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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (13-Oct-2007)

Director: John Landis

Producers: Robert Engelman; John Landis; Mike Richardson; Larry Rickles

Keywords: Documentary, Biography

Comedy documentary pays tribute to stand-up comedian Don Rickles.

ABSTRACT
Don Rickles, a stand-up comedian renewed for decades of insulting everyone under the Sun with a razor-sharp cynical wit, rules the day in Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project, a documentary combining clips from Rickles' never-before-taped Las Vegas routine with interviews from some of comedy's biggest contemporary names to provide viewers with a true-life tale of one of the last of a dying breed of performers.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dave Attell
Comic
18-Jan-1965   Insomniac
Frankie Avalon
Singer
18-Sep-1940   Bikini Beach
Roseanne Barr
Actor
3-Nov-1952   Roseanne
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
24-Jan-1917 8-Jul-2012 Marty
James Caan
Actor
26-Mar-1940   Vegas
Mario Cantone
Comic
9-Dec-1959   Laugh Whore
Jack Carter
Comic
24-Jun-1923 28-Jun-2015 Stand-up comic, actor
Roger Corman
Film/TV Producer
5-Apr-1926   Frankenstein Unbound
Billy Crystal
Comic
14-Mar-1947   When Harry Met Sally
Robert De Niro
Actor
17-Aug-1943   The Godfather: Part II
Clint Eastwood
Actor
31-May-1930   The Man With No Name
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor
13-Nov-1955   Sister Act
Kathy Griffin
Actor
4-Nov-1960   Vicki on Suddenly Susan
Christopher Guest
Actor
5-Feb-1948   This Is Spinal Tap
Penn Jillette
Magician
5-Mar-1955   Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo
Jimmy Kimmel
Talk Show Host
13-Nov-1967   The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live
Larry King
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
John Landis
Film Director
3-Aug-1950   An American Werewolf in London
John Lasseter
Film Director
12-Jan-1957   Toy Story
Steve Lawrence
Singer
8-Jul-1935   The Steve Lawrence Show
Jay Leno
Talk Show Host
28-Apr-1950   The Tonight Show
Richard Lewis
Comic
29-Jun-1947   Such a nice young man
George Lopez
Comic
23-Apr-1961   Stand-up comic, George Lopez Show
Peggy March
Singer
8-Mar-1948   I Will Follow Him
Ed McMahon
Talk Show Host
6-Mar-1923 23-Jun-2009 The Tonight Show
Bob Newhart
Comic
5-Sep-1929   The Bob Newhart Show
Regis Philbin
Talk Show Host
25-Aug-1931   Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly
Sidney Poitier
Actor
20-Feb-1927   In The Heat Of The Night
Carl Reiner
Actor
20-Mar-1922   Your Show of Shows
Debbie Reynolds
Actor
1-Apr-1932 28-Dec-2016 Dancer, actress
Don Rickles
Comic
8-May-1926 6-Apr-2017 Mr. Warmth
Joan Rivers
Comic
8-Jun-1933 4-Sep-2014 Can we talk?
Chris Rock
Comic
7-Feb-1965   Everybody Hates Chris
Bob Saget
Comic
17-May-1956   America's Funniest Home Videos
Martin Scorsese
Film Director
17-Nov-1942   Taxi Driver
Harry Shearer
Comic
23-Dec-1943   Almost half the voices on The Simpsons
Sarah Silverman
Comic
1-Dec-1970   The Sarah Silverman Program
Keely Smith
Singer
9-Mar-1928 16-Dec-2017 Louis Prima Band
Dick Smothers
Comic
20-Nov-1939   A Smothers Brother
Tommy Smothers
Comic
2-Feb-1937   A Smothers Brother
John Stamos
Actor
19-Aug-1963   Jesse on Full House
Harry Dean Stanton
Actor
14-Jul-1926 15-Sep-2017 Bathrobe-clad actor from Repo Man
George Wallace
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Vegas standup comic
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1951 11-Aug-2014 Mork from Ork

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