RIP Don Rickles

[KFC911]

Dangerfield was great, self depreciating humor, but I never liked DR's act...just wasn't funny to me. The highlights might be OK, but it grew tiresome in short order...

But he seemed like a really good person....RIP.

[GH85Carrera]

I guess growing up with a brother that traded insults with me all my life made me appreciate Rickles type of insults. He did have a sharp and quick wit. Carson was the master at quick wit, but Rickels was close and would insult anyone. I am sure more than once he started in on someone and then realized he had gone past good natured humor. It was not a scripted performance, it was always off the top of his head.

The story with Frank Sinatra coming to his table is a pure classic. For those not around in Sinatra's era he was the king of show business. It would be like dismissing Elvis with the wave of the hand. I think it is the first video on this thread.

[KFC911]

^^^^ I agree Glenn, my longest and bestest friends and I are absolutely brutal towards each other, and the Sinatra bit was awesome . That said...back in the day, I just didin't find DR all that funny most of the time. He truly seems like he was a class act otherwise...one of a kind...

[kach22i]

I liked his talk show and stand up stuff, but it did have to be taken in smaller bites.

His movie roles, he owned them, I could not think of anyone else in his role.


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Don Rickles was Staff Sergeant Crapgame in the WWII war comedy Kelly’s Heroes (1970) with Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Carroll O’Connor, and others.

RIP

The Very Best of Don Rickles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4m5HLVwsco

Published on Jul 25, 2014

This is a compilation of hilarious routines performed by one of the greatest comedic geniuses of all time, Don Rickles. He revolutionized the Insult Comedy genre, with irreverent jokes and great timing. All clips are from Spike TV's One Night Tribute to Don Rickles.

[Baz]

[RF5BPilot]

I wouldn't wish his passing. But he ushered in mean and insulting language as a form of acceptable humor. Made "zingers" (supposedly humorous insults) mainstream. That seemed to be an unfortunate contribution.

[Ronbo]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

On the Carson show one night, he mocked a couple of Japanese tourist in the audience.

Got in their faces (nose to nose) and abjectly ridiculed them for their physical appearance...non stop...just went on and on.

Never like the man's style.

These people weren't tourists, they were paid actors. They were in on it. Welcome to show business.


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[Baz]

Originally Posted by RF5BPilot

I wouldn't wish his passing. But he ushered in mean and insulting language as a form of acceptable humor. Made "zingers" (supposedly humorous insults) mainstream. That seemed to be an unfortunate contribution.

Lenny Bruce says hello.....

[wdfifteen]

Lenny Bruce had a far more cerebral comedy, and he didn't insult people for the sake of insulting them.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Ronbo

These people weren't tourists, they were paid actors. They were in on it. Welcome to show business.


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If you're going to contribute, there Sparky, minimally have it be somewhere in the ball park of the truth.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Lenny Bruce had a far more cerebral comedy, and he didn't insult people for the sake of insulting them.

Yes.
LB's "humor" was generally politically-based...not geared to dehumanize.

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

If you're going to contribute, there Sparky, minimally have it be somewhere in the ball park of the truth.

Hold on- you firmly agreement with Rickles' contentious but tongue-in-cheek style but deriding a long time member for expressing an opinion with which you don't agree is ok?

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Hold on- you firmly agreement with Rickles' contentious but tongue-in-cheek style but deriding a long time member for expressing an opinion with which you don't agree is ok?

It appears so.
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His was not an "opinion"...he made a statement that came across as factual. Read what he said.
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PS One ought not expect to be addressed with respect when one runs BS on here.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Lenny Bruce had a far more cerebral comedy, and he didn't insult people for the sake of insulting them.

Originally Posted by Don Ro

Yes.
LB's "humor" was generally politically-based...not geared to dehumanize.

Insulting is still insulting.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by Baz

Insulting is still insulting.

Baz,
As I recall Bruce, he didn't actually insult, he spewed forth self-righteous political views that, in his smug mind, were right-minded thinking...and anything other than that was just mindless driffle.
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Wasn't he a borderline Commie?

[Brian 162]

In the 80's in a 2 month period I saw Don Rickles, George Carlin, and Rodney Dangerfield. Three different comics but all three had me laughing my arse off.
Rickles could tell a story. I liked him and Jerry Seinfeld in Comedians in Cars having Coffee.

[motion]

I don't think being mean and insulting can really be humorous under any situation. I just don't get that.

I really don't find Rickles to be funny, either. I watched a few of the Best Of clips over the past couple days and didn't chuckle at all.

I find Jackass stunts to be hilarious, so what do I know?

[Ronbo]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

If you're going to contribute, there Sparky, minimally have it be somewhere in the ball park of the truth.

Believe what you want but professional comedians never leave anything to chance, particularly when appearing on national television.

You want proof? Go see literally any stand-up comedian perform his/her act in Las Vegas (or any large established club). Then go see that same act a day or two later. You will find the same "confused tourists" in the audience getting picked on in both shows, word for word. The effect is convincing but it is staged. The tourists are part of the act.

People have been planted in the audience as part of the show for decades; possibly as long as stand-up itself.


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[craigster59]

Working in the business, Ronbo is right on target.

[Don Ro]

Rondo,
It's clear that you did not witness the original event nor the next night when a serious Carson and McMahon apologized to the nation of Japan.
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"Believe what you want ..."
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This was an actual event...not a belief.
You're fronting BS about which you never witnessed.