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Don wasn't racist. He just told jokes about everything and everyone. You can tell by how all the people he roasted loved and admired him. He had the reputation of being the comedian with the biggest heart of his generation. You should definitely check out some of the roasts Don took part in.

Everyone knew what Rickles would bring, it was a badge of honor to get burned by him.

I met Mr. Rickles (due to my job). He was a warm, caring human being. He hid it well at times, but he was. One of the high points of my life, he called me a hockey puck to my face, within bad breath distance. Possibly the funniest ever.

Don Rickels died in 2017 at age 90. His career lasted over 60 years. He made the comment several times that the only thing he really feared was that he would be forgotten soon after he died. Well, here we are in 2023, so not a chance Don, not a chance.

These best of Rickles videos don't do him justice. As funny as they are, you need to watch an entire segment with him to really capture everything.

Don was an equal opportunity insulter. He was very funny. His timing was perfect.

As I understand The late Mr. Rickles was a kind and beautiful man. Not a racist bone in his body. He roasted everyone. RIP legend.

that first kid and the basketball joke gets lost on most people who aren't old enough to know who that was. That kid was Emmanuel Lewis. As an adult, he is only 4'3"

That isn't Lucille Ball, but there is a Dean Martin Roast for Lucy, and it's great. The woman on the end of the dais is Phyllis Diller, a groundbreaking stand-up comedian of her day. Funniest laugh in show business; still has not been topped in my book; also a brilliant pianist and painter. And way more attractive than she looked up there; that wig and makeup was all part of her 'schtick'.

The documentary “Don Rickles Chronicles” is a must see. Young comedians worshiped him.

A try not to laugh with Rickles? You're a braver man than I. There's not a person Don couldn't roast and it was all in the name of fun and love. We should laugh at ourselves more often. Speaking of Roasts, Foster Brooks' roast of Rickles is a hall-of-fame moment in comedy history. It's worthy of so many more reactions.

If we can't laugh at ourselves then we really got a problem. Don, did this to remind us we're all together, we have foibles, egos, identities and we can't take ourselves that seriously- because when we do, the joke is on us! Thank you and thanks to Don Rickles. Keep comedy alive.

AAhhh, the good old days when nobody was offended or had their poor little feelings hurt. We need those kind of days back...

If you listen to the end of his routines, he ends with love, equality and positiveness. Growing up in that time was different. It was so different. As a GenX'er, race and sexuality wasn't really a deal. I grew up in New Mexico in a historically 47% white, 47% hispanic and 6% black town. We were "the south" in the Civil War." Crazy history in Roswell besides the aliens. Everybody would cut jokes or use expressions... on others as well as themselves. Nobody got offended and gave as good as they got. We were much more unified. I wish the kids of today could experience it.

Kelly's Heroes with Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, and Telly Savalas is a must watch. Part comedy, part war movie.

Top notch reaction! Everyone knew how much he loved them all and knew his humor was a way of showing love

Don Rickles whole act was insults.. And he was a GENIUS! In his day, if you were a celebrity you WANTED Rickles to tear you apart... it meant you made it in show business!

What I loved is that he never apologized for anything, if someone was offended by something he said he would double down and go after them even harder.

Don Rickles was truly an equal opportunity insulter. He played no favorites, he picked on everyone equally, and was a brilliant and funny man.

Rickles was the only comedian who could make fun of Sinatra and the mafia.

Polo, you would like Kelly's Heros. All star cast, and Don was funny in that movie

Th crazy looking lady was Phyllis Diller, a standup comedian. She made herself as ugly as possible then told jokes about hr husband Fang

Before I even watch I will definitely fail! Don Rickles has had me laughing since the 70s.

Watch the dean martin Roasts especially when rickles is on

You definitely need to check out "Dinners with Don". A bunch stars each have dinner w him, including Snoop! Filmed in his last year I believe, he was as sharp as ever, and you really see all his shtick came from his very kind heart!

When I was a kid back in the ‘70’s, if Don Rickles was going to be on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, I would BEG my parents to let me stay up and watch him. Those were, and still are, the funniest of his talk show stints because he and Johnny went waaay back, both of them starting out as comedians in sometimes seedy bars and strip clubs. You could guess what drunken troubles they would get into when they were young performers. I would record the segment he was on with Johnny on a little audio tape recorder because he was SO funny and quick you could easily miss some of his barbs and ad libs. His jokes and conversations were totally ad libbed and unscripted - neither you, nor the host, nor even Don himself knew what exactly was going to happen. And every time it was a classic. The day Don Rickles died (4/6/17), Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to him and he could barely keep his composure. Behind his “Mr. Insult” persona, Don was really a deeply gracious, generous, and loving man. I really miss the man, and his caustic humor and quick wit. One of the greats of improv comedy, for sure.

So glad to hear people enjoy Don Rickles but I think you should laugh along the jokes. It would be happier and funnier!

Start checking out the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, Don Rickels was a must. On one he was the one roasted and when it was his turn, every one got roasted.

Please watch the Letterman episode where He and Denzel were the guests. After Denzel's interview was over, he came back out to sit next to Rickles and watch him destroy Letterman!

