Joan Rivers: What did you think of her?

[HockyRorror]

Oh, I forgot to add my favourite quote when she was interviewed on Graham Norton:

“I hate when people say ‘oh, they’re seventy seven years young. I met Vanessa Feltz the other day and she said ‘here’s Joan, seventy seven years young’ and I went ‘here’s Vanessa Feltz, three hundred and fifty pounds thin’”

 

[HockyRorror]

I loved her! She would have been a member of Tattle for sure, providing all the

 

[antinoos]

She was a diamond. A brave brilliant wit like that doesnt come along very often. She was ruthlessly funny at the speed of light, without ever being a bully - quite an achievement in itself. Also she left the most exquisite and refined collection of art and furniture, a family who loved her, and no-one but third rate unfunny hags like Kathy Griffin has a bad word to say about her.

 

[Boredofgrey]

Pure wit! Adored her. I used to binge fashion police just for her. Smashed every ceiling for female comedy.

 

[Moe]

She really made me laugh with her razor sharp wit but used to wonder whether she would be particularly nice to know on a personal level, but a fantastic comedian.

I think she was. I watched a documentary years ago and she treated all her staff really well even paid for all of their children to go to private school.
I had tickets to go see what would have been one of her last performances but because of a house move couldn’t find them anywhere. Was gutted and so sad when she died. She was brilliant.

 

[Charlie-dog]

I loved her..and I think her comments about M Obama being a ******..which I think is true by the way...was her demise..a minor throat operation and she died...all very suspicious.

 

[Carmen 6]

Irreplaceable.

 

[Ginger_roots]

Loved her, she was iconic

 

[LadyMuck]

Loved her and her acerbic wit! She would have had a field day today with Harry and Meghans shenanigans!

 

[thisyearsboy]

I think she was. I watched a documentary years ago and she treated all her staff really well even paid for all of their children to go to private school.
I had tickets to go see what would have been one of her last performances but because of a house move couldn’t find them anywhere. Was gutted and so sad when she died. She was brilliant.

I love that documentary. She was incredibly hard working - looking at her blank diary, telling her team to fill it up so that she could earn the money to keep herself/friends/family in the lifestyle they were accustomed. She was also meticulous about her jokes, writing them down on cards and filing them away.

 

[leviosa]

Oh, I did like her. She could be so mean but somehow I just liked her. Plus she was always pretty quick to send herself up too.

 

[Pixie80]

Loved her, she said exactly what others would be too afraid to say

 

[Curlywurly85]

I absolutely adored her! So sad when she passed. That interview with her and Brigette Nielsen is tv gold!!!

 

[Ponponpon]

LOVED HER! Gave zero fucks throughout despite the shit life threw at her. It's such a shame she died when she did, she seemed invincible and should have been giving sass for a few more years.

Not sure about her daughter though, tries to emulate Joan but Melissa just doesn't cut it.

 

[Duchesspink]

Suspicious death? She was an elderly woman undergoing cosmetic surgery and took a heart attack under anaesthetic. It happens, it's a risk you take.

Murdered she would piss herself laughing at such nonsense.

I loved her. I saw her on the shopping channel in my mums house once and she even had them howling with laughter whilst she was flogging jewellery.

She was a grand old bird

 

[HockyRorror]

A classic stand up from the 80s



If America had the equivalent of Comic Relief I would have loved to have seen skits of Joan Rivers appearing on Judge Judy NY vs NY

 

[Cosmo69]

Whether or not people liked her material, she was a truly great stand-up, and (like Phyllis Diller before her) she had to work so much harder than any male comic to make it to the top.

 

[Justhavingalook403]

Absolutely loved her, she just said what people were really thinking. I had tickets to see her at the fringe just before she died. She’s a legend

 

[Team JCM]

Loved her, miss her. Legend.

 

[supernintendochalmers]

I liked her on Fashion Police, wasn't the same after she passed.