Don Rickles Being Don Rickles
In case you were wondering if Don Rickles is still that old white coot who sits on a plastic tube lawn chair under his carport and tells racist jokes, he is! 86-year-old Don Rickles has been launching politically incorrect dingles off his tongue for centuries and he did it again at AFI's tribute to Shirley MacLaine last night. The Hollywood Reporter says that some audience members clutched their pearls after Mr. Potato Head (I'm not just saying that, because that's the voice did in that Toy Story shit. He kind of does look like an old potato with extra eyes) said some racist shit about President Obama:
“I shouldn’t make fun of the blacks,” Rickles said, and then proceeded to do just that: “President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke.”
The black-tie crowd, gathered to celebrate MacLaine, the 40th recipient of the AFI’s Life Achievement Award, alternately gasped at the 86-year-old comic’s put-downs and then found themselves laughing and applauding.
But what I want to know is, what the fuck kind of mop does Don Rickles have? How does a mop break? Bitch needs to get himself a Swiffer WetJet or something. The thing is, Don Rickles is still trapped inside of a bubble where it's always 1950 and most of the world has changed. That's exactly what the kids will be saying about me in 60 years when I'm sitting on a plastic tube lawn chair under my carport and talking about extra chunky dick cheese and the simple elegance of lucite heels.
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Submitted by bourgie on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 9:43pm.
He and Joan Rivers should tongue kiss each other to death they are so nasty they belong together! Oh and they should try to sell their illigitmate daughter Kathy Griffin to the highest middle eastern bidder.
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It's a testament to the good hearts on dlisted that old fart Don Rickles is getting piled on here. But thinking a little more the joke is actually highlighting the enormous progress in having Obama elected. Obama laughs at things like this himself. He has a terrific sense of humour.
I thought Don Rickles was dead. He's an old fart who farts out stupid jokes, who cares.
Submitted by Mrs Patrick Campbell on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 5:05am.
Don actually paid Obama a complement because it is certainly more honorable to be a janitor than to be a mass-murderer(which is what Obama is)
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OK. I'll bite. How is Barack Obama a mass murderer? And please remember to keep in mind that you have confessed here that you don't think children are victims of sexual crimes. So please be specific. Don't be your usual vague self.
Plus compliment. Please, surely you know better.
Never liked this guy at all or his outdated humour. Doesn't he still tell Vietnam jokes? I can't stand it when people like Jimmy Kimmel even give him the time of day, let alone let him get away with his hateful "humour". It's not even funny.....and I like dark humour. It is just embarassing.
There are a million ways to poke fun at The President. It just does not need to be racist.
Don actually paid Obama a complement because it is certainly more honorable to be a janitor than to be a mass-murderer(which is what Obama is)
Richard Pryor was a game-changing genius, a truly unique mind. Don Rickles was (is) a televisionary; an old coot withOUT greatness who stuck it out for multiple decades, but being successfully old does NOT make you a genius. It just makes you old & experienced.
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Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 3:21am
"Retard" is definitely a derogatory term. It should not be used at all(Dlisted comment section notwithstanding). "Idiot" and "moron" should probably not ever be used either, since their usage has deviated from their original meaning.
"Disabled person" is not a derogatory term. Speaking of someone as a "person with a disability" does not do that person any extra favors.
I only know that he is a good friend of John Stamos. This isn't funny and it's offensive.
Submitted by Datura on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 10:59am.
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Submitted by TelevisedRevolution on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 2:28am.
TexnDoc, you can't compare Richard Pryor to Don Rickles.
Period.
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I think he can. Both were comics whose material was entrenched in the culture of the day. Sure, Rickles' time was a long time ago, but he doesn't know that.
Pryor was a fucking mess. He used the n word like fucking crazy. He used it and used it and used it. He used it obnoxiously. Just because he was black, that doesn't make him immune from how he used a derogatory term, because it IS a derogatory term. Pryor also used "honky." Equal opportunity abuser.
Pryor was not a saint.
Submitted by paulapoo on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 3:13am.
Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 1:11am.
