Source: The Ed Sullivan Show
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat
I never got Joan Rivers putting down her physical appearance, especially with the style icon that she has become with her own clothing line that I’m sure is worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Is she Raquel Welch, well does it snow in Houston, Texas in July, same answer to both questions. But most women are not Raquel Welch with that great of a physical appearance where they can make women young enough to be Raquel’s granddaughter jealous of her looks.
But Joan Rivers is sure as hell not Janet Reno either and if she was, the only thing she would be famous for would be kicking the hell out of NFL players with her butch appearance and presence. Actually, Janet Reno is famous for putting away tough guys, but in a more legal fashion. I saw Joan as a cute little Jewish blonde, ( not to get too ethnic ) but from New York. With a damn quick wit that comes from that community and city. And never understood why she was always putting herself down. Other than to get great laughs, which she was great at.
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