The Don Rickles Project in 2008, frequently starred on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman, and returned to The Tonight Show in 2015 to heckle current host ...

Don Rickles is waiting for me behind a door ... We were robbed in Chicago—all my wife’s jewelry, everything. I went on Johnny Carson and made a joke about it. Two days later, in Florida ...

He got his big break off the field after opening for Don Rickles at Al Hirt's nightclub ... him up to appear on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. He became one of Carson's favorite guests ...