A Lifetime of Work

“I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé’s.” Joan Rivers’ funeral requests.

+ “And when you were around Joan, you were never bored. Do you know how hard that is, to never be boring? To Joan Rivers, it was like breathing.” What it was like to work for Joan Rivers.

+ Digg: Joan Rivers’ best standup, starting with a 1967 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show when her timing was already perfect.

+ Joan’s appearance on Louie.

+ Joan’s most recent interview with Howard Stern.

+ And via Netflix, the documentary on Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.