The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Don Rickles/Ray Bradbury/Cheryl Ladd (1978)
Don Rickles: Self - Guest Host
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Quotes
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Don Rickles : How come the moon program is, like, in a downhill...
Ray Bradbury : There's a failure of imagination, a failure of will - uh, which I don't understand; uh, our president doesn't seem to care about it, uh, which I'm very disappointed in. We need, this, uh, kind of idealism to help us rise above the problems we've had the last twenty years. We've done so many things incorrectly, and when we do a thing right, I should think we'd be celebrating it more.
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Don Rickles : [looking at Ed] Look at this - he shot a bear, and made an outfit.
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Johnny Carson : [on Rickles marrying at an older age] You waited 'til you were 37 or...
Don Rickles : Of course. Go through what you did?... "Your honor..."
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Don Rickles : You make a little trouble when you bring up names.
Johnny Carson : OK.
Don Rickles : 'Cause I could bring up a couple of things about you, and you'd be in court again.
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Don Rickles : [on visiting Israel] I went with Newhart and, you know, uh, Bob is German-Irish - a good Catholic, the best Catholic in the world.
Don Rickles : [to Ed] As you are a good Catholic; you trip once in a while, but... Sometimes, when the priest wanted to hit you with the water, he went, "Nah, better not."
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Don Rickles : The Almighty laughs! He has a sense of humor!
Ed McMahon : He does?
Don Rickles : Of course! I'm a Jew - I have nothing to fear!
Don Rickles : [feigns a heart attack]
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Don Rickles : [on the Japanese] I saw one prisoner at the time of the war, and they are now our dear friends. In fact, I love 'em so much, my kid has all their toys.
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Don Rickles : [on married life] They're always in heat when you are not ready! Isn't it the truth? I can see it now - "Hi, pussycat..." And I gotta go by the bed and go, "Meow... meow..."
Johnny Carson : Are you still playing that ridiculous game?
Don Rickles : Yeah. One night I was a werewolf, but that got out of hand.