Talk Show Hosts Collection on Letterman, Part 4 of 7: Joan Rivers

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  • This is my own supplementary material to the six-part documentary "The Story of Late Night" that will air on CNN. I selected seven talk-show hosts who had guested on Dave. Fourth up: Joan Rivers.
    Late Night:
    1. May 13, 1986. Surprise walk-on after canceling as scheduled guest. Soon after she announced her upcoming talk show without Johnny Carson's knowledge. Her show debuts October 9.
    2. October 9, 1986. Guest Martin Mull mentions Joan's talk-show premiere.
    Late Show:
    3. July 30, 2002. "QVC."
    4. January 17, 2003. Hosts E!'s coverage of the Golden Globes Awards.
    5. August 1, 2003. Cape Thing.
    6. July 22, 2010. Documentary: "Joan Rivers, A Piece of Work." Clip deleted due to copyright caution.
    7. January 14, 2011. "Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best."
    8. May 13, 2011. "Fashion Police" on E!
    9. February 16, 2012. "Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best."
    10. June 4, 2012. Book: I Hate Everyone … Starting with Me,
    11. February 26, 2013. "Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best."
    12. July 8, 2014. Book: Diary of a Mad Diva.
    13. Dave's eulogy: September 4, 2014.

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  • @spicyhaunter4320
    @spicyhaunter4320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    It seriously warms my heart that right before she died she got the chance to have that whole bit where Dave walked off and she got to do a joke and tell the audience “we’ll be right back after this” like she did on the Tonight Show. Joan ALWAYS showed up with 120%. She’s the best

    • @nerdism854
      @nerdism854 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And the audience was loving towards her

    • @gracieg7601
      @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always have loved Joan! I saw her the day she got on the plane and said the stuff about BHO. And his spouse. I cringed. Then I heard she died. I was like that was a hit. Omg!

    • @stjalali1091
      @stjalali1091 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@gracieg7601 oh politicians are dirty people, especially the O and now the B one!

    • @jcboom6894
      @jcboom6894 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @francohilton532
    @francohilton532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    this was a HUGE deal. thank you David. Joan was shut out from late night sadly for years and you re-opened the door for her. Her appearance tonight and the many others after on your show made me smile and happy for her that she was BACK

    • @63002
      @63002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dave went nuts after leaving NBC

    • @omarhalimi1685
      @omarhalimi1685 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey David really didn’t do her a favor. David did not invite her in her hard days ( Carson mess) because he was loyal to Carson. To me letterman is a kiss ass like Jay Leno.
      After Carson retired, letterman started to invite Joan again.

    • @florinest
      @florinest ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't rewrite history. Letterman was no hero regarding Joan.

    • @omarhalimi1685
      @omarhalimi1685 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@florinest exactly! I agree with you

    • @matthewrock4725
      @matthewrock4725 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@omarhalimi1685Leno didn't invite her because he was kissing NBC's ass not Carson's lol.

  • @doogalloonni
    @doogalloonni ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm sure God will always recognize you Joan. You had the greatest spirit and will 'live forever'.

  • @FlyinBrian777
    @FlyinBrian777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Joan was absolute FIRE her entire life. She had me rolling every time I saw her. Every. Single. Time. She went way too soon.

  • @rodneylafferty9035
    @rodneylafferty9035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank you for providing all of her interviews on her show all together! So great to have access to this. Miss her so much lately

    • @rubenroach
      @rubenroach 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here 😔

    • @gracieg7601
      @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah I used to watch QVC when she was on there just to see what Joan would do or say!
      I hardly ever bought anything.

  • @camsmith336
    @camsmith336 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just came across this and two of the best hours in a very long time on youtube. I saw Joan ages ago in Hamilton Ontario shortly after my father killed himself. This was a gift from my sister as she knew I loved Joan. My Nana and I would watch her on late night and laugh and laugh. Joan may be gone a few years now but never never never forgotten..... Miss the comedy genius of Joan Rivers.

