John the OFM | 24 Apr 2014 6:57 a.m. PST |
link She has always been a horrible unfunny woman. |
John the Greater | 24 Apr 2014 7:02 a.m. PST |
I have never understood what people have seen in Joan Rivers. And here she is telling a joke that would make Howard Stern blush. |
John the OFM | 24 Apr 2014 7:13 a.m. PST |
As Tony Joe White said, she is a a "wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman, Lord have mercy." YouTube link |
nazrat | 24 Apr 2014 7:15 a.m. PST |
I never found her funny when she was young but I like her now. I agree with her-- regardless of how tasteless the joke was (and it was BAD) it was a JOKE. It's what she's paid to do, and if people don't like what she says they can turn her off. This too, will pass
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John the OFM | 24 Apr 2014 7:19 a.m. PST |
Make fun of George Bush. Or Obama. Or Miley Cyrus. What did those poor women do to deserve that old bat making a "joke" about them? |
Larry R | 24 Apr 2014 7:38 a.m. PST |
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Shagnasty | 24 Apr 2014 7:43 a.m. PST |
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cavcrazy | 24 Apr 2014 7:47 a.m. PST |
As someone who has worked in radio and done stand up I will say that she has every right to make that joke. I would not have made that joke nor do I think it funny, but freedom of speech is her right. I don't think Joan Rivers is funny at all but she can say what she wants
..I just choose not to listen. Some comedy is blue and some is clean, both can be funny. |
John the OFM | 24 Apr 2014 7:55 a.m. PST |
I will say that she has every right to make that joke. As I have every right to consider her a despicable crass harridan. And as anyone with a modicum of taste has a right to boycott her. |
Frederick | 24 Apr 2014 8:02 a.m. PST |
She certainly has every right to make that joke And we certainly have every right to turn off the TV Have to agree – I never got how people thought she was funny |
Dave Jackson | 24 Apr 2014 8:54 a.m. PST |
She's never been classy before, why start now? |
brunet | 24 Apr 2014 8:59 a.m. PST |
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BrianW | 24 Apr 2014 9:28 a.m. PST |
John, With your thread title, I think you are asking for something that never was, and never can be. BWW |
Space Monkey | 24 Apr 2014 10:31 a.m. PST |
I've never much cared for Joan Rivers (I was more of a Phyllis Diller fan)
but I don't quite see how that joke she told was all that shocking. I don't think subjects can be 'off limits', especially the really horrible stuff. Humor helps us come to grips with things
otherwise we'll just dwell on the horror and never get past it. Then again, I think Doug Stanhope is hilarious
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vtsaogames | 24 Apr 2014 11:51 a.m. PST |
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CommanderCarnage | 24 Apr 2014 12:06 p.m. PST |
She can say whatever she likes, but people with any sense of dignity wouldn't cross that line. |
Disco Joe | 24 Apr 2014 12:12 p.m. PST |
She never had class before and apparently never will. |
WarWizard | 24 Apr 2014 12:40 p.m. PST |
Wow that is really disgusting. To think what those women endured, and to laugh that they lived "rent free". They did not live rent free, they paid a very HIGH price. More than we can imagine I am sure. |
Bede19025 | 24 Apr 2014 1:05 p.m. PST |
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OSchmidt | 24 Apr 2014 1:52 p.m. PST |
I have bad news for you all. It has spawned and there is another one of them out there. The truly sad fact is that Rivers, though vulgar, contemptible, and revolting, is not the worst out there. She is simply the creature of a culture where there is little wit, intelligence, or for that matter funniness in humor any more. Humor has degenerated to shock. Like a three year old pulling down his pants and defecating in front of the guests. Humor today only victimizes. Humor today is purely schadenfreude. |
War Panda | 24 Apr 2014 2:33 p.m. PST |
It seems she has just about enough right to do so and not enough class not to |
McWong73 | 24 Apr 2014 2:42 p.m. PST |
You've described a lot of modern manners right there. Tasteless, but you can't be surprised. Fashion Police is a well executed show. |
Bunkermeister | 24 Apr 2014 3:00 p.m. PST |
These three women are not really public figures, they were victims. They have generally avoided interviews and the public eye, so I think it's wrong for a public figure to joke about them. Let them have their privacy and get their lives back. Mike Bunkermeister Creek |
War Panda | 24 Apr 2014 9:26 p.m. PST |
Was there a pile up on the motorway? |
Augustus | 24 Apr 2014 9:31 p.m. PST |
Honestly, I thought she was long dead. I had no idea she was still alive until now. |
ZULUPAUL | 25 Apr 2014 3:37 a.m. PST |
Totally classles.But I've never liked her or her "humor" anyway. |
OSchmidt | 25 Apr 2014 4:46 a.m. PST |
From the standpoint of the women Bunkermeister is entirely correct. Just about anything can be allowed when you are taking on "public" figures such as politicians, leaders, actors and actress' and of course "celebrities" (people who are famous for being famous, not for any accomplishment or talent they may have. But that only is part of the story. Rivers could not tell the joke without there being a culture of receptivity. If you really wish to prevent this then I submit that all of us have to look inward from the mirror in the morning and change the way we look at the world and how we comport ourself. It is not enough to register shock and outrage for something like this. That is one thing and entirely justified, but the other is examining how we react and act ourselves. Are we "truly" shocked by such things, or do we laugh and chortle but use it as an opportunity to vent outrage and advertise our own self-righteousness. I am not here accusing any one, just making the blanket caution that we ought not to feel so superior. Why for an example, in a community of people all devoted to a pleasant wonderful hobby, and all of common interest, is there a need for a Dawghouse, or for that matter, a stifle button? Of for that matter, a "Blue Fez?" I submit that all of these things are here because all of us have exhibited that we cannot handle truly free speech, and cannot avoid falling into being the type of person that Rivers appeals to. So in a real sense Rivers has a following because of people like us. If we want to change, then perhaps we ought to start with ourselves, and here. I tell people. If you want to change the world, then change the system. If you want to change the system, then change the people. If you want to change the people start with yourself. If you've never been dawghoused- If you've never been stifled, If you've never spoken a discouraging word, then you are to be commended as a saint. Sorry that's not me, but I'm trying. |
kallman | 25 Apr 2014 6:34 a.m. PST |
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Coabeous | 25 Apr 2014 9:28 a.m. PST |
Well done OSchmidt |
WaltOHara | 25 Apr 2014 9:30 a.m. PST |
Herr Otto, I quite agree. Of course, my response being deleted (above) speaks for itself. :-D Walt |
Inkpaduta | 27 Apr 2014 1:08 p.m. PST |
In an interview she once said that the only thing that matters is being famous, without that you are nothing. So, that why she tells sick jokes, she stays famous. Very sad really. |
Zephyr1 | 27 Apr 2014 2:22 p.m. PST |
They dropped plans to have her play The Cryptkeeper in an upcoming movie after this controversy erupted
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