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Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
Don Rickles
Me
Will
King
Fine
Call
Sir
Jew
Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.
Don Rickles
Service
Great
You
Club
Pay
Want
Room
Room Service
Sandwich
An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.
Don Rickles
Best
Day
Me
King
Unkind
Gave
Guy
Johnny
Johnny Carson
He
Insult
Title
Mean
Warmth
Use
Milton
The girls, like, in we'll say Hooters, have less clothing than the girls I worked with in those days. We thought it was wild when they just wore little bells and so forth. But today, in restaurants, some of the waitresses almost work in the nude, you know, to get business.
Don Rickles
Work
Today
You
Business
Thought
Girl
Wild
Say
Those
Restaurants
Some
Almost
Days
Like
Know
Than
Get
Just
Clothing
Little
Wore
Forth
Worked
Less
Bells
There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage.
Don Rickles
Think
Onstage
Between
Insult
Friendly
Offensive
Jab
Difference
Actual
Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment.
Don Rickles
Entertainment
Pot
Vegas
Boiling
Las Vegas
Girls were scared of me because I can be loud. Barbara, my wife of 51 years, is very low-key. She was my picture agent's secretary.
Don Rickles
Me
Wife
Girl
Picture
Secretary
Scared
She
Because
Were
Years
Loud
Very
Barbara
Agent
Low-Key
I never went out looking for glory.
Don Rickles
Looking
Out
Never
Glory
Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
Don Rickles
Life
Business
My Life
Sold
Kid
Laughed
Nobody
Insurance
Show
Show Business
Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
Don Rickles
Phones
Cares
Only
Dummy
Who
Who Cares
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
Don Rickles
Knowledge
First
Later
Guy
Comedians
Doing
Trying
Different
Then
Really
Started
Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
Don Rickles
Myself
Well
Call
Always
Wanted
Actor
You know what's funny to me? Attitude.
Don Rickles
Funny
Attitude
Me
You
Know
I was a mother's boy.
Don Rickles
Mother
Boy
They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.
Don Rickles
Me
Hurt
Word
Everybody
Our
Insecurities
Exaggerate
Make
Insult
Always
Did
Sitting
Anybody
Use
Fun
Here
I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.
Don Rickles
Joke
Situation
Tell
Becomes
Cannot
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
Don Rickles
Problem
Light
TV
Know
How
Fix
Goes
Midnight
I still have drive, but everything is relative.
Don Rickles
Drive
Relative
Everything
Still
You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
Don Rickles
You
Lose
Energy
Excitement
Audience
Up
Gets
Your
I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid.
Don Rickles
Kid
Out
Insecurities
Guy
Always
Making
Fun
Even
My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
Don Rickles
Work
Day
Great
Wife
Performance
Between
She
Off
Barbara
I've been to Philadelphia a lot of times over the years, playing the old Celebrity Room and most of the other clubs around there that don't exist anymore.
Don Rickles
Old
Other
Over
Most
Around
Been
Years
Exist
Lot
Times
Celebrity
Anymore
Clubs
Room
Playing
Philadelphia
Sinatra was somebody special.
Don Rickles
Somebody
Sinatra
Special
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
Don Rickles
Day
People
School
Reputation
Say
Academy
Always
Been
Impressed
Very
American
Fantastic
I've never had a written script.
Don Rickles
Never
Had
Written
Script
The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.
Don Rickles
You
Before
Minutes
Pushes
Study
Know
Person
Did
Average
Realizing
Working
Average Person
Elevator
Button
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