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Joan Rivers - Live at the London Palladium

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Can we talk? The one and only indomitable, inconquerable, inspiring Joan Rivers live at the Palladium in London, is at once "allegedly" biting, tasteless, and utterly charming and hysterically funny. You do not want to miss her takes on everything from celebrities to farts to politicians and a whole lot more. I laughed from beginning to end...its that good and that funny...and also quite funny watching some of the 'stiff upper lip Brits in the audience' reacting to some of Ms Rivers brash humour. She tells it like it is. Joan you are truly an inspiration. First Class and highly recommended as an all round mood enhancer.

Here is the diminutive Larchmont dynamo just one step below full throttle, pulling very few punches from her honed-to-Ginsu sharp, raunchy nightclub routine. Gone is the outlandish visual image of old women using their ... as suction cups to go down the walls of the World Trade Center during 9-11, but her gray bunny slipper remains. The London Palladium is not made for Joan Rivers. It is huge and daunting and very stuffy looking. So are its inhabitants, who like Joan in theory, but in practice have trouble permitting laughter to rise up through their staid bodies. Nothing, particularly, is in good taste. But Joan is on her game and goes for it. She almost doesn't seem to care if she gets the laughs or not. She knows the material is strong. It is dense, full of set pieces and subtle asides. Past 70 now, the woman does not take the easy way out and coast. This is a master class in stand-up comedy, extended verbal clowning of the first order. Small things are hilarious (Theresa Heinz' waving during the John Kerry campaign like she's shaking a stubborn ketchup bottle) and so are longer bits, like about burying her mother-in-law -- actually, cremating -- before the show. You momentarily feel for Joan, displaying a wistful sadness, until she complains how tiring it was keeping her foot up for so long on the oven door. If this had been filmed in the New York nightclub where she holds court every Wednesday, where the deserved laughs flow like a river of delicious sin, this would be a five-star DVD, the perfect artifact of a great comedian raging into the twilight at or near the top of her game. What she lacks in energy from the "What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?" days, she makes up for by being fiendishly feral, dare I say sexy? The only drawback is the audience. They're lucky to have her, but they don't deserve her.

I play this DVD for everyone that comes to my house,its hysterical.Some people find Joan mean spirited,but the women makes fun of herself more than anyone else.
My favorite joke from the show is when she talks about the first time she had sex.Joan says it was a RAPE,and it was horrible,Thank God the guy never pressed charges.
And when she's on the floor trying to get up at her age.She says this is why she never made out with Bill Clinton.
The ending is kind of sad,when Joan talks about her late husband,but she still has a great joke that ends the show when Edgar died.
This women is funnier than ever.

The Palladium and its inhabitants do not appreciate Joan Rivers. Does she care? Heck NO! She is sharp and delivers zinger after zinger to a shell-shocked British flock clinging to their chairs in horror and fear of the ever uncouth and divine Joan. Not even Barbara Streisand is safe from the queen of funny!

I have watched this over and again. Still enjoying it as much as the first time. Worth every penny.

If you are a Joan Rivers fan then this DVD will not disappoint. Joan at her best from start to finish. An absolute must for any fan and a great introduction to one of the funniest female comics ever!

Do you like raunchy comedians? Well JOAN RIVERS - LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM is the DVD for you. She is just great.

Not as hilarious as her former show at the London Palladium, relatively speaking, but still very, very funny. This comedienne has very few inhibitions, even at the age of 70+.

I am a total media wh*0re. I have thousands of videos. i accidently saw this on HBO some time ago and just couldnt stop watching it. if your into comedy, this one performance by the old bat is top notch along with performances like Chris rock on the last tour ( never scared?) , or Carlin when he was in top form.. or Carlos Mencia on his best days. really, Im a totally hetero male! 30+ years old, workout.. mechanic, im a normal guy! .. i would never, have never, ever watched any joan rivers show. i mean, who would? thats for broads and chicks. but let me tell you, ANY guy or girl will find this performance absoultely hilarious! its that good!

Joan Rivers live at the Palladium
I thought this would be a comical show. What I got was a poorly filmed, course monlogue laced frequently with the "F" word and even the "C" word. The camera was too far back from Joan and the film was of poor quality. Joan had a cold and her speech was hard to hear and sometimes indistinct. The DVD was a disaapointment, I will not be paying it a second time, it is in the garbage. I guess my expectations of a witty show was not met.

Wasn't very funny at all, and not that much reaction from the audience. Some of the material was sick - eg. making fun of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Alzheimer's. Then dragging around her supposedly deceased dog's fur, and claiming it committed suicide like her husband. Poor taste.