I think 1 of the main reasons Rickles got away with what he did is because most everyone knew he was a sweetheart in real life. It's a bit odd, but I always liked him but couldn't stand Lisa Lampanelli. But when he died, I went on youtube to look up some of his old routines and also saw parts of Eddie Murphy's "Delirious" around the same time. I hadn't realized until that point that times had really changed as much as they had when it comes to stand up comedy. I mean, I like dark comics like Shanhope and filthy comics like Jefferies, and I consider myself anti-PC, but I had forgotten how okay it was to be that openly homophobic back in the day.