Don Rickles - Hello Dummy!
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Free Music Review: Hello Dummy, keep reading
Hit: 5 Stars
It is hard to appreciate everything without being in the audience. And at the time, I was almost but not quite 13, so I would not have been able to write this review. It does get funnier each time you listen to it.Free Music Review: Funny!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This was a gift for my husband-- He loved it. Don Rickles has wonderful humor.It is funny.Free Music Review: Don Rickles - The Comedian Who Thumbs His Nose at Political Correctness
Hit: 4 Stars
Recorded in 1968, Don Rickles is heard in this 40 minute audio recording performing his "typical" Las Vegas nightclub routine - as a man who thwarts political correctness and comedically savages every race, religion, media star, and profession known to mankind! I say this is "typical" Rickles because I have heard many of these routines before on U-Tube and on television, and these are the routines Rickles is known for. He blasts his Jewish heritage, "The Chosen Race", his wife, his sex life, Latinos, Polacks, American Indians, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, "queers" (as he calls them), fat guys, fellow comedian Don Adams, and even the legend himself, Ed Sullivan! The put-downs come a mile a minute and one has to listen closely to hear every last one of them. Some hit the funny bone dead-on, while others miss the mark slightly. Overall, I think this is a funny recording, especially the first time you listen to it. As with all recorded comedy routines, (which for the most part rely on the element of surprise to make you laugh), this is not an album that you will listen to over and over. I will probably listen to it one a year or so. I bought it because I wanted the younger generation to hear whom I considered a very funny man in my day.
My 23 year old son commented that Rickle's comedy was so different from any other form of comedy he had heard before. He wondered how Rickles could get away with the racial jokes - the same jokes that would be considered "hate-speech" today. And yet, this was an era before the advent of political correctness (thank goodness). My 18 year old daughter hardly laughed at all when she heard the album, so evidently, some of Rickle's humor does not translate through the generations. My wife thinks Rickles is an idiot. I really do think that it comes down to whether you enjoy his humor and can see the comedic genius that resides in this remarkable man. Some can see the genius and laugh, while others turn away shocked and dismayed. Rickles is not for everyone.
Rickle's humor is unique. No one else did what he did, or if they tried, could not do it as well as Rickles. He was and is the master of the put-down, yet he always closes his routine with a plea for humans to love one another across racial and religious lines. He explains that his humor is meant to poke fun at the preconceived notions we have about other races and religions, and to dispel bigotry, not promote it.
I have the Don Rickles Project (DVD), and I actually like this audio recording better, as it does not have the profanity the DVD contains. If you want a small taste of what Don Rickles is like, you can't go wrong with this album. To me, Rickles is one of the funniest men in America. He really tickles my funny bone. Rickles is an aquired taste and is not for everyone however. If you buy "used" you are only chancing less than 4 dollars for this recording - a small price to pay for a great comedian.
Jim Koenig
Free Music Review: The Master of Insult Is Really a Nice Guy
Hit: 4 Stars
I remember when Don Rickles first appeared on the stand up comic scene. Before he became the master of the insult, he was an actor appearing on television and movies. I always wondered how his stand up act got started in the first place. Many who may not like this recording need to keep in mind what American society was like in the late 60s and what the state of comedy was. No one, and I mean no one, was doing comedy like Don Rickles back then. Today there is a huge plethora of comics who use insult and put downs as part of their act. Everyone single one of them owe a huge debt to Don Rickles. He did it first. During this time period in America, a huge upheaval of sorts was going on in American society. This was when hippies and flower children were in full bloom, antiwar protest was common place, the so called sexual revolution was going one, racism and bigotry was being challenged, and above all else people were becoming more socially conscious, for lack of a better term. In the middle of all this came Don Rickles who's rapier wit spared no one. Everyone and everything was his target. As others have pointed out every race and creed was a target for his insults. Mr. Rickles is not funny just because he insults. There really is no humor in just that. It is what he says and how he says it, and often who he says it to. There are jokes here folks. There is wit. The things he says are often so crazy and preposterous you can't help but laugh. Sarcasm is part of his arsenal, not just insults. I also think it is important to point out that no one ever took him seriously. Despite the things that come out his mouth, none of it is done with a mean spirit. During the late 60s and 70s Don Rickles was a favorite guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson who was one of his biggest fans. He was always hysterical on his show, but a little bit of the "real" Don Rickles came out. He would often talk of his friendship with Bob Newhart. He often let his guard down a bit with Johnny, revealing what down inside was actually a very nice guy. I have heard far worse things come out of Joan Rivers mouth than Don. Often way too cruel. Mr. Rickles has never been cruel. Nor did he ever have a problem putting his own self down including his Jewishness. This recording was considered a bit adult and risque at the time. Of course by today's standards it is very tame. Above all else is very funny. I always wished he had put out more comedy albums.
The legendary Groucho Marx always used insult and put downs as part of his schtick. He onec complained that when he really wanted to insult someone he didn't like, no one took him seriously, instead they would say to their friends, "Do you know what funny thing Groucho said to me?" I wonder if Mr. Rickles has has the same problem. Don Rickles is a true comic legend, and there will never be anyone who can replace him. He really is a very nice guy, but I would never want to sit on the front row while listening to his act in Vegas!
Free Music Review: Hello Dummy
Hit: 1 Stars
I never received this item. How might one RATE an item that was NEVER RECEIVED? Perhaps you should CHANGE the format of the Create Your Review to include NEVER RECEIVING an item. Who has time day and night to track these many insipid items let alone REVIEW the transaction?