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To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.
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I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.
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Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.
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Regis Philbin is very successful in his own right. We have a new thing where he have chairs and we sit and talk to each other about my career and his career. It works pretty well if I do say so.
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It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.
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I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
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Who am I to judge is what I say. I'm 90 years old, for crying out loud, and I don't sit in any chariot.
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I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
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I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.
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I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
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In the old days, that was my ad-lib for hecklers in the joints I worked. It stuck with me. I hardly say it now, say, to fans, even though people do send me hockey pucks.
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When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit.
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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
Don Rickles
I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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I always enjoy being full of fun, but I have my serious moments. Some women go for the studious kind of guy, I certainly was not that. If a girl is looking for somebody different and maybe a little more exciting for themselves - someone more on the fun side, I would suggest that they look for a type like Don Rickles.
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When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
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