Robin Quivers stepped out of her usual role as “straight woman†for the wackos at The Howard Stern Show to try her hand at trying to be funny on purpose at the Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers which aired Sunday night.
Robin Quivers looked fantastic in a 50s-style black cocktail dress that suited her new figure and newly sized 34Gs. As the only non-comedian on the Joan Rivers Roast panel besides the “video roast†from Donald Trump, Robin Quivers had the potential to stick out like a very sore and unfunny thumb.
So how did she do?
Robin Quivers’ jokes at the Joan Rivers Roast were solid, albeit a bit stiffly delivered. Her best lines were the barbs that she flung at Roastmaster Kathy Griffin and friend of The Howard Stern Show Gilbert Gottfried.
Quivers aimed at Kathy Griffin first:
“I feel so at home up here,†said Quivers as she stepped up to the podium. “Maybe it’s because my show is also hosted by a frizzy haired loudmouth with a nose job and a tiny penis.â€
Of Gilbert Gottfried, Robin Quivers said:
“Gilbert is the voiceover king; he does the parrot in Aladdin, the duck in the AFLAC commercial and the gerbil in Mario Cantone’s ass.â€
Then, she took on C-list actor and openly gay stand-up comedian Mario Cantone:
“Mario is so gay he has to do a Brazilian wax for the pubes in his teeth.â€
When it was time for Robin to move along to roasting the heavy hitters like Carl Reiner, she seemed to clam up a little and somewhere along the way her delivery developed into series of nervous readings from the teleprompter.
On Carl Reiner, Robin Quivers said:
“Carl Reiner is here. I’m so excited. By the way Joan, if you have a message for Edgar, Carl will be seeing him in a couple of weeks.â€
(Joan Rivers’ husband Edgar committed suicide in 1987.)
Quivers continued:
“It must have been so hard to top the DVD show, because you didn’t.â€
On friend of The Howard Stern Show Greg Giraldo, Robin Quivers offered:
“Greg What a sad, sad career you have. You can’t even get a meeting with AA.â€
On Joan Rivers herself, Robin Quivers stated:
“There’s not point in trashing your face because your surgeon already did that for us.
By the way, loved u in SAW.
“Ur face doesn’t move. I can’t believe they haven’t hired you to host New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.â€
“What do you call a woman who’s broken down barriers for female comics? A comedian who’s entertained us and our family on TV for years? What do you call an icon, a beloved icon that’s part of the fabric of this country? You call her Carol Burnet but we love you anyway Joan.â€
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