  • @shavonnie2106
    @shavonnie2106 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVED HER. I had just watched her the night before she passed. She was reassuring Melissa and her staff that she would be fine. I genuinely was shocked and saddened by her passing. It took me a few months to get passed my disbelief. 💫💯

  • @jimkreider9997
    @jimkreider9997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It was nice that this was put together. I've seen them all separately but it is so great to see them all at once.

    • @ChatsWithChris
      @ChatsWithChris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes what an icon.

    • @gracieg7601
      @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My best friend from high school reminded me of Joan so much. She died in 2008. We laughed all the time. Mary had that same cute little hair do. Now I have dreams about her and we’re always laughing. So I wake myself up laughing out loud.

    • @gracieg7601
      @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Continental air is out of business. Lol

    • @gracieg7601
      @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At Melissa’s house Joan’s bedroom was to the left of the front door. They made her room and bathroom out of the big garage. It was a darling room. And a huge closet. lol

  • @FILOLI69
    @FILOLI69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you, nice compilation, she is missed every day!

  • @BrendainPA
    @BrendainPA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you so very much for posting this. What an excellent video! I've been a fan of Joan ever since I was a kid and was fortunate to have seen her live twice as well as be in the audience for her Fox show. A page took my "Enter Talking " book backstage to Joan and she autographed it - that was in 1986 and it still thrills me. Thank you again and take care.

  • @anthonythompson403
    @anthonythompson403 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much for this. She is a comedy legend! I love these interviews

  • @harborgurl
    @harborgurl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Joan never missed a beat 💯

  • @sheenatropea7123
    @sheenatropea7123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is brilliant 👏 I love her This is my first time seeing her. I will look for all Joan live performances Thanks

  • @adriancolon8435
    @adriancolon8435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The funniest woman to ever live! ❤️👑

  • @pramudya_jkt
    @pramudya_jkt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks so much for this compilation

  • @ΒΈΡΗΧΑΊΡΗ
    @ΒΈΡΗΧΑΊΡΗ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Everything she has said, came through a love filter. That was her talent

    • @middlefinger1565
      @middlefinger1565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was also the voice of the announcer on the 70's Letterman cartoon via The Electric Company. Coincidence that she appears on the legendary Letterman?

  • @marcyfan
    @marcyfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    wonderful stuff. thank you.

  • @lalalondon5602
    @lalalondon5602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Your videos are powering me through a long and strict lockdown here. Many thanks 🙏

    • @Ethericrose
      @Ethericrose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope you are doing okay?
      I feel like I'm living in an alternate timeline.
      Christmas blessings to you. 🤝

  • @Liz-gr6tz
    @Liz-gr6tz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the best, thanks so much for putting this together :)

  • @zeddeka
    @zeddeka ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a non American, it's interesting how these shows have such a formula. The man behind a desk sitting to the right of the guests; the band; the backdrop

    • @doubleas2380
      @doubleas2380 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ok 😵‍💫

  • @JoseDiaz-bs1jg
    @JoseDiaz-bs1jg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is just perfect. U made my friday. We dont need fancy or expensive friday anything. Just a good JR video

    • @elenimckee7825
      @elenimckee7825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THATS SO TRUE... THATS WHAT I DO ON MY WEEKENDS ! I LOVE JR

  • @brian_nirvana
    @brian_nirvana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    wow this is cannon. brilliant Joan, thanks Joan.

  • @ajfoodiesaiyan
    @ajfoodiesaiyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely loved watching all these, there were some I hadn’t seen. I love so much how she laughed so much at her own jokes, especially the Adele jokes and the one about the Australian kid.
    The best out of them all was when she said “Why twelve toes?!”

  • @misisipimike8020
    @misisipimike8020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever seen. Incredible.

