Rickles on Carson

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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A look back at Don Rickles' appearances on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show."

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0:00.0	I don't really know how to start shows.
0:02.0	Come on, now.
0:03.0	Don't start liking me now.
0:05.0	So yeah, I'm funny compared to you.
0:08.0	Well, you'll see later.
0:10.0	I favorite me.
0:11.0	I know a lot of fucking idiots.
0:13.0	You think a lot of shit is mean-spirited,
0:14.0	just because it goes against what they believe.
0:16.0	But the relief of comedy is it take things that aren't funny
0:19.0	and it allows us to laugh about them for an hour
0:21.8	We got a purple suit to buy in a gigantic clothing.
0:24.8	Why are you laughing?
0:26.5	Evening, everybody.
0:27.5	Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.
0:31.4	And today, I am pleased to introduce to you, Don Rickles on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show,
0:40.8	one of the most legendary talk show guests ever, I would say, is Don Rickles. My personal favorite is Norm McDonald. We did the Norm
0:46.6	McDonald versus Conan O'Brien episode. But I think people of a different generation will
0:52.8	probably argue with me and say that
0:54.3	Rickles on Carson is the best that it got.
0:59.4	Because they just, similar to Norman Conan, they just had a chemistry together.
1:03.2	They got each other.
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