Don always had that old look like he was going to die in the next 45 minutes. White folks age so prematurely. That's what made me laugh about him anyway. I never listened to what came out of the old bat's mouth
No, I think Don relished a worthy riposte from his target. It kept the banter interesting and challenging. Jay did great and Don took it as good as he dished it.
Leno is a tool. The job of the host is to service the guest, to give the guest a platform to shine. He tried to keep up, but Rickles just rolled right through him.
It's hard for people to understand comedy based on stereotypes because they take it personally. And that's why you have to be a genius comedian to get away with dark humor. And Don was one.
That is a true statement BUT Don's time has come and gone. His style of humor has lost it's punch as the Super Stars pass away. Plus Don is like the poster boy that the Political Correct nuts stand against.
Leno's audience never truly understood Don's humor. I felt like when Leno came on, Carson's audience went to Letterman. I know Rickles was not thrilled about Leno getting the show. And Leno didn't know how to play the role with Rickles.
that is a good point really about leno not knowing how to play the role- his audience isn't really to blame for the boo'ing, leno kinda is since don was doing the same kind of shtick he always did. if leno opened with an insult or two, it would have allowed don to do his thing with proper effect instead of coming off as a sudden attack on jay
I usually hate Leno, but I have to say I thought he did pretty well here TRYING to steer Rickles away from some of the more questionable material (Jerry's Kids etc.).
This was right around the time of his great cameo in "Dirty Work". He was a huge star in he 70's but it was great that he was able to get a whole new audience with roles in "Casino" and other great 90's films. One of the all time greats, RIP
@@TrevorToonArt lol...and you base this hot take on what info, exactly? Most guests are just there because they have to promote their new movie/album/whatever, and have zero interest in being there beyond the hour or so that they show up, get ready and leave, let alone sit around all day rehearsing some fake conversation. Unless there's a giant conspiracy and every host is lying for their lizard overlords, hosts greet guests in their dressing rooms, then bring them out and ask a bunch of questions scripted to get the guest to talk. It's not rocket science, and scripting, memorizing and rehearsing entire conversations would be both impossible and pointless.
Nobody and nothing was sacred to Don. "Step up and be shredded" was his raison d'etre when he was on stage. Off-stage - and it was long after I learned to enjoy his work that I learned this - he was the sweetest and kindest soul you could imagine. God bless you, Don. Thank you for all the laughs.
Notorious RC3 Leno is revered in the comedy world, especially for his stand-up & crowd work before the Tonight Show so to say he’s not funny at all is preposterous. But he’s no match for Rickles, but to be fair no one is.
I'm just really discovering Don, but man have I missed out! This guy is comedic gold! Cant believe I havent heard of this guy in my 30 years of life. I got a lot of videos to go through
7:40 Rickles starts going into a bit about his wife asking if he fooled around before he met her and Leno interrupts the bit. Now I remember why I never watched him.
Lame crowd. The Richard Simmons line got the best response. Like when Leno points out "my mother's from Scotland" after Don's done an impression of her as a mafioso.
11:47 Rickles does his notorious impression of one of ''Jerry's Kids'' from Lewis' Annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon followed by the merciless imitation of Jerry Lewis, himself, in classic cornball fashion, warbling away in tribute to the afflicted. This goes over not only Leno's head but that of most audience members as well.
Everyone seems to think don hated Leno but he did this with every interviewer. They were clearly roasting each other on purpose and not out of spite. Just look at 13:48 and see. Don clearly laughed genuinely. People just love to rag on Jay because he wasn’t the best host all the time.
My friend use to not like Don Rickles, but after watching clips like this, they love his sense of humor. This is hilarious, keep it up, you don’t have enough subscribers or views for videos as good as this.
I never watched Leno. Terrible host. Didn’t care about the answers. Made Don work extra hard with his lack of skill in interviewing, and you can tell Rickles doesn’t care for him.
When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high And don’t be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm, there’s a golden sky And the sweet, silver song of a lark Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone You’ll never walk alone Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone You’ll never walk alone
Went back and watched a Rickles / Carson show. The big difference is they were friends (along with Sinatra, etc.) going back to NY. It wasn't just a celebrity appearance.
I can't believe people actually booed Don Rickles.
ditto
And they kept at it. Assholes.
like do any of them knew who he was because then u wouldn't boo him then.
Frankincensed .
Don't worry I am sure Franky went and paid them a visit with Vito.
"I'M RICH, FAKE IT!"
