The Register
James Brady
Thursday, Jan. 6, 1983
M I D L E R: RIB J A NE – Bette Midler is t u r n i ng into a Joan Rivers. The Di v i ne Miss M opened in a Hollywood c lub wi th a spate of jokes about Jane Fonda and others.
Twitting Jane Fonda about her phys i c al f i tne ss c amp a i g n, Bette c r a cked: “Did you not i ce her in ‘On Golden Pond‘? She walked around the whole time with her t u m my pulled in.”
Bette reminded the audience that Sophie Tucker used to tell r a u n c hy stories. “Now t h e y ‘ re a.ll ‘Sophie’s Choice‘ stories.”
And, of course, there were lots of Va l l ey Girl jokes.
Guess Jane wasn’t permanently mad at Bette cause they ate dinner a few weeks ago according to Jane. http://www.janefonda.com