If she recovers, she’ll be making that same joke. She’s been making it for decades already.
loving will was a typo. It’s meant to be living will. Something every person should have. Age doesn’t matter. A car wreck could put a 20 year old in a coma and on a breathing machine for decades unless there’s a living will to prevent it.
I’ve generally liked Joan Rivers’ comedy. I grew to intensely dislike her on Celebrity Apprentice. She was way to ruthless for my tastes. Especially since everyone was there to make money for their charities. But, she is an excellent comedian with amazing longevity in a tough business. She even survived being shunned by Johnny Carson. AFAIK they were still not on speaking terms when he died.
She was also one of the pioneer woman stand-up comedians (as opposed to a theatrical/tv comedian), along with Phyllis Diller. Those two blazed the trail for the women who came after.
Was privileged to see Ms Rivers in concert last month. She is an amazing comedian and darn, she was all over the stage, and was utterly hysterical. If she recovers (and I hope she does), she will certainly address this in her shtick somehow. Irreverence is her forte
“This happened at the Doctor’s office, and what did he do?
He called an ambulance, for Christ’s sake!
Yes, we say that, too.
The next time I’m sick, I’m just going to drive over where they park the damn thing, and do away with the middle man.”
While normally I’d say it would be in bad taste, it IS exactly the sort of joke Joan Rivers would make about someone either critically ill or recently deceased.
My daughter’s text to me: Was she having plastic surgery?
Me: If she was and she passes, at least she died doing something she loved.
Sure hope she wasn’t without oxygen for too long.
She’s a public figure. That makes her fair game. Although as others said, it’s probably a joke she would have appreciated. I’m sure jokes about Lauren Bacall or Robin Williams would be universally less appreciated. It’s a judgment call. You have to consider your target audience.
Phyllis Diller:
“I should have used Snowy Bleach. Not on my hair… * nothing * could help * that! * Ha-ha-ha-ha…”
“[I deplore] the way they refer to Hurricane Hilda as “scattered showers.” Why don’t they call it what it is–scattered landscape!!”
I think Joan Rivers would love that comment. Heck, if she recovers, she’ll probably steal it.
(I very much hope she recovers.)
I, too. I was very young when I saw her on The Tonight Show. She was very, very funny.
Gilbert Gottfried better have a great, rude joke to make the moment she dies. She would want it that way.
And he’s just the one to do it, too! 
No kidding? Jon Stewart is Jewish?
A mensch you are not, already!
The correct answer to tapu’s question is “Maybe a little?”
His Mama is Jewish, or she is not.
:rolleyes:
If Joan were here, she could probably tell you if he was circumcised.
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she was getting her throat operated on.
her voice was softening and she had to correct it.
Joan can’t die - she won’t biodegrade for 50,000 years.