well , it was , people close to him and dean martin said that , don insulted those he liked and loved , others who were not insulted by him , just regular people to him . don had a hard kind of humor not suitable in many cases , but that was don rickles , may he rest in peace .
@@stigtuneback1966 don had a hard kind of humor not suitable in many cases what you mean is "stig tuneback thinks don's humor is hard kind and not suitable in many cases" very important nuance
@@joerivandeweyer3056 well , im not so sure that if don had lived today and performed with his kind humor , that it had been taken the right way , everything thats said today in one way or the other , its taken down in small bits and pieces and discussed many times over , it cant be taken for how the joke is said and then continue forward . but sure people are not the same today as back then .
@@joerivandeweyer3056 well , aint i right in what i said , dons humor would not fit todays society , but even dean martin said that he thought dons humor was horrible .and btw ty for , kiddo , im a 51 year old guy , take that as a compliment , kiddo hehe .
Exactly. A true comedian and to have someone as a so called "comedian" have that negative vibe on stage. It was a different time them days which people don't understand. It's coming out now pm socials behind closed doors
Very truly missed...Don Rickles. When he was first starting his comedy career, there was a show in which he was being heckled. So he gave it right back to the heckler. The audience loved it so much, that from then on, Rickles based his entire act on jabbing people.
Actually even earlier in his career when working the clubs in NYC he learned how to handle hecklers by getting heckled off the stage by another young up and coming comedian. .. Johnny Carson. " Now you know the rest of your story. " - Paul Harvey That's how I learned this, from the closing segment of Mr. Harvey's daily radio broadcast in the 80s. Of course it didn't take long for Don and Johnny to become great friends. I'm not sure if Johnny quit drinking or just had to watch himself but that must have been a sight to see ( Johnny out insulting Don ).
His amazing gift of improvisation was unmatched. I would have loved to have met him. I think Ive watched every single clip there is of him. Truly unique and stood alone. No one could ever do what he did, the way he did.....and get away with it
mother fugger invented "reading" lol!! reading is a drag queen term that basically means doing what don did. i can't explain it but when it happens you know it.
@@sun622 Are you sure? *All* covers a lot of different people from different walks of life. Take the first 10 years of his career--most of the places he played would not let black people into the theatre. Thus the "jokes" he makes at the start of this compilation about the woman in the front row.. He never really outgrew that, now did he? He was *not* an equal opportunity insult comic... and even when he did insult the Jews or other white people, they were in a position to laugh, since they could leave the theatre secure in their place in the social order. No so much for others from 1955 to the 1980s, when he was most popular. So don't pretend race has no bearing on this. Asking a black person to laugh at a black joke in 1960 is very different from asking a white person to laugh at a white joke at the same time.
@@michaelmatto9511 I'm quite sure. Remember to appreciate him you had to have 1. Intelligence and 2. A sense of humor. If you're missing either one you're likely miserable.
Don was in no way prejudiced against anyone. And just before he ended a set, he let them all know they were valued in his eyes. Unlike the so-called insult comics of today who just destroy people and leave it at that.
Are there are still people that do insult humor? You wouldn't know it based on the cancel culture super sensitive world we live in. So what if the modern insult humor comics destroy people and walk away. Be thankful there are still some comedians left that have the balls to be edgy.
@@jashary15 To be fair Don Rickles used Negro and Jap. There is a compilation on TH-cam showcasing his quote "most offensive insults." I agree Don was certainly not as rude as Richard Pryor or George Carlin however some people thought he went a bit too far sometimes. He did stereotypical impersonations of Asians that are considered offensive today. Jack Benny warned him "You're going to get killed" because he thought Don would end up making fun of the wrong person who happened to have ties to organized crime. Speaking of George Carlin, I think he described it best when he said crossing the line with the audience, making them uncomfortable is important in edgy comedy. The key is being able to bring them back to a comfort level. Modern edgy comedians fail to accomplish getting the audience back to comfort. You can be as nasty, rude and obscene as you want. Just don't forget to leave the audience laughing and cheering.
Lucky enough to see him as a teen right before he died and he was just as sharp, edgy and funny as he was 50 years earlier. One my favorite memories ever
Wasn’t old enough to watch Don Rickles growing up but once I discovered him I couldn’t start stop laughing. As he says in this video “laugh and enjoy people”.
