Posted on 11/28/2008 4:14:55 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
You forgot to mention Zero’s career selling crack to his teammates. I’m so glad that we have been able as a nation to move beyond the fact that george Bush had a few beers in his youth to the relatively insignificant fact that Obamanation, whose picture will stand along side george Washington’s, was a crack head, a crack addict and sold crack to other kids to feed his habit. Gee, what an intelligent electorate we have.
I would not be surprised. He’s an entertainer. Not necessarily what he portrays himself to be on stage.
Interesting, true story...
Friend of mine’s Mom loved Dean Martin. In her 80’s when she saw one of his late shows in Vegas. It was kinda raunchy.
She was very disappointed.
Somehow, word got to Martin that this fan was disappointed.
He showed up at her hotel room the next morning. Explained to her that the late show gets a little nasty after everyone has been drinking. Invites her to the next night’s early show as his guest...
Great guy.
Dean was class.
I recently read Jerry Lewis' autobiography, "Dean and Me". Jerry was absolutely gushing over Dean, his singing and comedy talent.
I miss all those old pro comedians.
“I miss all those old pro comedians.”
Same here.
I got here in 1983.
Many, many times do I wish I would have got here in 1963, too see the spectacle of talent on display....just wow.
Too bad I was born in '56, lol.
I met Red Fox at Sam's Town, playing Keno. Met him in line to bet / collect, he came over to sit by me....I hit it big, $1,100 on a 5/6, played the birthdays of my family....
He gave me so much sh!t, "Honkie wins - he's buying, unless he is a cheap b!tch!" - then he looked at me and said, "you ain't no cheap b!tch are ya?"
Priceless........
There is no other place like Las Vegas.
LaterI saw Sinatra on one of his last tours, maybe his last, and Rickles was the set up. Still hysterical.
Sinatra, of course, was brilliant. What a great show.
Since then I have given Rickles another chance. Sometimes he can be a little dated or off-key, but overall he is an original genius.
-PJ
“These are new jokes, I’m trying out in front of a bad crowd.” Priceless.
Pray for W and Our Troops
I agree. Insult humor, like Rickles and Joan Rivers, is grating and profoundly unfunny.
Many years ago, I saw a Don Rickles routine. He said he’d visited Japan, and that the Japanese were so polite. Everywhere he went, the people bowed and said to him, “Ah-so, Ah-so!”
Rickles mocks and defuses "stupid" ethnic stereotypes. In this case it is the old stereotype, "black guy = basketball player". When Rickles gets going in his act, people laugh at that kind of humor.
If Obama was a former NBA player then the joke would not have been a Rickles-type joke.
Laugh at it or not, call it a stupid joke or not, with your above long explanation of how the joke would have been funny, you miss the Rickles formula.
I would pay myself a million bucks if I could listen to him 10 min & not outright laugh.
LMAO I love both of othe videos. Thanks, Rickles is great!
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“Ah-so, Ah-so!”
LOL. That sounds like him.
Right, but it was OK, even compulsory for ‘hollywierd’ types to get up on stage and regurgitate all forms of filth and slander against President Bush!
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