Re: RIP: Don Rickles, 90

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

@I am still oxox wrote:
Many years ago we saw him on the same bill as Joan Rivers at Westbury Music Fair

@I am still oxox OMG I did too! They were so funny I never stopped laughing for two seconds!

I had tickets to see them together at Westbury in June 2015, 9 months after she died. I still get misty thinking about her and how much life she still had to live. I sincerely miss her and know I will miss Don Rickles as well, being a lifetime fan of both.

I hope they're both cracking each other up in heaven!

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

Ibby114 · ‎03-10-2010

@momtochloe wrote:
@qvcaddition wrote:
Jimmy Kimmell came out crying tonight. He was good friends with DR. He talked about their dinners together and read some of the ThAnk you notes DR sent him. He had a tough time holding back the tears. Showed clips.
@qvcaddition this clip from Jimmy Kimmel's show made me cry as his emotions were so raw and real and a genuine tribute to Mr. Rickles from a clearly genuine fan:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-jimmy-kimmel-breaks-down-during-emotional-tribute-to-don-rickle...

What a terrirfic tribute, thanks for posting this!

RainCityWoman · ‎06-16-2015

@kivah wrote:
@Cats3000 wrote:
Whoever referred to him as "abrasive" should hang his/her head in shame.

Rickles was one of the funniest people around. His nickmname was "Mr. Warmth" and by the end of his act everyone was sweating in laughter. He NEVER hurt anyone with his humor. He even kept today's generation in stitches of laughter.

We are losing a genre of comedians that will never be replaced. It is sad.
@Cats3000
I realize there are people who have NO sense of humor or who are just very DULL. No one would think Joan Rivers or Don Rickles were abrasive!!!!! I guess u just have to understand the humor. These 2 - and others - were true professionals --- they needed to entertain. Imagine the world without these 2 comics --------- nothing to laugh about anymore as the world has gotten so evil.
There was a time in the 1950s/60s/70s/80s and 90s --- when we had so much talent on tv. So much entertainment - comics, singers, dancers, tv hosts, ie, Merv Griffin, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson. Today - most of us get depressed just turning on the tv.

So if one has personal likes and dislikes in comedy and they aren't the "right" likes and dislikes, they are very dull, have no sense of humor, and don't "understand" the humor. Right. Got it. EYEROLL.