{"id":489,"date":"2020-12-12T18:26:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T18:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/?p=489"},"modified":"2020-12-12T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T18:30:26","slug":"remembering-don-rickles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Don Rickles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If Don Rickles were alive today, you would find him standing on the unemployment line after his visit to the soup kitchen.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans now take themselves so seriously. Everything is a slight, an insult, a racist remark!\u00a0 We are so thin-skilled that we have to watch every word we say because we are afraid someone in the vicinity will be offended!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all know that the entire Presidential election was a big joke, a megalomaniac running against a possible dementia patient.\u00a0 But nobody is laughing about that. No worry, Biden will \u201cstutter\u201d and \u201cstagger\u201d through his Presidency with help of the crew of misfits he will assuredly appoint.\u00a0 Cannot fathom the possibility of Biden surviving his entire term.\u00a0 Hail, Kamala Harris, the diversity VP, Queen of the inherited presidency!\u00a0 Why run for President when you can just \u201cslide\u201d into the seat?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the movie, Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy uses \u201cMF\u201d umpteenth times in one locker room scene alone, which for the record, was not even remotely funny.\u00a0 It actually was a pathetic attempt at humor, much worse than anything Lenny Bruce every did.\u00a0 For the record, Lenny was publicly castigated for \u201cEvery day, people are straying away from the church and going back to God.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Much funnier and more poignant than Murphy, but the Pope didn\u2019t get it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don Rickles offended everyone.\u00a0 He was an equal opportunity offender.\u00a0 He went after Italians, fat people, Jews, and particularly anyone daring enough to sit in the front row of his audience.<\/em>\u00a0 In the Catskills, Buddy Hackett was a capable offender, along with Henny Youngman and even Alan King on occasion. (My favorite Alan King response when asked how long he had been married: \u201cI\u2019ve had six very happy years of marriage, and out of twenty-six, that\u2019s not bad\u201d.\u00a0 Some of the wives didn\u2019t find it so humorous!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is of course the havoc created by LGBTQ, who will simply not tolerate any \u201coff-color\u201d remark regarding gay men, lesbians, transgenders, etc.\u00a0 As a result, we have lost a plethora of jokes about the WNBA from our society. Too bad!\u00a0 Tragic Loss!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more body shaming I have been informed.\u00a0 That just doesn\u2019t seem fair.\u00a0 We have a national crisis as a result of chronic obesity and morbid obesity and we cannot even joke about it.\u00a0 We even had a NYC girl, Jazlyn Bradley, sue MacDonald\u2019s because she believed her obesity was a result of the excessive calorie count and lack of nutritional value of its food.\u00a0 The case was dismissed of course.\u00a0 Not quite sure what she was thinking when she habituated MacDonald\u2019s, thinking that this particular restaurant was the cure for her propensity to eat far more than the RDA required amount.\u00a0 (5\u20196\u201d, 270 lbs.).\u00a0 Apparently, the journey to MacDonald\u2019s was insufficient exercise!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s be fair.\u00a0 We coddle our kids, allowing them to eat everything unhealthy.\u00a0 Keebler, Fritos, Pepsi & Coke.\u00a0 Hershey Bars & Mars Snickers, not even including Godiva and Toblerone. Not so easy to have any self-discipline, so we just dismiss and say \u201cno body shaming\u201d.\u00a0 That is far easier than actually teaching our kids to eat healthier foods and controlling what we bring into our homes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0James Cordon, a British talk show host, went on a tirade against Bill Maher when Maher did an entire routine on fat shaming.\u00a0 \u00a0The real problem, of course, is that Cordon has always had a weight problem and refuses to take personal responsibility.\u00a0 If you listened to Maher, you realize that he was pretty much on target, with the exception of the unfortunate individuals that have glandular and other medical disorders that prevent them from losing the weight.\u00a0 Oh, well, there go all of Jackie Gleason\u2019s great jokes about being overweight, out the window.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who else has destroyed our sense of humor? We can certainly thank the ACLU, one of the most \u201coffensive\u201d organizations every created. They state they want to protect our First Amendment freedom of speech while going after anyone who says anything remotely racist or ethnicist, even as a joke.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can thank Al Sharpton for turning every incident with a Black person into racism even when it never was intended as such.\u00a0 All of us remember Tawana Brawley and the wreckage of Steve Pagones\u2019 career, except for the ignorant followers of the less than revered Reverend, who apparently have contracted short-term memory loss.\u00a0 But you have to love Curtis Sliwa\u2019s nicknames for him: \u201cAl Sharpy Sharpton\u201d and \u201cSlim Shady\u201d.\u00a0 (After big Al lost all that weight.} \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can thank Colin Kaepernick, who is fortunate not to have injured his knees too severely during his abbreviated career as an overpaid NFL quarterback.\u00a0 Otherwise, he could not have \u201ctaken a knee\u201d during the National Anthem in order to offend many Americans, specifically Veterans and servicemen. It\u2019s not that Colin was entirely wrong, but let\u2019s consider that he hardly grew up in a deprived environment. Maybe spending a little more time improving his skills after injuries rather than pursuing his political agenda might have kept him in the NFL a bit longer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never have really determined why is it ok on a basketball court in the Bronx or Newark for all the Black kids to call each other the \u201cN\u201d word, but if a \u201cWhite\u201d boy playing basketball with them uses the \u201cN\u201d word he is certain to be crucified?\u00a0 The answer may be simply: \u201cReverse Racism\u201d.\u00a0 It is assumed that when the White boy uses the term, he is expressing racism, but that the Black kid is just being funny!\u00a0 That is a total crock, spread by organizations like BLM and individuals like Al Sharpton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After George Floyd, we had better not laugh any more.\u00a0 We have \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d clashing with \u201cBlue Lives Matter\u201d.\u00a0 Personally. I believe that we need more bona fide movements. What about \u201cHispanic Lives Matter\u201d, \u201cNative American Lives Matter\u201d, \u201cJewish Lives Matter\u201d, \u201cIslamic Women\u2019s Lives Matter\u201d (the men will be included \u00a0if and when \u201cniqabs\u201d are banned forever) and finally \u201cAsian Lives Matter\u201d (we may have to diversify that one to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. but we\u2019ll discuss that later)?\u00a0 \u00a0(Yale and Harvard are having a major problem with the last one).\u00a0 Of course, we can\u2019t have \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d as that is currently not politically acceptable or fashionable along with \u201cAll Lives Matter\u201d!! Where are all these \u201cMovements\u201d?\u00a0 Seems like too many people are spending their time on \u201cbowel movements\u201d instead of protest movements!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered our reality. But it may not be more tragic than the fact that we have now been deprived of any humor in our lives.  The ability to laugh at ourselves, at our frailties, at our differences has always been special and unique. Our sense of humor has now been replaced with a black cloud of anger.  It is so very sad that we are no longer able to look in the mirror and realize that we are just passing through this universe and the ability to laugh is a gift from God.  <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are two poignant quotes to accompany this tirade:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people!\u201d  George Bernard Shaw.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away\u201d. Ben Franklin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don, may you rest in peace!\u00a0 I\u2019ll just keep watching the Dean Martin Roasts and appreciate the gift that you gave us.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Don Rickles were alive today, you would find him standing on the unemployment line after his visit to the soup kitchen. Americans now take themselves so seriously. Everything is a slight, an insult, a racist remark!\u00a0 We are so thin-skilled that we have to watch every word we say because we are afraid someone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}