RIP Joan Rivers

[jms62]

One of the All Time greats...

[Kasept]

The best.. With Carson in '86.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lEX6HI4Mew

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Kasept

The best.. With Carson in '86.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lEX6HI4Mew

Absolutely wonderful stuff.

She was hilarious . . . brutally funny, and never (to my knowledge, and to her credit) apologized to anyone for "offending."

Thanks for all the laughs.

[Danzig]

that's too bad, but i figured it was coming when they said they'd moved her to a private room and were keeping her comfortable.
back with edgar now? if one believes in that...

[casp0555]

RIP Joan...you were one of the best and will live on in all our memories. Biting humor and quick witted, and how she would laugh at herself while laying out a line would crack me up the most. Rest in Peace......

[Alabama Stakes]

chicks aren't funny, but she could make you laugh. even if it was at her, cause she was leading the laughs.
another of the ones who did so much with so little. RIP

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Kasept

The best.. With Carson in '86.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lEX6HI4Mew

It's funny because in later years (ok yes on Howard Stern) she said she hated Johnny with a passion.

But god she was funny ...rip...maybe not a bad way to go at 81.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by geeker2

It's funny because in later years (ok yes on Howard Stern) she said she hated Johnny with a passion.

But god she was funny ...rip...maybe not a bad way to go at 81.

Well, he totally cut her dead after she, god forbid, left to go do her own show. More recently, though, she talked about owing her whole career to him. She also had this to say about Neil Simon:

"“Do you want to hear something awful?” Joan asks. “When Edgar had just killed himself, I couldn't get work and they were looking for someone for Broadway Bound. Neil Simon said ‘don't bring her in.' But I came in on my own money, read for it and they gave the part to me right on the spot. That turned my life around. From that, I got my talk show and on and on. My whole life I said “'Neil Simon changed my life.' But when I saw him again years later he said, ‘You were a Kate?'”

There are comedians who have a real talent for sounding like they're just rambling through this and that until they land on a punchline, but in fact every stutter is practiced. She was brilliant at it. (Tommy Smothers is another) Barbara Walters said she was the only guest on The View who gave them questions to ask her ahead of time, so she could land a joke.

She did a really interesting interview a few years ago, talking about being a female comedian early on:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-carson-398088

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by geeker2

It's funny because in later years (ok yes on Howard Stern) she said she hated Johnny with a passion.

But god she was funny ...rip...maybe not a bad way to go at 81.

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Well, he totally cut her dead after she, god forbid, left to go do her own show. More recently, though, she talked about owing her whole career to him. She also had this to say about Neil Simon:

"“Do you want to hear something awful?” Joan asks. “When Edgar had just killed himself, I couldn't get work and they were looking for someone for Broadway Bound. Neil Simon said ‘don't bring her in.' But I came in on my own money, read for it and they gave the part to me right on the spot. That turned my life around. From that, I got my talk show and on and on. My whole life I said “'Neil Simon changed my life.' But when I saw him again years later he said, ‘You were a Kate?'”

There are comedians who have a real talent for sounding like they're just rambling through this and that until they land on a punchline, but in fact every stutter is practiced. She was brilliant at it. (Tommy Smothers is another) Barbara Walters said she was the only guest on The View who gave them questions to ask her ahead of time, so she could land a joke.

She did a really interesting interview a few years ago, talking about being a female comedian early on:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-carson-398088

It was when the 1st rumors of Carson retiring that some NBC Exec showed Joan some pages listing potential replacements. They were all men. At the bottom of the page, the Exec wrote, "Joan, you have no future at NBC."
Then Rosenberg helped her sign a deal with Fox before she called Carson.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

It was when the 1st rumors of Carson retiring that some NBC Exec showed Joan some pages listing potential replacements. They were all men. At the bottom of the page, the Exec wrote, "Joan, you have no future at NBC."
Then Rosenberg helped her sign a deal with Fox before she called Carson.

ABC showed old interview of her with Barbara Wawa..Joan said after she called Carson to tell him about her new show he never spoke to her again!...RIP funny lady..