Don Rickles, the Glossary
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American actor and stand-up comedian.[1]
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212 relations: Academy Awards, AllMusic, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, American Broadcasting Company, Amy Poehler, Annette Funicello, Apollo Theater, Archie Bunker's Place, Associated Press, Barbara Bush, Barbra Streisand, Barker (occupation), Beach party film, Betty White, Bill Cosby, Billboard 200, Billy Crystal, Black comedy, Bob Newhart, Brian G. Hutton, Brian Williams, Bullfighter, Burt Lancaster, Buzz Lightyear, C.P.O. Sharkey, Cameo appearance, Carroll O'Connor, Casino (1995 film), CBS, Century City, Chris Rock, Clark Gable, Cleveland, Conan O'Brien, Copacabana (nightclub), Cringe comedy, Culture of the United States, Daddy Dearest, Daily Record (New Jersey), David Letterman, Deadline Hollywood, Democratic Party (United States), Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics), Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, Dirty Work (1998 film), DK (publisher), Don Rickles Speaks!, Don Rickles: One Night Only, Donald Sutherland, Dream sequence, ... Expand index (162 more) »
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a private drama school with two locations, one in New York City and one in Los Angeles. Don Rickles and American Academy of Dramatic Arts are American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971) is an American actress and comedian.
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Annette Funicello
Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer.
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Apollo Theater
The Apollo Theater (formerly the Hurtig & Seamon's New Theatre; also Apollo Theatre or 125th Street Apollo Theatre) is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City.
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Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker's Place is an American television sitcom produced as a continuation of All in the Family.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of former president George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.
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Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. Don Rickles and Barbra Streisand are Jews from New York (state), las Vegas shows and new York (state) Democrats.
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Barker (occupation)
A barker, often a carnival barker, is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing members of the public, announcing attractions of the show, and emphasizing variety, novelty, beauty, or some other enticing feature of the show.
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Beach party film
The beach party film is an American film genre of feature films which were produced and released between 1963 and 1968, created by American International Pictures (AIP), beginning with their surprise hit, Beach Party, in July 1963.
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Betty White
Betty Marion Ludden (White; January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian.
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Bill Cosby
William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American former comedian, actor, spokesman, and media personality. Don Rickles and Bill Cosby are American stand-up comedians and Warner Records artists.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1948)On page 17 of his book 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which gives his first two names as "William Edward", not "William Jacob" is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. Don Rickles and Billy Crystal are American people of Austrian-Jewish descent, American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, American stand-up comedians, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors, Jewish male comedians, Jews from New York (state) and new York (state) Democrats.
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Black comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, bleak comedy, morbid humor, gallows humor, black humor, or dark humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.
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Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart (September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024) was an American comedian and actor. Don Rickles and Bob Newhart are American stand-up comedians and Warner Records artists.
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Brian G. Hutton
Brian Geoffrey Hutton (May 2, 1935 – August 19, 2014) was an American actor and film director whose notable credits include the World War II action films Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970).
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Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American retired journalist and television news anchor.
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Bullfighter
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting.
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Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and film producer. Don Rickles and Burt Lancaster are military personnel from New York City and new York (state) Democrats.
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Buzz Lightyear
Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Disney–Pixar ''Toy Story'' franchise.
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C.P.O. Sharkey
C.P.O. Sharkey is an American television sitcom, created by Aaron Ruben, that aired on NBC from December 1, 1976, to April 28, 1978.
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Cameo appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo, is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts.
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Carroll O'Connor
John Carroll O'Connor (August2, 1924– June21, 2001) was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades. Don Rickles and Carroll O'Connor are military personnel from New York City and Newtown High School alumni.
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Casino (1995 film)
Casino is a 1995 epic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi from the latter's nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. It stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, and James Woods.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
Century City
Century City is a 176-acre (71.2 ha) neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Chris Rock
Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. Don Rickles and Chris Rock are American stand-up comedians.
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Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.
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Copacabana (nightclub)
The Copacabana is a New York City nightclub that has existed in several locations.
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Cringe comedy
Cringe comedy is a subgenre of comedy that derives humor from social awkwardness, guilty pleasure, self-deprecation, idiosyncratic humor, and personal distress.
