Only Don Rickles could get away with insulting Frank Sinatra: “Make yourself at home, Frank – hit somebody.” Only Don Rickles (unlike Stephen Colbert) could get laughs from a sitting president by ...

Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Bob Newhart: “Somebody called me up and they said, ‘Look, Don Rickles is looking for a best friend … and none of us wanna do it. Would you?’ “And I said, ‘How long?’ ...

In this March 7, 2010 file photo, Don Rickles arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. AP photo The National Comedy Center, the United States’ official cultural institution ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In keeping a promise to help ‘keep his name ...