--- title: Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show Don Rickles: Watch Insult Comedian Joke description: Comedian Don Rickles may be 89, but he hasn't lost his touch for his classic insults. Jimmy Fallon was his latest victim. canonical: https://time.com/3985288/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-05T11:31:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:02.366Z og:title: Watch Don Rickles Insult Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show og:description: "You've got a good crowd here. Twelve people" og:url: https://time.com/3985288/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfa6ba67a28bbe31/69885dee35ba6fb5ffc0e859/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Don Rickles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Don Rickles Insult Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show twitter:description: "You've got a good crowd here. Twelve people" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfa6ba67a28bbe31/69885dee35ba6fb5ffc0e859/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Don Rickles Insult Jimmy Fallon on _The Tonight Show_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 5, 2015 11:31 AM UTC  Comedian Don Rickles during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Aug. 4, 2015. Comedian Don Rickles during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Aug. 4, 2015.Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 5, 2015 11:31 AM UTC Comedian Don Rickles may be 89, but he hasn’t lost his touch for classic insults. On Tuesday, _Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon became the latest victim. “You’ve got a good crowd here. Twelve people,” Rickles told Fallon. Rickles, who first appeared on the _Tonight Show_ in 1965, has been a staple of late night TV for decades. His jokes were not in short supply Tuesday. “We’ve known each other a long time,” said Rickles. “I’m delighted that you have a show because you’re fresh, you’re funny, you’re great. And I want you to know something from my heart, I never liked you.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3985288/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3985288/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Watch Don Rickles Insult Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show","datePublished":"2015-08-05T11:31:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:02.366Z","description":"\"You've got a good crowd here. Twelve people\"","url":"https://time.com/3985288/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfa6ba67a28bbe31/69885dee35ba6fb5ffc0e859/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfa6ba67a28bbe31/69885dee35ba6fb5ffc0e859/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Don Rickles","caption":"Don Rickles","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3985288/don-rickles-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Watch Don Rickles Insult Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show"}}]}] ```