Hollywood Legend Don Rickles Makes Fun of…Obama?!
- Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:32pm by
Mytheos Holt
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How many times have you watched one of the modern world’s supposed comedy geniuses and wondered frustratedly to yourself, “Why are all the jokes about Republicans? When are they going to catch on that the Democrats are worthy of mockery, too?” Well, look no further – Hollywood comedian Don Rickles, who roasted Ronald Reagan to his face while Reagan was still governor of California – is apparently more than willing to be an equal opportunity offender. From the Hollywood Reporter:
Don Rickles nearly hijacked the American Film Institute’s tribute to Shirley MacLaine on Thursday night at Sony Pictures Studios, unleashing a trademark barrage of insults that took aim at President Obama, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and the honoree herself.
“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.
Don Rickles
Now, ordinarily one might expect this sort of thing to be a career ending move. But Rickles is 86 years old, and his career has long since passed into the lore of Hollywood. He is literally too well-regarded among his fellow entertainers to be at all damaged, which means that unlike so many other Hollywood denizens, he can focus on what’s funny regardless of who it offends.
And for those who immediately want to scream “racism” over Rickles’ comments, you can watch his roast of Ronald Reagan below. Note that Rickles was just as un-PC when taking on the then-Governor, which was doubly impressive because Reagan was sitting right next to him (and guffawing all the way through it). If anyone’s earned the right to pick on whoever he likes, it’s Don Rickles:
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Comments (109)
Rayford
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:10pmI have always liked Don Rickles. He is a funny guy.
But he has to know that 0bama does not know the business end of a mop.
Report Post »10-32inIdaho
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 10:01amThat is why it broke, just like everything he touches it breaks. You decide the intent
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 11:45amOnly the old comedians can get away with this, and Obuma probably won’t pull the race card either.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 11:48am@10-32inIdaho….”That is why it [mop] broke, just like everything he touches it breaks.”
I started reading “The Amateur” last night night, and everything about Obama is broken. This man will go down in history not as the first black US president but as the most narcissistic US president, who almost got away with destroying the country.
Thank God for the TEA Party and all other patriots who are working hard to keep Americans informed of the truth. I have faith that our country will not be destroyed by self-centered evil-doers like Obama and his ilk, because we’ve become a strong united and principled nation we once were.
Americans = winners
Report Post »Big Gov’t = losers
scruffycat
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 4:44pmOne thing that makes me mad reading The Blaze are all these “stub stories” like this one. Small chunks of text that allude to some bigger story but we are too stupid or too impatient to get down in the grass and get details. Here we are told about one “mop joke” that didn’t seem that hilarious. But we were told everybody was in the throws of laughter. Were there more jokes not retold here at the Blaze? Something funny? Something about how he had to wear a porkchop around his neck as a kid to get his dog to play with him? Nothing? oh well…
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 8:56pmI think he was referring to Obama saying that he has to clean up after Repubs! I think he meant that Obama’s cleaning up of the country broke not as a racial slur! I believe he’s a Democrat? He’s still great!
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:03pmObama is nothing to laugh about. You don’t laugh about vile evil acts commited by leaders. Obama should be tried for Constitutional treason. He took an oath on the Bible or Quran or whatever to defend, uphold, and support the Constitution of the US of A. He has inttentionally and willfully failed. Nov. is not the answer. He should be charged and tried immediately.
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:36pmObama’s a hockey puck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovzRxR4PI0
Report Post »Reason365
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:47pmTo bad that everything has become so pc now that we have all forgot how to have a good belly laugh. Mr. Rickles , thank you for reminding us how that feels.
Report Post »db321
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:15amThe Blaze Reader – keep doing what your doing – I believe your really on to something and your going to be extremely successfull at it. God Bless.
