I mean, in my - and I'm not trying to do spilled milk, but in those days it was a little - I think it was much tougher, because you got an image, and you were in a saloon. And it was tough to come out of a saloon and to get in films, and to maintain an image, you know.

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.