Comedy Legend Don Rickles on the Art of the Insult The 90-year-old comedy legend, who slayed and subdued crowds with his equal-opportunity put-downs for more than 60 years, died on April 6.

Comedian Don Rickles has postponed his performance Wednesday, Oct. 17 at Potawatomi Bingo Casino's Northern Lights Theater.

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Rickles suffered a cracked rib while exercising last weekend. The performance has not been rescheduled. Tickets purchased for the show will be honored for the rescheduled date.

The performance by comedian D.L. Hughley, originally slated for Nov. 13 at the Northern Lights Theater, has been moved to Nov. 15 due to a scheduling conflict.

Customers can call the Potawatomi Bingo Casino box office at (414) 847-7922 for more information. Those who purchased tickets and wish to receive a refund should return them to the original place of purchase. The box office is open Monday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.

Tickets purchased at Ticketmaster outlets, including Piggly Wiggly stores, Boston Stores, U.S. Cellular Arena, Disc Man & Mainstream outlets in Milwaukee should be returned to the place of purchase up to 90 days after the scheduled date. Customers who purchased tickets via the Ticketmaster phone charge service and ticketmaster.com can call (414) 276-4545 for refund information.

Don Rickles, who comically insulted Las Vegas audiences for seven decades and had a prominent role in Casino, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 90.

Rickles played casino manager Billy Sherbert in Martin Scorsese’s classic 1995 film, which starred Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone. In notes about the movie posted on the American Movie Channel website, Rickles is quoted describing his character:

“Billy Sherbert is a combination of guys I’ve known. It didn’t take a great amount of concentration on my part because I grew up in this town.”

Rickles first played Las Vegas in 1959. As Mike Weatherford explains in Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! The Wildest! The Swingin’est Town on Earth, Rickles made his Las Vegas debut in May 1959 in the Sahara Hotel’s Casbar Lounge, performing between sets by jazz master Louis Prima.

“‘The Merchant of Venom’ worked the Casbar through 1967,” Weatherford writes. “His Las Vegas exposure opened the door to larger nightclub settings.”

Rickles had a close relationship with Frank Sinatra, exemplified by his ability to insult the hot-headed crooner without penalty. Rickles often palled around with members of the Rat Pack.

But he was playing a role on stage. As he told Weatherford, “I’m just a guy, a normal guy. I’m a very basic guy. It’s two different lives. When I get out there onstage, or when I’m at a big party with celebrities, I become that character that I do onstage.”

Although he acted in several movies and television shows, Rickles is arguably best remembered for his role in Casino and for voicing Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story movie series.

During a Spike TV comedy roast of Rickles in 2014, De Niro recalled a scene from Casino: “The scene where Pesci beats the crap out of you turned out to be one of the most popular scenes in the movie. Who hasn’t wanted to do that?”

In more recent years, Rickles performed at the Orleans Hotel, just off the Las Vegas Strip. He recently was booked to appear at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, but the show was rescheduled.

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