Along with collected letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Jefferson and Wendell Willkie, <I>Rickles' Letters</i> illustrates the power of eloquent correspondence and offers universal wisdom for the ages. For example:<P>RICKLES TO MRS. LINCOLN: "Sorry you had problems at Ford's Theatre last night, but could you get me a couple of aisle tickets for the Saturday matinee?"<P>RICKLES TO ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: "Lose the cigar. It's hard enough to understand you without it."<P>RICKLES TO CLINT EASTWOOD: "How many guys could do a movie about Iwo Jima from the Japanese point of view? I got nervous; I thought you were going to let them win!"<P>RICKLES TO SANTA CLAUS: "Kiss my jingle bells."<P>RICKLES TO PRESIDENT CARTER: "Forget your hammers and nails and Habitat House and read my book."<P>RICKLES TO QUEEN ELIZABETH: "Is it true your husband has a day job working at a sword factory?"<P>RICKLES TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: "Cousin Herbie was doing great selling candles until you came up with the stupid idea of flying a kite."<P>RICKLES TO MAYOR BLOOMBERG: "What do I have to do to get a cab around here?" Don Rickles http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search~S1/?searchtype=i&searcharg=9781416596639&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=i9780061673146 2008-10-27T14:24:51-04:00 The comedian presents a humorous collection of letters, organized into such catagories as "Letters to People I Know," "Letters to People Who Used to Be Alive," and "Letters to People Who Are Important but Don't Want to Know Me." 3418 9781416596639