  • @carolking6355
    @carolking6355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love her to bits already ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @jeffreyjackson4792
    @jeffreyjackson4792 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Women you are awesome...REST IN PEACE! You will always be in my heart ❤️

  • @timd8912
    @timd8912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you so much........

  • @brendafleming8155
    @brendafleming8155 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love her, she's hilarious and worked hard all her life at what she loved was talented at Best.

  • @eenusch9512
    @eenusch9512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Carson was still alive in 2002 when Letterman had Joan on for the first time since the Fox breakaway. That took courage. I wonder if Dave called Johnny to ask him if it was okay.

    • @MagicAl5F4781
      @MagicAl5F4781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Another interesting dynamic is Peter Lassally also maintained hard feelings about Joan Rivers: th-cam.com/video/6ZZBJ7DawYw/w-d-xo.html

    • @omarhalimi1685
      @omarhalimi1685 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey but Carson was retired from the show business in 2002.
      I don’t know why people think David had courage when he invited Joan in 2002.
      Why didn’t he invite Joan in 1988 ( the time she needed the most)

    • @gracieg7601
      @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Joan was on contract to come on Carson every so often. After they didn’t renew her contract was when Fox offered her a job as a talk show host.

  • @asiaking9422
    @asiaking9422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this woman still.😪

  • @valleygirl2530
    @valleygirl2530 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m repeating myself but who cares??
    I LOVE THAT WOMAN!

  • @ChatsWithChris
    @ChatsWithChris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rest in peace and love Joan. ❤

  • @JoseDiaz-bs1jg
    @JoseDiaz-bs1jg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That woman have style,, all her outfits. Funny and glam

  • @cindykaywebster4643
    @cindykaywebster4643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great to see her again! And I love her hair.

  • @ronwade2206
    @ronwade2206 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When Joan got to Heaven Sam Kinison screamed 😱

  • @uncleterry3085
    @uncleterry3085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The funniest female comedian

  • @gracieg7601
    @gracieg7601 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Did Joan rivers write a book called always leave them laughing?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Google is your friend.

  • @SocialClout
    @SocialClout 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:14:09 'bendy over betty' 🤣

  • @jessef8833
    @jessef8833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @1:42:35 so eerie, 2 months later she was gone

  • @sitcomsTV
    @sitcomsTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    TV Hosts and crew dislike children and kids. They are not allowed to be there.
    I was once a kid and was not allowed to be in the audience on a show where my father was going to be interviewed. So I was set backstage. They couldn't care less about me. They just wanted me to sit down in a chair in a small narrow room for hours. I didn't. I would wonder off. One time I was behind the stage curtains and I almost burst in there witch could have ruin the live program. I didn't because I was a child but I had sense. From this small experience I could immediately sense reality is opposite to what you see and feel wile watching at home. It is all fake. Even the nicest host can be abnóxios rude and not nice when its off camera.

    • @NoOne-kr4jc
      @NoOne-kr4jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lot of tension in getting something right. I could imagine. Hosting looks apparently easy but it's a lot of multi-tasking. Narcissists are great at acting btw.

  • @edipi
    @edipi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YES DON! YOU WON!

  • @helithaweliwita7601
    @helithaweliwita7601 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey what was that song at 31.00..thanks in advance😇

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All explained here - th-cam.com/video/0wEGnTatGgQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @slc2466
    @slc2466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    And 35 years later, that baby is still in therapy.

  • @rodolfofabbri6910
    @rodolfofabbri6910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:42:40 OMG 😢😢

  • @paulthepainter2366
    @paulthepainter2366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tragic how she died considering how open she is about plastic surgery

  • @JoseDiaz-bs1jg
    @JoseDiaz-bs1jg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Call 912 😂😂😂🤣🤣

  • @TerryInUSA
    @TerryInUSA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The baby thing was very strange. Aside from being in a large strange place, maybe he was cold since he wasn't wearing any clothes.

