Joan Rivers 1990 article, asserted: ""The Joan Rivers Show" is a better showcase for her funny edginess than her doomed 1988 Fox nighttime program was. The best thing about her daytime talker is that Rivers' stream-of-consciousness chattiness is allowed to guide the show — you never know where the conversation is going to go". In addition to winning the Emmy for "The Joan Rivers Show", Rivers starred in the made-for-television comedy "How to Murder a Millionaire", which premiered in May 1990 on CBS. In the film, co-starring Alex Rocco and Telma Hopkins, she took on the role of a Beverly Hills matron
Bitter Is Better later appeared on a French-issued compilation entitled "Top 16" and for many years was considered a rarity. It finally gained Europe-wide release in 2006 as part of the compilation "The Hits Collection". This also marked the first occasion the track appeared on the CD format. Bitter Is Better "Bitter is Better" is a song by British singer Kim Wilde, first recorded in 1981. In 1982, it was used in support of a Japanese commercial for the B&L Bitter Lemon brand, and was subsequently released in that country as a single. It was also an extra track on the Japanese release