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It's doubtful anyone in the audience under the age of 50 knows who Don Rickles is... he's really from a different age of comedy.

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I agree he's funny...since when is being just an insulting fuck funny forever? Don Rickles is funny because he knows when to lay back and when to go in hard. I think Ricky is funny and this performance was funny because he wasn't just a constant prick.

@ qwiz and rottenseed.
i think maybe my point got lost in my rant.
so let me clarify:
i never agreed with choggies tactics,i found them to be abrasive and confrontational,but i did agree wholeheartedly on his intent.
which was to promote discussion by way of stirring the wasps nest.
i had told him that may be a counterproductive tactic but that was him..meh../shrugs.
so please do not take my rant as a "choggie is my savior".
it is not.
i just liked him and his quirky ways.
i am also not diminishing nor marginalizing those who have had bad experiences with choggie.the private messages and enflammatory comments directed at a particular person.that was their experience and they feel the way they do based on those experiences..who am i too judge the validity of their emotions?
what i WAS addressing however was how i was watching,and not for the first time,people putting blame on the chogster for certain trends and tendencies of this site.
that is a falsehood.
many good people.interesting and unique people left not due to choggies antics but rather the ever-increasing group-think that has permeated this site more and more.
you may disagree and that is your right but it also another discussion and one i welcome gladly.i think i could make a pretty strong case.
i totally agree with you qwiz on the points of popularity and the ebb and flow of users.
you will get no argument from me but that wasn't my point.
while the sift still retains a colorful dynamic that dynamic is nowhere near as diverse as it used to be.
because the group-mind sees any deviation from what they perceive as true and righteous as an affront to their sensibilities.
so anybody with a different voice,opinion or view is quickly pounced on and berated.
that me be done politely,even cordially but it is still done and it is usually done enmasse.
what i find so sad is that many here dont even realize this.
they dont see it.
i am not pointing this out not to be confrontational.
i am just stating an observation..not a judgment.
THIS is what choggie was fighting against.
detest his methods but understand his motivation.
i engage in a different way...
i vote up a video that i know the groupmind will ignore totally.i may not,and many times do not,agree with the content but if it offers a different voice..a different perspective then i will vote it up..even promote it if i have the PP's.
choggie fought against a collective myopia.
others..and we are few..(you know who you are)do the same but use different tactics.
so what if he sounded like don rickles on a crystal meth bender,at least he was entertaining and original.
but a deal is a deal and choggie broke that deal.
ok...those be the rules.
and rottenseed is spot on.
choggie has to be choggie and some here are far too sensitive to look past his abrasive nature (hurtful PM's aside)because they have no understanding the reasons for his words and actions.
this is why i stated "look to yourself before you place blame on another".
because just like you felt attacked by choggie on your posts or on your page many and i mean MANY felt the same way when they tried to share their religion,or their politics or philosophy.
all it takes is that first person to start in and the rest chime in like parrots,sqawking the same line.
just because you may not have been as vitriolic as choggie or abrasive and confrontational does not mean the very SAME results occured to them as choggie made YOU feel.
and there lies the hypocrisy.

as i stated in my previous comment.
i love this place and that still remains true.
i came to this site for three years everyday until i finally decided to share and archive.
i do not regret that decision.
there are some great people here.interesting and unique.even the members who,in my opinion,are part of the collective i like..i may disagree with them and the mental coma i perceive them to be in..but i still like them as people.
choggie was nemesis.
i wonder how many here who villified him will find that dynamic something they will miss?
real easy to think you are right when nobody is punching holes in your premise..
choggie drove a truck through.
i will miss my friends voice here on the sift.

thanks for introducing me to this guy.he is hilarious.nobody does insult humor like he does.don rickles finally has a successor.

what ...the....FUCK did i just watch?
this video had me mouthing off like don rickles on a crystal meth bender but i'll curb my urge to eviscerate this....*cough*.....music?
talent aside...and lets be up front..these guys have some talent but the whole "arpeggio/melodic/overload with lyrical operatic overtones" was already done by jason becker and marty friedman in the 80's.if you like these guys you will most likely enjoy CACOPHONY.
i'll upvote on the bizzar factor but not on content.this song is...yeesh.../cringes.
meh../shrugs..maybe its just me but it seems they should be played at 33 RPM's and not 44 RPM's.
and i am by no means a purists,my music tastes are extremely eclectic but i'll listen to death metal before being subjected to this.
sorry guitarwolf but i cant join ya in appreciating this band.
seems you really like them.

^ I disagree. I think this shows what a comic genius and master of improv Carson was. Rickles is known for being crass and a fast talker and Johnny had him on his back foot the whole time. Letterman, O'Brien, or even that chump Leno would have scripted and rehearsed the whole thing.

RIP Johnny. Long live the true king of latenight.

This is awesome! Hilarious AND a perfect display of what an asshole Carson really was. Doesn't look like the exchange between him and Rickles was all jokes. Can't believe this didn't get a sift first time around.