Watch the Dean Martin Celebrity roasts - Don Rickles roasts Sammy Davis is a classic. Also, where they roast Don Rickles and then he gets to do his response to each of them. Classic material.

We ALL need to laugh at…OURSELVES! It’s what keeps us human!

If Don Rickles didn't make a joke about you, he didn't like you. And he liked everyone.

Phyliss Diller was one of the first woman to break the barrier for woman in comedy. Her auto biography is hysterical and brutally honest. Like a Lampshade in a Whore House My Life in Comedy

HE…WAS….THE BEST! He’s ABSOLUTELY on my Mt. Rushmore! I was SO FORTUNATE to have seen his 2nd to last performance EVER, live and in person, in Agoura, CA, on 11/18/16. He would do one more show in Beverly Hills, and pass away only a few months later. Funny as all hell right up to the end! R.I.P. to one of the greatest comics in human history!!!

The World now is waayyyy to PC aye. This is some funny shit that everyone laughs to!

3 years in the jungle looking for your uncle...that always kills me! 🤣

I agree with everything you says but the "try not to laugh" stuff is good but Id prefer hearing your true reaction to be honest man. Laugh if you want to! we are laughing with you.

You have a warm heart POLO Keep it clean brother. Love it!!!

He was on Letterman with Denzel Washington that was good

Watch him with johnny Carson

Love your reactions! Your appreciation for the art (music, comedy, etc.) of the videos you're seeing is stellar. Side note: I think you're a little younger than I am, not sure if you realized that was an older Sugar Ray Robinson not a young Sugar Ray Leonard ;-)

To be picked on by him was a honor it was his trademark

Yes, he always "went there" unafraid and caustic, but so funny. And he was truly a big-hearted guy, helping out young comedians, and anyone who needed help succeeding. The roasts were wonderfully funny and you should really check out some of these old-timers who were the greatest in their day.

Phyllis Diller is not the I Love Lucy chick. Lucille Ball was the I Love Lucy chick. Phyllis Diller was the Phyllis Diller chick. Two trailblazers.

"Kelly's Heroes," 1970 is a very good movie. Rickles plays a character named "Crapgame."

Don Rickles was a BEAST!! He roasted everybody, he just didn’t care. Of course everyone says that behind the scenes he was an absolute sweetheart of a man. Of course it was also a very different time. People used to know how to take a joke instead of crying over every little thing. Everyone did racist & sexist jokes back then, but everyone KNEW THEY WERE JOKES. Nobody got butt hurt and whiny about it. If it’s funny it’s funny and that’s all that matters, it is COMEDY after all. People need to lose the fragile little snowflake BS and grow up and act like adults instead of whiny little spoiled brats. If I go to a comedy show and a black comedian cracks jokes on whites I don’t care at all. Look at the reactions he was getting from everyone including the people he was cracking on, they were all laughing their heads off. It’s just a sign of the times that this couldn’t be done in today’s world. It’s a real shame.

Fun fact: Don Rickles NEVER wrote jokes (well, in the VERY beginning he did, but he gave it up quickly). Everything you here is spontaneous and ad lib. Even in most movie roles.

Don and Bob Newhart were good friends. They both would vacation together along with both of their wives. Also Frank Sinatra and Don and their wives would take vacations together. Don was loved by some big legends back then.

It was an honor to be insulted by Don Rickles...Watch some of the Dean Martin Comedy Roasts...the one with Don Rickles is hilarious..they all are.

Lucy was at 12:25 sitting by Bob Hope. That other woman was Phyllis Diller.

The thing made Don Rickles comedy work was that everyone knew that he was a stern anti-bigot who worked many charitable events and civic events including social causes. The celebrities on the dais on Dean Martin’s Comedy Roasts were all his friends and also well known social activists. The point of racial, ethnic and political comedy in his era was to expose the stereotypes that people believed because ten years before these subjects and almost anything regarding sex weren’t openly discussed publicly and weren’t allowed on television at all. This was how barriers were broken but there was a technique known as crossing the line twice wherein your premise of the joke started out ridiculous and the follow up was more absurd. Some of the controversial comedians today have forgotten that technique and that’s why they’re running into bad press. They’ve forgotten that there’s an art to handling controversial subjects even without grace and still have everyone love you for what your real message was underneath.

There is a video where Johnny Depp explains where he hung with Don Rickles, hoping that he would insult him one day. He was not racist, he insulted everyone the same way, that's why everyone loved him, and had friends of different races and nationalities. No hate just comedy.

Check out Dean Martin Roasts, Don Rickles appears in most of them, along with another comedian called Foster Brooks.

I’m from New York. That’s how my parents raised us. “What the hell’s the matter wit chu. ?”

You like to laugh? The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Carnac the Magnificent

Back in the day he would work on the front few rows of people, and eventually some would get up and leave. Then he'd really come in for the kill. Berating them all the way up the aisles, wishing them car trouble, on and on. Comedic gold. Started his own genre of comedy. Insult comic.

Polo, do the reactions to the FULL Dean Marin roasts. You will love them. Old school hilarity.

