00:00Now I'd like to introduce Nipsey Russell.
00:10Nipsey is living proof that black is beautiful, not funny, but beautiful.
00:17There he is, my good pal, Mr. Nipsey Russell.
00:29They found an orangutan suffering with a hernia, fed him poison from a rattlesnake bite,
00:36gave him the soothing voice of a wild hyena, and he is man of the week tonight.
00:50Don Rickles, who has the personality of a lemon taster, is not without compassion for his fellow performer.
00:59When Peg Leg Bates was seriously ill and down on his luck, Don Rickles gave him money.
01:05He said, I know it's tough on you, Peg. Here's a few dollars to help you out till you get
01:10back on your foot.
01:15He has suffered rejection, frustration. Only yesterday, in a moment of flirtatious, sexy attitude,
01:24he tried to pick up a woman on Hollywood and Vine,
01:26and he was chased away by the two Boy Scouts that were helping her across the street.
01:32She hit him with a crutch.
01:36It's because you're hostile, Don.
01:39Pattern after Dean Martin, a sex symbol and a superstar who upped his prestige in the business through charm and
01:45grace.
01:46He upped his prestige, Don.
01:49Up yours.
02:06I know that Don Edmire is the man. He said to Dean Martin, he said, Dean, in my act, I
02:11do a song called I'm a Nice Guy.
02:12He said, but my musical performance is a little awkward.
02:15What should I do with my hands while I'm singing?
02:17And Dean, Dean said, put them over your mouth.
02:25In his humor, he makes some ethnic slurs.
02:28Well, once when we were all in Florida, I saw Sammy Davis Jr. water skiing through the Everglades, enjoying himself
02:35immensely.
02:36At the wheel of that boat, in the broiling hot sun, pulling Sammy Davis on the water skis, was Don
02:43Rickards.
02:44I had to shout my accommodation.
02:46I said, Don, you're beautiful, working so hard to entertain your little friend.
02:51I said, you're a personifying brotherhood.
02:54He said, I'm baiting alligators.
03:07Don Rickards has won many friends in many places, before many groups, by his philosophical observations.
03:13Before a physical fitness group, he said, if you want to look young, hang out with old people.
03:20At a Billy Graham revival, he said, if you want to be forgiven for your sins, the first thing you
03:32got to do is sin.
03:37At the Naval Academy, he said, don't give up the ship, sell it.
03:45Tomorrow in Brando, he said, forget about the Indians.
03:49If they're not happy the way we treat them, let them go back where they came from.
03:55I was going to write a song about you tonight, Don, but the notes on the piano don't go that
04:00low.
04:03So I say to you, blow the trumpet of brotherhood, beat the freedom drum, but don't sing along with my
04:13people or we shall not overcome.
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