Preview of the Joan RIVERS roast. Hope it's better than this.

[UTUSN]

LAMPINELLI opted out because she was denied the roastmaster role.


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http://www.nypost.com/seven/07282009/gossip/pagesix/joan_rivers_exhumed_alive_181669.htm

JOAN RIVERS EXHUMED ALIVE

JOAN Rivers has had endless plastic surgeries, and her fellow comics didn't let her forget it during a Comedy Central roast in LA the other night, The Post's Mandy Stadtmiller reports. "You're like Robo-Cop, you're half-human and nobody's given a (bleep) about you since 1986," Greg Giraldo told Rivers. "You actually have a lot in common with Michael Jackson. You both spent thousands of dollars to look like the Crypt Keeper. You're both more popular now that you're dead." Jeffrey Ross continued: "Joan had a difficult choice to make, whether to do this roast or be the fifth celebrity to die this month . . . Who's your plastic surgeon? Tim Burton? Oh my God, Kanye's mom had a better plastic surgeon. Look at her, she's a cougar. Freddy Cougar!" And quipped Brad Garrett, "Joan has (bleep)ed more old Jews than Bernie Madoff."

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[Captain Hilts]

1. I was scouting a play in NYC and she sat in front of me. Very, very scary looking. nt

[Forkboy]

2. Roasting Joan Rivers is redundant.

[flvegan]

3. I'll say this about Joan Rivers. I never paid much attention to her

but I did happen to catch her as a guest on Graham Norton a few months ago. I cannot remember laughing that much during a one hour show as I did during that one. She was simply hilarious.

[Mad_Dem_X]

4. I like that she can laugh at herself

I love Joan. She's very funny.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Joan Rivers is great.

And her appearance has always been the topic of her comedy since she started.