There will never be another Don Rickles. That type of humor would be IMPOSSIBLE today, and probably never again. Sad, we can't laugh at ourselves anymore.
My husband and I love to go to comedy clubs. We're a gay couple and we love good gay jokes. Getting offended has become the fashionable thing to do lately and it's too bad. Jokes are meant for humor and the insult jokes can be hilarious. Being able to laugh and laugh at yourself is a dying skill.
A joke can still be racist and offensive. Silence doesn't mean consent. People don't always complain because they don't have power to avoid consequences of speaking up. But you are right: Straight, white males were much happier not knowing (or caring) that others were offended.
@@humusiclab8974 Racial humor is part of our tribal identities, is most likely part of our genetic memory and is definitely part of our various cultural heritages. It's been around since humankind began. Some people are so hypersensitive and ill at ease with human nature and history these days that they go looking for things to complain about. We find different tribe's customs, dress, look, etc to be funny. Most of the great comedians did racial comedy to one extent or another. Yes a joke can be racist and offensive and I will agree that some humor can be hateful but depends on delivery and context. Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor both understood that and did racial humor. Neither of them considered Don to be racist. Neither did Whoopi. Neither did the Jewish, Italian, English, Scottish, German, Hispanic, etc people that attended his shows and were "insulted" and various comedians that knew Don. People who didn't dig Don didn't have to attend his shows. Don was part of a minority himself, he was a Jew and he made fun of Jews just like he made fun of everyone else. He picked on Italians all of the time and was beloved by Italians, even Sinatra.
One of the funniest most natural comedians ever. Most people saw it as an honour to be made fun of by him. I remember Johnny Depp talking saying exactly that. RIP Don - a true legend.
@@sid2112 All I can say is that he was a wonderfull human being! Always treated eveybody with kindness! And then he was ruthless on stage! It was an act!
Don Rickles made fun of everyone from every ethnic background with love and warmth from his mind as well as his heart.And,from the bottom of my heart, I truly loved him.Make em laugh forever Don!!!…Karl Schumaker ❤
Legend. I am a black guy and I love this dude . His innocence is real ❤😂the only dude that I will accept to say the word nigga when he’s cracking his jokes 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@DippyHippie Oh, I don't hate her. And I def don't watch The View. But she's still a source of humor in the memes made about her. LOL!😂👍 PS: Yes, I Love Trump!
On Dean Martin's show, ending, all the guest stars were on stage around the piano, and Rickles turns to Roy Rodgers and yells, Roy Rodgers!! Let me make you feel at home, Roy, PfttPfttPfttPftt (flapping his lips sounding like a horse). That was 1968 - do the math, his humor is forever.
This was before my time but back then people could take a joke. It wasn't hate, he was saying what many people were thinking. I can appreciate this type of comedy. These days people are offended just by looking at them.
@@edbreig4706 Yeah, I know, I don't get how you RACISTS enjoy ridiculing other people just because of looks. While you people are not the most handsome in the world, but that's how jealousy works.
@@Dubyahh What does SNL have to do with anything? Anyway, Rickles was not "dark humor"--he was insult humor, often race and gender based. I have no problem with insult humor itself (or dark humor, which this is not) when the comic is "punching up"--when Rickles took down Sinatra, or other famous people, or politicians, terrific stuff. But cheap laughs from race-based insult humor directed at regular people is just that--cheap. We don't need comedy like this again.
@@michaelmatto9511 What an idiotic take. Comedy is comedy and should affect all people. Rickles was equal opportunity offender. A lot of it shouldn’t happen today because of our differencing on views, but he was great. That punching up and down narrative is a bit whiney
In my day,if you were insulted by Don Rickles it was an honor. In reality he was a very kind and loving man. There’s not one entertainer that knew Don that ever had a bad word to say about him. On set, he would make the entire crew laugh taking it a bit longer to complete a show but it was all well worth it. If he was alive today, he would drive the Woke crazy which would make him do more offensive material just to piss them off. He’s one of the greats of comedy who brought many to tears in laughter. R.I.P. Don, you’re truly missed.😊
Look at the crowd in that last segment. Ed McMahon. John Davidson. Demond Wilson. Ricardo Montalbán. Nanette Fabray. Bill Bixby. Roosevelt Grier. Rose Marie. Jack Benny. James Caan. Redd Foxx. Chuck Woolery. Darrin McGavin (I think). And those are just the ones I can name. AND HE'S OWNING THAT ROOM!!
