Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.

To this Rickles remarked "Stephen Colbert's a funny man but he's too young. W. Navy and served during World War II on the USS Cyrene as a seaman first class.

A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles but is best known as an insult comic.