Report Post »armyofnibiru
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:09amwhat realy cracks me up is when the comedians went after bush imediatly{rightfully so} when elected. took a whole year to present a presidential joke after obambys election and it was about bush.what guts.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:11amBack in the 1950s we used to have practice drills for nuclear strike. We would climb under our desks and take the pencils and stuff out of our pockets. Being 20 miles from Grifiss Airforce Base made this a joke. There was only one thing we could really do. Kiss our a$$e$ goodby. I am afraid that your generation is in about the same position we were but a lot worse off. This country is falling down and getting ready for the NWO. Former President Bush (Sr.) used to talk about “a New World Order” and people would cheer because they had no idea what he was talking about. Now we know.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7i0wCFf8g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=376uDH0T2MY&feature=related
RamonPreston
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 3:23amAgreed. It really didn‘t matter whether it was the Bible or the Quran because he doesn’t believe in any of them. He believes in Obama Almighty. His mission is to destroy America.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 9:14am****, a few years ago, this clown would have beeb getting us coffee.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 9:26amMaybe he should have tried the one where….. “Michelle outdoes me in pushups as well,” he said, after saying that she’s taken some criticism on her technique “because she doesn’t go all the way down”
Report Post »Michelle44
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 10:23amAmen to that one,, he is a TRAITOR to our country, and mocks our Constitution.. he is a 1/2 whitted loon…
Report Post »Noah_fing-whey
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:57pmLOL that’s a good one!
Report Post »armyofnibiru
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:17amtoss obamby out if not for the country lets do it for the gipper who represenst all the good about us.
Report Post »nighttrainno9
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:51pmWay to go Mr. Rickles, it’s been along time since I laughed that Hard.
Report Post »You need to get a back up mop. Maybe obummer would be good at
that, we haven‘t found anything else he’s good at. cept lying.
conservativewoman
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:46pmDon Rickles’ closest friend and confidant, who has been with him for decades through his career is a black man, and Hollywood knows this. That is probably why he gets away with racist jokes. Everyone knows it’s a joke.
Report Post »I love Don Rickles. He is one of the funniest comedians on the planet. Thank you lord for letting him make us laugh for so many decades.
rickc34
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:12amTo bad Rickles is such a leftie he could really rip into Obama. I mean come Obama gives so much to work with . Obama and Biden make the three stooges look like nasa nerds. And if they were both catholics 6 priests working 24 hours shifts just to hear their confessions. Watch out for Obamas stinky index finger he is playing with worms.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:45pmDifference betw Republicans and Dems? Republicans can laugh at themselves while Dems, well, are too immature to do the same.
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:30pmI haven’t laughed that hard in a while. Showing my age, I guess. Thank you Blaze editors.
It’s nice to be able to go back to a time when we all could laugh at ourselves and take a joke. Too often, now, all we do is name call and finger point. I see it all too often in here.
Report Post »LibsAndCopKillersALoveStory
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:27pmDon: want to make a billion dollars? Make an entire record mocking Obama….. You will save the country as well…
Report Post »yccousar
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:05pmDon Rickles is one of the great ones…. this was comedy when comedians were funny….
Report Post »jeff6610
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:04pmAll In The Family, The Jefferson’s, Sanford & Son & many more no way today!
Report Post »Ghengas
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:46pmAffermitive action joke
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:29pmPolitical Correctness has destroyed America. Zero wouldn’t even make a good janitor.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:27pmBye Bye to Don Rickles as it is time to go bye bye. His time is past. As it is politically correct to be respectly to the dead or almost……..well okay then. …………………but the man is old news and needs to retire. We dont’ care about what his political views are………..if he still can be funny then do that……but if not………..go bye bye. We are done with him! Obama never held a real job and doesn’t have the credentials to do the job he holds. We don’t want jokes. We want OBama gone!
Report Post »Grasshopper42
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:36pmLighten up young man (or woman). You must be very young to not be able to laugh once and a while. I know funny, and Don is funny. ‘nuf said . . .
Report Post »AmericanPatriot
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 3:11pmWhen things are at their worst, that’s when we need comedy the most. Lighten up a bit.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:15pmAlways been a fan of Rickles. Those of you who are snide about him; well, you’re ignorant. He is a talent, not a hasbeen and is still performing. Loved him on the Dean Martin Roasts. He even told my Mom to get her elbow off his stage once in Tahoe. Love the guy. A true comedic genius and he can say whatever he wants. You go, Don!
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:20pmHey, TRON, the Classics Never Go Out of Style !!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:31pmYou got that right, DEFCON!!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:59pmLoved Don as Crapgame in Kelly’s Heroes. Anybody still remember him as CPO Sharky?
