Joan was my favorite comedienne-by far. Really miss her off-the-wall quips, such as, “Can we talk?” or, “Oh, grow UP!” It was such a tragedy that she turned her bright face over to some plastic-surgeon butcher, late in life. The rash move told me how insecure she was in her looks-and so needlessly so. Wish that I could have implored Joan Rivers to not change a thing! Her sparkling face-her entire being-*glowed* within its own unique beauty.
She was such a fascinating person. To me, she is the funniest person I have evet heard or watched. She's often called the funniest female comedian, but she was just hilarious and so quick witted. For a time, I thought Kathy Griffin was her heir apparent but when Kathy took over her role on the E! show, it was immediately apparent that Kathy is hilarious when telling stories, and she is very quick witted, but even toward the end of her life, Joan was sharper and she was armed with an arsenal of one-liners that never failed to make people laugh. And yet to her, comedy was her "safety career." She wanted to be an actress on stage and screen, not a comic. She always aspired to be an actor and felt she was never given the opportunity. It seemed to me as if that frustration fueled her comedy and her career ambitions but it also made her a little bitter (which frankly helped the comedy) and kept her from ever feeling as if she reached her potential. I worked for a nonprofit on whose board Melissa Rivers served, and both she and Joan sent holiday gifts and cards and they were as gracious as Joan is rumored to have been, as little known as that remains. As a person, privately, she seems to have been really kind and also brilliant, but never quite satisfied or fulfilled.
I heard you for the first time in Costa Rica at some kind of a church with a fat woman named Vicki Skinner. Your voice was magical. I left that country when my assignment was complete and I had to return to the fleet Marine Force to deploy to Iraq. Your music and that magical voice kept me alive over there and for that I will be forever grateful. The lyrics to blissfully abundant are how I live my life right now in memory of the brothers I lost in that hellish war zone. God bless you my dear. -Moejo
I love the fact that she is a survivor Crash and Burn... Overcoming tragedy... Being over 50.... Having a child that doesn't seem to understand where you're coming from... Learning to survive without the support of others... That would be out cheering for you as you climb the ladder to success...like Johnny Carson... Then problems and tragedies.. came more destructiveness..... But you want to push through all that.... And rise above it!!!! Bravo!!!! Brave Joan!!!!! I'm definitely learning Alot from Joan...!! We need this....... Knowledge is Power...... Power is Knowledge.......!!!!!!
Joan was an intellectual but never lauded it over people. It’s because she was very intelligent that she mastered her on stage career. People confuse Joan Rivers the comedic legend with Joan Rivers private citizen. She was fascinating when she was doing interviews like this. People get so offended by some of the things she’d say in public but each time she was basically right.. she got us to laugh and even until she died, she was better than any of today’s comedians. The world lost a great lady..
This is the most perceptive comment I've read on her, she is acting most of the time as a commedian a role which allows her to tell the truth. She had courage and audacity and grace and cunning and humility equal to intelligence.
I have several of Barbie Edwards Therapy Harps and have recorded many albums with my harp along with my husband Dean Evenson playing flute. People find the music very relaxing and always want to know where I got my harp. So now you know!
