Ep 17. Joan Collins

When Joan Collins was honored as the Woman of the Year on the February 23, 1984, Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, the occasion was notable for marking the roast's return from a five-year hiatus and, as it happened, for being the antepenultimate of these illustrious gatherings. Collins turned up at the apex of her cultural clout, when her note-perfect portrayal of Alexis Carrington