Would we all agree that Joan Rivers was the best Comedienne of all time

I thought she was brilliant; a biting wit, but she was most biting when referencing herself. My stomach would hurt after listening to one of her routines and there aren't many comedians, male or female, who have that effect on me.

In terms of comediennes, I also think Ellen Degeneres is a great stand-up.

Sam Kade wrote: »

Of all time? So you have heard every comedienne that ever lived even before television or radio were invented? What's your secret to such a long life?

It's just his opinion. He's entitled to anyone he chooses. If your so desperate to attack the guy like some of the other posters at least give a proper counter argument as to why his opinion is wrong.

She was good but sometimes went a bit too far with the insulting. The clip above with the heckler (who I don't think was heckling, he was objecting), for example, I think she panicked slightly & just kept talking until she could get back on track.

I like Iliza Shlesinger, Chelsea Peretti & in particular Natasha Leggero as three prime female comedians (although I don't think gender should identify them, they're either a comedian or not. I'm actually using spotify more for comedy (some of the greats of the 70s have old comedy albums up there) these days.

Rivers was a pioneer in the early days when there were almost no females in the industry & deserves recognition for that.

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I thought she was woeful shite. She was especially shite in her later years when insulting young female actresses while looking like she had absolutely none of her original face left.

In fairness, that was half the joke and the things she said about herself were oftentimes equally as bad as what she said about others.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Howard Stern always said she was the Queen of the one liners.

"If you don't want gays in the military make the uniforms ugly."

"At my age an affair of the heart is a bypass."

"My best birth control is just to leave the lights on."

"All babies look like Rene Zellweger pushed against a window"

"I've had so much plastic surgery that when I die I'll donate my body to Tupperware."

Some gems there alright and also love the one on Graham Norton about Vanessa Feltz (3mins in).

I remember one line from her not sure where I heard it

She was talking about some red carpet event in which someone had worn the same dress she wore at another event

"that dress has seen more red carpets than an Irish lesbian"

Sam Kade wrote: »

Don't get your knickers in a twist over it, he said of all time in our time would've been a better choice.

the best female comedian post vaudeville. is that precise enough for you?

Knew nothing about her but calling her the "best of all time" was certainly a recommendation to change that. So I went on you tube and the first thing I found was "An Audience With Joan Rivers 1983".

She started out with a "She is so fat that when she....." type joke and it just got worse from there really. Not a single funny moment or joke in the whole event. The closest it got to funny was her joke justification for wearing a fur coat, which is that she sourced one based on the animals having heart attacks rather than being killed for the coat.

So if the "best of all time" is based on some other lengthy example of stand up that someone could recommend I will give it a second chance and sit though it, but not feeling hopeful so far.

That fashion police show was hilarious. Mainly due to seething hatred the participants had for each other, boiling just under the surface.