RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away

[FindingNamo]

I don't know why other people don't see it that way!!

I do actually care about comedy and have spent a long time dissecting it from every angle. I think that thread's great too. Except for when the Disruptor tries to, I don't know what he's trying to do. I definitely salute Joan's longevity.

[GavestonPS]

^^^As do I.

I hope you won't mind that while I recognized the satire in your initial posts imitating Rivers' one-liners, I also found yours funny as hell! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that...

[PattyO'Furniture]

PalJoey, that video...

[lovebwy]

I was a kid when I first saw Joan Rivers. I watched her host Saturday Night Live in 1983. I thought who IS this lady? She was sharp, brassy, bold and most of all hysterical.

From then on watching her when she guest hosted The Tonight Show became an EVENT for me. To see Boy George, Elvira, Cher, Elton John- it warmed my gay 13 year old heart. Listening to Joan chat was like hanging out with an old friend.

Then, she announced her FOX deal. She went away for many months. When she came back, she looked different. She was different. Her FOX show was just never as good as her Tonight Show hosting gigs. Maybe it was the veteran Tonight Show producers who'd made the difference... I do not know.

I've watched her go up and down over the years, and I very much admire the fact that she was able to claw her way back from the depths of her husband's suicide in 1987- she lived long enough to see herself become a legend. I was so glad she finally got back on The Tonight Show when Jimmy Fallon took over.

Anyway, Joan was an absolutely brilliant comedian in the early 80s. That is how I will always remember her. And as she said of herself often, to me she was "The Queen of the gays"

Rest in Peace.

[lovebwy]

Joan talks about dying before going into surgery.

And laments that her grandson isn't gay!!!

A very sad, yet funny clip.
Joan talking about dying.

[darreyl102]

Joan tells it like it is and puts Jessica Hahn in her place with Humor!
Joan Rivers vs. Jessica Hahn 1992

[SweetLips]

She made me laugh at things I knew I shouldn't.
She died healthy.
RIP

[lovebwy]

The way she went was something of a blessing. She went to sleep for her procedure and simply never woke up. No sadness or heartbreak or guilt. She worked the night before she died. She'd been welcomed back to David Letterman and to the Tonight Show. She'd just kicked off three controversies (by my count) in the weeks before.

I will miss knowing she's out there. That's for sure.