Joan Rivers Carson Tonight Show 1980

[@nicolarajack7717]

Honest to God, I do not think there was ever a better comedian than Joan Rivers. She was the best!

[@janetflier6192]

Phylis Dillar was very funny!

[@joshuafollowsJesusChrist]

Norm is the 🐐

[@jimswanguen2228]

TV​@@joshuafollowsJesusChrist

[@kvavasseur]

Nobody better

[@ScottMason-uj7ij]

AMEN 🙏. She was the absolute best! Wickedly hilarious, quick wit, just the Queen of Comedy. So sad, shes gone😢

[@craigg5410]

This woman is helping me through a very deep depression.

[@revekat2053]

Watch Key and Peele. They help me with mine.

[@davidkosach3095]

Same here !! I still have an autographed picture from her to my deceased wife with both their names on it. Even to this day I still have it hanging on my wall with the rest of the art work. I miss them both, I never met Joan, but my wife has a few times. Since they both are gone now, I still have

[@howmyhearttalks5959]

I love Joan, she was an incredible talent and unbelievably hilarious and quick. Always remember that you, too, matter. You are unique and special, and have things to offer the world that no one else can. Especially when you can take everything you've struggled with and overcome as lessons learned, you can help and make a difference in your own ways. You got this!

[@glenntownes234]

Cheer up!

[@annerumburg2056]

Oh, so many times... Me too. Her memoirs are pretty great too! Enter Talking, Still Talking, etc. She got it... "Th e Secret Source of Humour is not Joy but sorrow."

[@user-jv1cl2fs6m]

I swear every time these 2 got together, the world just disappeared. They just enjoyed the hell out of each other!!!

[@SaxonC]

She was the greatest guest the Tonight Show booked and the best guest host! Even up until she died, she remained hip and relevant and better than any standup comedian in the world! She was a comic genius and a True Legend who beat all the odds! RIP Joan, you are sorely missed! Xoxo

[@karnubawax]

She was to Carson what Norm MacDonald was to Letterman.

[@beaellie9766]

@@karnubawax Um....close. Norm and Dave were way inferior overall.

[@davidweeks3157]

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[@billymac5353]

The Greatest Female Comedian of all time. A Legacy Unmatched.

[@jeromesullivan4015]

Ms. Joan was the funniest woman, comedian, entertainer I ever met..I miss her

[@jeromesullivan4015]

@robertdiotalevi285 I met both as well, Lucy was more business like, but could have a laugh, Carol was serious because of a situation, but I loved her and Vicky Lawrence..

[@MaureenMaloney-x3x]

And the 2 best ever died the same year. 2014. Joan and Robin Williams

[@pninnabokov3734]

Why can't we have down-to-earth, honest, acerbic and hilarious humor like this anymore?! Laughter is such a tonic. We should prize such comedians who "keep us real" and make us laugh at others as well as ourselves.

[@vstar7196]

She’s a talent for all time. Her legacy will out live us.

[@ACrackedSmile]

'' She's seen more ceilings in Rome than Michelangelo '', No one can touch this woman! She's no longer with us but that still holds true. All they can do is keep trying

[@garyonbroadway1919]

I agree. Genius. And "why pay a mechanic if the car is in the garage.:" How many others (besides Don Rickles) could make Carson HOWL with laughter and disbelief at what came out of her mouth?

[@glennfromthebronx]

yup...it's great to see Johnny and Joan...pre-feud. Genuine belly laughs.

[@sparks8934]

How many could make Johnny Carson howl? Truly not many.

[@lillianlane-westrich5557]

U tube

[@reealitychick]

@@glennfromthebronx I do believe he really was in like with her and she with him....

[@joshuaseils524]

God she was amazing, I really think this may have been her prime. So quick, so much energy and dedicated delivery.

[@BillofRights1951]

and she looked terrific!

[@WTFer420]

Good God, she was firing on all pistons. There has not been a female comedian like this ever since.

[@Joseph-oy9er]

anonymous name haven’t you heard of Amy Schumer?? *sarcasm*

[@ManInTheBigHat]

@@Joseph-oy9er Scared me for a second.

[@eb4676]

Angelo Who is Amy-shoemaker ?? Show me her resume ... never heard of this one night stand. Amy don’t make me giggle she makes me google who the hell she is.

[@dyslexiusmaximus]

I think she's one of the best of all time man or woman.

[@jeffreynix8758]

ManInTheBigHat let ‘em know! Preach to the damn choir! Your last line is golden, honey!

