European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rivers flows from to show to stand up tour by Mary Corey the Baltimore Sun Madonna can show off her underwear on stage and Whitney Houston can strut around in a second skin. Just done to expect Joan Rivers to do the same. Especially after you hear the name of her current tour. A this a announces the comedian a is Joan Rivers a pulled in As tightly As possible  forget that she weighs Little More than Nancy Reagan considers non fat Yogurt one of the four food groups and rarely eats past 2 . When she a performing Rivers likes to have her 50-something physique a All 104 pounds of it a secured into a Well supported Bob Mackic gown. In a phone interview from new York she explained the difference Between musical acts and her own a a Singer comes out and its Madon. Nays no Bra tour or Madonna a Black Bra tour a she said. A with comedians its very different. I come out and i  be does most of her talking these Days on her successful daytime show in which she offers a mix of celebrity interviews gossip music and humor. But shifting gears to do her first love a stand up comedy a is never a problem. A they you can drive a car and ride a Bike a she said. A i have so much comedy in my show. That i done to think about it  concert audiences Are often Given a More a rated version of Joan Rivers who usually turns up the volume and turns off the censors when she performs live. A a you re allowed to say Many Many More things in concert than you re allowed to say on television a she said. She has also recently added another Elton Cut to her show widow jokes. Four years ago her husband Edgar Rosenberg committed suicide. His death came As a Shock to her. And Rivers has spent years trying to recover. A in the last six months. I be been talking about being a widow a Little bit and going out with other people. People Are saying. A of. She s allowed to do that a she said. But the woman who has made a can we talk a her trademark is mum about rumours linking her to an affluent businessman. A Ypuh Lee Che Quot she said. A businessmen is More like  the thought of marrying again scares her. A i think id be terrified. I m on my own and in a quite comfortable Quot she said. Well almost on her own. Her Yorkshire terrier a Spike the wonder dog a is her constant companion in her elegant Manhattan Condo and on her travels. Quot he a in the Lief. He gets More laughs than 1 do some nights a she said. Quo Spike is Good company for the 25-Ycar show Biz Veteran particularly when she finds herself battling stage fright. A of course you get nervous a she said. A each performance is different each audience is different. Will they like me wont they like me you know they spent Money and you want them to have a Good time. But you use that Energy to pull you on  _ in 1987, several months before her husbands death Rivers was fired from the Fox network and her late night talk show was cancelled after bad reviews and Low ratings. What kept her going during those times a my mortgage a she said Only half joking. Her daughter Melissa Rosenberg also helped. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania she recently began working As a researcher for several shows including Rescue 91 /. A a she a in the Biz a Rivers said proudly. A a she a got a lot of Energy and she a very funny. We re Good  something inside the Star herself also made her persevere. A i just done to give up. In a a fighter to the end. I always have been. And 1 thought a yes 1 still have something left to offer and in a not going to be put  i always think you can beat the Odds. 1 really believe it. If you work hard enough Good things come to you Quot she said. Good things have arrived. Last year. Rivers won an emmy for Best daytime talk show Host. She recently introduced a line of costume jewelry on the ivc Cable shopping network. And the follow up to her 1986 Best Selling autobiography is due out froth random House in november. In still talking she promises to give details of the Fox debacle based on journals she kept during that time. Although Rivers private life has been something of an open Book she does no to feel overexposed. A if you re going to write an autobiography you should write the truth. In a never out to write a puff piece. I hate when you pick up a Book and they say a Here it is. In a telling you everything a and then they Tell you nothing a she said. She does say that her Book will not Mirror others out there where celebs Tell All about their drug and alcohol addictions. Quot in a one of the few people who did t go to the Betty Ford clinic a she said. A i feel so left out.�?�. Juggling a Book tour a daytime show and concerts leaves her Little time to relax. But that a the Way Joan Rivers prefers life. A right after 1 was fired from Fox i had plenty of free time a she said. �?o1 had enough to last me for the rest of my  a a. A Joan Rivers hears it from fans after winning her first emmy in june 1990 As Best television talk show Host for her syndicated the Joan Rivers show August 4, 1991 sunday a Page 11