Joan Rivers / Las Vegas Legends (original) (raw)
"I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio."
- Joan Rivers
MORE LAS
VEGAS LEGENDS:
Frank Sinatra with Dean Martin
Playing with The Rat Pack 1960s & 70s with Dean Martin
John Oliver: Las Vegas Is the Worst Place on Earth!
Don Rickles' Last Carson Appearance
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
Ernest Borgnine on Frank & Dean
Harlan Ellison vs Frank Sinatra
Demond Wilson on The Dean Martin Roasts, Las Vegas, and Walking Out on Sanford & Son
TV's The Magician and Las Vegas
Liberace, Frank Sinatra, and Jackie Gleason Attempted an Intervention on Elvis in Las Vegas
What Las Vegas Looked Like Under Lockdown
Sammy Davis Jr.'s Home Was Looted!
Very Revealing Interview with Sammy Davis Jr.
Frank Sinatra's Last Major Interview
Frank Sinatra in Monte Carlo 1959
Drummer Hal Blaine on Recording with The Rat Pack
Marty Allen Almost Cost Me My Foot!
Home Movies of Las Vegas During The Strip’s Golden Age
Donny & Marie Are Calling It Quits
Sinatra's First Palm Springs Home
Phyllis Diller: An Appreciation
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
How Las Vegas Has Changed Since the 1970s
How Las Vegas Has Changed Since the 1960s
More on How Las Vegas Has Changed Over the Years
BONUS: Garry Shandling in Las Vegas
Pioneering Female Comic!
by Billy Ingram
"I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again."
- Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers was the first of the female comedians to break through and earn worldwide acclaim. She made her reputation on TV talk shows like Tonight starring Johnny Carson but it was in Las Vegas that she ruled the roost. Here are some great Joan Rivers routines to start you laughing!
Joan got a big break when she was asked to do The Ed Sullivan Show, here's a 1967 appearance:
Here is more early Joan Rivers standup from The Hollywood Palace:
By the 1970s Joan Rivers had honed a tight and hilarious act. Thanks to nighty appearances in Las Vegas she could show up for a TV show taping with her own material ready to go.
"I don't excercise.
If God had wanted me to bend over,
he would have put diamonds on the floor."
-Joan Rivers
JOAN RIVERS
YOUR GO-GO HOST: Billy Ingram
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