I always loved Nipsey! All of these guys were fabulous. I'm so grateful that I grew up at a time when this was what REAL humor and honor were all about. God rest Nipsey Russell's soul.
I was privileged to meet Nipsey and see him perform in a tiny club in Newport News, VA back in the late '90s. Nipsey was kind, gracious and above all FUNNY! I've got a photo of myself and Nipsey which is one of my prized possessions. A truly unique talent.
I loved watching Nipsey Russell when he was a panelist on The Gong Show & Match Game. I don't think Nipsey Russell really realized just how great & funny he was. Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Definitely underrated. Most of his jokes, at least at these roasts, were a little higher brow than the standard insults that everyone else would sling. He reaches down and grabs a handful of mud in this one though. He really gives Rickles the business in this clip. Look at how astounded the other panelists are when he delivers the jokes. Way to go Nipsey.
Rickles called Nipsy a "SPADE" on network television - even though he is not even close to being in Nipsy's league. Rickles should be happy to still be alive.
Don's at the wheel of the boat pulling Sammy Davis Jr water skiing- "Don, you're beautiful, entertaining your friend, personifying brotherhood" Don's response: "I'm baiting alligators!!!" 🤣🤣🤣 Nipsey Russell, one of the best!
I'm glad there are videos with Nipsy in them. I know very little about him. But his jokes were great, and he really socked it to Don. His insults were as good as the best of Don's. And Don loved it. Great job, Nipsy. Much respect.
@@dirklerxstpratt2112 lol foster brooks wasnt drunk, that is (was 😟) his main character for standup & sketches th-cam.com/video/AAxaYiGPAJk/w-d-xo.html same as whenever the rat pack would perform live, no drinks during or before the performance. dean & frank had apple juice or tea in a glass, sammy preferred seltzer water...
3:25 I absolutely love this moment, you can hear Don guffaw off to the side which caught Nipsey off guard doing his 'roast'. Just two men trading good-natured jabs and digging every moment of it. Priceless. 😊
These Dudes were Giants Real Entertainers. Nipsey was a Brilliant comedian . Atlanta Product. ! ! These Roast should be mandatory study for all aspiring comedians
These guys help brake barriers, nipsey and dean were good friends , when the Sands casino in Vegas wouldn't let Sammy Davis Jr. Stay there,( although he was performing there) he had to stay on the westside , Frank Sinatra stepped in and said if he can't stay at your motel (The Sands) then I don't perform here, needless to say Sammy was there that nite
They found an orangutan suffering from a hernia Fed him poison from a rattlesnake bite Gave him the soothing voice of a wild hyena and he is man of the week tonight Poor Don the roaster got roasted immediately
I loved Nipsey Russell so much in the 70s when I was growing up in Dothan Alabama. I loved watching Match Game when Nipsey Russell was on the panel. I still remember 2 Nipsey sayings that Nipsey Russell said on Match Game & I still say them to my wife... 1.It's nice & neat to be petite...but if you want to feel some heat, you've got to have some meat!!! 2.When I was growing up we were so poor that we would eat biscuits in the morning, drink water for lunch, then swell up for supper!!! Nipsey Russell was so great...I don't think he really realized just how great & funny he was!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.
*Everything is punchline. Legend is always Legendary* Wish to have more and more comedians these days who pull no punches but funny as hell. We do have but you can count them, very few.
I grew up with a black friend were 55 yrs old today and we still kids each other he knows my family I know his race was never a problem with us were just trying to live as best we can
Have Heard And Seen Don Rickles On Here Many Times And Liked, This Is The First Time I Have Heard Nipsey Russell And I Shall Be Looking Out For Him In Future. Very Funny Man.
They done just got too nasty and messy. No self respect but hey who am I to judge cause I got my own stuff and I am also trying to keep my mind right so that I let my grandkids know what's up. I don't to work in a hospital but I will be able to give and tell my daughters and my sons to about the way the body works. Hopefully they will know enough so that they get scholarships to help them pay for it. It is very sad who they did Dr. Sebi just because he did not have papers to have the title as a doctor. His own research and work should have been enough. This is a sick society that looks at the average people as the only sick ones when they started this stuff. Pushing the buttons and bustin' in door just to be the first, I don't want to be the world's first, I will always be god's first. God is not a follower because he knows the truth.
You’re not wrong.. today’s roasts are more brutal and less funny compared to these old classics where they’re taking harmless but hilarious pot shots at one another that gets everyone roaring with laughter.
