Knowing how Booey takes care of the booking, by not actively looking for guests and waiting for people to call them, I don't see how this surprises people anymore.
Personally, I'm not really surprised.
I just figure you can't have it both ways. What I mean by that is, basically, Howard claims to be at the top of the food chain in the media industry. I liken that to be on par with Letterman and Leno being able to get A-list celebrities.
This obviously isn't the case on two levels.
1) He's NOT the super star he claims to be and can't demand A-list celebs
or (and I'm sure DLM is on board with this)
2) Is too lazy to really make an effort to get those A-listers, which, de facto, bounces him from the media top-dog spot.
Either way, Joan Rivers sucks and isn't relevant to me as an older twenty-something year old.