All of this downtown arena talk on the blog is getting people worked up. So let’s talk about something else. Like comedy.
Pictured at left is my favorite comedian ever, Don Rickles. I consider Rickles a role model, which might explain my abrasive personality and inability to win friends. But everything has a price.
I have seen Rickles twice in Las Vegas. My adoration for him started early, when he appeared on a Dean Martin Roast in the mid-1960s. After that, I tried to watch everything in which he appeared. The days in which Rickles was a guest on The Tonight Show were some of the best days of my life.
Yes, I know, it’s sad.
Rickles is 79 now, but he still appears regularly in Vegas and Atlantic City. Once in a while, he’ll show up as a guest with either Letterman or Leno. And he still makes me laugh uncontrollably.
Comedy is a necessity for me. What would this world be like without comedians? It would be one serious world, I’ll tell you that.
My top 10 comedians are: 1) Don Rickles; 2) Richard Pryor; 3) George Carlin; 4) Jonathan Winters; 5) Chris Rock; 6) Kevin James; 7) Steve Martin; 
Garry Shandling; 9) Robin Williams; 10) Johnny Carson.
Am I missing someone?
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Yeah, that Cosby guy isn’t very funny.
I think one of the funniest, cutting edge comics today is Dave Chappelle. John Belushi was also tremendous - still is a scream to watch in old movies and SNL clips.
I saw you on a newspaper vending machine today. It made me laugh. Does that count?
how about lewis black and bernie mac?
Jerry Seinfeld is one of my favorites. Larry David too. Both are great.
how about Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy?
Hey, what about the late, great Sam Kinison?
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