People come to watch legendary Don Rickles to get picked on. He has a very charming personality and ways to make people laugh. No one till today can do what Don Rickles did. A gifted man. R.I.P Don.
People weren’t so easily offended back then! I grew up with a black friend and we cracked on each other all the time. We we’re great friend! We have politicians to thank for this toxic environment.
@@tommyriam8320 cuz it was considered an honor to be shit on by don rickles. Everyone who came to see him wanted to be insulted and even put on stuff to get his attention
@@MercifulExorcist Not surprisingly(it's fairly typical behavior), you are oversimplifying the matter and to a degree, even "whitewashing'' history. I lived during the era so I am not merely engaging in some theoretical or intellectual exercise when asserting that what you claim was, indeed, frequently _not_ the case.
Back in those days if "The Don" heckled you, you knew you've made it in Hollywood. Legendary comedian and there will never be another one like him. He was great.
I got a few regrets in my life, and one of them was not getting a photo with Don when I had the opportunity to. I'll regret that moment/bad decision to the day I die.
I had the high honor of interviewing Don once, and other than a couple of quick 'shots', he was a pussycat. Nothing like his onstage persona. He said his one big professional regret was he never got to act on Broadway. One of a kind.& we will never, ever, see his kind again. rip Mr Warmth
Don Rickles was an equal opportunity offender, and we all love, and miss him.
F ov
Woops was great back in the day. Now she is a washed up hundred millionaire trying to be relevant
@@WestCoastAthleticif she’s washed what are you 😮
No one was exempt
@@Ricogrime i see you don't wash, stinky
It was often considered an honor to be heckled by Don Rickles.
well , it was , people close to him and dean martin said that , don insulted those he liked and loved , others who were not insulted by him , just regular people to him . don had a hard kind of humor not suitable in many cases , but that was don rickles , may he rest in peace .
@@stigtuneback1966 don had a hard kind of humor not suitable in many cases
what you mean is "stig tuneback thinks don's humor is hard kind and not suitable in many cases"
very important nuance
@@joerivandeweyer3056 well , im not so sure that if don had lived today and performed with his kind humor , that it had been taken the right way , everything thats said today in one way or the other , its taken down in small bits and pieces and discussed many times over , it cant be taken for how the joke is said and then continue forward . but sure people are not the same today as back then .
@@stigtuneback1966 People are gay and need to shut up their mouth. Dont give in to this crap kiddo
@@joerivandeweyer3056 well , aint i right in what i said , dons humor would not fit todays society , but even dean martin said that he thought dons humor was horrible .and btw ty for , kiddo , im a 51 year old guy , take that as a compliment , kiddo hehe .
Legend has it hes still trying to "tell you this"
This was an era of comedy no hard feelings just laughter
Robin William’s laughing from 4:44 on is so pure. R.I.P Don and Robin 🕊️
RIP Robin, we're still loving your work here, my friend.
Exactly. A true comedian and to have someone as a so called "comedian" have that negative vibe on stage. It was a different time them days which people don't understand. It's coming out now pm socials behind closed doors
Don Rickles and Robin Williams in the same room together? I'm surprised that the space-time continuum didn't explode.
If Jonathan Winters was also there it would have.
Very truly missed...Don Rickles. When he was first starting his comedy career, there was a show in which he was being heckled. So he gave it right back to the heckler. The audience loved it so much, that from then on, Rickles based his entire act on jabbing people.
Liked to have seen that. like to see the person on stage giving it back.
Actually even earlier in his career when working the clubs in NYC he learned how to handle hecklers by getting heckled off the stage by another young up and coming comedian. ..
Johnny Carson. " Now you know the rest of your story. " - Paul Harvey
That's how I learned this, from the closing segment of Mr. Harvey's daily radio broadcast in the 80s.
Of course it didn't take long for Don and Johnny to become great friends. I'm not sure if Johnny quit drinking or just had to watch himself but that must have been a sight to see ( Johnny out insulting Don ).
