Don Rickles

O'Malley zings GOP governors, Romney on economy

2012-08-28 09:44:00

TAMPA, Fla.�-- Working to preempt a parade of Republican governors who will take the stage tonight at their party's national convention, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said here that the GOP vision for the nation's economy would "spell disaster for...

Unitas' reach extended past Md. borders

2002-09-16 00:00:00

PLEASE PARDON this personal memory of Johnny Unitas, even though it does not stem from the few special times I was actually in his company here in Baltimore. While natives can attest to seeing him throw footballs at Memorial Stadium -- or buy shirts at...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Neighbors' on ABC

2013-03-26 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 24 - 30, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SERIES Whitney Whitney (Whitney Cummings)...

TICKET BOX: Toby Keith, Straight No Chaser, Fall Out Boy, R5 and Carl Palmer shows on sale

2013-02-07 04:26:34

'Inside Comedy': David Steinberg on comedy, inside and out

2013-02-09 07:45:00

Veteran comedian David Steinberg, who has directed such hit TV comedies as "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Mad About You" and "Seinfeld," returns to Showtime on Monday evening for the second season of his interview series, "Inside Comedy." This season he turns...

Hey, hockey puck! Met's 'Rigoletto' moves the action to Vegas casino

2013-01-28 05:45:00

NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Opera is putting the ring-a-ding-ding in “Rigoletto.” Since its premiere in 1851, Verdi’s opera set in 16th century Mantua has been updated to countless locales, from Victorian England to the Planet of...

Becoming a Leinenkugel's Insult Comic

2013-01-04 09:06:00

I recently inherited a large amount of Leinenkugel’s beer from friends who had a New Years Eve party and wanted to get rid of the excess alcohol. It wasn’t until I’d gotten home and unpacked it in my refrigerator that I remembered:...

A field guide to hecklers

2013-01-03 13:21:00

Let's talk about heckling. Who isn't talking about heckling? ("Shut up! I'm talking about heckling, you idiot. If we wanted you to talk about heckling, we'd give you a crayon and a sheet of graph paper!") Anyway, as I was saying, every few months it...

Former Ice Capades performer gives figure skating lessons in Aberdeen

2012-12-26 21:53:00

��When Walter Stevenson teaches people how to skate, he has a lot of experience from which to draw. �Stevenson performed five years with the Ice Capades. He was also with Disney's World on Ice, Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice. �The veteran figure...

Magician Bill Chaudet dies at 91

2013-01-08 16:30:06

Magician Louis William "Bill" Chaudet, a protege of Harry Blackstone Sr. and a technical adviser for film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, died in Folsom, Calif., on Jan. 5 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 91. Chaudet, who was...

Christmas quiz tests your holiday knowledge

2012-12-24 20:54:29

I've written this 15th annual Holiday Quiz column in advance and buried a copy in a sealed container. This way, if civilization is wiped out by the Mayan Apocalypse, future space explorers may be able to dig it up and discover how remarkably intelligent...

T.J. Simers: Dodgers' bumbling, brawling enough to spoil a columnist's vacation

2012-06-24 02:07:00

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Comedian Don Rickles celebrates his 84th birthday today. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

2013-03-15 18:04:00

Tony Bennett and Don Rickles at the opening night party at the Riviera in Las Vegas in October 1971. Bennett made his first Las Vegas appearance in the 1950s, headlining with Milton Berle at the El Rancho. Tony Bennett: Hollywood Star Walk

2011-08-03 09:16:15

Actress Joan Collins with actor Don Rickles.

2010-10-29 13:55:00