The "Up Yours" retort from Russell is probably the best timed, best delivered gag in the history of these roasts. Absolutely brilliant
You said it! A lot of these roast are smart but Russell’s material and timing are next level.
Facts.
I agree 100% !!
I am thinking the very same😊
Priceless! I'll probably steal it.
Nipsy was a great talent. And a WW2 vet.
Excellent performance by the great Nipsey Russell.
“The notes on the piano don’t go that low.” 💀 Nipsey was a comedic genius. Man I would’ve love to be at one of these roasts! 😂
LMAO!! That one KILLS me every time--HYSTERICAL!!
This is pure gold. There arent enough adjectives to describe the best in humanity that is on display here.
40 years later and Nipsey is still as funny as the day he performed this.
What a smart person was Nipsie Russell!, He was genuinely funny and a great Human being! 🌹
He finally got Rickles back for all the black jokes!! :) Good for him!! And I'm white! :)
I always loved Nipsey! All of these guys were fabulous. I'm so grateful that I grew up at a time when this was what REAL humor and honor were all about. God rest Nipsey Russell's soul.
🙏🏾
Just found him and he's brilliant
I was privileged to meet Nipsey and see him perform in a tiny club in Newport News, VA back in the late '90s. Nipsey was kind, gracious and above all FUNNY! I've got a photo of myself and Nipsey which is one of my prized possessions. A truly unique talent.
That’s awesome
I loved watching Nipsey Russell when he was a panelist on The Gong Show & Match Game.
I don't think Nipsey Russell really realized just how great & funny he was.
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
That's pretty cool meeting him. He is a very funny.
Amazing
Wow,.. that's so cool!
Wish we had more comedy like this...miss you, Nipsey!
One of MOST EPIC Comedians of his era, and THE most underrated.
Definitely underrated. Most of his jokes, at least at these roasts, were a little higher brow than the standard insults that everyone else would sling. He reaches down and grabs a handful of mud in this one though.
He really gives Rickles the business in this clip. Look at how astounded the other panelists are when he delivers the jokes.
Way to go Nipsey.
He was a great comedian.
He use to crack me up. I was bummed. When he died.
Very underrated! He was genius..
God...I forgot how Nipsey used to rhyme! He Always had a smile on his face....I miss Nipsey Russell... :(
Man that was hilarious!!!! Nipsy's roasts of Don........🤣🤣🤣
Notice how, as soon as Nipsey began to speak, Dean became tickled as if he knew what was coming up would be funny.
Nipsey and Foster Brooks are the 2 funniest on these roasts
Don said, what shall I do with my hands while I’m singing? Dean said, put them over your mouth! This is a very underrated set up and punchline!
@Rob LMAO!! That's my favorite as well!!
The best come-back of the"Don" ever. Nipsey's poetic ribes were so clever and funny, there's no-one today to compare. Thank you for posting.
Nipsey was one of the best. So underrated now.
nipsey was one of the best
Robert Longwill Awesome
Nipsey Russell... the pride of Atlanta. Got his start as a carhop at The Varsity, the world's largest drive-in.
"I was gonna write a song about you, but the notes on the piano don't go that low". God damn, I laughed my ass off!
The baiting alligators joke omg that's was perfect
ALL THOSE COMEDIANS WERE IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN, THERE WILL NEVER BE LEGENDS LIKE THEM AGAIN.😣😣😣😢😢😢
Never
I will never forget Nipsey Russell, a talented man forever in history.
I have never seen anybody bust Rickles' ass like Nipsey Russell! This is the best roast on Rickles ever!
OMG! Nothing like this will ever appear on television again. DAMN!
Walter Mirren The notes on the piano do not go that low! OMG I am peeing my pants. I miss Nipsy. Thank goodness for TH-cam.
Rickles called Nipsy a "SPADE" on network television - even though he is not even close to being in Nipsy's league. Rickles should be happy to still be alive.
Walter Mirren You've got issues.
clean Martin
Yes, what a talented guy, way ahead of his time, a comic genius!
I've seen this clip so many times and everything is just like seeing it the first time Don Rickles what a comedy genius he was. ❤
Best line ever, "He upped his prestige Don, UP YOURS."
