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5. Don Rickles was known as.....Mr.Warmth..

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 08:09 AM

Mar 2022

I used to stay up late to watch him on Johnny Carson or Merv Griffin. Loved him when he was on Dean Martin's Roast shows. I was younger then and not as mature as I try to be now.

But today, we must take care about who and what gets to be comedic fodder. It was a monologue of George Carlin's over 30 years about political correctness..."You can't say toilet paper anymore, it's bathroom tissue.. You can't say cripple anymore. It's handicapped."

Unlike Don Rickles, George Carlin made you think about things.

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I remember a couple of times Don Rickles appeared on a late night TV show. [View all] fightforfreedom Mar 2022 OP

He should have. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #1

That's a matter of opinion. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #2

Oh FFS... dixiechiken1 Mar 2022 #8

Rickles was an ass. Kingofalldems Mar 2022 #3

I always found Rickles disturbing alittlelark Mar 2022 #4

I never like him either. ananda Mar 2022 #6

Don Rickles was known as.....Mr.Warmth.. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2022 #5

Carlin was ok, but too dry at times Polybius Mar 2022 #12

Betty White. jeffreyi Mar 2022 #7

I'm surprised Ricky Gervais has emerged unscathed from his Golden Globe wanda4rafi Mar 2022 #9

I never liked the man. Even as a very little kid all I saw was a mean human being standing there LizBeth Mar 2022 #10

Rickles Insulted everybody Ferryboat Mar 2022 #11