don rickles, you don't think you're going to see a bro shower a dude show. but a lot of these women that come it my shows, they have to drag their husband or boyfriends, and afterwards, they say you're funny for a chick. >> hey, cathi, you know -- >> i'm sorry, let's break down that last one. what does that person have an issue with? we can't do lowbrow comedy? i don't want to do immature comedy, i'm 52. you moron. that's his request in there are plenty of male hacks that can take care of his kind of comedy. >> you do comedy, and how long did it take you to figure out that you need to find places to fit your style rather than trying to find places to fit. >> because i had a bunch of men telling me that i was doing it wrong t. though i was getting laughs. i would meet with these male comedy owners, and they would say ridiculous things like, don't you know, comedy has to come in threes. and if you don't get a life every 9 seconds, you aren't doingoir job. and i thought, who is counting? number one, creating my own venue. and i started doing standup in coffee s

jack benny, mary livingston, danny thomas, 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 were a couple of lines, wife 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 genius of richard pryor and this 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

i can't believe what don rickles got away with, still getting away with it.>> this is minnesota. >> had a good year. he read a line once. >> no, he didn't. >> it's good to be this cold so have fun. parts of minnesota we just showed you -- oh, she just flipped you off. okay. okay. where temperatures are touching 30 and even 50 below. jen! colder than siberia or the south pole. >> reporter: firefighters were hampered by a windchill of 55 degrees below zero. water was turning into ice crystals before it could reach the fire at the top of the structure. >> how many don rickles' references will you get -- >> during the vortex. >> fewer. >> and a definition of the vortex. >> sure. >> streets are simply empty. >> i don't get that either. >> in some parts of the country, like in ft. wayne, indiana. look at this. and in chicago, hundreds of planes have been ground at o'hare, where american airlines says it is so cold. >> how cold is it? >> there are fuel lines that have frozen. i can't say a thing bad about you because of what you did. so you may torture me this morni

many attributed nbc's gains to the 12-year-old kid who had become known as the mini don rickles. >> browngary coleman really became the star of nbc. he was credited with saving the network at that time. he was on all of the late-night shows. he had so much personality. he was adorable, and people really loved the show. >> wolf: i'm sure it felt a lot like playtime to him. i mean, everybody indulged him. everybody cuddled him. for his parents, this was-- this was like luxury heaven. here's someone who liked to talk, and everybody was listening, and the more you laughed, the more he, you know, got in his zingers, the better he did. >> narrator: as "diff'rent strokes" rolled into the '80s, the show became a cultural phenomenon. arnold, willis and kimberly were joined by several guest stars, including the then little-known sister of the king of pop. >> see you tomorrow night, sugar man. >> brown: janet jackson. she was charlene. she danced. she sang. she was beautiful, willis was in love with her, and everybody just thought she was fabulous. >> narrator: other famous guest stars included clar