Rickles' Book: A Memoir

By Don Rickles

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment

Don Rickles' memoir, written with David Ritz, about a career in comedy that ran from Brooklyn and Navy service through Las Vegas lounges to Hollywood films and talk shows. He tells stories about Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson and the Rat Pack, and about how insult comedy became his trademark. Among the jokes are warm passages about his mother, his wife and his long marriage.

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