Joan Rivers has realized the full measure of ridiculousness now characterized by her career - and the moment was caught live on Australian television! Joan’s plastic surgery habit has apparently forced her to accept ignominious gigs such as presenting at the Logies, which I guess is the Australian equivalent of the Emmys.
Awash in cheap vodka and the sheer pathos of the situation, Joan uses her brief moment as a presenter to 1) harass her Australo-bot co-presenter (TV host Richard Wilkins), 2) make fun of the no-names in the room, 3) toss off some tired but necessary Mel Gibson and Nicole Kidman jokes, and 4) coin a pronunciation of “Cate Blanchett” that deserves a Logie all its own.
Bonus: Joan ends up presenting the trophy - which looks like a hot pink vibrator - to the Down Under version of Dancing with the Stars, and the 10-second clip has to be seen to be believed. Suddenly Kelly Monaco seems like the height of sophistication.
And Melissa Rivers becomes an object of some sympathy.
Thanks to our hot new Australian friend Ethan for the link. Well, we’ve never seen him, but we’ve been led to believe that all Australians are hot and, frankly, it’s a fantasy we’re willing to indulge.
Joan Rivers at the Logies [YouTube]
As a hot Australian myself, trust me when I say that Joan Rivers’ drunken spiel was the highlight of an indescribably banal ceremony.
And calling the Logies an equivalent of the Emmys is either very generous to the Logies, or very offensive to the Emmys.
Well you should end up with a few more hot Australians tuning in as I pointed a few friends in the right direction towards your blog. We’re all a bit cold down here at the moment (down the southern half of the country) and just to let you know that having a laugh and listening to the podcast with your wicked sense of humour warms me up every time. Keep up the good work.
That was the most exhilarating five minutes and seven seconds that I’ve spent in the last month. “Train wreck,” “drunk,” “mess,” “hack job” do not begin to describe her anymore. She has transcended traditional description and moved into another entire realm of catastrophe.
Don’t you be besmirching my Joan, she was doing this stuff while you were still in diapers… and at her actual age, the bitch still got it going on…
And lest us all remember her sage advice from her Boston trip of last summer…
“Fake it, I don’t care who you are, it’s the only way to get the good jewelry… Fake-IT! It doesn’t matter, if you’re gay, fake it too, spit on his back…”
Don’t forget Joan’s absolutely awesome dressing down of the obnoxious Darcus Howe on BBC Radio 4 in Britain last October. Not entirely unlike the Logies, I guess, the Radio 4 show “Midweek” is usually comically staid and dry as dust. Maybe Joan should start specializing in visiting dull things and making them fantastically entertaining?
Transcript and audio here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4360054.stm
I think she is incredibly funny and was probably the best thing to happen to that ceremony.
Joan Rivers is awesome.
You people don’t know funny because you’ve grown up with Ray Romano and Jay Leno. They should have been garbage men. I take that back, my garbage man is funnier than them combined.
she is the queen of all media, except for every form of media except australian award shows. more joan in the u.s. please.
Persone los pioneros non rabata. Great…
Best of all people w can talk…