His amazing gift of improvisation was unmatched. I would have loved to have met him. I think Ive watched every single clip there is of him. Truly unique and stood alone. No one could ever do what he did, the way he did.....and get away with it
@@jimlongino8420😅
mother fugger invented "reading" lol!! reading is a drag queen term that basically means doing what don did. i can't explain it but when it happens you know it.
That was back when we could all make fun of each other and just laugh about it.
We all? Really?
@@michaelmatto9511 Well all the intelligent people with a sense of humor loved him.
@@sun622 Are you sure? *All* covers a lot of different people from different walks of life. Take the first 10 years of his career--most of the places he played would not let black people into the theatre. Thus the "jokes" he makes at the start of this compilation about the woman in the front row.. He never really outgrew that, now did he? He was *not* an equal opportunity insult comic... and even when he did insult the Jews or other white people, they were in a position to laugh, since they could leave the theatre secure in their place in the social order. No so much for others from 1955 to the 1980s, when he was most popular. So don't pretend race has no bearing on this. Asking a black person to laugh at a black joke in 1960 is very different from asking a white person to laugh at a white joke at the same time.
@@michaelmatto9511 I'm quite sure. Remember to appreciate him you had to have 1. Intelligence and 2. A sense of humor. If you're missing either one you're likely miserable.
@@sun622 Sanctimonious drivel.
Don was in no way prejudiced against anyone. And just before he ended a set, he let them all know they were valued in his eyes. Unlike the so-called insult comics of today who just destroy people and leave it at that.
Are there are still people that do insult humor? You wouldn't know it based on the cancel culture super sensitive world we live in. So what if the modern insult humor comics destroy people and walk away. Be thankful there are still some comedians left that have the balls to be edgy.
@@jashary15 To be fair Don Rickles used Negro and Jap. There is a compilation on TH-cam showcasing his quote "most offensive insults."
I agree Don was certainly not as rude as Richard Pryor or George Carlin however some people thought he went a bit too far sometimes. He did stereotypical impersonations of Asians that are considered offensive today. Jack Benny warned him "You're going to get killed" because he thought Don would end up making fun of the wrong person who happened to have ties to organized crime.
Speaking of George Carlin, I think he described it best when he said crossing the line with the audience, making them uncomfortable is important in edgy comedy. The key is being able to bring them back to a comfort level. Modern edgy comedians fail to accomplish getting the audience back to comfort.
You can be as nasty, rude and obscene as you want. Just don't forget to leave the audience laughing and cheering.
@@1977TA Don Rickles was a true insult comic, he insulted everybody, Jews, Black, Asians, Latinos. Don insulted everybody.
@@1977TA Don Rickles and Robin Williams two of the best.
@@aarondigby5054 wish those two had a comedy act together it would have been great I bet.. ROFL :)
A master class in learning to laugh at one's self. RIP, Mr. Rickles 🍻
Making fun of a black lady because she in the front row instead of the back of the house is not innocent laughing at yourself.
@@JS-jp9hrHe was making fun of our prejudices as a society. Making us laugh at the absurdity.
The segment with Crystal, Whoopi and Williams is Rickles most hilarious and prophetic. Top of his game. A real kick.
😂
❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😂
This needs to be shown, in full, on The View. Now THAT would make people want to watch that f’d up show.
Whoopi would be cancelled for even laughing at a Rickles joke these days.
The king of mean jokes but he was by all accounts just a gem of a guy. Never heard anyone say anything but great things about him.
Lucky enough to see him as a teen right before he died and he was just as sharp, edgy and funny as he was 50 years earlier. One my favorite memories ever
Seeing Don Rikels with Robin Williams warmed my heart so much.
No one is safe when Don Rickles is on stage! Back in the days when everyone can take a joke and not take life so seriously…!
What happend ?you can not joke anymore or they call racist,homofhope,antisimite.
People went crazy.😢
7:02 Greatest improv I've seen, roasts everyone then turns on the crew lmao Rickles was so quick
He was the king of insult comedians, no one was safe around him, he went after everyone.
Yet ironically, he was the ugliest, oldest thing in the room. Looks like he was going to die the next day by the looks of him.
Don didn't take any prisoners, he goofed on anybody and everyone. He was the best because he was real.
Wasn’t old enough to watch Don Rickles growing up but once I discovered him I couldn’t start stop laughing. As he says in this video “laugh and enjoy people”.