  • @florinest
    @florinest ปีที่แล้ว

    It took Letterman many, many, many years to invite Joan on his show after her Fox show failed. Joan was banned from NBC because of Johnny Carson and Letterman did NOT invite her on his show in the 1980s or 1990s.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The night of her surprise walk-on, she had been scheduled to appear but cancelled.

  • @SanchezV1
    @SanchezV1 ปีที่แล้ว

    What was the name of the song they play when Joan comes out?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At different entrances, two selections from Ohio Players’ “Skin Tight.” Original recording here - th-cam.com/video/oBG3qpYj5DU/w-d-xo.html

  • @susanwangcfa3685
    @susanwangcfa3685 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't get the joke at 8:50 where she says she was rooting for Kathy Bates in Misery?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen the film?

  • @gavinbrando8255
    @gavinbrando8255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Brilliant. I'm always amazed by the amount of idiots who don't 'get' Dave and this show. It's embarrassing.

    • @Liz-gr6tz
      @Liz-gr6tz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I was lucky to get in at the beginning after hearing about him from some friends who were night owls. I had to tape him on my VCR since I had a day job but loved it all the same.

    • @plasmichoneytrip
      @plasmichoneytrip 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think some still didnt get him till the end. Anyway, they’re idiots or what we call now, “triggered”.

  • @beagleman123456789
    @beagleman123456789 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too funny 😂 ‘ RIP

  • @cindykaywebster4643
    @cindykaywebster4643 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What does she have against Goldie Hawn?!

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's just Jokes.

    • @NoOne-kr4jc
      @NoOne-kr4jc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here's some background: Goldie Hawn had much respect for Joan Rivers as you can see on her Tweet tribute. Goldie Hawn even said PC is ruining comedy. We need to have humility and "laugh at ourselves" as Don Rickles once put it. Rivers and Rickles made fun of themselves a lot, especially Rivers.

  • @BaccarWozat
    @BaccarWozat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    More people upvoted Joan Rivers' part than either of Carson's. This is what has happened to the world.
    "Six million light years from Mars", eh?

  • @hollygarnish2925
    @hollygarnish2925 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is the only one who would have had the. Yes.

  • @franciscollette2368
    @franciscollette2368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone or the smart ones, For a strict catholic to listen to her is taboo but who can not listen to her raw rustic humor is off limits but I must watch it. The entire together is a job & pre-fabrbicated to get our money & she's worth every penny for the real real dark hidden side of life. Much is true. It's just all a joke to make up the misery. Respectfully, frank A.Collette lll

  • @jimlaforte1755
    @jimlaforte1755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Martin Mull was never Martin Dull.

  • @djs2356
    @djs2356 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Broken Contracts

  • @GeneBurnett
    @GeneBurnett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If Don Rickles and Rodney Dangerfield had a baby...she reminds of both but is always distinctly herself. For me, she's as annoying as she is funny, which is very. I really like her in small doses which this video is perfect for. Thanks for another winner in this series.

  • @forkinpig
    @forkinpig 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happened to late night talk shows, we’re left now with Jimmy fallons, Jimmy kimmels, Stephen Colberts, Seth Meyers, the shit-list is long.

  • @justice-jb5ld
    @justice-jb5ld ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, Joan did die in her sleep

  • @magovenor
    @magovenor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My age allows me to remember watching Joan Rivers through the years and certain jokes that she often told. But after watching her justify her stinging remark about Lindsey Lohan and her substance struggles,and because someone responded to it she comes on Letterman telling the story as if she was victimized. Well no more watching or listening to her recorded noise anymore.

  • @MrRufusRToyota
    @MrRufusRToyota 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Joan was always good in short bursts. Like one day a week subbing for Johnny. But she didn’t wear well every night for late night. That’s what did her show in. Not everybody is a lead.

  • @joemartines3266
    @joemartines3266 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great friend of the Arabs

  • @OHGEEH
    @OHGEEH 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    48:55 GOD DAMN WAS THIS FUNNY AS HELL BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE