Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Rickles not so funny now....

Don Rickles got his walking papers from an unhappy gathering of celebrities when Rickels insulted the great one during an American Film Institute tribute last week. And as far as Hollywood is concerned, Rickles remarks never happened. They powers that be will simply cut the offending commentary and the majority of Americans will never know that it happened when the program does air on the 24th.

Meanwhile, Don Rickles may not know it yet, but he just announced his own retirement date from any future public appearances. Hollywood won't publish that either, but make no mistake, the man is now black listed by the leftist elite of Hollywood and media for his transgressions against Obama.

I guess I can still say black listed, or is that an offense too. Probably soon.

 Don Rickles

UPDATED: The comic's material will be edited out of the scheduled broadcast on June 24.

Viewers of TV Land will not be able to watch insult comic Don Rickles compare President Barack Obama to a janitor at the recent American Film Institute tribute to Shirley MacLaine when the network broadcasts its shortened version of the evening’s festivities at 9PM ET/PT on June 24. “It’s not going to make it on the air —that’s all I’ll say about it,” says a spokesperson for the cable channel, which presented Rickles with its Legend Award in 2009.


TV Land’s edited AFI program will run 90 minutes. The black-tie evening, which lasted four hours, took place at Sony Pictures Studios on June 7. Rickles’ material also included jabs at Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and MacLaine, although none went viral like the 86-year-old’s comment about the current commander in chief. “President Obama is a personal friend of mine,” said Rickles. “He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke.”

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