Chris Pappas "I would had play you a song don .... but the piano keys don't hit that low "
Yep
notes on the piano dont go that low ! ahahhaa
It's actually a rip-off from the 1968 Carry On Up The Khyber:
th-cam.com/video/Bqxo5HoVtrM/w-d-xo.html
Nipsey is still hilarious!
Don's at the wheel of the boat pulling Sammy Davis Jr water skiing-
"Don, you're beautiful, entertaining your friend, personifying brotherhood"
Don's response: "I'm baiting alligators!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
Nipsey Russell, one of the best!
His timing has always been impeccable!
Intelligent and funny humor with no f words. A miracle.
Loved Nipsey Russell and Flip Wilson. They were awesome. He upped his prestige. Up YOURS!!!! LMAO
Nipsey kicks ass
God Bless Nipsey Russell & Don Rickles; may they both rest in peace...
I'm glad there are videos with Nipsy in them.
I know very little about him. But his jokes were great, and he really socked it to Don.
His insults were as good as the best of Don's.
And Don loved it. Great job, Nipsy. Much respect.
Yes good man
He started out on the stage of the Apollo Theater in a comedy duo with Mantan Moreland (look up the old Charlie Chan movies with Sidney Toler).
"He upped his prestige, Don. Up yours".... Can anyone write better line than this?🙏
Absolutely Classic 🤣🤣🤣
@@depaola63 👍
@Ronald McReynolds 👍
Line of the 20th century.
So hilarious. What a great comedian and entertainer Nipsy was. Such a great sense of humor. I miss those days...
Nipsey is insane!
Love these wish we still had shows like this today
The old lady gag and the up yours had me burst out laughing.
That was good
Loved nipsey in the wiz.
I wish I could see Nipsey , Don Rickles, and a lot of other great performers that made us get to where we are today.... LOL! Salute!
The poet extraordinaire himseld. Mr. Nipsey Russell. Rip man my parents loved you, and so do i.
nipsey caught hell from don on a lot of roasts, but he sure knew how to give it right back... best roaster of don by far
Perhaps the best sober roaster of Rickles but the drunken Foster Brooks roast of Rickles was also hilarious.
@@dirklerxstpratt2112 lol foster brooks wasnt drunk, that is (was 😟) his main character for standup & sketches
th-cam.com/video/AAxaYiGPAJk/w-d-xo.html
same as whenever the rat pack would perform live, no drinks during or before the performance. dean & frank had apple juice or tea in a glass, sammy preferred seltzer water...
OH LORD THIS MAN GOT ME CRYING!
3:25 I absolutely love this moment, you can hear Don guffaw off to the side which caught Nipsey off guard doing his 'roast'. Just two men trading good-natured jabs and digging every moment of it. Priceless. 😊
This guy was so funny !!! "I'm baiting alligators !!!" And Rickles enjoyed it all the way. God bless you Mr Russell !!!
absolute genius. x
Nipsey Russell was one of the funniest comedians.
a funny funny man. his humor was both ridiculous and finessed. i hope many people remember him.
Classic !! Nipsy was one of the greats !
These Dudes were Giants Real Entertainers. Nipsey was a Brilliant comedian . Atlanta Product. ! ! These Roast should be mandatory study for all aspiring comedians
These guys help brake barriers, nipsey and dean were good friends , when the Sands casino in Vegas wouldn't let Sammy Davis Jr. Stay there,( although he was performing there) he had to stay on the westside , Frank Sinatra stepped in and said if he can't stay at your motel (The Sands) then I don't perform here, needless to say Sammy was there that nite
Robert Diotalevi and color had nothing to do with it.
Most correct! And it's a damn shame that our country was like that back then. In a lot of respects it's a damn shame that it is the way to Muse now.
That is so Sinatra
These guys were tops.
Up your has to be the best one liner ever.
Wait! Where's the outrage over insensitive ethnic remarks? Oh, that's right. There wasn't any! And they all got along.
"He ups his prestige don! UP YOURS!" hahaha, hilarious!
Absolutely Classic 🤣🤣🤣
I don't think you can find anyone who can be a graceful comedian like the late Nipsey Russell in Hollywood today.
What a fantastic funny artist, what a talent!
the golden age of comedy.
People who cared for each other. Talent in abundance.
@@pauleng883 Very good Nipsy
Miss You. R.I.P.
Nippy came out heavy hitting tonight!
Nipsey was one funny man!
Simply one of the best
These are really really fine men of their generation, God bless them all.
