Greater than a decade after her loss of life, Joan Rivers‘ affect remains to be robust within the comedy world and popular culture at giant.
Following the comic’s loss of life at age 81 in 2014, NBC will air the star-studded particular Joan Rivers: A Lifeless Humorous All-Star Tribute on Could 13 at 10pm ET/PT, with an prolonged and uncensored model accessible the subsequent day on Peacock, that includes at the moment’s comedians placing their very own topical spin on Rivers’ legendary cupboard of jokes.
Filmed in November through the opening evening of the 2024 New York Comedy Competition on the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, the particular options appearances, musical bits and stand-up comedy from the likes of Rachel Brosnahan, Margaret Cho, Nikki Glaser, Tiffany Haddish, Chelsea Handler, Neil Patrick Harris, Invoice Maher, Howie Mandel, Joel McHale, Tracy Morgan, Patton Oswalt, Aubrey Plaza, Sarah Silverman, Melissa Rivers, Jean Good and Rita Wilson.
“On condition that I’m lifeless, I assume somebody will lastly resolve to honor me. Effectively, it’s about time,” stated the late Joan in a letter she left for daughter Melissa Rivers.
“This tribute is all the things my mom would have wished — hilarious, unfiltered and stuffed with folks she revered (and roasted). And as typical, she was nonetheless the funniest individual within the room,” added Melissa in her personal assertion. “It’s extremely shifting to see so many iconic comedians come collectively to have a good time her legacy, particularly the ladies whose careers she helped make doable by breaking down so many doorways. I do know she’d be thrilled to see how far issues have come, and he or she’d nonetheless have notes. That is greater than a tribute. It’s a reminder of the path she blazed and the enjoyment she dropped at so many.”
Benefitting the charity God’s Love We Ship, for which Rivers served on the Board of Administrators, the particular is government produced by Melissa Rivers, Chris Convy, Erich Bergen and David Jammy on behalf of Finished + Dusted. Michael Matuza is co-executive producer.
