It was often considered an honor to be heckled by Don Rickles.

@stigtuneback1966

Жыл бұрын

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 .

@joerivandeweyer3056

Жыл бұрын

​@@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

@stigtuneback1966

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@stigtuneback1966 People are gay and need to shut up their mouth. Dont give in to this crap kiddo

@stigtuneback1966

Жыл бұрын

@@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 .

Don Rickles was an equal opportunity offender, and we all love, and miss him.

@rodneyschaller1034

7 ай бұрын

F ov

@WestCoastAthletic

7 ай бұрын

Woops was great back in the day. Now she is a washed up hundred millionaire trying to be relevant

@Ricogrime

7 ай бұрын

@@WestCoastAthleticif she’s washed what are you 😮

@KiaPi2012

6 ай бұрын

No one was exempt

@Meg_Lovegood

5 ай бұрын

@@Ricogrime i see you don't wash, stinky

Legend has it hes still trying to "tell you this"

This was an era of comedy no hard feelings just laughter

That was back when we could all make fun of each other and just laugh about it.

@michaelmatto9511

Жыл бұрын

We all? Really?

@sun622

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmatto9511 Well all the intelligent people with a sense of humor loved him.

@michaelmatto9511

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@sun622

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@michaelmatto9511

Жыл бұрын

@@sun622 Sanctimonious drivel.

Robin William’s laughing from 4:44 on is so pure. R.I.P Don and Robin 🕊️

@TonyEnglandUK

9 ай бұрын

RIP Robin, we're still loving your work here, my friend.

@hafgooner87

12 күн бұрын

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 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.

@1977TA

Жыл бұрын

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.

@1977TA

Жыл бұрын

@@jashary15 To be fair Don Rickles used Negro and Jap. There is a compilation on KZread 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.

@aarondigby5054

Жыл бұрын

@@1977TA Don Rickles was a true insult comic, he insulted everybody, Jews, Black, Asians, Latinos. Don insulted everybody.

@aarondigby5054

Жыл бұрын

@@1977TA Don Rickles and Robin Williams two of the best.

@g.russelllawler515

Жыл бұрын

@@aarondigby5054 wish those two had a comedy act together it would have been great I bet.. ROFL :)

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.

@clarkyateman3871

Жыл бұрын

Liked to have seen that. like to see the person on stage giving it back.

@jimlongino8420

Жыл бұрын

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 ).

@floydpattersonii4996

Жыл бұрын

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

@lnsots

9 ай бұрын

@@jimlongino8420😅

@Parasiteve

4 ай бұрын

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.

Don Rickles and Robin Williams in the same room together? I'm surprised that the space-time continuum didn't explode.

@careful__Icarus

17 күн бұрын

If Jonathan Winters was also there it would have.

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.

A master class in learning to laugh at one's self. RIP, Mr. Rickles 🍻

@JS-jp9hr

9 ай бұрын

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.

@Bernacide

8 ай бұрын

​@@JS-jp9hrHe was making fun of our prejudices as a society. Making us laugh at the absurdity.

Seeing Don Rikels with Robin Williams warmed my heart so much.

It was an honor to be lit up by Don.

@g.russelllawler515

Жыл бұрын

true there, if you got front row seats an didn't get insulted by him... that would probably be an insult... ROFL

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…!

@422infbevcomvanheutz2

8 ай бұрын

What happend ?you can not joke anymore or they call racist,homofhope,antisimite. People went crazy.😢

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

He was the king of insult comedians, no one was safe around him, he went after everyone.

@Tonetare

Жыл бұрын

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.

This needs to be shown, in full, on The View. Now THAT would make people want to watch that f’d up show.

@clayryan1196

Жыл бұрын

Whoopi would be cancelled for even laughing at a Rickles joke these days.

I hope there never comes a time that people start demonizing Don Rickles for his "offensive" jokes.

@randyschwaggins

4 ай бұрын

Yes massa...whatever you say boss

Don didn't take any prisoners, he goofed on anybody and everyone. He was the best because he was real.

Don Rickles was the only person allowed to slap a comedian on stage.

@damsbaug33

10 ай бұрын

Somebody shoulda told Will Smith that.

