MR. WARMTH: THE DON RICKLES SHOW {JOHN WAYNE, DEAN MARTIN, JACK KLUGMAN, BOB NEWHART} (TV)
Summary
A television comedy/variety special hosted by comedian Don Rickles. Highlights include: a comedy sketch between Rickles and John Wayne; a spoof on situation comedy shows featuring Rickles in drag; several brief cameos from Carroll O'Connor; Rickles in a sketch as Rhett Butler from "Gone with the Wind"; people from the audience called onstage by Rickles for an improvisation sketch; a "radio soap-opera" featuring Rickles, Jack Klugman, Loretta Swit, and Bob Newhart; a sketch involving "footage" from an evening honoring Rickles featuring Dean Martin; an airport lounge sketch featuring Rickles with Marcia Lewis, Charlie Callas, Bill Saluga, Steve Landesburg, Helen Reddy, and Rip Taylor, culminating in Rickles and Reddy singing "I Just Want to be Friends"; a brief cameo by Kent McCord and Martin Milner as their characters from "Adam-12"; Rickles conducting mocking conversations with members of the studio audience; and an appearance by Frank Sinatra. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 19, 1975 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:46:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:06814
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1975
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Joe Scandore … Executive Producer
- Herbert Solow … Executive Producer
- Paul W. Keyes … Producer, Writer
- Bill Foster … Director
- Marc London … Writer
- Bob Howard … Writer
- Bob O'Brien … Writer
- Terry Hart … Writer
- Nelson Riddle … Music by
- Don Rickles … Host
- Jack Klugman … Guest
- Dean Martin … Guest
- Bob Newhart … Guest
- Helen Reddy … Guest
- Francis Albert Sinatra (See also: Frank Sinatra) … Guest
- Loretta Swit … Guest
- John Wayne … Guest
- Charlie Callas … Guest
- Jim Parnell (audio id only) … Guest
- Steve Landesburg … Guest
- Jaye P. Morgan … Guest
- Ken Sansom … Guest
- Bill Saluga … Guest
- Rip Taylor … Guest
- Timothy Blake … Guest
- Marcia Lewis … Guest
- Carroll O'Connor … Guest
- Kent McCord … Guest
- Martin Milner … Guest