[@sdjahof1964]

I saw her a few times in Vegas I even went to her comedy workshops she had in West Hollywood at Carlos and Charlie’s A friend of mine knew her manager. I wanted to write I was to send 20 jokes to him to pass along to Joan I had it all typed and ready and I chickened out She was my idol and enjoyed her comedy She was one of a kind She was still on top of her game when she passed. U can’t say that about many of the entertainers Thanks for the memories U were a force to be reckoned with

[@davidweeks3157]

P p0

[@joeroberts2481]

She was one of a kind. They truly broke the mold. The reference to Tito is great. There was probably just a three-week window where a US audience would know what she was talking about, and this was it.

[@arlenemulqueeney7891]

Feeling blue just watch Joan. I miss Joan and Johnny.

[@dtaylor939]

Greatest female comedian of all time.

[@Lnzinorbit]

There will never be another Joan Rivers!

[@alicetelford9027]

Thank goodness!

[@rawjhaw]

holy shit, I never realized how funny some of her material was!! this was genius work! RIP

[@SourStrawberrys]

This is still hilarious in 2020. She was one of a kind. I miss this legend so much.

[@paulkelly7009]

We all do.. She brought something into this world that no one could come close to doing.. I miss her so much but it’s an honour to have known her for her incredible talent.. she’s well missed by the world.. Especially now x

[@geoech721]

all those "hard-core" comedians these days, need to study and pay homage to this OG... R.I.P Joan Rivers the Queen of Comedy

[@wowdad3055]

that is for sure.

[@Madmen604]

Yeah, I just loved Joan. She was very pretty , even though she makes fun of herself. The jokes are hilarious, but not politically correct, too sensitive these days.

[@Madmen604]

Style too.

[@BeezowDoodooZopittybop-bop-bop]

And not one swear word.

[@joycefolsom130]

There will never be another Joan Rivers

[@mattbernabe]

How I wish I could have been in that audience to watch this woman live. I've come to admire Carson as well, but I would have been there mainly to see Joan. I didn't know her personally, never met her, but I loved her. The greatest comedian ever!

[@chrisk8187]

ALWAYS funny, never missed. And so fast.....and if someone responded she would take off on that and go a completely different direction. Brilliant! One of the best comedians, male or female, ever! In awe! Thanks

[@MyMojo13]

He was told what to ask her which is why he was annoyed with at the end... Not to take from her, but true.

[@roldandelcid6186]

@@MyMojo13 what do u mean? Before they go on they need to go over what gona be said so your point it's useless.

[@marycrane3735]

I always thought Joan was quite sensitive on the inside and quite loving......... She was a very hard worker and a great mother and grandmother

[@johnking5174]

She never turned down work offers. I remember Graham Norton, the talk show host in the UK, he had launched his first talk show, which was going to be very rude, a lot of sex jokes, risque material on it, he asked Joan to be a guest in his third season and she flew over as fast as she could to be on it, and was fantastic. Graham and Joan became great friends, and she always appeared on his shows when he asked her.

[@lampshade8818]

A lot of the American humour goes right over my head, but i still find her so massively appetising coz she IS funny, she's quick as a light bolt, fast as a fox, fiercely intelligent and has wit so very sharp... and very greatly missed. God knows what Melissa must feel every day. Someone who can never be moulded or ever replaced or even explained enough to describe her properly to anyone who never knew her.

[@debchancy2304]

Joan Rivers at her peak. You can easily see the admiration Johnny had for her. He helped her so much, and It was all so unfortunate what happened between the two of them.

[@cjhepburn7406]

Deb Chancy What did he do 2 help her?

[@ittibittinurse]

cj hepburn if you do your research he gave her, her first big break.

[@charlottepall6828]

Johnny was Fool

[@revekat2053]

They helped each other. She wrote for his show before going on, from my understanding.

[@Mackon645.]

R.I.P Joan... So glad we met. A wonderful down to earth loving person who helped and cared for so many RAH!

[@lowdown4651]

we miss you Joan, rip girl you were the best.

[@UrsCurt12]

They cracked each other up and I loved it. Pity their friendship ended as it did.

[@pam0626]

These two had magic together and he had a genuine affection for her.

[@dyslexiusmaximus]

She's a joke machine-gun. They just keep coming with multiple big jokes ever minute. Rip you legend.

[@manuelenrique9220]

Well of course it was rehearsed. And I agree with you that she was great but she was not improvising at all.

[@dyslexiusmaximus]

​@@manuelenrique9220 i never said she was improvising and 99% of the best comedians have pre-prepared jokes up their sleeves.

[@manuelenrique9220]

@@dyslexiusmaximus Yup. She was great.

