Mr. Warmth

[slappy4428]

Has anyone seen this on HBO?
Nothing better than a healthy dose of Don Rickles....

 

[Chef]

Watched it from start to finish the other night.

One of the funniest ever, alive or dead.

 

[slappy4428]

You know, without looking, it occurs to me I might have DB'd this... Apologies to the original poster...

 

[patchs]

It is on all the time and love it.
I have to see Rickles before there's a RIP thread.
Guy is classic and no one will be able to do that kind of act in these times.
I wish CPO Sharkey was out on DVD.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

It is on all the time and love it.
I have to see Rickles before there's a RIP thread.
Guy is classic and no one will be able to do that kind of act in these times.
I wish CPO Sharkey was out on DVD.

Likewise.

I had a chance to see Frank in Atlanta in 1994 and didn't go.... Big regret.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

I thought you were talking about this guy:

 

[Dignan]

From the HBO footage I saw, Don Rickles on stage wasn't funny, he was just cruel. One of the "chinks" he chose to ridicule should have knocked him on his octagenarian ass.

 

[tonysoprano]

I agree with the above....watched it and laughed my ass off....I wish they would've had more performance stuff. I could care less what Robin Williams thinks about him. Some of the old Dean Martin roast stuff was genius.

 

[westcoastvol]

I saw Rickles last August.

*******, just epic. Legendary. He needed help getting up on the stage, but once he was there, he was 30 again.

He only plays a few shows a year now. If you're near or going to vegas, atlantic city, palm springs...so, soooooo worth it. The HBO special, while great, didn't do him justice live.

 

[hockeybeat]

I thought this thread was about Coach Hoodie.

 

[DanOregon]

Apparently he's best buds with Bob Newhart. Now those are two guys I'd love to take a road trip with.

 

[westcoastvol]

Newhart was at the show I was at here in LA in August, along with Rob Reiner, Shirley MacLaine, "Dennis...Koo...spinach or however the **** this Polock pronounces his name, says here he's running for president...yeah, good luck with that ****, pal!"

 

[TwoGloves]

Saw him about 10 years at the Desert Inn. I could not have been more disappointed. He was ****ing awful. Same tired jokes he was telling 30 years ago and he insisted on singing something like four songs. Newhart was right in the special when he said he told Rickles nobody wants to hear him sing. Take my advice and save your money.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I saw him a couple years ago... Tremendous...

I was scared when I saw this thread that something had happened...

He had a Sinatra story in his book that he was at somewhere in Vegas on a date and he saw Sinatra there and he went over and said, "Hey Frank, can you come over to my table and say hi so I can impress my date?"

Sinatra did just that and when he did, Rickles looked at him and said, "Frank will you leave me alone? For christs sake, I'm with a woman..."

Great stuff... One of the best ever...

 

[tonysoprano]

If you want to see something funny, go on youtube and search for Rickles...there's an interview he did with Tom Schneider a while back that was great....

 

[GB-Hack]

Saw a poster locally that said Newhardt was coming in for a couple of shows locally.

I'm interested in seeing him, and that's onyl having seen bits and pieces of his TV series. How good is his live act?

 

[Huggy]

I saw him a couple years ago... Tremendous...

I was scared when I saw this thread that something had happened...

He had a Sinatra story in his book that he was at somewhere in Vegas on a date and he saw Sinatra there and he went over and said, "Hey Frank, can you come over to my table and say hi so I can impress my date?"

Sinatra did just that and when he did, Rickles looked at him and said, "Frank will you leave me alone? For christs sake, I'm with a woman..."

Great stuff... One of the best ever...

I heard Frank tell that story except Rickles was dining with his wife and her parents and told Frank they were huge fans and would love it if he came by. Frank did and Rickles said, "**** off, Frank, can't you see we're eating?"

 

[westcoastvol]

Saw a poster locally that said Newhardt was coming in for a couple of shows locally.

I'm interested in seeing him, and that's onyl having seen bits and pieces of his TV series. How good is his live act?

Totally do it. He broke into the biz doing spoken-word recordings and standup. He hardly ever, ever does standup. If you like deadpan, intellectual stuff, by al means do it.