A ‘Fashion Police’ writer remembers Joan Rivers
Fans and comedians alike are mourning today the death of trailblazing comic Joan Rivers, who died today at the age of 81. Rivers spent more than five decades making us…
By Avishay Artsy • • 1 min readJoan Rivers, who died today at the age of 81.
Rivers spent more than five decades making us laugh – and think – with her often raucous and sometimes raunchy jokes about people, sex and, of course, fashion.
That last genre was a hallmark of Joan Rivers who made a profession out of calling people out for their fashion faux pas.
Guy Branum is a writer and comedian, known for his work on “Chelsea Lately” and “Last Comic Standing.”
He worked with Rivers as a writer on the E Network show, “Fashion Police.”
He joined KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis in the studio to remember Joan Rivers, who he watched on late-night TV as a child.
“It was magical. She splashed in and she told jokes like I had never heard before,” Branum recalls. “They were so mean and so cutting and I just thought she was the most glamorous thing I’d ever seen.”