[@helenlauer9545]

I love how Carson is beside himself laughing.

[@johnking5174]

Everyone said that Carson never ever did false laughing. He only laughed when he was really amused. Unlike many current talk show hosts now in 2021, who laugh when a guest says "hi" to them.

[@millers3888]

Her digs at Elizabeth Taylor were freaking legendary. So funny and so missed

[@vivhiggins5656]

But i liked liz tayol one off the most beautifull woman too walk this earth but noting sed a bout the men has thy were all carrying on askd there wifes yes i like joan but a lot dont,

[@millers3888]

@@vivhiggins5656 Wut

[@briananderson8224]

Yesterday my grandson asked me what I wanted on my hamburger and, of course, I said "a hotdog". He thought that was hysterical.

[@williamsawyer6206]

Johnny Carson was the GOD of late night television!! Nobody since has come close!!

[@jeffdawson2786]

On a Joan binge. What a comedy legend.

[@1911beauty]

Joan is the funniest female comedian of all time. Joan was one of the best dressed women of all time. She had a little to much jewelry at end. But, all in all Joan was hitting on all cylinders. A life well lived Joan, well done😘

[@misspeaches4828]

Lol Joan was very smart & quick witted... Such a comedy legend..

[@RakeshbRaina2108]

I can watch this masterpiece thousand times ❤

[@tedpert8786]

How we miss you JOAN RIVERS!

[@1212matt]

I MISS HER SO MUCH THANKS FOR POSTING AND MAKING MY DAY HAPPY

[@clivemurdoch6193]

Joan we still hear you in 2024 and God bless your cotton socks ❤

[@frankgonzalezofficial3010]

Omg I spit out my drink when she said it was Liz Taylor belt lol

[@EdWeibe]

she got me with the McDonalds and watching the numbers change.

[@roldandelcid6186]

@@EdWeibe why would the number change?

[@DarkShadowman67]

@@roldandelcid6186 the price keeps going up

[@steveprice448]

Sicri De La Ho@ what she meant by that was McD's would put how many burgers were sold underneath the sign (ex. Over 10 million sold) so when she went to McD's, jokingly, Liz would eat enough burgers to have the sign changed, hence the fat joke. You just needed to grow up in that time period to understand

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@roldandelcid6186McDs would put on the billboard sign outside they sell 6 million burgers worldwide

[@nateboytwo]

Joan was on fire this night !! Miss her energy 💛

[@adriancolon8435]

The Queen of Comedy! I miss her! I’m sure she is making God laugh up in heaven!

[@garyonbroadway1919]

I was 19 and at one of the 4 live show recordings that became Joan River's album, WHAT BECOMES A SEMI-LEGEND MOST? (the 1st man or woman to earn $20 grand per night, EVER, in Las Vegas) and THAT was wildfire. She had to keep it calm on TV. OH, my God! Mass hysteria and the passion of 4000 people HOWLING in unison. On fire. RIP, Joan Rivers. You brought undistilled joy into my life. I was humbled.

[@yomilalgro]

I freaking miss my Joan so much...an icon...The best!!!!

[@cwpo1973]

This, friends, is called absolutely slaying. Atilla the Hun was taking notes that night.

[@geupelboi]

Yes, dear friend, you need to take notes.

[@jakre10]

No one can ever be another Joan Rivers

[@andrewadams3111]

Guys on death row say let's just be friends

[@1911beauty]

Joan's hair is fantastic. She looks beautiful

[@aarondigby5054]

She looks fabulous, I hate she started all that plastic surgery.

[@ralphredpath4435]

She was so ahead of her time! I wish her and johnny had not of fallen out, he loved her.

[@glennfromthebronx]

...I think Joan for sure...and probably Johnny ALSO wished for that. Johnny...especially after he retired.

[@glennfromthebronx]

fyi- there's an excellent live radio show avail. on youtube with Joan filing in for WNYC-AM host Brian Lehrer from a few years ago...with long-time Carson lawyer Henry Bushkin. Bushkin also had an eventual falling out with Carson.

[@m.e.d.7997]

It is interesting but they are trashing Carson. Would have broken Johnny's heart to know it would come to that. Sad watching this now.

