Zach Galifianakis Trades Jabs With Don Rickles | Dinner with Don

What would you like me to call you, Mr. Rickles? God. God? Yeah. Okay, Zach, when you think of something, say it. Waitress? And we have never met. We met once. You said, “Hello, Rabbi,” and walked away. Did I do it? Yes. Where are you from? I'm from North Carolina. I don't know if I ever worked in North Carolina. Are there many places that you don't have? I'm sure it is, but... Can I try it first? Sure. Okay, yeah. I'm curious how you started. Yes. Do you mind if I ask you about that? No, I don't care at all as long as I don't receive the check.

Wait, I'm not paying for this. Then we will collaborate. Contribute? What is this? Dutch? I have based all my humor on laughing at fanaticism. I laugh at Wilt Chamberlain. Ha ha ha. But if you don't laugh, it's not funny. Where was the beginning when you thought you could make a living doing this? He must have been in his twenties. My mother pushed me to get up and joke. Then suddenly they laughed, so I kept doing it. Do you mind if I...? Do what you want. Is United States. When you started teasing the audience, when that twist happened, did people not like it at first?

Because they didn't know who you were, I guess. It was a big struggle when I started. The guy said, "Hey, I came to see this guy and he called my wife a moose. I don't need that, you know?" Now, if you're going to break down while we speak, we're going to have to go home early. Sorry, I really like the word "moose." Are you a Jewish boy? Yes. Oh, do whatever you want. Where is the wife? She weighs 300 pounds. Don't you worry when she makes her move? Just do what you are doing now. No. No. Do you think that the career choice you made has made you smarter at this age?

Hello? I can have a drink. Where does she say in my contract that I can't drink? Oh I'm sorry. Excuse me, guys? Yes. Can I get the order from her? I would like to eat an elephant. We'll have a little elephant and I think I'll just eat the ravioli. Where are you from? I am from Italy. Oh really. Yes. Do you want to sit down? No, thanks. I will place your order. No problem. God bless you. Take care. How old are you? What's that? How old are you? Forty-seven, Don. But in those days, how did you magnify your voice, you know, before electricity?

You turned out well. Did I do it? And he's pissing me off. It's interesting to have such a long, long career and it doesn't seem old-fashioned to me at all. I know you from watching Johnny Carson when you were the guest host. Would you get up, my friend? How much do I bid for this? You got to be kidding. George Washington died and had a son. You must have come out of your mother at an angle. Look at this guy's face. Wow. You've probably hit the wall. Is he laughing or coming towards me? But there is a way to say things to different people.

And a lot of comedians don't understand that. Yeah, well, I know how far to go and when to back off. And it's a matter of judgment and... Remember the words of George Foreman, who said after the fight with Muhammad Ali: "Was he down?" I don't want to go into it too much, but I think comedy is the way to talk about it, in a strange way. Well, you say you're not political and this and that, but I think what you were doing, especially back then, is opening up the dialogue. Do you think you did that? Well, every time I act I try to do it as a conversation, like we're talking now, with some humor, you know.

I leave it to the audience and I'm kind of proud of that. I laugh at people. I laugh at the black ones, the white ones, the purple ones. I laugh at everything, at all my humor... I came here in America, why? Because I laugh at what the hell we are. That's what we have to laugh at. You're a black man, right? I made a guess. Don, you must be very familiar with my work. Every night I go to bed and think about your work. No, really, I didn't know much about you. You sound like my dad.

Have you ever seen “Corky Romano”? Go to the psychiatrist. You have some problems. Now you sound like my wife. Did you ever see a picture called "Kelly's Heroes"? No, I haven't seen “Kelly's Heroes,” no. Is it still in theaters? Do you ever leave the house? Clint, I say this with all due respect: twenty-eight years ago we made “Kelly's Heroes” and I haven't heard from you since. I say it, no one else has said it, and I say it from the bottom of my heart: You are a terrible actor. Zach, how did you get started? Well, Don...

No, seriously, how did you get started? In the back of a burger joint in Times Square was my first gig. Put me on or right? It's called Harry's Burger. What were you doing then? Jokes? Sometimes they were jokes. Sometimes they were just sentences. I went to see my stylist today and... She was like, "What are you looking for?" And I said, "Just give me 'the homeless.'" Then I came here and performed a lot at open mics. Well, that's good. Yeah, the directors just went to these clubs, I guess. I didn't. I don't know. Yes. Todd Phillips is the director of the movie "The Hangover." Have you ever seen or heard...

Although we don't have a talking machine? I failed college by one point. I never graduated. No joke, because you look like a college student. Oh well, I went to agricultural school. No, sir. A Jew does not farm. Why do you say that? I don't know anyone who has a horse and watches the corn grow and all that. Yes. Yes. You can say it. Do you think comedy has been good for your health? Wow!" I think it's great for the brain, you know. He's a big inspiration. My dad still works. He's 81, but he still works. His brain is very, very sharp.

Very sharp. I mean Do you think you'll get to a point where you'll say, "Okay, I've done it enough." I think I'll stop? Sure, I'll stop when I fall on the street and you pick me up. Yes. This is my dream. , being here with you in Canada. Thanks for the

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. Thank you. You know, I used to. I'm serious. watching comedies just so I could hear my dad laugh because it was, it just was, so Don Rickles made my dad, on the Johnny Carson show, we would watch it late at night. I exchanged tapes with some Don Rickles monologues.

They gave me. some of his old stuff that was hard to get. In fact, the Sklar brothers gave me some Don Rickles stuff years ago. If you're a comedian and you don't appreciate Don Rickles, you're probably not a comedian. This is a really amazing experience to be ridiculed by the guy who invented it. What are you doing? I'm your boy, the great Snoop Dogg, and I need you all to subscribe to the AARP channel right now. You know what I'm talking about. Or do you know what I mean? So you can see Don Rickles and see his right hand man, no, his left hand man, Snoop Dogg, live and in the flesh.

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