The segment with Crystal, Whoopi and Williams is Rickles most hilarious and prophetic. Top of his game. A real kick. 😂

@djdentertainment7127

3 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😂

Thank you Mr. Rickles! It was an an honor to play your shows! A funny man! The nicest man in showbiz!

@sid2112

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I'll bet you got a story to tell.

@triadicpath

Жыл бұрын

@@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!

7:02 Greatest improv I've seen, roasts everyone then turns on the crew lmao Rickles was so quick

I think he’s The Godfather of comedy

@justdan98

Жыл бұрын

That title was given to Paul Mooney already

@GeneralIzod355ml

Жыл бұрын

@@justdan98 pretty sure Rickles was more connected to the mob

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.

@joannagipson12

Жыл бұрын

Yes❤

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.

@antonkider7360

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏. True words.

@lanecore75

Жыл бұрын

I agree completely.

@jeffreyb3238

Жыл бұрын

😀 🌈 🇦🇺 🦘

@adamschwartz3449

Жыл бұрын

Wise words. The world needs more people like you!

@Frankincensedjb123

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@paulj.stavrou4332

Жыл бұрын

Dont kid yourself...I think they were terribly offended however if you didnt go along back then, you didnt get along 😬😬😬

@imtheman4805

Жыл бұрын

Paul is race triggered enough for all of us.

@humusiclab8974

Жыл бұрын

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.

@rft2001

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@muddlasvegas

Жыл бұрын

@@paulj.stavrou4332 WRONG!

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”.

If you sat near the front of a Don Rickles show, be prepared to be roasted. Lol

The beautiful times! It’ll never be like this anymore.

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 ❤

Apparently, Whoopi had a sense of humor in her early years. Too bad she got mixed up with a bad crowd.

@DippyHippie

Жыл бұрын

I take it you’re a Trump lover! Don’t watch The View if you hate Whoopi!💙🌈🦋

@rindordrums

Жыл бұрын

@@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!

@TheCOOLGUYLIAM

Жыл бұрын

@@rindordrums why?

@Joeyg50

Жыл бұрын

You are the bad crowd

@craigroberts6439

Жыл бұрын

Maybe she got bitter after the 200 lb weight gain.

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 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Prof.Pwnalot

Ай бұрын

Who cares about you mentioning your skin colour. Lol.

@PJ-po6xy

27 күн бұрын

🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝

You KNOW how amazing Don Rickles is when even Robin Williams can't keep up with him!

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.

@joannagipson12

Жыл бұрын

Yessssss 😂

As a black man in 2023, this shit is funny as hell! WORD!!!!

@joannagipson12

Жыл бұрын

It is...😂😂😂😂 I agree...👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Rickles was an absolute genius.

Don Rickles the most spontaneous man in show business! Him and Dean Martin are a match made in heaven.

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.

No joke Rickles ever told was as offensive as Whoopie Goldberg on The View......

@jaliaskilo

Жыл бұрын

One example ??

@richbozzi3148

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is too offensive for Whoppi…. She gets what she deserves… Did you ever hear her mouth on the view, now that’s offensive

@worldchampion8888

Жыл бұрын

@@richbozzi3148 Yes you are so right!

@BaronFeydRautha

Жыл бұрын

@@jaliaskilo Did you forget about her antisemitic comments she was suspended for a few days a while ago?

@willgee7777

Жыл бұрын

Coming from white people

Rickles wasn't racist, he let everyone have it 🤣🤣

he was the best..RIP DON...

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.

@havital1

Жыл бұрын

She's become absolutely disgusting

@chrissytina6379

Жыл бұрын

@@havital1 yeah I'm no fan of hers not anymore but that's a lot of celebs

"I'll tell you this..." MR. WARMTH 🤣

Wokey's heads would explode if he was doing this now.😂

We need comedy like this again 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@michaelmatto9511

Жыл бұрын

Why?

@Tonetare

Жыл бұрын

No thank you. This is completely offensive. Let me guess, you're a white man

@Dubyahh

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@michaelmatto9511

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@acetofresh1

Жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

Wow, A time when people could take a joke. Seems so long ago.

@Dustin-ux6fl

9 ай бұрын

What do you mean? If they can't take a joke screw them.