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Culture of the United States
The culture of the United States of America, also referred to as American culture, encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and norms in the United States, including forms of speech, literature, music, visual arts, performing arts, food, sports, religion, law, technology as well as other customs, beliefs, and forms of knowledge.
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Daddy Dearest
Daddy Dearest is an American television sitcom that aired on Fox, on Sunday nights from September 5 to December 5, 1993.
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Daily Record (New Jersey)
The Daily Record is a seven-day morning daily newspaper of the USA Today Network located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey.
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David Letterman
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. Don Rickles and David Letterman are American stand-up comedians.
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Deadline Hollywood
Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)
Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written, and illustrated by Hank Ketcham.
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Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (also known as: Dennis 2: Dennis Strikes Again) is a 1998 American comedy film.
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Dirty Work (1998 film)
Dirty Work is a 1998 American buddy black comedy film directed by Bob Saget.
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DK (publisher)
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.
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Don Rickles Speaks!
Don Rickles Speaks! is a comedy album released in 1969 by Don Rickles.
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Don Rickles: One Night Only
Don Rickles: One Night Only is a television special dedicated to the life and career of comedian Don Rickles.
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Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor.
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Dream sequence
A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story.
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. Don Rickles and Eddie Murphy are American stand-up comedians.
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Enter Laughing (film)
Enter Laughing is a 1967 comedy film, directed by Carl Reiner, based on his autobiographical novel and the 1963 stage play of the same name.
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Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight (or simply ET) is an American first-run syndicated news broadcasting newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Paramount Streaming.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.
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Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders
Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders is the title of a comedy series that aired on ABC for two short seasons in the mid-1980s.
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Fourth World (comics)
"Fourth World" is a metaseries of connected comic book titles written and drawn by Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics from 1970 to 1973.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Don Rickles and Frank Sinatra are las Vegas shows and Warner Records artists.
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushAfter the 1990s, he became more commonly known as George H. W. Bush, "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush the Elder" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd U.S. president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually referred to simply as George Bush.
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Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series parodying the secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the James Bond films.
Gilligan's Island
Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz.
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Gofer
A gofer, go-fer or gopher is an employee who specializes in the delivery of special items to their superior(s).
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show (and CBS) renders the title as Gomer Pyle – USMC.
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Grandfathered (TV series)
Grandfathered is an American sitcom created by Daniel Chun for Fox.
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Haaretz
Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
Hello Dummy!
Hello Dummy! is a comedy album released by American comedian Don Rickles.
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Hockey puck
A hockey puck is either an open or closed disk used in a variety of sports and games more notably ice hockey.
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Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares (originally The Hollywood Squares) is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes.
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.
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Hot in Cleveland
Hot in Cleveland is an American television sitcom aired on TV Land and starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, and Betty White.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marries.
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Innocent Blood (film)
Innocent Blood (also known in some regions as A French Vampire in America) is a 1992 American black comedy horror film directed by John Landis and written by Michael Wolk.
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Insult comedy
Insult comedy is a comedy genre in which the act consists mainly of offensive insults, usually directed at the audience or other performers.
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Jack E. Leonard
Jack E. Leonard (born Leonard Lebitsky; April 24, 1910 – May 10, 1973) was an American comedian and actor who made frequent appearances on television variety and game shows. Don Rickles and Jack E. Leonard are Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors and Jewish male comedians.
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Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. Don Rickles and Jack Kirby are American people of Austrian-Jewish descent, Jewish American military personnel, military personnel from New York City and new York (state) Democrats.
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Jackson Heights, Queens
Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City.
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Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Allen Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Don Rickles and Jerry Seinfeld are American stand-up comedians, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors, Jewish male comedians, Jews from New York (state) and las Vegas shows.
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Jim Carrey
James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian known for his energetic slapstick performances. Don Rickles and Jim Carrey are American stand-up comedians.
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Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, sometimes shortened to JKL, is an American late-night political satire talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on ABC.
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Joe Gallo
Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster and Caporegime of the Colombo crime family of New York City, New York.
Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an American actor.
John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. Don Rickles and John Landis are Jewish American male actors.
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John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, and animator.
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Johnny Carson
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television personality, comedian, writer and producer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Don Rickles and Johnny Carson are American stand-up comedians.
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Johnny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician.
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Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor and television host. Don Rickles and Jon Stewart are American stand-up comedians, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors, Jewish male comedians and Jews from New York (state).
