Fabulous comedienne Joan Rivers got the star-studded Upper East Side send-off she wanted Sunday, complete with a Howard Stern eulogy, standing ovations and bagpipers playing “New York, New York.” 
 
 “I hope Joan is somewhere right now chasing Johnny Carson with a baseball bat,’’ Stern quipped, referring to Carson’s infamous years-long snub of Rivers after she started a rival late-night talk show. In the intense, high-stakes... (Associated Press) 
 
 On Sunday morning, a legion of notables turned out at New York's Temple Emanu-El to remember Rivers, who died Thursday at 81: Kathy Griffin, whose edgy, biting comedy career was largely made possible by Rivers; colleague and friend Kelly Osbourne; Sarah Jessica Parker and Whoopi Goldberg; Howard Stern. Starting with me,’’ she talked about her hopes for a funeral that’s “a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action” and “Hollywood all the way.” 
 
 In a hilarious excerpt included in the funeral program, Rivers said she didn’t want a rabbi chatting away nonstop but instead wished for “Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents” and “a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé’s.” 
 
 The simple paper booklet listed three classic Rivers’ lines on the back: “Can we talk?”, “Who are you wearing?” and “Because I’m a funny person.” 
 
 During the service, there were jokes about Joan Rivers’ plastic surgery. ” 
 
 Some fans in the crowd lining the block outside wore designer duds to honor the late “Fashion Police” host. “I think the thing that set Joan apart was the fact that when you were with Joan, she made you better,” Norville told reporters later. She was so beautiful and warm.” 
 
 Joan Rivers died after undergoing a throat procedure at an Upper East Side clinic on Aug. 28.
– No word on whether Meryl Streep is crying in five different accents, but Joan Rivers' funeral is under way at Temple Emanu-El in New York, and the private event is basically one rather large name-drop. Luminaries including Howard Stern, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Kelly Osbourne, Diane Sawyer began lining up this morning, reports the AP. Stern paid tribute to Rivers, notes People, calling her "the best friend in the world … a big sister ... a crazy aunt at Bar Mitzvah." Fans also turned out, with one telling Page Six, "I used to see her walking around Manhattan. She was so real. What you saw was who she was." The back of the program read thusly, as per People: "Can we talk?" "Who are you wearing?" " ... Because I'm a funny person ... " – JOAN RIVERS