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For people who only know his stage persona, the true “Don Rickles” is hard to grasp.

I had to explain the whole thing to my sister today, whop only knew him as “The Insult Guy”. Since the whole Catskill Schtick is long gone, it is hard to explain this to people.

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[Impala64ssa]

...Since the whole Catskill Schtick is long gone, it is hard to explain this to people.
I remember as a kid spending summers in the Catskills before my parents moved out of daBronx to Rockland County. Good times. The "Seasoned Citizens" who lived there all their lives would say air conditioning killed the Catskills.