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Josh Cooley
Joshua Cooley (born May 23, 1979) is an American filmmaker, storyboard artist, and voice actor.
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Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian, best known for his work in comedy films. Don Rickles and Judd Apatow are American stand-up comedians, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors and Jewish male comedians.
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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is an American reality television series that aired on Bravo from August 3, 2005 to August 3, 2010.
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Kaunas
Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes is a 1970 World War II comedy drama heist film, directed by Brian G. Hutton, about a motley crew of American GIs who go AWOL in order to rob a French bank, located behind German lines, of its stored Nazi gold bars.
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Larry King Live
Larry King Live was an American television talk show broadcast by CNN from June 3, 1985 to December 16, 2010.
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Larry Rickles
Lawrence Rickles (May 12, 1970 – December 3, 2011) was an American screenwriter and film and television producer. Don Rickles and Larry Rickles are Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.
Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise.
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Late-night talk show
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show, originating in the United States.
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Let's Make a Deal
Let's Make a Deal (also known as LMAD) is a television game show that originated in the United States in 1963 and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world.
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Litvaks
Litvaks or Lita'im are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent areas of modern-day Russia and Ukraine).
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker.
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Mel Brooks
Melvin James Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. Don Rickles and Mel Brooks are Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors, Jewish American military personnel, Jewish male comedians and Jews from New York (state).
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Men's Journal
Men's Journal is an American men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation and comprising editorials on the outdoors, environmental issues, health and fitness, style and fashion, and gear.
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Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
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Military discharge
A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve.
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Milton Berle
Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger;; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. Don Rickles and Milton Berle are American stand-up comedians, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors, Jewish male comedians, Jews from New York (state) and new York (state) Democrats.
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Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine is a monthly city magazine serving the Milwaukee metropolitan area in Wisconsin, United States.
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Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery is the largest Jewish mortuary and Jewish cemetery organization in California.
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Mr. Dingle, the Strong
"Mr.
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Mr.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
Necrotizing fasciitis
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is a bacterial infection that results in the death of parts of the body's soft tissue.
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New York Daily News
The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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New York Friars Club
The Friars Club is a private club in New York City.
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Newhart
Newhart is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons.
News
News is information about current events.
Newtown High School (Queens)
Newtown High School is a high school in Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas.
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Observational comedy
Observational comedy is a form of humor based on the commonplace aspects of everyday life.
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Pacific War
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
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Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global.
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Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Don Rickles and Patton Oswalt are American stand-up comedians and Warner Records artists.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program was an annual award given to performers in a variety/music series or specials.
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry.
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Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.
Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot (released internationally as The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot) is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on the 1976 novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman.
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Rat Pack
The Rat Pack was an informal group of singers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. Don Rickles and Rat Pack are las Vegas shows.
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director.
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Regis Philbin
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020)Archived at and the: was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer.
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Retrospective
A retrospective (from Latin, "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past.
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Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Don Rickles and Richard Lewis (comedian) are American stand-up comedians, Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors and Jewish male comedians.
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Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Don Rickles and Richard Pryor are American stand-up comedians and Warner Records artists.
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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and musician.
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Roast (comedy)
A roast is a form of comedy, originating in American humor, in which a specific individual, a guest of honor, is subjected to jokes at their expense, intended to amuse the event's wider audience.
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Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Don Rickles and Roger Corman are Jewish American military personnel.
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Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Run for Your Life (TV series)
Run for Your Life is an American drama television series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live.
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Run Silent, Run Deep (film)
Run Silent, Run Deep is a 1958 American black-and-white war film starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Commander (later Captain) Edward L. Beach Jr. The picture was directed by Robert Wise and produced by Harold Hecht.
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Seaman (rank)
Seaman is a military rank used in many navies around the world.
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Self-deprecation
Self-deprecation is the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, disparaging oneself, or being excessively modest.
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Seth Meyers
Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. Don Rickles and Seth Meyers are American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent and American stand-up comedians.
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Shock humour
Shock humour is a style of comedy intended to shock the audience.
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Snickers
Snickers (stylized in all caps) is a chocolate bar consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, all encased in milk chocolate.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The St.