Yeah! Let's just call 'em retards!
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You are the retard, retard. Why can we still call people idiots, or morons? They are phrases originally designated for low-IQ persons too. Aren't they harmful terms as well?
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Miss Paulapaloo,
First of all, you took my comment out of context. Second of all, I've already touched on this in another thread (accidentally):
You call it "political correctness." I call it being sensitive to the most vulnerable people in our society. Our language is constantly changing. It used to be that black people were called various forms of the n-word and people with disabilities were called idiots, morons, etc. That has, thank Godless, for the most part changed. If your child had a disability you would probably be all for "people first" language. And if you had a child who was black, you'd probably be pissed if some asshole made a denigrating servant joke about him or her.
edit: Oops! Wrong thread. :)
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I must be the only one awake at this hour. Who is the idiot now?
Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 1:11am.
Yeah! Let's just call 'em retards!
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You are the retard, retard. Why can we still call people idiots, or morons? They are phrases originally designated for low-IQ persons too. Aren't they harmful terms as well?
Submitted by Wanted on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 9:41pm.
....... we'll really be calling him by his chola name, La Ceja Sola
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
died.
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Submitted by parissucksliterally on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 1:40am.
That would mean I knew what and where I posted anything, or how to find anything, so no? Not ignoring you, just killed too many brains cells in my day.
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TexnDoc, you can't compare Richard Pryor to Don Rickles.
Period.
That was my only point. I didn't bring up political correctness or racism or any of the other straw dogs you want to talk about.
And if you want to start in on my understanding of cultural history, I guarantee you don't want to go there with me.
Bottom line - the joke wasn't even funny.
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I have no idea who Don Rickles is. I guess I'm too young.
Anyway, this sounds about as racist as most standup comedy (most is pretty offensive but we're supposed to be okay with it), and it sounds like he's been doing it for ages. But because he made a joke about the Holy Obama, people are fussing.
Whatever. He'll be dead in a year or two, and then people will be hailing him as the last great comic genius. I just can't bring myself to care right now.
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Never heard of this cunt in my life.
Understandable, given that tragic excuse for a "joke". Does anyone even get it? Oh wait, there are already morons in this thread sticking up for him. Never mind.
I thought he died no?
guess not.
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Submitted by crazyinjapan on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 1:11am.
Submitted by paulapoo on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:16am.
omg I have to reply to that. I had a car accident very recently I hit a large deer. I have a head injury. Anyway, I was telling a friend about the injury and I said "I was having issues; my speech was retarded" She freaked the hell out trying to hush me and shit. I was like wtf it means slowed down! It's a verb!
Anyway, people are hyper sensitive.
Submitted by paulapoo on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:16am.
I can't believe how long political correctness has gone on. Back in the 90's I kept thinking it was going to fall out of favor quickly, but nooooo! OMG back then at work we received a memo commanding us to NOT use the terms "disabled person" or "handicapped person"; we should instead use the term "person(s) with a disability" because "the person should come before the disability". Oh, let's rewrite the rules for correct English sentence structure, shall we? I am still pissed about that fucking memo.
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Yeah! Let's just call 'em retards!
<"Submitted by TelevisedRevolution on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 11:38pm.
TexnDoc, if you can compare Don Rickles to Richard Pryor with a straight face, I seriously doubt your ability to tell apples, say, from oranges.">
Were you around in the 1950s when Don Rickles and Shirley MacLaine were breaking into showbiz with their nightclub acts? I wasn't but you can read that he was Jewish and had his "insult" act that exposed peoples prejudices and had audiences gasping. When he became big people couldn't wait to see Rickles' act to see what he would say next, to anybody.
You sound like a sniveling lib who thinks history began and end with them and what they remember. Richard Pryor probably loved Don Rickles, like Shirley does today.
Poor old coot thinks it's 1965 and The Rat Pack is happening.
Submitted by EvilShoe on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:21am.
Oh yeah, can't offend anyone!!!
I saw a funny question on another website-- why is it offensive to call someone from China a Chinaman, but it's not offensive to refer to someone as an Irishman, or an Englishman? I guess it has to do with the intentions of the speaker, but still.
