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>>> IM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GUEST.OOKING FORWARD TO
THIS GUEST.
YOU MAY KNOW HER FROM E!S
"FASHION POLICE."
BUT MELISSA RIVERS IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LEGENDARY
COMEDIENNE AND TALK SHOW HOST,
JOAN RIVERS.
JOAN RIVERS. AND MELISSA IS HERE TO SHARE
SOME OF HER WISDOM WITH US.
IN HER NEW BOOK, "JOAN RIVERS
CONFIDENTIAL."
CONFIDENTIAL."
THE UNSEEN SCRAPBOOKS AND POST
POSTCARDS OF THE WOMAN WHO KEPT EVERYTHING.F THE WOMAN WHO KEPT
EVERYTHING.
WELCOME MELISSA RIVERS.
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>> FINALLY. >> YES.
>> YES. WHAT A FANCY SET.
>> I KNOW, RIGHT?
>> ALL THESE SCREENS.
>> THIS IS LIKE MEMORY LANE FOR
YOU.
>> YEAH.
I DIDNT KNOW OUR HOME NETWORK
HAD SO MUCH MONEY. HMM.SO MUCH MONEY.
HMM.
>> ITS ALL GONE NOW. >> ITS ALL IN MEGYNS SET.
>> ITS GOOD COLLATERAL.
IS IT TRUE YOU WENT THROUGH ALL
OF THE STORAGE CABINETS.
THE MANHATTAN MINISTORAGE.
>> ONE OF THOSE PLACES.
MANY, MANY, MANY UNITS.
>> AND 69,000 PERFECTLY
ORGANIZED JOKES.
ORGANIZED JOKES.
>> ALMOST 70,000 UNIQUE. AND I THINK WITH THINGS BEING
PUT UNDER DIFFERENT SUB
CATEGORIES.
CATEGORIES.
IT WAS LIKE 8,000 22,000. >> SHE KEPT US LAUGHING..
>> SHE KEPT US LAUGHING.
AND THROUGH YOU, SHE CONTINUES TO KEEP US LAUGHING. CONTINUES
TO KEEP US LAUGHING. 564 JOKES UNDER THE HEADING, MY
PARENTS HATED ME.
THEY USED TO GIVE ME ADVICE
LIKE, GO ASK THE GUY IN THE
RAINCOAT IF HE OWNS A VAN.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> YOU AND SHE HAVE THAT KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP, TOO.
RELATIONSHIP, TOO.
YOU OPENLY MOCKED EACH OTHER. >> WELL, SHE MOCKED ME.OTHER.
>> WELL, SHE MOCKED ME. I ROLLED MY EYES AND SURVIVED
IT.
IT.
>> YEAH.
SHE WAS ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU TALK IN THE BOOK ABOUT HER,
MAYBE STRETCH SENSE OF
BOUNDARIES IN YOUR LIFE.
>> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, WHERE WE HAD HUGE KNOCKDOWN/DRAGOUTRE
WE HAD HUGE KNOCKDOWN/DRAGOUT FIGHT.
FIGHT.
I SAID, I KNOW YOU WOULD NEVER
TALK TO ME THE WAY YOU TALK TO
YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT. YOU HAVE NO BOUNDARIES WITH ME.
AND IM SICK OF IT.
AND THE NEXT DAY, SHE WAS AT MY
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
AND I CAME INTO THE KITCHEN.
SHES EATING OUT OF THE
REFRIGERATOR AND EATING AND
FEEDING, WHICH I ASKED HER NOT
TO DO.
AND SHE SAID, IVE BEEN
THINKING.
I THOUGHT, WOW.
BIG MOMENT.
IVE BEEN THINKING.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE BOUNDARIES.GE THAT YOU HAVE
BOUNDARIES.
I JUST CHOOSE NOT TO RESPECT THEM.T CHOOSE NOT TO RESPECT
THEM. [ LAUGHTER ]
WHERE DO YOU GO?
YOU GO -- WELL, THANKS FOR THE
CLARIFY -- CLARIFICATION.
REALLY?
REALLY?
COOL.
>> YOU TALK US THROUGH.
AND ANYBODY WHO WATCHED THE JOAN
RIVERS DOCUMENTARY, WHICH WAS AMAZING, KNOWS SHE WAS A HARD
WORKER.
WORKER.
