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>>> FOR 50 YEARS, JOAN RIVERS
JOKES WERE THE TALK OF THE TOWN. HER HUMOR APPEALED TO ALL SORTS.
HER HUMOR APPEALED TO ALL SORTS OF GENERATIONS.
OF GENERATIONS.
AND SHE DOCUMENTED EVERYTHING.
SCRIBBLED ON HOTEL STATIONARY, TO BOARDING PASSES.STATIONARY,
TO BOARDING PASSES. THEY ARE IN HER NEW BOOK, "JOAN
RIVERS CONFIDENTIAL."
RIVERS CONFIDENTIAL."
SHORTLY AFTER YOUR MOM PASSEDTAL AND YOU SAID IT WAS LIKE TIMETAL
AND YOU SAID IT WAS LIKE TIME WAS STANDING STILL.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> NORMAL. IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE -- IT
FEELS LIKE TEN YEARS.
SOME DAYS IT FEELS LIKE
YESTERDAY.
THATS THE NORMAL GRIEVING PROCESS.E NORMAL GRIEVING
PROCESS.
EVERYBODY EXPECTS ME TO HAVE AN ELEVATED OR HEIGHTENEDO HAVE AN
ELEVATED OR HEIGHTENED EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE.
GRIEF IS GRIEF IS GRIEF.
IT DOESNT MATTER IF YOURE IN
THE PUBLIC EYE OR A PRIVATE
PERSON, IT GOES AT YOUR OWN
PACE.
>> YOUR MOM WAS A COLLECTOR.
>> AS I SAID, RICH PEOPLE
HOARDING.
>> SHE HOARDED THINGS.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF OPENING BOX AFTER BOX AND SEEING THESE MEMORIESTER
BOX AND SEEING THESE MEMORIES FROM HER LIFE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, ITS LIKE, YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
I HAVE OFTEN SAID, I CANT
REMEMBER HIS NAME AND I FEEL
HORRIBLE BECAUSE IM A HISTORY
MAJOR.
THE EXPLORER THAT OPENED KING TUTS TOMB.ER THAT OPENED KING
TUTS TOMB.
>> GERALDO RIVERA.
>> YEAH, HIM.
WITH THE MUSTACHE.
IT WAS LIKE CHAMBER AFTER CHAMBER.IKE CHAMBER AFTER
CHAMBER.
NO WONDER WE HAVE EXTRAORDINARY
STORAGE BILLS.
>> DID YOU LEARN FROM HER?
DID YOU LEARN THINGS ABOUT HER
THAT YOU DIDNT REALIZE ABOUT YOUR MOM?DIDNT REALIZE ABOUT
YOUR MOM? >> SHE COULD HAVE WRITTEN ON THE
DOG AND FILED IT, SHE WOULD
HAVE.
HAVE.
PEOPLE KEEP SAYING, WHAT DID I
LEARN?
FROM THE 70s-ON IT WAS MY LIFE, TOO. THE 70s-ON IT WAS MY LIFE,
TOO.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT I DID LEARN IS WHAT A
SOCIAL COMMENTATEOR SHE WAS. >> SOMETIMES SHE TOOK HEAT FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THERES A QUOTE IN THE BOOK THAT SAYS, NO ONE IS SAFE FROM HERAT
SAYS, NO ONE IS SAFE FROM HER JOKES.
JOKES.
NOT FRIENDS, ROCKERS,
POLITICIANS.
SHE SAID WHAT WAS ON HER MIND
AND DIDNT APOLOGIZE.
>> I WROTE THAT QUOTE.
>> 850 JOKES ON ELIZABETH TAYLOR ALONE? JOKES ON ELIZABETH TAYLOR
ALONE?
>> YES.
>> DID SHE REGRET ANYTHING SHE SAID?D SHE REGRET ANYTHING SHE
SAID?
>> RARELY.
SHE KNEW WHEN SHE WENT TOO FAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK, SHE HEARD THATOUT
IN THE BOOK, SHE HEARD THAT WILLIE NELSONS DAUGHTER WAS
UPSET ABOUT A JOKE.
SO, SHE PULLED IT IMMEDIATELY
FROM HER ACT.