Submitted by paulapoo on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:16am.
I can't believe how long political correctness has gone on.
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That's like why "colored person" is offensive but "person of color" is hip.
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Please: It's "rahnday."
MK must need extra hits: posts on race, religion, Angie, and Lohan in the same day.
I'm trying to think of the last time I actually saw a mop... Maybe at Burger King in the mid-80s.
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Submitted by paulapoo on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:16am.
I was in retail management and one thing I will never forget was our memo stating we could not use the words "driver's license" when we needed ID because those who cannot drive feel discriminated against. OKAY. So, we had to use "Can I please see your Government Issued Photo Identification?" we joked calling it a GIPI for a while.
And with a face like that, whats not to love?
Im surprised this old coot is still alive!
I can't believe how long political correctness has gone on. Back in the 90's I kept thinking it was going to fall out of favor quickly, but nooooo! OMG back then at work we received a memo commanding us to NOT use the terms "disabled person" or "handicapped person"; we should instead use the term "person(s) with a disability" because "the person should come before the disability". Oh, let's rewrite the rules for correct English sentence structure, shall we? I am still pissed about that fucking memo.
That was a stupid joke. Plus, it shows what an ancient outdated crone he is. Nowadays most of the dirty work here is done by Mexicans, and will probably change again. It's always the group that's struggling to rise up that's cleaning the toilets.
Eh, not an Obama fan but I would never use his race etc to make those kinds of jokes. Race has nothing to do with my dislike, it's the actions so it's sort of a cheap shot to use race. IMO
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Submitted by Deb on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 10:41pm.
Rickles might as well be telling jokes about the Kaiser.
hahaha. "How 'bout that Kaiser, people?" *nervous titters* "Know who his favorite band was?" *groans* "Franz Ferdinand!" *outrageous laughter*
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Leave Texndoc Alone!!!!!!!!
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I had to bring up the PC thing, because people get hung up on that, and were saying he was racist, and I don't think he is. Now, whether he is funny or not, is subjective, sometimes humor that hits too close to the bone is not appreciated by all, but is, none the less, enlightening if you are willing to understand.
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Shut the fuck up kid, you're in my closet now.
TexnDoc, if you can compare Don Rickles to Richard Pryor with a straight face, I seriously doubt your ability to tell apples, say, from oranges.
I hope you don't actually use a scalpel on anybody.
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“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience...a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”
Joke or not, get with the times COMEDY man! You're not living in the 50's. Not.no.mo! #truf
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Submitted by Vern on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 10:34pm.
Has nothing to do with pc, it just wasn't not funny.
Sorry...I thought he was dead.
oh please...let's not get all pushed out of shape at a little joke about The One. he made similar jokes about everybody there and their brother...he;s an insult comic..duh. he does seem to be getting his new material from lisa lampanelli though...or vice versa ?
Submitted by bourgie on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 9:43pm.
He and Joan Rivers should tongue kiss each other to death they are so nasty they belong together!
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As an old codger who actually remembers these two doing standup, there was a big difference: Joan now mostly just rips on others, but in her act she ripped herself to shreds too. Don Rickles' schtick was just to be mean, nasty and cunty. I know it was an act, but he was just a farty old fucker. Joan was at least funny!
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LMAO!! (Where is she anyway?)
I want to be offended, but I can't be, because I don't know what it means.
Submitted by misslainey on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 9:35pm.
Not necessarily, but if he were Paul Mooney, then I'd agree. The difference is that Paul Mooney says racist stuff that is funny because it's based in truth. And very biting.
If this were 1965 and he said Sammy Davis, Jr. it MIGHT have been funny since most blacks were only allowed to do domestic work back then. The joke, and Don Rickles are not relevant in 2012.
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I could not agree more. And I'll add, that for comedians, who regularly walk the tightrope of funny vs offensive, the joke was NOT FUNNY. And as you said, misslainey, not relevant.
Rickles might as well be telling jokes about the Kaiser.
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