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Comedienne Joan Rivers wearing black mesh dress and heels, while talking on the phone in a bathtub in New York City on March 1, 1966. Truman Moore—The TIME & LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Sep 4, 2014 8:48 PM UTC The world lost one of its most biting comics when Joan Rivers died Thursday at the age of 81. Rivers acted and performed comedy for 55 years, writing most of her own material. She was known for her unapologetically blunt humor and she was egalitarian about it, too: nobody was safe from becoming the butt of a Joan Rivers joke, including Rivers herself. Distilling Rivers’ funniest jokes into a short list is an impossible task: her best material could fill several books. So, in honor of the iconic comedienne TIME has gathered just a few of her best jokes: --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ## Transcript [00:00] This is, the men terrific, you know cause they're [00:04] single, and they have those little sexy uniforms, those [00:07] little deck shoes, squeak squeak. [ LAUGH ] She's a [00:10] living testament. Testament to. Yes. [ LAUGH ] Christie [00:13] Brinkley is a living testament that. Peroxide [00:20] causes brain damage. [ LAUGH ]. It's [00:24] been five months, and so much has been said, and so [00:27] much has been written, and I am just so, so happy [00:31] to be here, and I think you all so much. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:32] The Joan Rivers [00:42] show. I like her, and I like her show. TV Guide Who [00:44] was your favorite husband? Well what. I dated him. [00:46] We're not just mother and daughter anymore. I [00:50] mean, it's a whole different dynamic. We're equals, [00:53] we're, we're peers, we're partners. Apparently we've [00:57] been at different taping's. Okay, Kel you're there. [01:00] Basically as a produce what you do. Is put out [01:03] fires .>> And apparently I'm the biggest flame. No [01:06] Vegas, no giant club dates. Kathy Griffiths taken all of [01:08] those. When can you get me another commercial. [01:12] Okay. I'll show you fear, that's fear. Last [01:16] year was a very difficult year. [01:22] I'm Joan Rivers. Let's see who's coming out of my closet [01:26] tonight. Hello? Hello. Hello [01:31] Rhianna. I, I think she can do no wrong, but why the [01:34] green lips? It looks like she just the Grinch. 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