MikeinChi
12-10-2007, 07:37 AM
HBO is currently running a documentary on Don Rickles. It's called "Mr. Warmth - The Don Rickles Project." If you have the opportunity, this is certainly worth your time to check out. There is a lot of information and footage of "Old Vegas" as well as "New Vegas." They show quite a few clips of his performance at the Stardust last year before it was imploded. I didn't realize how connected Rickles was/is to Vegas. He was friends with everyone who was anyone - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Johnny Carson, many others. Although this film is about Don Rickles, I found the most interesting part to be Bob Newhart's comments about how much "better" Vegas was when it was run by the Mob - no kidding!