Amazing line
😂
I wish I could say that 😃🤣
Fucking wrecked
Jay Leno is realizing here he can't outdo Mr. Don Rickles... you're not in the same league, Leno! Lol
Or Rodney Dangerfield , George Carlin, George Burns
U got that Rite my man
I'm 24 but I love all of these old comics. There's no one quite like don rickles and there never will be.
*wishmeluck* you looked into Redd Foxx?
SAME
Well that's great! Have a cookie...
Don always had that old look like he was going to die in the next 45 minutes. White folks age so prematurely. That's what made me laugh about him anyway. I never listened to what came out of the old bat's mouth
I'll be 27 in June, I absolutely love watching these comedian greats. And of course on Johnny Carson
I love how Don was patient with Jay for _exactly_ *four minutes* and *forty-three seconds-* and then he just _had_ to unleash the *zingers.*
Dancing hands was just too far for Don 😂😂
Jay is such a defensive type who feels the need to “win” each exchange. Don kills him. True legend don we miss you
Great comment! The great talk show hosts don't compete with the guest, they feed & set up the guest stories, which make them & the show look great !
Don Rickles was the undefeated champion of the put down. Even Letterman and Stern were forced to be the straight man to him. They knew better.
No, I think Don relished a worthy riposte from his target. It kept the banter interesting and challenging. Jay did great and Don took it as good as he dished it.
Well, I mean Don is THEE killer
Leno is a tool. The job of the host is to service the guest, to give the guest a platform to shine. He tried to keep up, but Rickles just rolled right through him.
Don Rickles’ jokes are so amazing. His charisma is absolutely unmatched.
What 'jokes'?
@@manofiske3318try again you lame minority 😂 dons the goat always will be
RIP Don Rickles
He smashed Jay with that line - I'm RICH! FAKE IT!! HAHAHAHAHA😆😆😆😆! That hurt my chest with laughter!😂I actually had to pause the video!!🤣
Ahh.. Mr. Warmth! Love this guy, he was so sharp, everything off the cuff. A genius at work. Best of the best!
"This mans a moose" bhaaa haaaa! Rickles was a legend, never to be duplicated. God bless.
Don Rickles (1926-2017) You'll be truly missed sir! Thanks for the all laughs! "Master of the Insult"
I can guarantee you he won't be missed by who was changing his depends which was clearly going on during these years by the looks of him
Never get tired of this Don. R.I.P. We love you and miss you Don. Thank you very much for memories!!
It's hard for people to understand comedy based on stereotypes because they take it personally. And that's why you have to be a genius comedian to get away with dark humor. And Don was one.
That is a true statement BUT Don's time has come and gone. His style of humor has lost it's punch as the Super Stars pass away. Plus Don is like the poster boy that the Political Correct nuts stand against.
@@stevemazz3121 well said
@@2sanblade He was jewish so that gave himn a shield....
Jay Leno had no energy here.
We’ve grown so sensitive as a society. It’s comedy. I would be honored to have had a guy like Don Rickles imitate me.
Nobody boos Mr Rickles. They are all dead fish. Garbonanzo is coming for you, Leno fans. Don is AMAZING.
Yeah a bunch of asses for booing, they took the jokes personally.
The Leno fans have been taken care of by the great Manco Mangananzo.
Welcome to our present and future...modern, post-'60s Marxism.
GOODBYE DON....THANKS FOR MAKING ME LAUGH ALL MY LIFE. ESPECIALLY WHEN I REALLY NEEDED IT. REST IN PEACE FRIEND
I'm rich Fake it!, AWESOME Line
Rickles owns Leno.
He owned everyone
Steve Kowalchuk, fact👊
in all those years I never watched a single Tonight Show with jay leno. He just didn't do it for me. I'm here to watch Rickles, thank you very much.
12:59 don owns Leno. Don was a legend.
Leno's audience never truly understood Don's humor. I felt like when Leno came on, Carson's audience went to Letterman. I know Rickles was not thrilled about Leno getting the show. And Leno didn't know how to play the role with Rickles.
that is a good point really about leno not knowing how to play the role- his audience isn't really to blame for the boo'ing, leno kinda is since don was doing the same kind of shtick he always did. if leno opened with an insult or two, it would have allowed don to do his thing with proper effect instead of coming off as a sudden attack on jay
BroadwayDivo If Carson's audience went to Letterman then Leno wouldn't have beat him in the ratings every night for 20 years.
