WHEN DON RICKLES MET FRANK SINATRA
There are certain comedy partnerships that become legendary because the people involved genuinely understand each other.
Don Rickles and Frank Sinatra were one of those unusual combinations.
One was a legendary singer and Hollywood star.
The other was an insult comedian who made a career out of saying the things most people would never dare say to famous people.
Yet somehow, they became close friends.
This collection of Rickles roasting Sinatra captures the unusual chemistry that made their relationship so entertaining.
Rickles could attack Sinatra with joke after joke, while Sinatra understood that the insults were part of the performance.
THE COMEDIAN WHO COULD ROAST ANYONE
Don Rickles became famous for his insult-comedy style.
He could look at someone in the audience and immediately find something funny to say.
His comedy was fast, aggressive, exaggerated, and often completely unpredictable.
But Rickles was particularly fearless around celebrities.
He did not treat famous people as untouchable.
If anything, their fame gave him even more material.
AARP later described Rickles as a comedian who publicly teased major figures including Frank Sinatra, Dean...
