Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work






Joan
Rivers launched her career as a standup comic in the early '60s, a time
when female comedians were few and far between, and after several years
of working nightclubs to unresponsive audiences, she was booked on The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965 and soon became one of the
most successful comedy acts in the nation. Since then, Rivers has
hosted several TV talk shows, written best-selling books, directed a
feature film, launched a line of jewelry, and kept up a busy schedule
of personal... [more]