I usually hate Leno, but I have to say I thought he did pretty well here TRYING to steer Rickles away from some of the more questionable material (Jerry's Kids etc.).
BroadwayDivo
totally agree. its why i nevee watched Jay. love his Jays garage tho.
BroadwayDivo
i never saw Leno live, but, you get the feeling he doesn't like to be made fun of.
"what do you do with Mavis - circle the bed and yell, I'm rich...fake it"
damn genius Don always made everyone feel horrible then 3 seconds later made them feel great
This was right around the time of his great cameo in "Dirty Work". He was a huge star in he 70's but it was great that he was able to get a whole new audience with roles in "Casino" and other great 90's films. One of the all time greats, RIP
Don was awesome. Leno could not keep up with him
I don't anyone can
Only Johnny sometimes did.
@@Kevil911 true, Johnny could.
@Mr Lion Ok maybe not, nobody could really...but better than most.
Wishes 4 Ever the show is scripted. Everything is fake. It was probably Leno’s idea for Rickles to act like that. The crowd was told to boo.
when god made don rickles , he broke the mold ! there will never be another comedian like him , he was truely unique
Leno even trying to keep up is cringey. Letterman knew to just let him go.
ditto
Carson was the only one to be able to take jabs back at Don
@@jordanholliday9163
"You have a face that could hold a 3-day rain."
Agree. He was much better with Letterman.
Jay Leno sucked at letting legends be legends. He's trying to dominate the exchange instead of letting Rickles get active. Smh.
you haven't the faintest clue what you're talking about. "smh"
Yeah Joe he is right actually.
The more you learn about Leno's career, the more you see what an incredibly insecure guy he was.
I'm going to burst your bubble but this is all fake. All talk shows rehearse these conversations.
@@TrevorToonArt lol...and you base this hot take on what info, exactly? Most guests are just there because they have to promote their new movie/album/whatever, and have zero interest in being there beyond the hour or so that they show up, get ready and leave, let alone sit around all day rehearsing some fake conversation. Unless there's a giant conspiracy and every host is lying for their lizard overlords, hosts greet guests in their dressing rooms, then bring them out and ask a bunch of questions scripted to get the guest to talk. It's not rocket science, and scripting, memorizing and rehearsing entire conversations would be both impossible and pointless.
Why Is Don Rickles So Damn Funny Literally Everything He Says Is Gold 😂😂
Nobody and nothing was sacred to Don. "Step up and be shredded" was his raison d'etre when he was on stage. Off-stage - and it was long after I learned to enjoy his work that I learned this - he was the sweetest and kindest soul you could imagine. God bless you, Don. Thank you for all the laughs.
Don had incredible chemistry with Carson and Letterman. Not so much with Leno, but still hilarious.
He was an old fat white man who looked like he would die in the next hour. Hardy har har!!!
Actually nobody did. I wonder why?
Leno's audience = Fallon's audience.
Letterman's audience = Carson's audience = Conan's audience
RIP Don. Best comic ever,,,,,
"I'm rich, fake it!" ... oh man, he has to be the greatest comedian ever.
RIP Don Rickles.
A legend forever will be missed Don RIP
Speak for yourself. the staff changing his depends won't miss him
Carson played a great straight man for rickles. Leno tries to out funny him.
Its hard to be funny when you never were to begin with. Rickles is the Eminem of comedy.. he's unbeefable
Its hard to be funny is you were never were to begin with.. Rickles is the Eminem of comedy. He's unbeefable.
Yeah and look where it got him....Don ran right over him
True
Notorious RC3 Leno is revered in the comedy world, especially for his stand-up & crowd work before the Tonight Show so to say he’s not funny at all is preposterous. But he’s no match for Rickles, but to be fair no one is.
My Hero,
RIP to Mr. Warmth
The great talk show hosts don't compete with the guest, they feed & set up the guest stories, which make them & the show look great !
RIP Don, you were the best. Jay and his audience don't get your brilliance!
Rickles was so sharp right till the end ! :)
The KING of Comedy Sarcasm R.I.P. Don Rickles
Crowd is lame.
The crowd is clueless about comedy.
Most libs are.
What a horrible audience, they don't get Don's genius.
@@DickDigglerIII Correct......back East they got it better
@@DickDigglerIII Nailiiiing it!!!
Jack Black you are a poor excuse for a Russian troll. Add some history to your account and come back and try to divide us some more.
