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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.
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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I think they [Martin Scorsese, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra] liked my honesty. My personality. For that, they always treated me great. I, in turn, treated them great. No secret about it. My being who I am - that is that.
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I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
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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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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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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 was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew evenÂtually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys.
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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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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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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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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, Hey, when do the broads come on? I got good at saying, Relax. Clear your skin up first. They called me the insult guy, but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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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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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years.
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