SiriusXM To Air Weeklong Tribute To Don Rickles

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SIRIUSXM COMEDY GREATS will celebrate CHRISTMAS with a week-long special event honoring the late comedy legend DON RICKLES. 

"HAPPY HOLIDAYS, DUMMY," airing nightly at 6p (ET) tarting with the RON BENNINGTON-hosted documentary "A LIFE IN COMEDY" on CHRISTMAS DAY (12/25), will include clips from RICKLES' career and interviews about RICKLES' influence with comics including his close friend BOB NEWHART, JUDD APATOW, JOHN STAMOS, BOB SAGET, PAUL FEIG, KEVIN POLLAK, JAY MOHR, JEFF GARLIN, RON WHITE, LISA LAMPANELLI, DANA GOULD, TOM PAPA, and others.

More RICKLES material, including remastered versions of his albums "Hello Dummy" and "RICKLES Speaks," will air all week, plus an hour of RICKLES' crowd work with celebrities and a previously recorded interview series with RICKLES talking to celebrities like SARAH SILVERMAN, AMY POEHLER, ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, JIMMY KIMMEL, PAUL RUDD, BILLY CRYSTAL, and SNOOP DOGG.

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