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 ...

Rickles took his first step toward national fame in 1957 when Frank Sinatra wandered into the small Hollywood nightclub where Rickles was performing. The still-unknown Rickles eyed Sinatra and said, ...

The famed insult comic and showbiz veteran worked well into his 80s. In his prime, Hollywood elites like his friend Frank Sinatra considered it an... Comedian Don Rickles, Merciless 'Merchant Of Venom ...