As a Vegas resident I always told myself I'll eventually see one of his shows. He's always here, right? Never got around to it. To this day it's one of my biggest regrets.
And years later, those words are still truth tbh because Conan will retire as the best late night talk show host of our generation (to switch to hbo max)
Don seems like a guy who wouldnt tolerate nonsense. He would go crazy on Letterman and Jay Leno, because these people have too much ego in their head so its easy to attack them with his style of comedy. I guess he saw that Conan was genuine from the beginning and never strayed from his personality even until he made it as top talk show host. Anybody would respect that, because that is very rare in hollywood.
@@elspitzwizard47 I think he went crazy on Letterman because Dave took delight in Tickles ripping him apart. Leno didnt seem to give a crp. Dave could be a jerk but my favorite appearnces are on Letterman in the 90s and on Tom Snyder.
Conan O'Brian is the last of a dieing breed of what a REAL talk show host is. He's funny, witty, intelligent, and most importantly he shows respect to all of his guests. And he does it with class.
If the guest roast him, he just let it go... if the guest rant, he just let it go... if the guest tells a good/interesting story, he just let it go.... and most important, he just add the exact information to let the interview go well, without getting the spot away from the guest
@@jamesfowler415 What are you a detective? This isn’t gonna be a book. We’re not Ray Charles; we can read. This isn’t gonna be a test. When you hear the bell move to history. You got a big night you got to be on with Conan and it became 20 minutes on the alphabet with you. Next let’s take turns spelling our names and telling each other who we are.
Man I just came here after seeing Don tear Leno a new one, and WHAT a difference. You can tell there's respect going both ways, and good faith behind all the trash talk. I wish I could have grown up while Mr.Warmth was still around.
I just came here from an interview with Leno that Rickles did in 95, and.... wow. A night and day difference. Both clips should be used together to teach the do's and don'ts of talk show interviews. Everything Leno did wrong, Conan did right. Conan put the spotlight on Rickles, and let him control the timing and atmosphere, and stayed humble the whole time. All Conan had to do was mention a topic, and let Rickles handle it from there. Masterful job.
2 minutes in the Leno and Mr. Don interview, I read a comment about Conan interviewing Mr. Don. I immediately searched for it and landed here!! I'm so glad I did!!
Well, it's simple. Rickles looks Conan right in the eyes and smiles when he says hi. Now with Leno...I guess you could say it's called mutual respect ( or lack of it,lol)
You can see in his eyes that he likes Conan even though he's roasting him unlike the time he roasted Leno :) he called him "really dull" and he's not even joking.
@@AfnanStudio_ it’s funny, that kids have been saying that for as long as I’ve been able to tell. I think there were more good people the further back in time you go.
@Jack Mihoff yeah dude, Conan is basically my generations Carson. Gen Z in general doesn’t care about “old timey broadcasting”, but to me he’s a great legend.
@Jack Mihoff I just really got into him within a couple years, I’m 22. I only discovered the internet 10 years ago, and while I might have been aware of the existence of Conan I never knew anything about anything until I started actually paying attention to things about 4 or 5 years ago.
Key point Conan didn’t insult Sinatra, you watch the interview with Leno and he insults Sinatra to Rickles face and you can see him fuming. Conan is a true talk show host.
Man this interview really gets me emotional: greatful of watching such a charismatic & legendary comedian like rickles keeping his behavior at that age, and happy for conan being respectful to don and giving him the treatment that such a legend deserves. Also happy to see don being nice with him, as opposite to the thing happened with Leno (you know, the video which brought us here)
This is true. On the positive note, I think she witnessed him enough. Rickles reached imo, his pinnacle of success as a stand up comic in the 70s. She died in that decade. Later in life, he was known as a much older comic, even though he was getting his success in Casino and Toy Story. That was his main brand to sell, his stage act, even if he had an Emmy Award winning documentary, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, and he sold that act damn well, and plenty of comedians still highly respected this man. What I wonder regardless is if he sold more tickets in these generations now that everyone has gotten an appreciation for him.
I'll mirror a lot of what's been said here. Conan is top class with the comedic guests. Straight away gives Don the room to make jokes and then after that leads him right into his wheelhouse of conversation -- the old days and the legends he was surrounded by. Excellent.
@@Norvo82 i didnt like how craig always tried to be smooth with don, like u dont have to, don hasnt got a purse down there. also letterman isnt in my top 3 but don was better on letterman than he was on anyone else after carson. he didnt like conan u could see that in the first interview and really didnt like fallon even before going to that shit. he only liked kimmel from the new gen who i hate aswell.
What a legend. Incidentally, Rickles's friend, Bob Newhart, appeared on Conan's podcast a couple years ago at age 90 and is still imo the funniest guest who played off Conan's personality the best.
He was alive for it. You didn't hear him delve much into controversy because he respected both men. He had class. He was with two crazy showbiz personalities. He was with Johnny Carson, a complex son of a bitch, and not to mention Sinatra. He would make jabs at them about little things people would be scared to address with them. He was such a well loved personality. Sinatra loved his brutal honesty. So he did stuff similar if he commented about Leno and Conan.
After having watched Don on Leno and Conan back to back...I can say this in all honesty...Don doesn't like Leno...and he does like Conan. I can see y Letterman had such faith in him. Conan is the best of his generation on Late Night. I can see y.
My dad was a big Irish cop who didn't take crap from anyone. Don Rickles had him onstage in Vegas and just laid into him, at one point dancing around him like an Indian about to sacrifice a settler. Very un pc. My dad was crying with laughter and often recalled this as one of the high points of his life. Thanks Mr. Rickles for making my dad laugh.
The host use to sit at the end to evidence some kind of power, like the owner of place... but o think that with is to show respect and let him own the place, as the legend he is