Not Lucy. Phyllis Diller. Old female comedian. One of the first.

Don Rickles took no prisoners,showed no mercy. No one else like him. Now he'd be called a racist and thrown off of the stage. Every thing and everybody was fair game and most everyone liked him, and no one was offended. Dean Martin Roast shows were some of the best and funniest tv of the times.

Try not to laugh watching Red Fox. His stand ups are not for kids. He is one of my favorite comedians.

Watch him with Denzel Washington on Letterman from 2007.

For "don't laugh challenge" vids, do two: the first where you don't laugh and a second with no reservations.

Polo please do a reaction to The Man of the Hour roast of Sammy Davis Jr. even if it’s only the Don Rickles parts! It’s absolutely hilarious!

The joke about the spade was directed at Nipsey Russell. You may find it funny to see the Dean Martin Roast on which Nipsey Russell roasted Don Rickles. Nipsey had Don cracking up. At the end, Don gave Nipsey a kiss on the cheek. So many young people who have no idea who any of these people are who Don accosts are friends with Don. They all love each other, and they had a great time.

I always took it as he was making fun of bigots. His humor made you laugh at his jokes, you realize it was just as ridiculous if you did it every day.

Even if i hadnt followed you at the beginning this video eouldve done it its time place job resposibility and outcome...how what we watch goes and the person we are partaking in

Man, you just gotta check Dany Kaye a scene from the movie Wonder man. Song Ochy chornia

Celebrities used to sit in the front row of his shows just to get burned by him. He was something else.

It was a different time, Rickles, Pryor, Williams. many many more, everybody laughed and had a good time! Nobody got all butt hurt ...I miss those days

The 2nd Inauguration of Ronald Regan. He is totally hilarious.

Rickles never meant to be hurtful. That wasn't his bag.

Gotta watch rickles roasting Sinatra or Rickles on Johnny Carson with Sinatra. Legendary TV moments

Lots of old stars in these clips! 1:20 The bald guy on the right next to Bob Newhart (actor, comedian) is Telly Savalas, he starred in a TV show called "Kojak" in the 70s. 2:45 Phyllis Diller, actress and comedian 3:15 Paul Lynde, comedian and actor, he was on "Hollywood Squares" for a long, long time 3:23 The guy on the left is Bob Hope, the guy on the right is Dean Martin 4:08 Sammy Davis, Jr (obviously) on the right 5:25 Mr. T (obviously) 6:00 Nipsey Russell, actor and comedian 7:02 Milton Berle, actor and comedian, aka "Uncle Miltie", his career was about 80 years, started in silent films 12:27 Bob Hope (again) 14:55 George Pepard on the right (starred with Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffanys" and with Mr. T in "The A-Team" as Hannibal) 18:04 Nipsey Russell (again) 18:15 Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress

No not Lucy. Phyllis Diller was a comedian, and some TV etc.

Look up Phyllis Diller. She was hilarious! Not Lucy!

In "Joys of Yiddish," a non-mainstream dialect of German for Jewish people who lived in Europe in ghettos, the author describes the humor as a skewed humor which helps people who have been persecuted for 4000 years. There is sarcasm, derogatory remarks skewed of course, and quick wit. Other groups have a lot of great humor as well. You said it, Polo, my father used to say this also, to paraphrase, "People love to laugh." Supposedly Rickles was supposedly respectful in his personal life.

Just let the laughs come. No need to suppress them. There's no challenge going on. Just enjoy.

Kelly's heroes is a fun movie if you have time to watch it. Don rickles has one very funny line in the whole movie.

Racial jokes are just JOKES!! It is NOT racist.

Don Rickles, the king of cut downs. I liked him in Casino with De Niro.

Brother, you would of loved Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

This is When people didn't get offended...real comedy

He called himself the equal opportunity offender

Don did a lot of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Sometimes he would host the show for Johnny

He was in WW2 and we were at war with Japan and he was in the Philippines that's why he was in the jungle.

Dean Martin had the roast for entertainers. If you enjoyed this...

If we can laugh at each we can laugh with each other and we become a non racist country

That was Phillis Diller another stand-up comedian. You were thinking of Lucile Ball who was a comedic actor in movies and several television series starting with I Love Lucy in 1950s. She and her shows were poplar especially the early versions.

Society today would not be able to handle Don Rickles

Don Rickles is simply a master comedian!!

He showed up on the Tonight Show set one day, unannounced and uninvited, while they were taping the show for that night. Frank Sinatra was being interviewed by Johnny. Rickles and Sinatra were good friends. Rickles started in on Sinatra like no other. Talking all about the syndicate. It was hilarious.

What the entire roast of Sammy Davis Jr 😂😂😂

I bemoan the days before everything got someone triggered….

He was able to be a true comedian for decades entertaining all people. No Hate in his Humor!

People weren't crybabies back then.

No one was safe with Don Rickles on a stage or behind a mic.

He was a jew, but het could be an Italian godfather too 😂

I'd still like to know the thought process that came up with having him voice Mr. Potato Head in what was, ostensibly, a kids movie.

Don Rickles, sometimes known as "The Merchant of Venom"