Joan Rivers

Oy vey, that’s not funny: What happened to Jewish comedy?

Modern comedy was shaped by Jews. That’s ancient history now.

Farewell to a loud, brassy, trailblazing broad

Anne Kingston on the world’s best bad feminist

7 must-see Joan Rivers moments

Relive stand-up pioneer Joan Rivers’s career in video

Discovering Joan Rivers

She became famous for being famous, yet she was so much more. Jaime Weinman explains

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Joan Rivers has the last laugh

A new film puts the lie to her reputation as a red-carpet joke

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Late-night is for frat boys only

Women are a big part of the audience, so why don’t hosts like Jay Leno hire any as writers?