Don Rickles passes, you stupid hockey pucks.
RIP "Mister Warmth"
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“Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.”
“Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.”
"Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel."
“An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.”
“You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude."
“I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.”
“When you enter a room, you have to kiss his [Frank Sinatra's] ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.”
“Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.”
“Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.”
“Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.”
“The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.”
“I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've per*formed has been from my own head.”
“You know, every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!”
"If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny, there is a difference between an actual insult and just having fun."
"I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is."
"You throw your best punch—otherwise, don't do it."
“Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.”
“I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.”
“I'm not a big one for jokes. I can't tell a joke, believe it or not. If you gave me a thousand bucks and said, 'Don, get up at a party and tell a joke', I'm the worst."
“Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.”
“It takes many years to be a great comedian.”
“I still have drive, but everything is relative.”
"Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings and you come out and fight."
“Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.”
-- Don Rickes
“Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.”
"Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel."
“An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.”
“You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude."
“I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.”
“When you enter a room, you have to kiss his [Frank Sinatra's] ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.”
“Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.”
“Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.”
“Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.”
“The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.”
“I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've per*formed has been from my own head.”
“You know, every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!”
"If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny, there is a difference between an actual insult and just having fun."
"I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is."
"You throw your best punch—otherwise, don't do it."
“Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.”
“I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.”
“I'm not a big one for jokes. I can't tell a joke, believe it or not. If you gave me a thousand bucks and said, 'Don, get up at a party and tell a joke', I'm the worst."
“Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.”
“It takes many years to be a great comedian.”
“I still have drive, but everything is relative.”
"Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings and you come out and fight."
“Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.”
-- Don Rickes
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I was in Las Vegas for three days. I didn't know he was in town till I got there. I tried to book a show for the whole time I was there. Every show was sold out. I have always regretted that.
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