Don Rickles loved everybody: black or white, gay or straight, fat or thin. Insults rained on the meek and the mighty, from unsuspecting fans to such fellow celebrities as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Johnny Carson. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project." The Don Rickles Show lasted just one season (1972). Etta Rickles had befriended Frank Sinatra's mother, Dolly, and persuaded her to encourage her son to check out Don Rickles' act.

Source: Bangkok Post April 06, 2017 20:48 UTC