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What did you find memorable?

posted 13 years ago by Mintie8632
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One of the little things that amused me was the comparison of stand-up comedy to war. Jon Stewart outgunning Joan Rivers at the roast because he has 12 writers working for him.

Another bit: Joan Rivers standing in front of the TV rating her fellow stand-ups. Ben Stiller: "Lucky." lol

I didn't catch who it was Joan had never heard of. Anyone know?

I also didn't hear any comments from her when Lewis Black's name was mentioned. I would have thought she'd consider him brilliant as well.

[–] msdemos 13 years ago

I didn't catch who it was Joan had never heard of. Anyone know?

It was the singer, Ben E. King, who, according to Wikipedia:

"......performed "Stand By Me" during a televised tribute to late comedian George Carlin, as he was one of Carlin's favorite artists."

The only thing I can think of as to why she made no comment about Lewis Black was that "in the moment", it took a few seconds when first hearing the list of names being read off on-screen, before her brain 'kicked in' and she started verbalizing her one word assessments of each celebrity as they were mentioned......by then though, Black's name had already passed.

I agree with you that this was quite fascinating.........and think that her 'assessments' were pretty much spot-on.

SAVE FERRIS

[–] Mintie8632 13 years ago

Thanks, msdemos!

I can't imagine her not having an opinion about Black, presumably a favorable one.

[–] frogca 13 years ago

I knew she had made jokes about her husband in the past, but I didn't know he killed himself. My interpretation is he let her down at a very low point, after she stood up for him. Sad.

[–] smoko 12 years ago

She didn't comment after Margaret Cho's name was mentioned either. I'd be curious about what Joan's rating of another comedienne would be.

[–] ThatsMyJam 12 years ago

Well this film was just memorable in general, but my favorite scene is when Joan is in the limo with her grandson, Cooper. I just loved seeing her as a grandma, and I thought it was a very sweet moment in the film.