What's so amazing about Rickles was that nearly every other comedian has a well-prepared, well-rehearsed routine to showcase their talent. Not Rickles, he was ad-libbing from
start to finish and was generally funnier than all of them. You can tell by the reactions of all the celebrities he insults that he was genuinely admired and respected.
Thats what amazing about Rickles, he never relied on scripts or cuecards unless obviously it was a movie or formatted tv show. He admitted once on Tonight Show, he doesn't tell jokes but talks to the people & here he let it go, even kid & cop in the audience got an earful.
Just loved theMAN!
Holy crap Milton Berle was hilarious, can't believe I've never seen him before. Thanks for the upload mate!
His show was one of the first on TV in its infancy back in the early 1950s...LIVE! All TV was LIVE back then! That's why he was called Mr. Televison.
Uncle Miltie!!
The Friars Roasts are the best.
Dean Martin's Raosts were also EXCELLENT!
I was just saying the other day, they don't have comedy like this anymore. This was real comedy! BTW, Don's prediction did come true! George C. Scott did win the Oscar for Patton. Of which he declined to accept, because he felt every actor was unique in their own way, and should not be compared to one another. Since this event happened in 1970, and the Oscar's for Patton were held in 1971, this was a true prediction on Don Rickles' part. I watched the Oscar's the night the award was not accepted, tax day - 4/15/71, Goldie Hawn announced it.
Nothing can replace Dean Martin roasts
As a kid back then this doesn't work!!
"What entertainer wears the clip-on bowtie with the rust on the shirt?" Pure genius.
That was the best one!! Had me laughing so hard, I had to watch it again so I could hear the following comments.
Take my clip on…..please. 😂😂😂
Wow.Thid was great. Thanks
Before my time, but Don was a master ...RIP ...
Comedians extraordinaire.
But people don’t want it
One of the best don roast...
Have you ever heard of the X-rated version
The '50's through early '70's were the best array of the more decent, truly funny comedians...before that time...and afterwards, there was never a good steady run of comedians and comics; as Gleason, Red Skelton, Orson Welle's. others.
I always loved Carson, Cavett, the GREAT Jack Benney, and I still smile, even laughing, when I see & hear in my mind's eye, George Burns, Art Carney...We had some true Gems way back then.
Superb from start to finish….🤣
When men were still the men... What a great show!
And fraternities were still fraternities....
Check Don at 19:10 as he transitions to a serious moment to praise Chet Huntley. He pauses very briefly to compose himself.
I say to you Milton, (what do I say to Milton?) 😂🤣😂🤣😭
George Scott never laughed so hard. Piece of trivia, Jim Mulholland was a writer for Cavett, Carson, and Letterman. He also wrote “Oscar” and played the titular part. Also was a writer of the Dean Martin roasts.
His resume is amazing, especially when you look at how long he worked in late night TV. Johnny was the king of late night hosts. I think Mulholland would be the king of late night writers. Peter Lassally would be the king of late night producers, working for Carson, Letterman, Snyder and Ferguson.
Something worth studying a bit, thank you
Johnny & Rickles ❤❤❤❤❤
Don Rickles and Robin Williams, the masters
The good old days bring them back. 😁
Comedy at its best!
Jesus………the amount of legendary legends………….Henny Youngman…..Carson…..Berele…….Rickles……Chavet……unbelievable! The only one missing is Rodney Dangerfield!….. this is Hollywood at its finest…..
George c scott
No vulgarity and more importantly NO ONE GOT OFFENDED.
I never met him in real life ; I have listened to the one LP my late dad had called “ Hello Dummy !”. I have listened to that record 100s of times and he still makes me laugh out loud! He is a classic and a class act all the way. I have read his autobiography as well. He used to be on a TV show called “ CPO Sharkey “ funny as all heck.
Look up 'Rickles Don Adams' , where he roasts and honors his good friend Adams , amongst others ,
best Rickles I've ever seen...👌
True Comedy, nice -clean -and funny!