>> YES. >> SHE USED TO RECORD -- TO THE
DAY SHE DIED, SHE RECORDED EVERY
BIT SHE DID?
>> SHE RECORDED ALL OF HER
PERFORM A MANSE S
PERFORMANCES.
PERFORMANCES.
WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING
THEM DIGITIZED.
I DONT KNOW WHAT IM GOING TO DO WITH THEM.HAT IM GOING TO
DO WITH THEM. >> SHE LISTENED BACK?
>> FROM THE BEGINNING.
TAPES FROM THE 60s ALL THE WAY
TO HER DEATH.
>> SHE WOULD LISTEN TO HER
ROUTINES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT
WORKED.
WORKED.
>> OR WHAT DIDNT WORK. AND WHAT TO MAKE IT WORK.
>> SHE WASNT JUST NATURALLY
FUNNY.
FUNNY.
SHE WORKED AT IT.
>> WORK, WORK, WORK.
>> INCLUDING YOU. YOU WORK.ING YOU.
YOU WORK. YOU HAVE THE SAME WORK ETHIC.
>> E!S "FASHION POLICE."
ITS COMING TO AN END, I KNOW.
IF YOURE NOT FAMILIAR BY LOOK
AT SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWNED
SEGMENTS.
SEGMENTS. BITCH STOLE MY LOOK.
GETS ME FROM BEHIND.
AND STARLET OR STREAK WALKER?
THATS ANOTHER FAVORITE.
ITS ALL GOING AWAY.
>> NO ONE IS HAPPY WHEN
SOMETHING COMES TO AN END.
BUT WEVE HAD -- WHAT SHOW STAYS
ON THE YEAR FOR 20-PLUS YEARS?
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> IM SO PROUD OF IT BEING A PART OF MY LEGACY.IT BEING A
PART OF MY LEGACY. I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF IT
THE FIRST EPISODE BACK IN THE
90s, THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ONE OF THE HOSTS.
HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
>> YOUVE BROUGHT US A LOT OF
LAUGHS.
LAUGHS.
THATS THE THEME OF THE RIVERS FAMILY.HE THEME OF THE RIVERS
FAMILY.
>> IM DISAPPOINTED.
ITS BEEN A PART OF MY LEGACY.
AND OUR FINAL EPISODE IS GOING
TO BE AWESOME.
>> I LOOK AT YOU AND YOUR MOM. AND I SEE GIVERS.AND YOUR MOM.
AND I SEE GIVERS. PEOPLE WHO GIVE US LAUGH.
GIVE US JOY.
>> SHE WAS A SHOPPER.
SO, SHE WAS A TAKER, TOO.
>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
>> WE BONLDED THROUGH SHOPPING.
AND IT WOULD JUST FILL THE EMPTY
HOLES IN OUR SOUL.
>> JOIN WAS A COLLECTOR, WHICH
IS ANOTHER WORD FOR RICH PERSON
HOARDER.
HOARDER.
>> YOU SEE THIS IN THE BOOK. IT REALLY IS A PHOTO HISTORY,
FROM THE 50s TO THE TIME SHE
DIED.
DIED.
SO, 2014.
>> AND SHE KNEW EVERYONE.
>> ALSO, AND EVERYONE SAYS TO ME, DID I LEARN ANYTHING?S TO
ME, DID I LEARN ANYTHING? IM LIKE, NO.
THIS IS THE CROP THATSAP THATS
OUR GARAGE AND IN STORAGE.
WHAT STRUCK ME WHEN I LOOK AT
THE BOOK FROM BEGINNING TO END,
WAS THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY.
AND MY MOTHER NEVER HAD AN EGO
WHERE SHE THOUGHT, IM MAKING A
DIFFERENCE OR SHEDDING LIGHT ON
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING.
MAKING --
>> SORT OF A SOCIAL CONSCIOUS. BUT SHE WAS. SOCIAL CONSCIOUS.
BUT SHE WAS. >> YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT
THE BOOK.
THE BOOK.
AND YOU REALIZE THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND THE POP CULTURE
HISTORY OF THE WHOLE THING, JUST
IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE.
WHEN SHE STARTED, YOU -- SHE WAS
PREGNANT ON THE ED SULLIVAN
SHOW, YOU COULDNT SAY PREGNANT.
AND SHE WAS GOING TO HEAR THE
BIT PITTER ERTER-PATTER OF LITTL