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Post by CentreHice on Apr 6, 2017 18:06:20 GMT -5
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 6, 2017 20:48:16 GMT -5
He made our house laugh often enough ... he made a whack of movies, but I best remember him from "Kelly's Heroes" ... I think the last movie I saw him in, though, might have been "Casino"... but, all that said I'll remember him because he made me laugh ...
RIP
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 7, 2017 9:29:01 GMT -5
Jimmy Kimmel's emotional tribute...
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Post by blny on Apr 7, 2017 10:16:04 GMT -5
The black jack scene from Casino always sticks with me when I think Rickles. He said very little dialogue, but so much with his eyes. I think most would agree he played the lovable 'a$$hole' better than anyone. Schtick turned off, he was apparently a very sweet man.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 7, 2017 10:56:06 GMT -5
Yes, by all accounts he was the polar opposite of his stage persona....and, from what I've seen, almost always ended his barbed wire routines with heartfelt (yet maudlin-sounding) sentiment.
I don't think a stand-up could start out today with a schtick like that. Russell Peters is an equal opportunity insulter, but that's a different dynamic.
The world could use a little more political-INcorrectness, not less.
I loved Rickles. Confident, fearless, quick....and a performer that hit a note with audiences from Sinatra to Letterman. A vault of re-treaded jokes and insults...but it worked for decades. It was an honour to be slammed by him.
Only one guy could make fun of a steroid-bloated Jerry Lewis on his 1998 Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.
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Post by blny on Apr 7, 2017 11:26:12 GMT -5
I don't consider Rickles to be the prototypical 'stand-up comic'. Sure, he did it. But, while I'm sure he had stuff in mind to work from, so much of his best stuff was off-the-cuff. He reacted, usually immediately, to his surroundings. He had a comeback for any situation and was rarely left speechless.
It's a completely different skill than sitting down and writing jokes. He could, and did, do it. Quick wit like that is rare.
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