Today's Roasts aren't even a peanuts shadow compared to the Roasts of the 70s!!
Today's Roasts 90 percent of it is just: "Oh, I see this or that person is here".
Hilarious! 😂😂😂 thank you!
This is classic!
Hollywood was literally a galaxy of stars once upon a time - true stars.. icons in the truest sense of the world. America's for all its great powers never had any thing more powerful than its cultural icons..I couldnt stop laughing !!!
God Bless America , love from India
Hollywood stars these days are too busy trying to see who gets married n divorce 100x
Agreed.
Galaxy of stars.
Eons ago.
My brother asks me why I don't watch comedy shows,
Films, etc,.. anymore.
Last time I saw a comedy,
Was 1994- 2004.
Friends.
All my favorite talk show
Hosts, comedians, musicians, etc..
Have passed on, not retired,
But passed on.
@@rodbrunet4813 AGREED. Most movies and tv today SUCKS!!! Nothing like the 50s, 60s, 70s!
@@savtamarlene shows like
Mary Tyler Moore
Rhoda.
3s company.
Happy days, my favorite.
Was it the actors who where funnier back then, or the writers.
Don't find any humor that much anymore.
@@rodbrunet4813 I go back to Father Knows Best, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, Lassie, My Three Sons, LIVE TV with Milton Berle, etc. I'm most likely older than you...I was born into the brand new invention of television...we were infants together. IMHO...both. Also, the world was much more wholesome then. Bad things always occurred but it was accepted to be unacceptable. Today anything goes and the morals are in the gutter and it shows in entertainment. Unfortunately, the world is unraveling.
I wasn’t born until the mid 70s. Boy I missed the best generation of America
You ccan see it all on youtube!
Utterly brilliant !
Can't top these guys..THE BEST
Nothing vulgar or obscene . Times sure have changed .
XX Century ...one of progress and chaos. From 1940 to 1970 too intense and revolutionary.....then the aftermath, which ain't over.. We are now in a vortex of mediocrity and degeneration.
@@JuanLopez-ef5pr We are in an era of mediocrity and degeneration but not for the reasons you think
I like the vulgar and obscene. Funny is funny when done right.
I don't do politically correct.
Always incorrect.
Guess I'm still old school.
@@JuanLopez-ef5pr ah stfu and enjoy the video.
Classic Don Rickles , My favorite comedian. Never will he be replaced. 😂😂😂
I just get tired of Jewish put down humor....
Rickles at his absolute best!😂
I need more!!!!
When roasting was roasting with class
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Rickles funnier!
Great upload! New sub. Ty!
If I remember right, George C. Scott said during his turn at the lecturn that the reason he was invited is because somebody was needed to say nice things about Don Rickles, and for that actor, not a comedian, was needed for the show.
They don't make people like these Stars anymore I hope all of you guys are making God laugh like y'all made me life God bless you all
👍🏼thank you lots god bless you 👍🏼
Your Welcome. My pleasure
When roasts weren't just a tirade of filth.
Thank God for TH-cam.
He was the buzzer !!🤣🤣🤣
Don, loved this stuff.
I miss the old timers how everything has changed you can tell these jokes anymore I'm sorry for the generations who'll never understand this.
array of great guest stars.only dick cavett is the only one still with us.rip🙏 to the great stars,comedians.
He's 88 and married to a gal 66.
Rich Little is still alive I believe
@@vincenzzabubak8144 Yes and does a great Joe Biden
Today's generation are cheated out of this talent.
Carson was brilliant
Masters of their craft. Talent like this will never be seen again. Thanks for the laughs guys.
Just Gold.
now that was a roast
1:36 Rickles got his start as a heckler at telethons 😅
Fun stuff to rewatch
I sure miss those days and TV shows.
Henny Youngman with the obscene combover. lol
Good show I enjoyed it
One of the greatest
We will never see
anything like this
Again
Times have changed
I laugh at 10 I laugh at 63 Rickles was one funny guy.Dearly missed.