Tributes to David Letterman, Part 24 of 31: Don Rickles 1983, 2015 

To commemorate the 5th anniversary of Dave retiring from late night television (his last show was on May 20, 2015), I've put together a series of "first and last" appearances, the latter paying tributes in their own ways to the last giant of late night (h/t Jason Zinoman).
Part 24. Don Rickles
1. September 26, 1983
2. May 11, 2015
3. May 11, 2015 post-show audience capture
The 2015 guest appearance comes from Andrew Lynch's superb RU-vid upload, linked here: • Video
The abbreviated audience clip where Don discusses Dave's legacy after the show had ended comes from twoFIRSTnames's RU-vid channel, linked here: • Don Rickles talks to t...
Update: As was pointed out in the comments, I mistakenly wrote "September 26, 1984" for Don's first Late Night appearance. It was indeed the year before.