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Long but funny - Rickles on Carson. 1973 (Original Post)
underpants
Jan 2020
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Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)1. OMG, my sister and I would stay up to watch "The Tonight Show" and when Rickles came on...
We would laugh to the point of tears. NO ONE could get away with that today, nor should they, yet he was one of a kind.
mucifer
(23,487 posts)7. I think Larry David learned a bit from Rickles. He said as much in interviews.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. What a lineup! Buddy, Burt and Rickles
The Borscht-Belters and the Bandit!
True Blue Drew
(88 posts)3. Rickles was Fantastic
Some people objected to his frequent use of ethnic humor, but I never did, because he skewered everybody, including Jews, of which he was one. And most important of all, he was genuinely hilarious!
underpants
(182,632 posts)4. Welcome to DU
True Blue Drew
(88 posts)5. Hey!
Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)8. There was something about his delivery that negated the insults.
I can't explain it and I don't think it's been done since.
On edit: Welcome!
True Blue Drew
(88 posts)9. Rickles' Approach, IMHO
Was along the lines of, "Hey, no matter what ethnic group we belong to, there are stereotypes about us, so let's play with that, let's laugh about it!" And laughing at biases is the best way to deprive them of their power.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)6. And they're all gone now.