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Rivers Makes Waves

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 30, 2003

To prove she could still tawk Joan Rivers created "Broke and Alone in L.A."

"I wanted to see if people who didn't know me would think I was funny," said the comedian, who premiered the monologue two years ago at Scotland's Edinburgh Festival.

At the time, Rivers was alone, but not broke, after splitting with her multimillionaire boyfriend.

"I didn't want to sit around and mope, and the show got me off my tush," she said.

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