The Dean Martin Celebrity roasts were a riot with Don Rickles....as was President Reagan’s 2nd Inaugural celebration ...the millennial so, or what ever they are called, haven’t a clue about comedy.
Don Rickles must be one of the very few comedians from his era to have stayed around this long. There can’t be many left. Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, Dean Martin, Jonathan Winters, etc. They’re all gone. The only one left I can think of is Jerry Lewis. After him, there won’t be any REAL comedians left. The ones around today can’t hold a candle to those names.
I agree with your thoughts.
I can’t even watch a comedy routine these days.