>> DID SHE CONTACT ANYBODY AND
SAY IM SORRY?
>> SHE DIDNT HAVE TO. ANYONE SHE DID, SHE WOULD REACH
OUT AND SAY, IM SORRY.
IT WAS NEVER MY TENSION.
AND ABOUT "FASHION POLICE", TOO.
WHEN YOURE PAID $20 MILLION A
PICTURE AND YOURE GETTING FREE
CLOTHES, LIGHTEN UP.
YOU CAN TAKE A JOKE.
>> HER WORK ETHIC.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A
SECOND.
SECOND.
YOU CAN ACCUSE JONES RIVERS OF BEING A LOT OF THINGS.IVERS OF
BEING A LOT OF THINGS. LAZY IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
>> NO.
>> NO. CONSTANTLY WORKING.
CONSTANTLY WORKING. CONSTANTLY DRIVEN.
CONSTANTLY DRIVEN. I THINK BECAUSE OF CONSTANTLY
BEING TOLD NO.
SHE TOLD A STORY THAT THE WEEK
BEFORE SHE WENT ON "THE TONIGHT
SHOW," HER AGENT SAID, YOURE
TOO OLD.
TOO OLD.
THERES NO POINT. IT WAS YEARS OF SLOGGING.
AND SHE FELT IF SHE TOOK HER
FOOT OFF THE BRAKE FOR ONE
MINUTE, IT WAS ALL GOING TO GO
AWAY.
AWAY.
WAS THAT HEALTHY?
PROBABLY NOT.
>> BUT ITS NOT UNCOMMON IN
HOLLYWOOD.
>> NOT UNCOMMON. >> SHE WAS PROBABLY MOST PROUD
OF ONE ROLE.
>> GRANDMA.
>> GRANDMA. >> GRANDMA TO COOPER.
>> I HEARD YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT TEACHING HIM TO DRIVE.
I WAS WATCHING.
AND COOPER JUST PASSED HIS
DRIVERS TEST.
DRIVERS TEST. YOU HAD NO IDEA WHAT USE WERE IN
FOR, DID YOU?
>> NO.
>> NO. IT WAS CHALLENGING.
HOW DOES YOUR PARENTING STYLE
COMPARE TO YOUR MOMS?
>> MY MOMS WAS MUCH STRICTER
WITH COOPER THAN SHE WAS WITH
ME, WHICH IS CRAZY BECAUSE I
SPENT A GOOD PART OF HIGH SCHOOL
GROUNDED.
GROUNDED. I DONT KNOW WHAT HOUSE SHE AND
MY DAD WERE LIVING IN.
I THINK -- SHE WAS A BETTER
PARENT THAN SHE WAS.
I THINK IM JUST DIFFERENT THAN
SHE WAS, IN THE SENSE OF, ITS
JUST GENERATIONAL.
JUST GENERATIONAL. >> WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU AND
COOPER TALK ABOUT MOST OFTEN
WITH YOUR MOM?
>> HE USUALLY COMPLAINS WHEN I
SAY NO TO THINGS.
GRANDMA WOULD LET ME.
JUST THAT WE MISS HER.
HE MISSES BEING ON THE EAST
COAST MORE.
COAST MORE. SO, WERE LOOKING AT COLLEGES
BACK EAST.
BACK EAST. JUST LAUGHING.
JUST LAUGHING. AND SHE WAS SUCH A SOUNDING
BOARD FOR HIM.
SHE WAS THE ONE HE WENT TO WHEN
HE WAS ANNOYED AT ME.
NOW, AS A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY, HE
WOULD BE ON THAT PHONE ALL THE
TIME.
TIME.
IM AN ENDLESS SOURCE OF ANNOYANCE.ESS SOURCE OF
ANNOYANCE.
>> ALL KIDS NEED THAT OUTLET.
MELISSA, ITS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> ENJOY THE BOOK.TO SEE YOU.
>> ENJOY THE BOOK. ITS FUN.
ITS FUN. >> WE APPRECIATE IT.
SHE WILL BE BACK WITH MEGYN
KELLY AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.
LATER WITH KATHIE LEE AND HODA.