Don Rickles Hilarious Interview | The Dick Cavett Show

Don Rickles puts his sharp tongue to task and has the auditorium howling with laughter in this classic interview from the Dick Cavett Show.

Date aired - 4/13/72 - Don Rickles

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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.

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[robparadise]

Got called out by Mr. Rickles at the Desert Inn in 1991 - SO HAPPY WHEN HE MADE FUN OF ME!

[JacobHall]

You know it’s good when almost 50 years on this still seems, quick, classy and hilarious what a golden era for the entertainment industry

[rvnprlmrose]

DON RICKLES: "I dont care what you pictured". 😂😂😂

[jonp]

You always knew it was coming with Rickles, but his delivery always managed to take you by surprise.

[whyfoldnow]

Best part about Rickles is he would be the first to laugh when someone got him with a zinger. He could truly take it as well or better than he could dish it

[TEDSong]

The way he closed by thanking the crowd the way he did was also very unique and always heartfelt.

[packman]

If you watch enough Don Rickles, he repeats many of the same lines but it NEVER GETS OLD! That was his brilliance. To sound fresh every time he performed!

[groney]

Don was pure genius and will never be duplicated.

[malbourne]

This segment aired April 13, 1972 - three months before I was born. And here I am watching this on April 13, 2021 - exactly 49 years to the date that it aired. R.I.P. Mr. Rickles, thank you for making this world a better place.

[ricobonifacio]

Don was the king of roasting people. No one ever really did it like him before or after.

[Maliceah]

When I was a kid I didn't like him or understand him. Now, I am in awe of his amazing timing and delivery.

[rjkral]

4:44 Dick comes back with the most Rickles-y line I’ve ever heard from him!! Good one!!! 😂😂😂

[tymcnish]

This is one of the best interviews i've seen of Don. Never seen him be serious. Very intelligent guy. Him and Newhart are two of my all time favorites.

[killaskrilla]

Don Rickles was a real one. 👑❤️ Thanks for the laughs. A Legends Legend

[kennethpogue]

Such a great ball buster. A true legend.

[mrdfac]

This is a very fine interview. Rickles actually talks seriously about his craft. Dick is a good interviewer.

[bilyg]

Rickles was a one of a kind genius. He didn’t have a set act or script. Every show he ever did, whether it was five minutes or a whole set, he ad-libbed the whole thing. Amazing.

[LarryTaint-qnpd]

When I was a naive youngster I didn't much care for Don Rickles. But now I see he was a comic genius.

[challenger]

As a teen in the 70's, I finally received my first TV. It was my Grandmother's B&W 13" that was at least 2 feet long to house the elongated picture tube. The chassis was metal and would hum when it was on and I was constantly adjusting the vertical control, as the picture would roll, out of control. My favorite show was The Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson and, when Rickles was on, I sat up and watched, intensely! This guy could demolish the giants on that show and made me realize that we're all human regardless of our outward showing! It didn't matter to Rickles who you were, he would just rip on you! The guy ripped on Sinatra! That tells you a lot about how he was loved by all! He would be banned on any media, today, because celebrities today think their shit don't stink! I really miss this guy!!!

[kali]

"Dan" Rickles?!!


Rickles: "No matter - no one sees this thing anyway!"