NY Comedy Festival founder talks Joan Rivers tribute — and Bruce Springsteen’s appearance with wife Patti Scialfa
nypost.comwho stalked the red carpet with her mom for years, approached Hirsch with a better idea: Get Joan’s foul-mouthed friends, admirers and 1,500 fans together for a night of inappropriate laughs. “It’s a lot of comedians who Joan was really close with,” Hirsch said.The lineup includes Sandra Bernhard, Patton Oswald, Matteo Lane, Jeff Ross, Randy Rainbow and, in a clever nod to Joan’s enduring impact, Rachel Brosnahan from “The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel.”“You have to remember we have two TV shows that have won a number of Emmys that were really about Joan,” Hirsch said. “You have ‘The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel’ and then ‘Hacks’. It’s all Joan.”And, of course, part of honoring the bold and brash stand-up is speaking fearlessly.“I remember watching her, when I was a kid, on Johnny Carson.
And I can’t believe what comes out of this lady’s mouth. No filter,” said Hirsch, whose Caroline’s comedy club was a fixture in Times Square for 41 years.“That’s what comedians do.
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