They are too busy shrieking at everything.
jag leno didn't help
I'm just really discovering Don, but man have I missed out! This guy is comedic gold! Cant believe I havent heard of this guy in my 30 years of life. I got a lot of videos to go through
"i'm rich,fake it!"😂
It's truly amazing how quick on his feet Rickles was!!
7:40 Rickles starts going into a bit about his wife asking if he fooled around before he met her and Leno interrupts the bit. Now I remember why I never watched him.
Lame crowd. The Richard Simmons line got the best response. Like when Leno points out "my mother's from Scotland" after Don's done an impression of her as a mafioso.
Rickles is just tooooo fast for us ALL😂
Once you watch all of Don’s appearances on Carson, this just doesn’t compare.
Rickles is great ,my favorite ..rips people to Shreds 😂
Love his intro music. Pops into my head out of the blue now and then.
11:47 Rickles does his notorious impression of one of ''Jerry's Kids'' from Lewis' Annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon followed by the merciless imitation of Jerry Lewis, himself, in classic cornball fashion, warbling away in tribute to the afflicted. This goes over not only Leno's head but that of most audience members as well.
If you saw Jay and Rickles clashing in this video, you missed the truth. They were playing together.
Everyone seems to think don hated Leno but he did this with every interviewer. They were clearly roasting each other on purpose and not out of spite.
Just look at 13:48 and see. Don clearly laughed genuinely. People just love to rag on Jay because he wasn’t the best host all the time.
Rickles tore Leno's ass up
13:48 Ha! Don secretly loved being ragged-on; he respected anybody gutsy enough to try it.
Don Rickles is a top 5 comedian easily..
"I gave them a bucket of corn and they left me alone"
"I Thought you were working the light!"......🤣
This isn't "duking it out", this is Don absolutely destroying Jay. It's like watching a titan go up against a todler
'... _toddler_ '
Leno is a classless narcissist
Carson always made his guest look good
Leno just keeps trying to one up Rickles
Never like Leno
A snake.
Man, there’s no one like Mr. Rickles RIP 🙏🏽🤩
Happy 96th Birthday Mr Warmth 🎁 We love you Champion 🏆 Mickey Australia 🇦🇺
I love the look of appreciation on Dons face after the coconut dig from Leno. 👍🏻
RICKLES RULES!!!....RIP Mr.Rickles.
My friend use to not like Don Rickles, but after watching clips like this, they love his sense of humor. This is hilarious, keep it up, you don’t have enough subscribers or views for videos as good as this.
Two dynamite people, rickles and leno....CLASSIC!!
Really don't see what's so "classic" about it.
“I was driving the truck” what. What a bad joke
"What do you do with Mavis? Circle the bed, yell "I'm rich, fake it"?" Man, Don was the King!!!
Don and Leno, oh dam...that was hilarious
And Kevin in the background 😂
I had a smile on my face the whole time.
I never watched Leno. Terrible host. Didn’t care about the answers. Made Don work extra hard with his lack of skill in interviewing, and you can tell Rickles doesn’t care for him.
Once in a lifetime talent. RIP
Goodbye Mr Rickles
You were a true Don
You made us laugh and brought us joy
It's so sad now that you're gone
Anyone notice how jay wouldn’t let Don touch his albums?
"is that a coconut" - he even cracked up don w/that one lol
Don Rickles and Robin Williams were cut from the same cloth. Amazingly quick witted and funny as hell.
I love you, my hero
Leno keeps interrupting; Carson knew the genius of the pause.
When I'm down I listen to Don!
RIP DON RICKLES
Don Rickles is so funny.
RIP DON 4/6/17
When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm, there’s a golden sky
And the sweet, silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone
Don rickles is such a high caliber talk show guest...
The best belly laugh provider of my life. Check out the roasts, much better than this.
one of the best!!!
This is the first time I have laughed in weeks!
Rickles hated Leno, and Leno knew it. Rickles was pulling for Letterman to get the Tonight Show.
Thanks Jay, that's a big help. 😂😂😂😂
Went back and watched a Rickles / Carson show. The big difference is they were friends (along with Sinatra, etc.) going back to NY. It wasn't just a celebrity appearance.
Leno couldn't even give Don the last word, no class. RIP Don Rickles
Yep
legend
Don: “What are you a moron?”
Leno: “Yeah…wait”
Best comedian of all time. R.I.P. DONNY BABY.
the timing and smoothness of 6:23 is pure brilliance
"...is that a coconut?" Priceless!
"I'm not with the Lakers!" LOL And RIP.
don rickles is all time
I love this man 🤣