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
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Steve Lawrence
Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz; July 8, 1935 – March 7, 2024) was an American singer, comedian, and actor. Don Rickles and Steve Lawrence are Jewish American comedians, Jewish American male actors and military personnel from New York City.
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Super Bowl XLIV
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season.
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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from September–October 1954 until March 1974, spanning a total of 163 issues.
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Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series created by William Gaines and Steven Dodd that ran for seven seasons on the premium cable channel HBO, from June 10, 1989, to July 19, 1996, with a total of 93 episodes.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Telly Savalas
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor.
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The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams.
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The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
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The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York.
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The Comedy Awards
The Comedy Awards was an annual award ceremony run by the American television network Comedy Central, honoring the best of comedy.
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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast is an American series of television specials hosted by entertainer Dean Martin and airing from 1974 to 1984.
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The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes.
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The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom created by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons.
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The Don Rickles Show
The Don Rickles Show is an American comedy television series.
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The Futon Critic
The Futon Critic is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on broadcast and cable networks in the United States.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish actor and comedian Craig Ferguson.
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The Mothers-in-Law
The Mothers-in-Law is an American sitcom featuring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard as two women who were friends and next-door neighbors until their children's elopement made them in-laws.
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The Munsters
The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.
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The Pride and the Passion
The Pride and the Passion is a 1957 American Napoleonic-era war film in Technicolor and VistaVision from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.
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The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by actor and comedian Jimmy Fallon that airs on NBC.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC, the third iteration of the ''Tonight Show'' franchise.
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009.
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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone".
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The Unit
The Unit is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009 with the total of four seasons and 69 episodes.
The Unit season 2
The second season of The Unit originally aired between September 19, 2006 and May 8, 2007; it introduces several new characters to the series.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The Washington Times
The Washington Times is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on national politics.
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Tim Allen
Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. Don Rickles and Tim Allen are American stand-up comedians.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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TimesLedger Newspapers
The TimesLedger Newspapers is a chain of paid circulation weekly newspapers covering news, sports and events of concern to residents of the borough of Queens, New York.
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Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American writer, comedian, actress, and producer.
TMZ
TMZ is a tabloid news organization owned by Fox Corporation.
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.
Toy Story
Toy Story is a 1995 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
Toy Story (franchise)
Toy Story is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company.
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Toy Story 2
Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
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Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
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Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
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Tracy Morgan
Tracy Jamal Morgan (born November 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Don Rickles and Tracy Morgan are American stand-up comedians.
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Turlock Journal
The Turlock Journal is a newspaper in Turlock, California.
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TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division.
TV Land Award
The TV Land Awards was an American television awards ceremony that generally commemorated shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with the Emmys.
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TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes is an American television series.
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TV.com
TV.com was a website owned by Red Ventures that covered television series and episodes with a focus on English-language shows made or broadcast in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Umbertos Clam House
Umbertos Clam House is an Italian seafood restaurant located at 132 Mulberry Street in Little Italy in Manhattan, New York City.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Vince Colletta
Vincent Colletta (October 15, 1923 – June 3, 1991), Social Security Number 151-22-4770, at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org.
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Viva Ned Flanders
"Viva Ned Flanders" is the tenth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
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Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. Don Rickles and Whoopi Goldberg are American stand-up comedians and new York (state) Democrats.
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Woody (Toy Story)
Sheriff Woody Pride is a fictional pull-string cowboy doll who appears in the Disney–Pixar ''Toy Story'' franchise.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes
X, better known by its promotional title, X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes, is a 1963 American science fiction horror film in Pathécolor, produced and directed by Roger Corman, from a script by Ray Russell and Robert Dillon.
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90th Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
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See also
Newtown High School alumni
- Arki Dikania Wisnu
- Carroll O'Connor
- Charlie Villanueva
- Don Rickles
- Estée Lauder (businesswoman)
- Frank Gulotta
- Henry G. Walter Jr.
- John F. Scileppi
- Joseph F. Donelan Jr.
- Lenny Schultz
- Luis de los Santos
- Michael J. Murphy (police commissioner)
- Omar Minaya
- Peter T. Farrell
- Reggie Pearman
- Risë Stevens
- Shaan Shahid
- Smush Parker
- Tony DePhillips
- William C. Brennan
- Zoe Saldaña
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rickles
Also known as Don Rickels, Donald Jay Rickles, Merchant of venom.
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