In this recently restored KTRK film from 1968. Don Rickles rips reporters on a press junket for the film "Kelly's Heroes". RIckles also has some fun with the movie's star, Clint Eastwood.
og THis is a gold find, I find that KELLYs heroes one of a kind film DONT forget Carroll O conner as the wacky Col who thinks the guys chasing and breaking enemy lines are soo BRAVE
@@buckjohnson1119 I'm glad you're a fan of Kelly's Heroes too . And yes , Oddball and Moriorty, - or is it Moriarty ? - not sure, but they were both great in the film ! I think Donald Sutherland gave one of his best ever performances as Oddball. Thanks for mentioning the name of the actor who played Moriarty, I didn't know his name before. He gave a great performance as the disgruntled engineer throughout the film I think. The exchanges between Oddball and Moriarty about " negative waves " always make me laugh !
Eastwood is one of the best action hero/anti-heros of all time. Rickles will be, with little doubt, the greatest insult comedian of all time. Two legends! 🙌
Clint receiving the lifetime achievement award was great with Don, standing to give thanks; " 20 Years ago, I worked with Clint on Kelly's Heroes.....................Haven't heard from him since"...:)
Where in hell did this come from?!!! It's a GEM!!! Seeing Rickles absolutely ROAST Clint...that is GOLDEN. "When you see Clint at your local drive-in theater, DRIVE RIGHT INTO THE SCREEN."
I was 14 years old when I saw Kelly's Heroes for the first time, and even then, I thought to myself: "What an odd combination... Clint Eastwood and Don Rickles?!" What a marvelously talented guy. Rest In Peace, Don.
The Filipino guy was Joe Quirino, author, actor and TV presenter. He had a show in the 70s and 80s called Seeing Stars with Joe Quirino. Outstanding host. He was part of that tough-as-nails World War II generation (like Don) that didn't get hurt by a joke and went on fighting through life, where jokes are the least of your worries. He died in the late 80s.
Say, you forgot to mention when Oddball was drinking some wine & eating cheese,he was also catching some rays from the Sun. I dig that movie, went to see it and Where Eagles Dare as a double feature at the drive-in. Those were the daze when l was still sniffing girls bicycleseats, way before l got me some GUTZ!!!
Incredibly, there were literally multiple classic films every year in those days. In these days its all about CGI and explosions. I do not recall any movies that would be considered a classic in recent history that would measure up to these films.
First time I saw this movie was in 1973 as an 8 year old kid. I loved it! It would come on around 1am on CBS every so often. It is my favorite movie and favor Clint movie to this day. Best WWII film for me a well. This is a great post and first time seeing it. Thanks!
I think I first saw it on a Saturday afternoon. Was probably around 1980, or 1979. One thing that was really interesting was that apparently they had some dead space and they ran it without any commercials. I sat and watched the whole thing with my dad.
Rickles is very much like Robin Williams in that he cannot be around any dead air of silence. He can't seem to stay silent and his mind is ever moving to find witty things to say. We were all blessed to have them as long as we had them.
Brilliant just brilliant. As a Brit newly discovering Mr Rickles this is a great clip. I’ve watched most of the dean martin roasts etc. But there was something raw and warm in this clip. Thanks for posting. 👏
I think Telly Savalas introduced Don and Clint back in 1961 and they become best friends for 56 years, until the day Don passed away. No one could crack Clint like Don did. Two different personalities that managed to have a friendship for more than half a century. Don wrote notes and letters to Clint all the time. He did that with all his friends, always roasting them. But once he wrote a note do Clint that just said "I'm very proud of you. Barbara and I are always rooting for your success. I love you." Some sources say that Clint cried quite a bit while receiving the news that Don had died.
"Will you stop crying! I haven't even asked you yet"! 🙄 Spat my drink when I first heard that line, it still makes me laugh even after a dozen or so times watching this great movie...
Don Rickles was a class act. Always on his toes. He feared no one. Well, maybe Telly Savalas! HA! We saw Kelly's Heroes the first time at the Ranch Drive-Inn in Ames. I must have been about 6 years old. Right before I started building Monogram Sherman tank and jeep models. Halcyon days to be a Kid.
Clint probably doesn’t want to admit it, but I think his very first acting job was on “Highway Patrol”. I was surprised when I was watching it on ME TV one night and saw him on it. Clint always reminded me of my late husband. His smile and his tallness and cheekbones. This is one of my favorite movies. Love it!
These were the days when A list Hollywood stars & politicians, including Presidents, would stand in line to be insulted by Don Rickles..... and not a one of them would get offended.
Wait until the idiots on Twitter discover Don Rickles they will go insane with impotent fury and rage wishing they could bring him back to life so they could cancel him. This happens whenever they discover something old before they were born. They hated Steve Martin's brilliant King Tut music sketch from SNL it originally aired in 1977 or 1978 and the SJW crowd Hated it they thought it made fun of Egyptians. They tried to get Friends taken off the air because the Friends were all White. They got angry at Letterman for his interviews from 25 years ago.
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What a find! These little promotion films for the management back in Hollywood were meant to be advance publicity, but this clip is simply comedy gold!
Absolutely this was bread and all levels in good solid comedy by today's standards he would be in all the newspapers as somebody who is politically incorrect on many levels... It's so sad we live in this type of world now !!
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WOW!!! This was really a treat. Kelly's Heroes is my favorite Clint Eastwood and this film even makes it better. Don Rickles is just hilarious making everybody including Clint to break down in laughter. As a pinoy, I was suprised that Joe Quirino was on the set and interviewed Rickles and he had a good time too. His delivery of jokes is amazingly spontaneous. Undoubtably everyone liked working with him.
wow, finally a clip of Rickles I haven’t seen. This is great. It’s like someone was just taking home movies of the behind the scenes on Kelly’s Heroes. I really miss Rickles. He was one of a kind.
WOW : As a clint eastwood efficianado for nearly 50 yrs I've seen him smile ! I've seen him giggle ! I've seen him chuckle ! But never have I seen him in a full blown fit of laughter . 😂 R.I.P. DON RICKLES .
