[mamelukesabre]

No.

This was the seventies. People didn't do jokes about crap like that back then. Not on the Carson show anyway.

[Eastbound]

"This was the seventies. People didn't do jokes about crap . . . . " "Not on the Carson show anyway."

True. I remember a Mexican comedian who got the bum's rush after 10 seconds into his bathroom humor routine. Willing to bet is was the shortest appearance of any comedian on the Carson Show.

[beyond the sea]

No. This was the seventies. People didn't do jokes about crap like that back then. Not on the Carson show anyway.

I'll be 60 years old next month. I remember the bit. It was not accepted by the audience because of the subject matter (as you suggest) ................ AND because it was a poorly constructed joke. How does one "demand an abortion" AFTER the baby is born?

Get real. Joan Rivers blew it two different ways.