Thursday, March 28, AD 2024 2:50pm

Requiescat In Pace: Don Rickles

 

Don Rickles, the master of insult comedy, has died at 90.  Unlike lesser practitioners of that comedic black art, Rickles’ barbs were clever and not mean-spirited.  A World War II veteran, he was married for 52 years to his one and only wife.  I will miss him.

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T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Thursday, April 6, AD 2017 8:19pm

RIP, funny man. I think about people who got a smile out of him, when things were pretty bleak. People who knew him said he was a nice man.

Only thing, I doubt he would have roasted Chuck Norris.

Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Friday, April 7, AD 2017 4:25am

Growing up and watching him slam his peers was gut splitting funny. Quick and to the core he had incredible timing and wit. Indeed, Rest in Peace Mr. Rickles.

Penguins Fan
Penguins Fan
Friday, April 7, AD 2017 5:00am

Rickles was funny without being vulgar. Nobody roasts Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris does not roast Chuck Norris.

John Schuh
John Schuh
Friday, April 7, AD 2017 9:11am

Pickles, like so many of the great comedians, had a sense of the absurd. We laughed because he told the truth about our common humanity with
barbs that had no sting.

Greg Mockeridge
Greg Mockeridge
Saturday, April 8, AD 2017 4:18pm

Here he is roasting then-Gov. Ronald Reagan. Rickles could target someone with insult humor without making them feel insulted.

https://youtu.be/ZblPwNLH6hg

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