Report Post »HowardSternIsABigot
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:15pmHis whole act is poking fun and quick hits. Watched hiom a lot over the years and I dont believe for one second he is a racist. Just a good shot using Obamas Mop story, hes always mopping up after republicans, or getting mad at republicans for telling him how to mop, I say its a perfectly fair joke and only racial if you really want to be offended,.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:28pmHi RJJ,
1976 to 1978… Chief Petty Officer Sharkey. I was working at a 5 sided building in Arlington at that time.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 11:11amHey Monk, I was still living in Tampa when it got started. It went off the air during my time at Ft Bragg. I thought it was funny, still wondering why it went off the air. Guess Rickles was still considered too edgy even then.
Report Post »thomas242007
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:58pmI really don’t get why the only people its okay to make fun of are republican, tea partiers, and white christians, but obama, liberals, gay people, are all off limits. i guess the left can dish out the abuse but when they start getting criticised all the sudden they start balling about being made fun of, if theyre that thin skinned then maybe they should stop dishing it out if they cant take it themselves
Report Post »s.n.
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:56pmtwo funniest men ever….Don Rickles and George Carlin
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:26pmAround 1968ish George Carlin was performing at Galena Park High School in Texas. He was doing the HippyDippy Weatherman act and was so not funny that my friend and I left before his act was over. Later I bacame a great fan of his and have many times laughed at us walking away from this future comic genius.
Report Post »theblazerunner
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:30pmrichard pryor, the stooges, the marx bro’s,laurael and hardy, abbot and costello.
many greats .
Report Post »YourVoiceMatters
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 1:22amI remember back in the day when he (George Carlin) was on the Garry Moore Show doing a stand up about the first Thanksgiving it was the funniest thing i had ever seen! that plus a very young hilarious Carol Burnet! I laughed til i cried…(as a kid what a wonderful life we all had! back in the day …progress ain’t all that great when you look back and compare to today..civility is gone) Those are the shows to bring back, soo funny Dean Martin Show! Red Skelton! Hoagie Carmikel! the Betty White Show…a whole host of them Ed Sullivan! They should make some of them available if they still have them! We all need a good laugh these days! gosh..bet that means tho all those in hollywood drank the kool-aid… those days are gone!
Report Post »justasurvivor
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:55pmHe’s pretty much an equal-opportunity comic. Anyway, I think he was referring to the president’s own words about “mopping up the republicans’ mess” that he was always referencing before the 2010 elections. If you look at it that way, it’s not even an insult joke – except against us.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:54pmNOT a Ron Paul supporter here but I have investigated the FEMA camps and it is pretty darn scary.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:00pmThis is a reply to Prosecte_Public_Servants………
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:53pmThis is the type of comedy I love and grew up with. Tell it like it is Rickles. Laugh and the world laughs with you.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:23pmRight on, MOM…I was a kid back then but as I said, I enjoyed the times when he was on Martin’s show and many others such as I DREAM OF JEANIE, CPO SHARKEY, etc…
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:14pmTron…….I wasn’t that old myself but probably am older than you. I remember this kind of humor and really wish for it again. Remember when you could hear a whole comedy routine and never hear the F word?
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:33pmYep, comedy relied on intelligence back then; Cosby is funnier than Carlin in my view. Though, I enjoyed meeting both men and they are/were both funny. Most of today’s comics are lacking in vocab and creativity; I feel sorry for the people that didn’t get to experience the greats like Cosby, Carlin, Winters, the Smothers Bros, Buddy Hackett, Flip Wilson, Charlie Callus, Rich Little, Jack Benny…so many!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 11:19amTRONINTHEMORNING, I really remember Cosby in the older days. When he was still on I Spy I used to listen to his short radio stories when he was doing The Brown Hornet. My first Cosby album was “200 MPH” and I still laugh my backside off remembering some of the lines. Luckily I can drop in on You Tube for ‘reruns.’
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 11:29amMe too, Momrules….This was back in the days when people knew the difference between nasty insults and humorous sarcasm/lovable teasing. The uptight PC police (both Dems and Reps) have squelched our capacity to laugh at ourselves and the idiocy of human behavior.
Let’s face it … humans are flawed but very entertaining creatures to watch. The day I stop being able to laugh at myself is the day I choose to die.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:48pmDon is a bit crude for me… and makes me wince… but as all the TV Networks only offer Liberal Alternative… I’ll support him for Roast Master General of the US!