Man the 90’s were great!

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

Hilarious,they don't make 'em like that anymore

No one can steal the show from Robin EXCEPT Don.

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

Never really watched Don perform. I really love his sense of humor .very funny!!A true legend!

Don Rickles, the OG, takes no prisoners.

@dallasbrubaker6054

Жыл бұрын

What's OG?

@jerrywoods4066

Жыл бұрын

Never did

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.😊

@joannagipson12

Жыл бұрын

Yes❤

@americannegro5631

10 ай бұрын

Woke?

I also miss the Celebrity Roasts on TV back in the 70s and 80s. Rickles was in top form.

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!!

If Don said these jokes today, the F.B.I. would end up raiding his home

The Master Roaster.

Master class on shutting down hecklers...

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!

Wow, has Woopie become bitter. Look at her having fun

@alntr2872

Жыл бұрын

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.

@edbreig4706

11 ай бұрын

@@alntr2872You just don’t get it.

@alntr2872

11 ай бұрын

@@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.

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!

Equal opportunity Offensiveness. I love it.

The best comedian ever!!! Love you Don Rickles ❤❤❤❤

wow. they would cancel his ass in about 2 seconds today.

He was brilliant!

I don't laugh at jokes much but I always do at Don Rickles lol! He was the best

What a class act.! If don rickles was alive i wanted to ask him just this - “for Christ sake, Tell me what don.!!”

The master at work 🤲👍👍

He was born in 1926 things were different then he was so funny

@RikuRiemu

Жыл бұрын

That`s right, humour was allowed then.

@RikuRiemu

Жыл бұрын

@GrS Ordered by you and other militants.

@constantlyenthused336

Жыл бұрын

@GrS Okay. Many many many people disagree with you and find it extremely funny. Now what?

@alntr2872

Жыл бұрын

@GrS yep, I did not find it funny either. The masses will not understand.

@nancynga6820

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 1950s and 60s. Not everyone thought Rickles was funny back then either.

Making fun of our prejudices is the best way to bring them to light.

“What was it a train”? Lmaoooooo holy shit

I love Don Rickles. And I'm black.

"I’ll tell ya this"

Priceless.

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.

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.

Don rickles was a funny bastard, ive known that for years.

He’s funny asll and Redd was dying the whole time😂😂

Don is the only guy to slap Robin probably😏

@ZoomZoomi-ip1sc

6 ай бұрын

❤❤There is no God but Allah,🎉 Muhammad is the Messenger🎉 of Allah.❤❤.

Proud to say I have attended many of his shows when Don was older and funnier.. Is that you're wife sir?

@jamesbaggett7223

Жыл бұрын

Jeesus.

@ShurlockHolmes

Жыл бұрын

"What was it? A bus?"

Love him. No one is offended by his cross ethnicity humour. We could all laugh at ourselves. No victim mentality. Loving the sound of laughter.

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.

Legend

Offensive is a matter of perspective. Don Rickles didn’t offend anybody he roasted

@tommyriam8320

Жыл бұрын

How do you know?

@mikeortizjr.2186

Жыл бұрын

@@tommyriam8320 if he did. And they were offended he said “ ok, be Offended” Don’t watch.

@tommyriam8320

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeortizjr.2186 What _the hell_ are you babbling about, you incoherent fool?

@MercifulExorcist

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@tommyriam8320

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

It's funny how don rickles had a license to tell any kind of joke no matter how offensive, I think peaple understood it was just an act and he earned that reputation, it's sad that people have forgotten how to laugh at themselves ,I'm polish but I love a good polish joke because I understand it's just a 😃 joke

If you see teeth go for the Elephant gun damn this guy was quick.

@El_Diego86

Жыл бұрын

The Godfather of this style of Comedy.

Hilarious! He made from of everyone! Equal opportunity!

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

If Don Rickles came up today he'd be canceled.

@KEN-1991

4 ай бұрын

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.

@Tonetare

Жыл бұрын

Not funny. Just old and white making stale jokes

Don is missed. LOVED him as Sharkey

Greatest Showman Ever. RIP Don Rickles

best man ever 200% true words

All I Have To Say God Bless Mr Warmth

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.