[@glennfromthebronx]

I wouldn't say they were "trashing" Carson...they were talking about some of his most unpleasant habits...most revolving around his own vindictive nature. I read through Bushkin's book//on Amazon Prime....Bushkin was not being "personal"....just giving facts, and where it applied, mentioned his role in some of the issues between him and Carson. Overall, Bushkin remains positive about Carson. Both say Carson was the greatest talk show host in history..and earned it.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Fair enough and I agree with you but I still think it IS sad to hear them talking about him especially Joan. Johnny really loved her I think and she said he made her career. So to think it came to that show with the two of them. I vacillate on my opinion of the fallout between the two of them. Both of them are valid in their feelings I think about Joan and her move to have her own show. I think the fact that it was on in his time slot was the nail in the coffin, Joan owed nothing to the Tonight Show and had every right to move on. Johnny wasn't leaving and there was no clear picture that the show would ever belong to her exclusively.

[@jomjom4607]

I can listen her ol day

[@bornfree7506]

Classic Joan Rivers, unpredictable. Funny, funny lady. Gone too soon.

[@geoech721]

she literally would slap you if she heard that... She was +80 when she died...

[@alamooji3716]

Too soon? Dude i been grateful to be alive since i was 18, livin to 50 is a gift... over 80 is too soon?

[@analaria1]

SHE WAS THE BEST

[@algergonzalez]

She was unique.

[@SamDiMento]

She was truly SO funny, and a pioneering woman. Hats off to her.

[@PashaZalutski]

how freaking bold this must have been in 1980

[@m.e.d.7997]

Not really. SNL could be out there and they had already been on for 5 years. This was on late at night.

[@mireiification]

Margaret Yeah, but she was very bold much much earlier than the 1980’s.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I never said that someone else did.I am aware of that too. Actually, late night on Carson was very out there in the 70's and she did do a skit on Carol Burnett in January 1975 that for a family show I admit was Out there.

[@12121149]

Better still,you would not get away with it today,so Sad.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

Bold, then? It would be impossible now. This was before political correctness ruined life.

[@michaelschonauer7238]

So funny! I remember this in 1980... and here I'm laughing just as hard in 2024! i really miss television like this. It's so hilarious to hear Ed McMahan laughing in the background.

[@davidpatterson555]

One of the most iconic women, and a pioneer in comedy! I don’t think her style of comedy would really fly today… she would be cancelled so many times, and wouldn’t give a damn! As far as the Liz Taylor jokes, Liz actually wanted to be in Joan’s act! It meant that she was still relevant. It was either Liz or Cher that Joan took out of one of her acts and they called Joan up and told her to put them back in the act! They understood it… Joan was hilarious! Absolutely hilarious! It was never mean, or malicious… it was all just simply humor! Comedy! Back when comedy was actually funny…

[@slytherinnyc]

My God, Joan came to slaughter this night. She was on fire! I miss her, no one will ever come close to her.

[@MichaelBarberaMusic]

I often wonder if Joan Rivers never went her own way with her own show, Carson would've retired and given her his. Oh well, sometimes we just have to let bygones be bygones. Joan Rivers was the only celebrity in my life I cried and grieved for.

[@dusanoljaca2585]

Joan Rivers, comedy ICON!

[@BrentonSandercock]

Joan rivers was just Brilliant.

[@reealitychick]

miss her and always will be my fav comedian --((next to Don RIckles))---she was so special..

[@n.ff.]

This is absolutely brilliant 😹 too bad they’ve muted some bits of this show.

[@twohamburgers]

When it comes to best female comedians, sorry, the best. I could watch hours of Joan on a roll like this. Her comedy about sexuality coming from a woman's perspective is just hilarious, and just human, one hundred percent. And trust me, Winters, Rickles, and Robin are just as much my favorites.

[@lifeisgood5288]

She was great at delivering, so funny, her and Betty white 2 of the best.

[@denisepaulsenful]

I think JC was quietly crazy about Joan. That's why it ended so bitterly. You can see from his face and body language he really loved her. And it broke his heart when she indepedently forged ahead for he discovered her and made her a star.

[@aarondigby9859]

Joan would've been funny and famous without Carson. After Carson black balled her, she went on to become a pioneer in other facets of entertainment: the red carpet, QVC jewelry, Joan and Melissa, and a few other groundbreaking shows, author of at least twelve books, a couple on the NY best sellers list, truly a successful legend and national treasure.

[@cheongyei]

Rapid fire mind. I have to play her on 0.75 speed just to keep up.

[@rodmanm.papros4535]

Those millennials who thought they could shut her up whenever she says something controversial should watch this to understand why they could never succeed.

[@bobcummings8228]

Joan was a major SCREAM!!!!!!! LOLLLLLL!

[@SaxonC]

She was quick and hot that night and on a roll!

[@elHEARTBREAKER]

Agreed. It was punchline after punchline. No wonder she is still the best.