Report Post »Pbizzel
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:45pmPersonally, I have always thought Don Rickles was hysterical. He is well before my day of comedians being that I grew up in the 80′s. Still, I have always laughed at his “Roast” comedic act. People need to drop the political correct crap and laugh to laugh.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:42pmOle Rickles doesn’t have to worry about losing his job so he can blast away at our bi-sexual Marxist president,keep up the good work.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:48pmHe has never cared who he was insulting .. and does it with a smile … one of the classics … one of the few that are left.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:57pmHe comes from a generation that wasn‘t infected with the PC that’s destroyed our society and even though he’s much older than me I still find him hilarious.
Report Post »Blackman Standing Tall71
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:41pmI guess by this article and by us responding to it.We’ve made him relevant again.Enjoy your 15 minutes!
Report Post »Lunertic
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:55pm15 minutes? You should live as long as Rickles 15 minutes have lasted.
Report Post »So? You clicked on it just to get to complain about it?
MODEL82A1
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:56pmDon Rickles has been legitimately famous for over 50 years. I’m sure he appreciates your Racist condescension, though. It is pretty funny!
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:47pmdo you have any idea who don rickles is? if not then you need to return back about 30 years and watch him. There was no PC and people were never offended. The reason why there is PC today is control the 1st Amendment.
You do know that everytime you post you show your public school education.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:40pmBarack Hussein Obama has Never had a real job, in his whole life. He wouldn’t know which end of the mop to hold. Yet, come to think of it, it is a green job even this dufus might be able to master
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:36pmSoon the DHS will come for your family. Your family will be removed by force if necessary. They will be taken to processing center under the guise of a terrorist false flag or real threat. Your family will be stripped, washed down, innoculated, no pets can come, given a hospital gown to put on, locked in, and tagged, your children may be transferred to another location. During this time your home will be searched and your guns taken. Next, the Rapid Response centers will dole you out to a more permanent Interment and Relocation Camp where you are expected to remain silent and do as you are told. You will remain until your threat level is determined. One such camp in Alaska can hold 3 million slaves. It all finished ready to move into. Google it. You are headed into Nazi Germany folks. You have given up all your freedoms without a fight. Ron Paul was the last chance you had to restore the Republic by a vote. It’s over. You will be a work camp slave within 15 years.
There’s 26,000 clergy pledged and sworn in the US to help FEMA silence the public when this happens. Some are paid. The clergy are to get you to surrender peacefully to FEMA. The clergy are to talk you out of resistance.
Don’t believe……..Google the truth and do your own research.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:42pmDoes the term ‘hockey puck’ mean anything to you?
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:42pmAfter reading your post, I have to ask – are you a Ron Paul supporter?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:50pmPiltdown Man is teaming with Sasquatch, and Nessie to git y’all.You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. Have a nice day.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:50pmThe sad thing is he may be right about the camps, but not about Ron Paul.
Report Post »korbin
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:53pmNot to far off if you ask me. oathkeepers.org the only thing between us and the FEMA camps is our commitment to uphold the US constitution, educate yourselves on the oath you took and keep it. For those of you who think this guy is crazy there is much truth in his post. I do not support Ron Paul although I do agree with many of his positions I believe all politicians are oath breakers therefore it is up to those who choose to do the right thing when the time comes.
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:53pm@ JACKTHETOAD
Report Post »Does Katrina and New Orleans mean anything to you? Guns confiscated, floating bodies, locked in the stadium, local sheriff communications cut by FEMA, forced out of your homes at gun point. The only difference is now they have the interment camps ready and more, enough to house 56 million people, being build along with 26,000 clergy to assure you to give up your homes and guns. Your an idiot.
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:25pmObviously, IF you were there, (they…..ooooooo) made a huge mistake by letting you go. Med up.
Report Post »James a denham
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:34pmHello?
Report Post »Paul
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:46pmI’m with ya Jack!
I think this guy is on the other side, read all his c r a p.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:48pm@Pros
You‘re a scared little girl arn’t you ?
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:52pmThey can only imprison you if you let them it’s all in your head.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:52pm“There’s 26,000 clergy pledged and sworn in the US to help FEMA ”
Good WE can start there.
Report Post »jetmech807
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:24pmAnd you Paul supporters wonder why alot of us think you mostly live in closets wearing tin foil hats……
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