"It is so sad to lose a wonderful lady like Annette Funicello, " said comedian Don Rickles.

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Is there anyone or any ethnic group that Don Rickles hasn't insulted?

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Rigoletto, the Duke's court jester in Piave's libretto, is transformed by Mayer into a hanger-on and comic along the lines of Don Rickles and Joey Bishop.

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Also with James Woods, Frank Vincent, and Don Rickles.

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The 1965 "Beach Blanket Bingo, " for example, featured subplots involving a mermaid, a motorcycle gang and a skydiving school run by Don Rickles, and comic touches by silent film star Buster Keaton.

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I've listened to Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Flip Wilson, Lisa Lampanelli, Bill Maher, Rick Ducommun, Bernie Mac, George Lopez, Martin Lawrence, Don Rickles, Carlos Mencia, Andrew Dice Clay, Kathy Griffin -- and the list can go on and on and on.

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Rigoletto is a nasty, Don Rickles-style comedian, the Duke's lapdog, alternately encouraged and kicked, whose mockery of Monterone (here, a sheik), whose daughter has been raped by the Duke, comes back to haunt him when his own daughter, Gilda, is taken and destroyed.

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