He turned his opener into a tribute for his friend Don Rickles, the insult comedian who died Thursday at 90. It turns out that the host and Rickles became close after the older comedian finally agreed — after much pestering — to appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in 2006. Some of the letters:“Dear Jimmy, Thanks so much for inviting me into your home for dinner. But, to be honest, we would have preferred a three-month trip to Venice, Italy.”“Dear Jimmy, thanks so much for the beautiful frame of you and I. No one but Don Rickles.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 14:03 UTC