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percent chance of having cancer, I wore
white and said Hebrew prayers for sev-
eral days. After they told me I had can-
cer, luckily a kind that could be operated
on and cured, I called a young rabbi and
asked what good came from praying.
The rabbi said, "Think what might have
happened if you hadn't prayed!' I always
love that answer.
JN: Do you, as an enter-
tainer and a dad, have any
advice for the families of
aspiring stars when so many
young performers are get-
ting publicity about sub-
stance abuse and related
behavior?
MP: Parents should sit around the
and attention in Hollywood creates an
environment of non-reality, and people
think they can do or say anything with-
out consequences. A good deal of the
blame has to do with society's desire to
use these people — build them up to
tear them down. It's a horrible cycle, and
there are many responsible for it.
JN: Are you working on any
fresh stage projects?
MP: I'm opening a new show with Patti
LuPone (An Evening with Patti LuPone
and Mandy Patinkin) in Philadelphia
in October. It's a journey of two people
doing familiar and unfamiliar material
both spoken and sung. We hope to do it
for the rest of our lives in one form or
another. E
Hear Mandy Patinkin in Concert
with Paul Ford on Piano 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 28, at the Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts,
44575 Garfield Road, in Clinton
Township. $48-$65. (586) 286-
2141. There will be an encore
performance 8 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 29, at the Wharton Center
for the Performing Arts in
East Lansing. $27 $47. (800)
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A Case Of Rickles from page 69
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JN: Did religion help you
cope with your prostate can-
cer?
MP: When tests showed I had an 11
dinner table and have conversations
about what's going on in the world and
the consequences of choices. Down the
road, we hope the values we've set are
the ones young people will have heard.
I think the level of money, privilege
Farmington Hills • 851-7000
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for cancer research, and I try to help the
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation because
my sister passed away from a disease
the group [tackles].
caught his big break when his mother
prevailed upon her new pal, Dolly
Sinatra, to send her son, Frank, to catch
Rickles' show. Pickles greeted America's
most famous and volatile entertainer in
a shocking way: "Make yourself com-
fortable, Frank — hit somebody" The
audience gasped, Sinatra hesitated and
then roared with laughter, and so did his
bodyguards and the rest of the crowd.
Pickles added: "Believe me, Frank,
your voice is gone!'
Word spread about the new comic
with the off-the-cuff jabs, and Rickles
went on to bigger clubs in Florida, Las
Vegas and New York. He has mixed
comedy with dramatic roles in such
movies as Run Silent, Run Deep; Kelly's
Heroes; Casino; and Toy Story (as the
voice of Mr. Potato Head). He starred in
a few short-lived television sitcoms and
has made dozens of guest appearances
on TV.
The book's chapters are short, each
containing an anecdote about a fam-
ily member, comedian, singer, actor
or other celebrity whom Rickles came
in contact with — Clark Gable, Burt
Lancaster, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason,
Johnny Carson, Dean Martin, Jack
Paar and his best friend, Bob Newhart,
among them.
Most of the stories are humorous, but
some lack substance and punch and
don't maintain the flow of the usual
show-business biography. It's almost a
case of "you had to be there" in order to
appreciate the incident the way Rickles
does.
There also are some poignant
accounts in the book about how Rickles
fanatically courted his wife, Barbara
(they have two children and two grand-
children), and his efforts to "keep the
light in the eyes" of Sinatra during the
singer's final, health-impaired years.
Rickles explains to his critics: "If I
were to insult people and mean it, that
wouldn't be funny. There's a difference
between an actual insult and just having
fun:'
Don Rickles performs 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Oct.19-20,
at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom,
7096 East 14 Mile Road, in
Warren. Tickets: $20-$75.
Information: (586) 268-3200.