Introduction

Rob Long: If you don't know who Don Rickles is, on the one hand, I feel sorry for you. Do you remember that big star-studded TV special celebrating the Reagan second inaugural in 1985? It was President Reagan and Nancy Reagan up on a throne,. And it was a classic Rickles set. He was just killing it that night. You can either laugh like you're about to lose it or squeeze out a smile and suffer. Either way, life is a lot like a Don Rickles set."