OT: RIP Joan Rivers
Mods, if this goes beyond the board content and deserves to be deleted, I understand but I just heard and thought folks would want to know. Link: http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=887390
September 4th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
I presume this is the card you plan on sending to her family.
September 4th, 2014 at 7:41 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^
I'm sure Rivers wouldn't have minded the jokes; it just seems dumb to me that people have some need to post a negative comment about someone who just died. It isn't the fact she may or may not be funny (that's obviously subjective), but that a part of this thread features people complaining about it. I mean, Robin Williams died and that thread wasn't filled with people shitting on him for "The Crazy Ones."
September 4th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 5:32 PM ^
A major loss to the comedy family. Condolences to her family.
September 4th, 2014 at 5:45 PM ^
Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller broke open the old boys club of stand-up comedy for women. RIP.
September 4th, 2014 at 6:28 PM ^
I was not a fan, especially during these last few years, when it seemed to me that her public comments were more vicious than funny. But I've heard repeatedly that she was a different, kinder, and more compassionate person off stage, and I can believe that.
I met her once, several years ago, when she was the guest speaker at a luncheon that my company held. She and her entourage sailed into the reception room, and as they passed me she stopped, pointed a skinny finger up into my chest and blared, "Oh - I LOVE that tie!"
I managed to mumble "Thank you, Miss Rivers" as she sailed on. I was pleasantly shocked by the fact that, in a room full of corporate high rollers, she noticed a nobody like me.
I also wondered if I should tell her that the tie cost me $5 at Target, but I decided to keep that nugget to myself.
Thanks, Joan. Rest in peace.
September 4th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 7:28 PM ^
but she wasn't trying to be funny. She was being political.which is why it can't be discussed here
September 4th, 2014 at 7:29 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
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September 4th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
keep'em laughing in that big comedy club in the sky.
September 4th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^
and Jack Nicholson were too people I had to grow up before I could appreciate, since they had become caricatures by the time I was young. It doesn't feel like that long ago that I found out she was a comedian. RIP, and we'll miss a very funny person.
September 4th, 2014 at 6:38 PM ^
She is outrageuosly funny and created an entirely new genre of female comedians who would be as obsecene as men and get away with it.
I cannot think of any contemporary female comedian who has had such an impact as Joan.............being buried in a Valentino gown.
September 4th, 2014 at 6:53 PM ^
Of the three female comedians I actually think are funny, she was easily the funniest.
September 5th, 2014 at 12:24 AM ^
Who are the other two?
September 4th, 2014 at 6:45 PM ^
great comediene. She wil be missed.
September 4th, 2014 at 7:33 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 8:31 PM ^
She could be a harsh critic, but I never heard her utter an unkind word about Michigan football. RIP.
September 4th, 2014 at 9:39 PM ^
September 4th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
This is a sports blog? Less than a week ago people ragged on someone who created a thread about buying tickets. And that post was arguably on topic. This is not even close. I was saddened to hear of Robin Williams' passing, but didn't look for news about it here.
September 5th, 2014 at 2:01 AM ^
September 5th, 2014 at 12:39 AM ^
she was great and brutally funny. I will miss her.
September 5th, 2014 at 10:58 PM ^
I knew there would be a few people who would show up to give me the downvote. Let me be a little more clear. This is a sports blog. Joan Rivers' death has no relevance here, the mods should have deleted the thread because her racist political rants are beyond offensive and logging into MGoBlog should be about Michigan sports, not about celebrities who got rich being hateful. What brings us together is Michigan. Joan Rivers was a divisive personality, again with no relevance to the board, and her passing can be discussed elsewhere.