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Sundance hit Joan Rivers slams Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien equally
By April MacIntyre Jan 29, 2010, 17:50 GMT
Joan Rivers © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos
Sundance darling, comic Joan Rivers has wowed the festival with her intimate biography documentary.
She spoke at length in an interview with Vanity Fair and waxed about Johnny Carson and the good old days, when he gave her a career.
"Nobody would put me on television," said Joan.
"He was my mentor," she said of Carson, "the best straight man in the business."
Joan is out in force in Sundance promoting her film, "A Piece of Work."
"I turn down nothing," she shares, as she tells West Coast Vanity Fair editor Krista Smith Conan O'Brien is "not that funny," and he is the "good guy" who "walked away with $40 million dollars."
And Jay? "It's very negative for him...he ain't that funny."
The curse of comfort TV and the rumors surfacing of Jay not being liked helped his demise. Rivers adds, "he has a very small Christmas Card list."
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