[@tycobb9869]

yeah it's like she's on crank

[@garden5137]

Miss you Joan! I remember the Carson days & he did you wrong in the end! You cracked me up on E! Love & miss you Joan Rivers ❤🙏

[@casualobserver3145]

She killed it!

[@rogerhoude5364]

Johnny was THE best, and Joan was as well, and it is amazing to see the joy he got out of her humor, which was truly the funniest, maybe not for the squeamish, but for people who could laugh at life......what a combination of enjoyment.....

[@JS369JS]

She was so cool and funny and on Carson's show before I was even born!

[@loucontino4804]

Joan was such a quick wit. Loved her.

[@karenfreshwater2365]

Joan was THE BEST

[@Braglemaster123]

The Greatest RIP Joan

[@xzanderryan5740]

elizabeth taylor's old belt 😂😂😂

[@gracieg7601]

Look how cute she is. They say he loved Joan cause she always made him laugh.

[@txsurf87]

A joke every second, she absolutely killed every appearance she had on Carson.

[@Cinco-da-mayo]

She's the best !!

[@billywebb4325]

Damn, she was good! I didn't get her when I watched her as a kid.

[@blokblok7952]

"She has seen more ceilings than MichaelAngelo"....!!!!!!!😁😂

[@reealitychick]

who??? were they talking about --- the sound went blank ???? haahah

[@roldandelcid6186]

@@reealitychick Sophia Loren

[@reealitychick]

@@roldandelcid6186 Thank you ...

[@roldandelcid6186]

@@reealitychick De nada.

[@imnotmelvin3]

wow out of the park.

[@lauralunaazul]

1980 she was already famous, wow!

[@robertfrost6522]

I always thought this is what Robin Williams would be like in drag....two of the very best!

[@larahedge8960]

The chemistry they used to have was insane! So sad he got mad at her and never spoke to her ever again.

[@areyouearthing]

First time I saw JR was on the Ed Sullivan show and she did the bit about being naked in front of Edgar on their wedding night and she said that he said, "Here let me help you with those buttons." I was, like 5 or 6 and I totally got it and fell in love with this woman!

[@anastasijapetrovalv]

Everything that is coming out of her mouth is - joke joke joke joke!!! This woman was FIRE🔥🔥🔥

[@ewanoxborrow1024]

Guys on death row say “let’s just be friends” Howling 🤣🤣🤣

[@drlucy1137]

She was so quick. Rolling one joke after another without breathing. She was hilarious. As far as women comedians she was the best.

[@jamesrogers1554]

"I haven't seen the gynecologist in 4yrs....I figure if the car's in the garage, why pay for a mechanic." Sure it's a rehearsed joke but damn if her delivery isn't spot on. Modern comics should be required to sit down and watch Joan for pointers.

[@macomg.7169]

She was the funniest woman ever, and one of the top comedians ever. My top 2 are her and Rickles: King and Queen of comedy (and Robin William, the "prince" let's say 😅)

[@JARomero88]

"His idea of foreplay is to cover him in bengay" 😂😂😂😂😂miss you like crazy Joan!!

[@cjhepburn7406]

TheRealMVP Bengay?

[@seangentilechildsupport8858]

Those were the days.

[@markwhitman72]

Johnny was great sidekick feeding her so she could be so terrific which she ALWAYS WAS!! Sad that they had a parting. No one like her then and no one like her Now!

[@briananderson2452]

Hey Eric--this isn't the first time you've let the world know who has gone to hell. If you want to be an entertainer you have to keep your act fresh. Can't be repeating your hell joke over and over.

[@SaxonC]

She is missed by millions of people. Joan Rivers was a very generous and genuine person off stage. People like you judge her for her on stage persona. She remained relevant and stood the test of time. She was the greatest and funniest comedian until the day she died. Even now, no one can come close because she came from a time when performers had actual talent and intellect. I’m baffled by your comment that she’s in Hell. Are you Omniscient? Are you God? If you don’t like Joan or Johnny Carson, then why do you watch their clips? You’re nothing but an internet troll.

[@manley1983]

"If The Car's In The Garage; Y Pay 4 A Mechanic?"

[@terryparish2304]

lest anyone forget, McDonalds used to update there signs with the millions and eventually billions served... thus the liz taylor joke.

[@sammyandoliver7522]

Don't they do that anymore? I'm going to have a look at the sign next time I go by.

[@blakegrande-j4x]

“guys on death row say ‘let’s just be friends’” !!!!!!!

[@mooshamarie8791]

She's sharp and fast and she would give Robin Williams a run for his money. Her mind is racing all the time a thousand miles an hour with comedy and comebacks. She's the Empress of Comedy. No one can touch her. She is so missed and so loved.