It was an honor to be lit up by Don.
true there, if you got front row seats an didn't get insulted by him... that would probably be an insult... ROFL
I think he’s The Godfather of comedy
That title was given to Paul Mooney already
@@justdan98 pretty sure Rickles was more connected to the mob
There will never be another Don Rickles. That type of humor would be IMPOSSIBLE today, and probably never again. Sad, we can't laugh at ourselves anymore.
Don Rickles was the only person allowed to slap a comedian on stage.
Somebody shoulda told Will Smith that.
When Rickles was on Carson it was always a can't miss. Some of Johnny's best shows had Rickles unleashed. As good as it gets.
Yessssss 😂
My husband and I love to go to comedy clubs. We're a gay couple and we love good gay jokes. Getting offended has become the fashionable thing to do lately and it's too bad. Jokes are meant for humor and the insult jokes can be hilarious. Being able to laugh and laugh at yourself is a dying skill.
👏👏👏. True words.
I agree completely.
😀 🌈 🇦🇺 🦘
Wise words. The world needs more people like you!
Before he died, I saw Gibert Godfried roast George Takei. Good lord, the gay jokes were flying. I thought Takei was going to bust a gut laughing.
If you sat near the front of a Don Rickles show, be prepared to be roasted. Lol
I hope there never comes a time that people start demonizing Don Rickles for his "offensive" jokes.
Yes massa...whatever you say boss
The good times when people knew what a joke was and didn't get offended at every little thing all of the time. People were much happier.
Dont kid yourself...I think they were terribly offended however if you didnt go along back then, you didnt get along 😬😬😬
Paul is race triggered enough for all of us.
A joke can still be racist and offensive. Silence doesn't mean consent. People don't always complain because they don't have power to avoid consequences of speaking up.
But you are right: Straight, white males were much happier not knowing (or caring) that others were offended.
@@humusiclab8974 Racial humor is part of our tribal identities, is most likely part of our genetic memory and is definitely part of our various cultural heritages. It's been around since humankind began. Some people are so hypersensitive and ill at ease with human nature and history these days that they go looking for things to complain about. We find different tribe's customs, dress, look, etc to be funny. Most of the great comedians did racial comedy to one extent or another.
Yes a joke can be racist and offensive and I will agree that some humor can be hateful but depends on delivery and context. Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor both understood that and did racial humor. Neither of them considered Don to be racist. Neither did Whoopi. Neither did the Jewish, Italian, English, Scottish, German, Hispanic, etc people that attended his shows and were "insulted" and various comedians that knew Don. People who didn't dig Don didn't have to attend his shows. Don was part of a minority himself, he was a Jew and he made fun of Jews just like he made fun of everyone else. He picked on Italians all of the time and was beloved by Italians, even Sinatra.
@@paulj.stavrou4332
WRONG!
One of the funniest most natural comedians ever. Most people saw it as an honour to be made fun of by him. I remember Johnny Depp talking saying exactly that. RIP Don - a true legend.
Yes❤
Thank you Mr. Rickles! It was an an honor to play your shows! A funny man! The nicest man in showbiz!
Wow, I'll bet you got a story to tell.
@@sid2112 All I can say is that he was a wonderfull human being! Always treated eveybody with kindness! And then he was ruthless on stage! It was an act!
Don Rickles made fun of everyone from every ethnic background with love and warmth from his mind as well as his heart.And,from the bottom of my heart, I truly loved him.Make em laugh forever Don!!!…Karl Schumaker ❤
This is the most humble I've seen Whoopi, Robin and Billie hilarious 😆
I guess don does that to a person he's going after.
She's become absolutely disgusting
@@havital1 yeah I'm no fan of hers not anymore but that's a lot of celebs
The beautiful times! It’ll never be like this anymore.
Don Rickles the most spontaneous man in show business! Him and Dean Martin are a match made in heaven.
Rickles was an absolute genius.
Legend. I am a black guy and I love this dude . His innocence is real ❤😂the only dude that I will accept to say the word nigga when he’s cracking his jokes 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who cares about you mentioning your skin colour.
Lol.
🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝
Apparently, Whoopi had a sense of humor in her early years. Too bad she got mixed up with a bad crowd.
