# R.I.P. Don Rickles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908 "2017-04-06T18:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/1 "2017-04-06T18:16:37Z")
Hey, you hockey pucks, [Don Rickles has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-rickles-dead-legendary-comic-was-90-720153). I think my favourite bit was when he played an old Army buddy of Maxwell Smart on _Get Smart_. Agent 86 puts him on the phone with the President. When Rickles hangs up he says, ‘I didn’t vote for him. But I use his baby powder!’ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/2 "2017-04-06T18:18:11Z")
A very, very funny guy. Who was well known for being extremely kind and caring off stage. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/3 "2017-04-06T18:18:43Z")
Awwwww, I liked him. _He was a nice guy!_ My favorite non-standup comic moment was when he played Bald Eagle, Wild Eagle’s son on _F Troop_. “KILL! KIIILLL! KILL!!!” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/4 "2017-04-06T18:21:05Z")
He’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/5 "2017-04-06T18:21:30Z")
Thanks for the chuckles “Mr. Warmth.” Crapgame: Then make a DEAL! Big Joe: What kind of deal? Crapgame: A DEAL, deal! Maybe the guy’s a Republican. “Business is business,” right? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/6 "2017-04-06T18:23:19Z")
Anyone remember _CPO Sharkey_? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/7 "2017-04-06T18:24:33Z")
One of the few people to make fun of Sinatra to his face in front of a crowd and live to tell about it. RIP, Don. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/8 "2017-04-06T18:25:19Z")
He called me a hockey puck once. RIP, Don. Ask Saint Peter “Who picks out your clothes, Stevie Wonder?” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/9 "2017-04-06T18:34:05Z")
I remember him on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Quite a character. His comedy had a bite to it. But I always thought Don didn’t mean any harm. 90 is a good long life. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/10 "2017-04-06T18:36:49Z")
Johnny sure thought he was hilarious; I didn’t. I thought he kind of an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/11 "2017-04-06T18:36:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Anyone remember _CPO Sharkey_? As with so many others, I only remember it because of the time Carson interrupted the filming. > [@silenus](#): > > He called me a hockey puck once. Really? Neat. [I love this clip of Johnny Carson, Don Rickles, and the hot tub. Hilarious.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uXCmnPUus) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/12 "2017-04-06T18:46:25Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/13 "2017-04-06T18:59:13Z")
My favorite: "I said Dad, take me to the zoo. He said, if the zoo want’s you they can come and get you. I get no respect." Like Jonathan Winters and Buddy Hackett, Just off-the-wall funny and if they chose to they could do their act without having to use the F-bombs to get people to laugh. RIP ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/14 "2017-04-06T19:01:25Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > One of the few people to make fun of Sinatra to his face in front of a crowd and live to tell about it. RIP, Don. Indeed. “Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody.” A very very funny guy. I’ll miss him tremendously. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/15 "2017-04-06T19:04:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > As with so many others, I only remember it because of the time Carson interrupted the filming. > > Really? Neat. > [I love this clip of Johnny Carson, Don Rickles, and the hot tub. Hilarious.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uXCmnPUus) [A clip of the infamous “cigarette box” incident 😃](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj2S2n64DeQ) ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/16 "2017-04-06T19:05:46Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > My favorite: > > "I said Dad, take me to the zoo. > > He said, if the zoo want’s you they can come and get you. > > I get no respect." > > Like Jonathan Winters and Buddy Hackett, Just off-the-wall funny and if they chose to they could do their act without having to use the F-bombs to get people to laugh. > > RIP OOps, I got it wrong. That was Dangerfield. Sorry. Still funny. Missed the edit window. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/17 "2017-04-06T19:14:35Z")
I’ve been listening to a lot of Gilbert Gottfried’s podcast lately and they speak of Rickles often; just yesterday I listened to his Bob Saget interview and they spoke of him at the Friars club. This morning, I listened to WTF. Maron was interviewing Jeff Ross, who was also a Friar and knew Rickles well. I think I killed Rickles. More likely Marc Maron and Jeff Ross did, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/18 "2017-04-06T19:20:45Z")
Never cared for his style. I understand it was all in good fun and so forth, but nope. RIP nonetheless. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/19 "2017-04-06T19:33:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Hey, you hockey pucks, [Don Rickles has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-rickles-dead-legendary-comic-was-90-720153). > > I think my favourite bit was when he played an old Army buddy of Maxwell Smart on _Get Smart_. Agent 86 puts him on the phone with the President. When Rickles hangs up he says, ‘I didn’t vote for him. But I use his baby powder!’ If I remember that episode correctly, Rickles also did a perfect Don Adams impression on the phone. R.I.P., Mr. Potato Head. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908/20 "2017-04-06T19:40:42Z")
Given his shtick, would it be appropriate to move this thread to The Pit? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-don-rickles/783908.md?page=2)