Posted on 05/25/2016 5:04:55 PM PDT by lowbridge
Sweetie, Don Rickles says, welcoming us to his sumptuous Spanish villa near Beverly Hills. Can I get anything for you, dear?
This is the comedian known as the Merchant of Venom, the Insult King from Queens, Mr. Warmth (as in precisely the opposite). But not once in a convivial afternoon will he lob an insult our way, the sort he hurls at friends and fans alike, the latter paying handsomely for a dose of Rickles ridicule. At one point, he takes our left hand, bows his bullet head and, in the custom of an Old World courtier, bestows a kiss.
Its one of Hollywoods worst-kept secrets that Don Rickles is a mensch.
He is beloved by Morgan Freeman, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood. The kindest man Ive come into contact with, Johnny Depp gushed at a star-studded tribute two years ago.
Sinatra adored him. Frank was the kind of guy, there was no gray area, says Rickles. He either loved you or fuggedaboutit.
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Don Rickles had a TV show in the 60s which I watched every week. This was before Archie Bunker.
How old are you?
Muscular dystrophy.
That was funny!!! Just to see Reagan relatively young and cracking up.
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