I take it you’re a Trump lover! Don’t watch The View if you hate Whoopi!💙🌈🦋
@@DippyHippie Oh, I don't hate her. And I def don't watch The View. But she's still a source of humor in the memes made about her. LOL!😂👍
PS: Yes, I Love Trump!
@@rindordrums why?
You are the bad crowd
Maybe she got bitter after the 200 lb weight gain.
On Dean Martin's show, ending, all the guest stars were on stage around the piano, and Rickles turns to Roy Rodgers and yells, Roy Rodgers!! Let me make you feel at home, Roy, PfttPfttPfttPftt (flapping his lips sounding like a horse). That was 1968 - do the math, his humor is forever.
You KNOW how amazing Don Rickles is when even Robin Williams can't keep up with him!
As a black man in 2023, this shit is funny as hell! WORD!!!!
It is...😂😂😂😂 I agree...👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Never really watched Don perform. I really love his sense of humor .very funny!!A true legend!
This was before my time but back then people could take a joke. It wasn't hate, he was saying what many people were thinking. I can appreciate this type of comedy. These days people are offended just by looking at them.
I loved his style he was great in his day pity he is gone he was the best comic for me Don Rickles rest in peace
Wow, A time when people could take a joke. Seems so long ago.
What do you mean? If they can't take a joke screw them.
This is my favorite comic the most charming and sincere person with the ability to cut roast people in the most loving and endearing way
Rickles wasn't racist, he let everyone have it 🤣🤣
Wokey's heads would explode if he was doing this now.😂
he was the best..RIP DON...
No joke Rickles ever told was as offensive as Whoopie Goldberg on The View......
One example ??
Nothing is too offensive for Whoppi…. She gets what she deserves… Did you ever hear her mouth on the view, now that’s offensive
@@richbozzi3148 Yes you are so right!
@@jaliaskilo Did you forget about her antisemitic comments she was suspended for a few days a while ago?
Coming from white people
Wow, has Woopie become bitter. Look at her having fun
No, she is more mature. There she was young and unsure; he made his "black" jokes knowing they could not respond to him. He was taking advantage.
@@alntr2872You just don’t get it.
@@edbreig4706 Yeah, I know, I don't get how you RACISTS enjoy ridiculing other people just because of looks. While you people are not the most handsome in the world, but that's how jealousy works.
We need comedy like this again 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Why?
No thank you. This is completely offensive. Let me guess, you're a white man
@@michaelmatto9511 because it's funny. Let us have our dark humor and you can go watch the limp shell of itself that SNL has become
@@Dubyahh What does SNL have to do with anything? Anyway, Rickles was not "dark humor"--he was insult humor, often race and gender based. I have no problem with insult humor itself (or dark humor, which this is not) when the comic is "punching up"--when Rickles took down Sinatra, or other famous people, or politicians, terrific stuff. But cheap laughs from race-based insult humor directed at regular people is just that--cheap. We don't need comedy like this again.
@@michaelmatto9511 What an idiotic take. Comedy is comedy and should affect all people. Rickles was equal opportunity offender. A lot of it shouldn’t happen today because of our differencing on views, but he was great. That punching up and down narrative is a bit whiney
No one can steal the show from Robin EXCEPT Don.
The best comedian ever!!! Love you Don Rickles ❤❤❤❤
He was brilliant!
In my day,if you were insulted by Don Rickles it was an honor. In reality he was a very kind and loving man. There’s not one entertainer that knew Don that ever had a bad word to say about him. On set, he would make the entire crew laugh taking it a bit longer to complete a show but it was all well worth it. If he was alive today, he would drive the Woke crazy which would make him do more offensive material just to piss them off. He’s one of the greats of comedy who brought many to tears in laughter. R.I.P. Don, you’re truly missed.😊
Yes❤
Woke?
Hilarious,they don't make 'em like that anymore
I don't laugh at jokes much but I always do at Don Rickles lol! He was the best
"I'll tell you this..."
MR. WARMTH 🤣
The master at work 🤲👍👍
Priceless.
Man the 90’s were great!
Look at the crowd in that last segment. Ed McMahon. John Davidson. Demond Wilson. Ricardo Montalbán. Nanette Fabray. Bill Bixby. Roosevelt Grier. Rose Marie. Jack Benny. James Caan. Redd Foxx. Chuck Woolery. Darrin McGavin (I think). And those are just the ones I can name. AND HE'S OWNING THAT ROOM!!