They found an orangutan suffering from a hernia
Fed him poison from a rattlesnake bite
Gave him the soothing voice of a wild hyena
and he is man of the week tonight
Poor Don the roaster got roasted immediately
When I was a child I wished Nipsey was my best friend I still do .
I just remember how I idolized him
Nipsy was so creative and smart, always made me laugh. Peace
Nipsey just kept it funny through the whole time he was up there.😄😆👍😁😎
FANTASTIC, Nips! funny...'up yours' -genius!
That chap was wonderful ! Amen ! I'm one of his people ! Pentecostal ! Hallelujah Brother !
Russell pure genuis, criminally underrated
Fantastic
"Up yours!" Gold!
Did you see that tender kiss from Don to Nipsey at the end? That was beautiful
Nipsey nailed it!
I loved Nipsey Russell so much in the 70s when I was growing up in Dothan Alabama.
I loved watching Match Game when Nipsey Russell was on the panel.
I still remember 2 Nipsey sayings that Nipsey Russell said on Match Game & I still say them to my wife...
1.It's nice & neat to be petite...but if you want to feel some heat, you've got to have some meat!!!
2.When I was growing up we were so poor that we would eat biscuits in the morning, drink water for lunch, then swell up for supper!!!
Nipsey Russell was so great...I don't think he really realized just how great & funny he was!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
He Upped His Prestige Don Up Yours LMAO
Nipsey Russell is so funny especially his funny poetries.
RIP
Top notch. Hilarious. Classy joint.
Thanks for posting this gem these were the good old days of comedy
Here's a few dollars til you get back on your foot.lol
He upped his prestige thru charm and grace Don Up Yours
Nipsey a tremendous talent, very clever comedian....RIP.
He's been dead for 10 yrs
I was gonna write a song about you Don, but the notes on the piano don't go that low ...LOL
*Everything is punchline. Legend is always Legendary*
Wish to have more and more comedians these days who pull no punches but funny as hell. We do have but you can count them, very few.
I grew up with a black friend were 55 yrs old today and we still kids each other he knows my family I know his race was never a problem with us were just trying to live as best we can
Have Heard And Seen Don Rickles On Here Many Times And Liked, This Is The First Time I Have Heard Nipsey Russell And I Shall Be Looking Out For Him In Future. Very Funny Man.
This is gold!
Always funny, Nipsey Russell.
Nipsey was pure genius!!!!
Nipsey always hilarious!
Can't believe I'm old enough to know who Nipsey Russell is and COOL enough to know who Nipsey HUSTLE is.
Haha.....how many people can claim THAT?!
None whatsoever , doing what they did best, laughter, the best medicine. No foul language!
Nipsey Russel, "He upped his prestige, up yours" LOL!!
That was awesome from Nipsey Russell ......
GREAT stuff! We sure don't have this type of wonderful, TALENTED comedian like Nipsey anymore. :-D
The new roasts are just nasty trash compared to these. They knew how to be dirty but with class.
They done just got too nasty and messy. No self respect but hey who am I to judge cause I got my own stuff and I am also trying to keep my mind right so that I let my grandkids know what's up. I don't to work in a hospital but I will be able to give and tell my daughters and my sons to about the way the body works. Hopefully they will know enough so that they get scholarships to help them pay for it. It is very sad who they did Dr. Sebi just because he did not have papers to have the title as a doctor. His own research and work should have been enough. This is a sick society that looks at the average people as the only sick ones when they started this stuff. Pushing the buttons and bustin' in door just to be the first, I don't want to be the world's first, I will always be god's first. God is not a follower because he knows the truth.
You’re not wrong.. today’s roasts are more brutal and less funny compared to these old classics where they’re taking harmless but hilarious pot shots at one another that gets everyone roaring with laughter.
Agreed
I heard Red Skelton say once, That if you have to use the SH word , or the FU word then you are not that good.
The "Up, yours" double entendre is a top 5 roast joke
It's actually a rip-off from a line spoken by the late, great Syd James in 1968 Carry On Up The Khyber.
th-cam.com/video/Bqxo5HoVtrM/w-d-xo.html
the balls to roast Don Rickles lmao
Wow, that's gonna be my new oneliner for the jerks.
"I would write a song for you, but the notes don't go that low!"
Me tOO. LMAO
Nipsy Russell is great.
Nipsy russell knew how to make the audience laugh
Up yours ! That was a classic 🤣🤣🤣....the bit starts @1:36