The Rise of the Cerebral Comedy: Bob Newhart and Don Rickles

Bob Newhart shows exclusive home video footage of some vacations he shared with his best friend Don Rickles.

[@ImTheDaveman]

This is by far the best tribute to Don Rickles that I have ever seen - so far. Bob Newhart has of himself been a favorite comedian, such style and originality. I dread the day we lose him as well.

[@whoisayou7498]

I miss rickles. The greatest, sharpest comedian to ever do it. Brilliance. Legendary. I miss you don rickles

[@Brace67]

You can hear it in his voice. His best friend and a unique talent and personality is now gone. We have all lost an irreplaceable comedian. There will never be another quite like Don Rickles.

[@rickg8015]

Bob is a big part of my childhood.. He also voiced Bernard in Disney's The Rescuers back in the '70's..

[@inkyguy]

The George Burns and Jack Benny friendship of the post-war generation.

[@troyancheta3803]

Bob was laughing already when Conan said he's putting he's luggage in the compartment. He knew Don so well that he already know what to expect even before you tell him the story and at the same time, you can tell he miss his best friend while reminiscing.

[@garymcaleer6112]

Bob's still with us. Whenever those I have enjoyed, enter their closing days, I'm always reminded of MacArthur's famous saying: "Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away." The same may be said of comedians, actors, actresses, and statesmen.

[@mariaserban4502]

Golden days of comedy and class...

[@joe-vz6hx]

how lucky they were to have that friendship all those years and all those trips together

[@tmrezzek5728]

Newhart's narration for the video is funny as hell, especially when he speaks as Rickles.

[@harizhashim8520]

Both are greats ❤️❤️

[@exerciserelax8719]

That home video footage was amazing... I could watch hours of that. To see two comedy legends just relaxing and not having to entertain anyone but themselves.

[@paulzaldivar7774]

They would have been perfect cast for odd couple movie

[@chrisarseneault5617]

Don, you hockey puck. We miss you.

[@donna30044]

We too often forget that people in the public eye have lives, loves, hopes and dreams, and foibles just like the rest of us.

[@air2838]

I wish I had a best friend relationship that was like Bob's and Don's. 50 plus years of laughs

[@grantprice4456]

Wait, who would dislike this ?

[@hardlines4]

Grant Price Probably idiot liberals!🙄

[@RJ1999x]

hardlines4 exactly right

[@grantprice4456]

hardlines4 lol why say that ?

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

because, like most idiots, they have to find somebody they can think of as as stupider than they are, , or subhuman, or too this or that. too liberal,or conservative. "these people, they're such idiots. they're to blame for all the shit going on now.i'm so good. i'm so clever. i believe in what's RIGHT! not like "THESE idiots". something like that. I cannot believe the number of pathetic comments i see like this, from both sides of the fence. From both Trump haters and supporters alike, "must be a Trump supporter." "you probably voted for Obama". or Bush. Or Clinton, or Reagan. so lame. a bunch of finger wagging, blaming, pathetic, clueless idiots, who desperately want to think they smarter than"those idiots."

[@RJ1999x]

marktarmannpiano Way to use your pop psychology

[@morningstar577]

It's so funny hearing about how after constantly making fun of EVERYONE especially Bob, Bob knew in his gut that Don didn't know how to work the camcorder and sure enough "you gotta turn it off?". Had it been the other way around I'm sure Don would be talking alllll this shit lmao

[@bangersmash1566]

saved by the laugh track!

[@hardlines4]

Love ya Bob!!!!

[@TurboLazer007]

i miss Don........

[@meirwise1107]

Condolences to Bob on the loss of your best friend. You look like Ernie Wise with Eric Morcambe...

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

5:27. You got to be awful funny if its impossible to know the context but someone's laughing at your gestures and face. You got to be outright hysterical, and that's what he was. However if these are laugh tracks, Rickles is still one funny sob. Great story that Conan shared. He shared this on his podcast as well when Jeff Ross was in the room. When Newhart said "I lost a friend, we all lost a friend, the great Don Rickles," he was right. You knew him once you saw him on television, because that was really him. Off screen, he was just as fine because he was a very nice man. RIP one of the greatest comedians ever.

[@richardjamesss438]

They knew each other for over 50 years they was closer than friends closer than brothers

[@curiousgangsta]

Is there a full version of this?

[@richardjagger22]

Andy Richter has let himself go

[@jessfrankel5212]

Much as I loved Rickles' sense of humor, I would never have considered it cerebral. Clever, yes, funny, obviously. Cerebral would be Groucho Marx and Newhart. Not Rickles. It does take intelligence and skill to respond to hecklers and rip them a new one, though, and NO one was better at that than Don Rickles.

[@lumarians]

2:09. Morose definition: (edited) Synonyms: =negativity Saturnine, cruel, blackhearted, depressive, desolate, dire, forlorn, funearist, lonesome, morbid, solemn, sunless, wretched. Antonyms: =Posativity Bright, cheerful, colorful, upbeat, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gayhearted, heartwarming, sun-shining, illuminator, educator, eradicator of secrets or mischief, dispeller of grief and misfortune or laughter.

[@theoakhills]

Doesn't Bob live in Seattle?

[@inkyguy]

“Cerebral comedy” makes it sound like it is something only people at the Center for Advanced Studies in Princeton, NJ, would watch. I was laughing at Bob Newhart at least as early as age 9 or 10. Why is anything different from frat boy jokes considered “cerebral”?

[@TheZillaman89]

15 people are hockey pucks.

[@yasinbills8468]

Ctfu i am the only one with a show in this group

[@sanekabc]

And "the" should not be in the title. Geez! Do I have to do everything for you.

[@sanekabc]

If you want more views put Conan's name in the title. Geez what an oversight.

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

It would be distasteful. Conan is just there to honor them, and he probably did not see himself as on par with those two, and he's probably just happy to be there.

[@Blueveteran342]

Wonderful tribute, but what's up with the very obvious fake laughter during the showing of the clips ?! so irritating :/

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

Blueveteran342 Ik that's so odd

[@dlxmarks]

I don't know which grandchild helped Bob with the editing but that was a mistake.

[@abhishekparmar6702]

@@dlxmarks Conan did

[@jonasthemovie]

4:15 was some TV show canned laughter.

[@laterdudesaint]

conans iq is 160 i hear

[@NickiesAdventureChannel]

What’s with that wierd sample laughter

[@paddle_shift]

Wow, the fake laugh track really throws the presentation.

[@artmcpharlin6730]

Conan is an ego maniac past present and future. So sad that he is still on the air.

[@stephenreeds3672]

Get a little tired of his being Irish. Was he born there? He's American with Irish roots. Some of my ancestors were French Hugenots but I don't pretend I'm French... that wld be ridiculous.