He was born in 1926 things were different then he was so funny
That`s right, humour was allowed then.
@GrS Ordered by you and other militants.
@GrS Okay. Many many many people disagree with you and find it extremely funny. Now what?
@GrS yep, I did not find it funny either. The masses will not understand.
I grew up in the 1950s and 60s. Not everyone thought Rickles was funny back then either.
Unfortunately some people weren't around when you could say a joke and not worry about who it offended. They're jokes that's it!
I also miss the Celebrity Roasts on TV back in the 70s and 80s. Rickles was in top form.
That was awesome!!! He's so quick and if you don't laugh you're gonna get it. It's all about laughter and having fun!
Proud to say I have attended many of his shows when Don was older and funnier..
Is that you're wife sir?
Jeesus.
"What was it? A bus?"
If Don said these jokes today, the F.B.I. would end up raiding his home
People come to watch legendary Don Rickles to get picked on. He has a very charming personality and ways to make people laugh. No one till today can do what Don Rickles did. A gifted man. R.I.P Don.
@5:20 that exchange between Don and Robin was classic.
Legend
He’s funny asll and Redd was dying the whole time😂😂
The Master Roaster.
Don Rickles, the OG, takes no prisoners.
What's OG?
Never did
Don is the only guy to slap Robin probably😏
❤❤There is no God but Allah,🎉 Muhammad is the Messenger🎉 of Allah.❤❤.
What a class act.! If don rickles was alive i wanted to ask him just this - “for Christ sake, Tell me what don.!!”
People weren’t so easily offended back then! I grew up with a black friend and we cracked on each other all the time. We we’re great friend! We have politicians to thank for this toxic environment.
I love Don Rickles. And I'm black.
Offensive is a matter of perspective. Don Rickles didn’t offend anybody he roasted
How do you know?
@@tommyriam8320 if he did. And they were offended he said “ ok, be Offended” Don’t watch.
@@mikeortizjr.2186 What _the hell_ are you babbling about, you incoherent fool?
@@tommyriam8320 cuz it was considered an honor to be shit on by don rickles. Everyone who came to see him wanted to be insulted and even put on stuff to get his attention
@@MercifulExorcist Not surprisingly(it's fairly typical behavior), you are oversimplifying the matter and to a degree, even "whitewashing'' history. I lived during the era so I am not merely engaging in some theoretical or intellectual exercise when asserting that what you claim was, indeed, frequently _not_ the case.
Master class on shutting down hecklers...
Back in those days if "The Don" heckled you, you knew you've made it in Hollywood. Legendary comedian and there will never be another one like him. He was great.
Don was not offensive. He equally made fun of everyone. If we were able to laugh at ourselves and each other, the world would be a better place.
"I’ll tell ya this"
If Don Rickles came up today he'd be canceled.
So many Gen-Z babies would cry us a 2nd global flood that will make God say "it wasn't me".
Lol I didn't know he was this funny. 😂 When I see him I think of the movie casino.
Not funny. Just old and white making stale jokes
wow. they would cancel his ass in about 2 seconds today.
“I’m in the FRONT” 😂😂👏
you know who your friends are by who you can insult and receive laughter instead of a punch. shame we dont have more friendly people today
He reminds me of groucho marx in the rythem of his speech as well as his accent , absolutely brilliant
Hilarious! He made from of everyone! Equal opportunity!
I got a few regrets in my life, and one of them was not getting a photo with Don when I had the opportunity to. I'll regret that moment/bad decision to the day I die.
Legend has it that he's still telling us this though
Those were the days ❤😂🎉
If you see teeth go for the Elephant gun damn this guy was quick.
The Godfather of this style of Comedy.
Don is missed. LOVED him as Sharkey
Don is amazing
I had the high honor of interviewing Don once, and other than a couple of quick 'shots', he was a pussycat. Nothing like his onstage persona. He said his one big professional regret was he never got to act on Broadway. One of a kind.& we will never, ever, see his kind again. rip Mr Warmth
He made fun of everyone. Including himself. This was back before people got offended by someone breathing.
Love this man!! He made fun of all. I’m pretty sure the Jewish gentlemen is Jeff Garlin from the tv show The Goldburg’s.