Sideshow | Red carpet pulled from Joan

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2007 | by Tirdad Derakhshani Inquirer Staff Writer

She'd make a terrific Wal-Mart greeter, don't you think?

Hmm, then again there's that Kabuki Face-lift mask she's always wearing. It'll scare the toddlers silly and might even give grandma a heart attack.

But where else is that fast-talking, sprightly 73-year-old comedian-turned-red-carpet-jockey  Joan Rivers , the doyenne of meaningless celeb palaver, the queen of the insufferable 15-second fashion check (" Soooo  . . . who're you wearing tonight?") going to get a job, now that she's been summarily fired by TV Guide, where she and her daughter (and Penn alum)  Melissa Rivers , worked as Official Red Carpet Hosts? (They're a Coffee-Talk package: Melissa's been sacked too.)

"TV Guide Channel is very...