don rickles is watching this he can't believe his luck.had him the future of comedy. anybody under 90 that makes you laugh? >> i couldn't put my finger on them, no. [ laughter ] >> do you like ricky gervais and russell brand and that style of british -- >> brand i'm not familiar with with his work. >> what about ricky gervais? when you see him monstering people at the emmys do you find it funny? >> once i get the translation, yes, i find myself laughing, yes. >> i put him to the test the other day ricky gervais. i said if you had five minutes to live what is the joke you would tell? he was deeply offensive at my expense which knowing him as i do exactly how he would wish to die and i wouldn't care because he's about to die. what would be the joke you would do? >> jay leno called me up and congratulated me on the emmy. he said his favorite joke they told on his show about this -- this man who was -- this spaceship landed and these aliens took him on this spaceship. and they took him up to mars and he was on mars for about a month. and he ca

jack benny, mary livingston, jenny and i, don rickles. there is something about laughter. it is laughter and the longevity of a marriage. we will be in a really heated argument and i will say something and then i'll think to myself, i remember that line, that was a great line. i can't write it down now, but i have got to remember it. and then will both look at each other, and the fight is over. tavis: that is funny. how warped my thinking is, as you are telling your story, i was thinking of a wonderful documentary that i saw that you were part of about the life and times of richard pryor. and i was laughing because there , wife couple of lines number five and wife number seven. >> there are exceptions. one of the greatest ever and he could not stay married to one person. i raise that because i was moved by the profundity of what you had to say about the artistic thiss of richard pryor and is bob newhart talking about prior. tell me about your respect for his craft. >> he is just huge. i may have mentioned, i am not sure. i received an award from the kennedy center. and pry

[ cheers and applause ] >> i think the only person that got a standing ovation besides you is don rickles stand for don. >> of course. it's great to see you. you were originally in the beatles. >> well, yeah. the quartry men before them whih is another famous group. the beatles, man. >> that was great fun for you. i'm sure you are like yeah, another dinner. but it mean so much to the people at the dinner. i'm sure you're sick of telling and i'm sure your wife is sick of hearing over and over again. you told some interesting things. one of them that i wanted to ask you about is you had dreams about playing with the beatles and playing with wings. you have anxiety dreams to this day? >> yeah. i mean, you can't control what goes on in your dreams anyway. so i'm there, you know, let's say with the beatles. and we're playing. >> okay. what we do. what we do. quick. whoo! still waking up in a cold sweat. >> has that ever happened? has the audience ever left? >> no. no. in my dreams they have. >> next summer is the 50th anniversary of the first time the beatles played in los angeles. what do you

like the stuff don rickles would say to sammy davis, junior.i don't think he could sing now. >> that's probably true. >> dean martin, drunk? >> oh dean martin. well dean h dean -- dean had that attitude. he didn't care about anything. as a matter of fact, dean didn't even know who they were roasting. that was two minutes before the show. >> seriously? >> yes, one roast we did at the mgm grand and leaving the green room to go on stage and the audience is packed. we are walking to the set and two minutes from starting and dean goes, rich, who are we honoring tonight? i said what? he said who are we honoring? i said michael landon. >> oh that's a good choice. we are going to have fun. >> in other words he was going sit down there if he hadn't spoken to me and read the cards and find out who we are honoring. those corny jokes he told, but people loved them because dean told them. now if we told any of those jokes today as ourselves they wouldn't be asxfunny. dean would do jokes like, hey, did you hear about the angry deer who stumbled out of the fo

you spent more time talking to don rickles than you did to me, and i think that's fine. >> jimmy: wellell, i thought we were getting along. and i was really kind of surprised that you didn't invite me to the wedding. >> jimmy: oh. but i wouldn't even think you'd go to your own wedding, to be honest with you. >> that's the way my wife feels about my performance at the wedding. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> but you know, it's not unredeem -- you know, i would really like to be more -- >> jimmy: yeah. i would love -- that would be great. >> so i got you something for your -- i got a little something for your birthday. >> jimmy: oh, you did? >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, my birthday is actually not until november. but that is really nice. >> i thought it was like -- >> jimmy: no, no, it's -- yeah. oh, thank you. thank you. >> it's a little -- >> jimmy: should i open it now? >> it's a little something that i picked -- yeah. you could open -- >> jimmy: there are two gifts. >> no, it's -- >> jimmy: this is mine? okay, great. did you wrap this yourself? >> yeah, i mean, i was a little -- >> jimmy: oh, a