Jack E. Leonard rips Merv and guests 1966

The original "insult" comic.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Smart, fast, funny. Always been a fan. Thanks great.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

He told Patty Duke 'be nice or I'll let the air out of your hair!" OMG! Too funny!

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Don Rickles before Don Rickles!

[@miyoshiumeki]

Yes. I think he did some movies in the 50s and by the 70s he was gone at 63. Not someone who is very well remembered, but he was seen a lot on TV in the 1960s.

[@davemiller4721]

Surely there were other insult comics working in the 50s and 60s. Rickles was legendary. So was Jack E Leonard. Both were in 1950s movies - Jack was a song and dance man, Rickles an actor. There was ample room for both of them, and more. They were not identical but both great.

[@1977TA]

Well every great entertainer learns from a great master. Michael Jackson learned from James Brown. Don Rickles learned from Jack Leonard.

[@jamespfitz]

Learned from... Stole from... Whatever

[@jamespfitz]

The "Bengal Lancer" was Arthur Treacher, who had nothing to do with fish and chips.

[@hugginkiss1027]

I can smell this video.

[@qigong1001]

The awkward pauses are the best.

[@jamesbomar3903]

Dadgummit, look at the cigarettes.....

[@Brando_M]

Was he the Rickles of his time?, He's really ripping them a new one.

[@miyoshiumeki]

I think he’s funnier than Rickles.

[@Jackinbarr]

Jack E. Leonard was Rickles before Rickles

[@patrickfrancis1877]

Rickles admits he stole Jack E Leonard's style

[@stephenperretti8847]

@brando...no, Rickles was the Jack E. Leonard of his day.

[@beagleman123456789]

Classic

[@rogeredwarrddeshon5000]

Charlie Callas was very funny in 'History of The World Pt One'

[@rogeredwarrddeshon5000]

Was he Fat Jack in 'The Disorderly Orderly', the Jerry Lewis comedy?

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

Merv is hopeless

[@kennethjinkins8967]

When I was a kid I couldn't stand him