Joan Rivers - Garbage Incarnate

One night last week while in the Hamptons I was completely bookless and could not sleep. So I went and laid down in front of the color television in the wee hours.

I caught a bit of *The Roast of Joan Rivers*, a comedy channel special where a bunch of comedians got on stage and ripped each other apart.

I was totally appalled at the language that was permitted. That's not a premium channel, is it?

I heard Joan use the word c*nt and joke about giving Mel Gibson a blowj*b.

Here's more as catalogued by the PTC:

• Joan Rivers comes out on stage holding hands with six little kids of different nationalities and says that Brad and Angelina are having a yard sale. She pulls at one little girl and says: "This one speaks English, say something!" The girl doesn't speak but then Joan says: "That's [bleeped ‘f***ing’] enough." She shoves at the line of kids and says: "All right, kids, go make jewelry!" Behind the kids' backs, she flips her middle finger and says: "I hate children."

• Gilbert Gottfried: "Anyone who has listened to the Howard Stern show has heard Robin talk about being molested by her father. She won't shut up about it. She's very proud of it. But what Robin Quivers conveniently leaves out of her delightful anecdote is that even as a kid she was so ugly that her father would close his eyes and fantasize about her sister... who was no looker herself I might add... and when he was done pillaging that homely daughter he used to whisper ‘don't tell anyone,’ because he was embarrassed. Oh the shame that that poor man must have felt having to hide the fact that his molestation standards were so low."

• JEFF ROSS: "Nip-tuck. What the (bleeped f***)? This isn't a roast this is an autopsy. ... Have you seen you new YouTube video? ‘Forget Matt Damon, I (bleeped f***ed) Charlie Chaplin.’ ... But all kidding aside Joan, I think you're incredibly sexy. I would (bleeped f***) you like there's no tomorrow. Because for you that's a distinct possibility. ... [talking about Kathy Griffith] Wow, look at that. When did Howdy Doody (bleeped f***) Pippi Longstocking? Holy s***. Kathy Griffin, I wouldn't (bleeped f***) you with Chastity Bono's new dick. ... [referring to Carl Reiner] Actually, tonight I should call you van because you're sitting in between a dick and dyke. ... You're amazing Joan. Forty years of telling it like it is. You got the biggest balls in the business and Joan her whole life all she wanted to just be considered one of the guys. And good new is, your doctor says you're only three surgeries away."

Roast Master Kathy Griffin

The PTC (see link above) listed the corporate sponsors of that event which include: Apple, Sony, Visa, Subaru, Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, and sundry other household names. I say 'good luck' to them with their boycott. These corporations are amoral, rational, profit-maximizing entities. They simply cannot cast moral judgment on advertising opportunities. It's all about cost and ROI.