I Miss Joan Rivers

What is 'troubled' about these times?

Do you think these times are more troubled than the 1960's, for example?

A viper who would have been pro-Trump.

Then we're even. I don't miss her one bit. In fact I'm glad she's no longer around. She'd only be egging on Trump.

You can have her back.

Joan who?

Thanks, Grandma!

Joan would've been quickly canceled in today's climate. Her jokes were mean and insensitive and right up the DL's alley.

She was hilarious for a long time. But I think the Carson fight, her fiasco of a show and Edgar Rosenberg's suicide took a mighty toll on Joan. Her anger was palpable.

Can we talk?

Rivers humor started taking a dark turn during her years as guest host on the Tonight Show. She went totally psycho after the Carson snub. In the end, she proved the NBC brass was right. She was not right for permanent Tonight Show host. I miss the old Joan but she turned into the most bitter, unfunny hag.

For anyone who didn't see this after Betty died, watch this interview.

We all know Joan was a one-liner automatic weapon, but I had no idea Betty White was, too. She wasn't only a funny comedic actress. She was a comedian. And she and Joan improvising together is incredible to witness.

I also adored Joan until some political comments she made near the end of her life. I know from personal experience that she really was the quietly generous and giving person many have said she was in her private time, and I choose to remember her for the bulk of her life and not the awful anti-Palestinian and pro-Trump sentiments she expressed at the end. Overall, she was an awesome force of nature and I do miss her wit.

If you've never seen it, then I highly recommend the comedy central roast of Joan rivers. Hysterically funny, though incredibly brutal. She was a good sport!

She reminded me so much of my mom. Sometimes I watch old interviews of Rivers when I miss my mom.

I just loved Joan—funny, so smart, generous and surprisingly warm. She could be petty (her worst trait) and a suck up to the very rich, but we all have our flaws.

omg yes. Joan was a wonderful comedienne. Were there offensive segments? Yes, I never cared for the Anne Frank ones. She was at her best when beating herself up to a pulp, or beating the hell out of celebrities nobody liked or those that needed to be taken down a notch... then there were jokes that of course were offensive but just damn funny like "If Kathy Bates had lost five pounds, the Titanic wouldn't have sunk." she was truly one of the most hilarious celebrities. I remember her very fondly, watching her Red Carpets with my grandmother. She was even on the first season DVD of "The Golden Girls" doing some kind of 80s fashion critique with Melissa. I really miss Joan, too.

She ruined her legacy when she said Palestinian children deserve to get slaughtered by the Israeli government. She also made racially charged comments about the obamas days before her death.

R15) What racially charged remarks did she make against the Obama?

Can you imagine Joan out on the red carpet for E! as Chrissy Metz walks over for a chat? Would Joan have held her tongue or would she have unleashed a bunch of fat jokes?

In the 70s, Joan made a comment that if she had a dollar for every stitch in Connie Stevens' body, she'd be a millionaire. Connie responded that when she saw her, she was going to punch her. Joan backed down immediately. Chrissy should have sat on that skeleton. She would have been a hero.

Like all bullies, she backed down immediately.

Do you think these times are more troubled than the 1930s - the Depression?

Do you think these times are more troubled than the 1940s - World War II?

Do you think these times are more troubled than the 1970s - gas lines, inflation, Watergate?

Do you think these times are more troubled than the 1980s - Reagan?

[Quote]What racially charged remarks did she make against the Obama?

She called Michelle a trannie. Not just a throwaway line, she kept repeating it. She was adamant, no smile.

I've mentioned it before but I stopped laughing at her concert when she called North West ugly. Who goes after a baby?

I remember liking her daytime talk show in the 90s. It was her comeback after the late night Fox debacle and Edgar’s suicide so she seemed a bit softer and more sensitive, though maybe she was just toning it down for daytime. It was a good format for her. I wish she had continued with that rather than the fashion stuff.

[quote]maybe she was just toning it down for daytime

Or maybe she was on mood-altering Rx drugs