Joan Rivers Dick Cavett 1985

[@christinestarr2638]

Broke away from the unrest in this country on every cable station watching this instead; great move; Joan looks gorgeous here and funny as hell as always!

[@donnygat]

He's such a great host, always entertaining. These reruns never get old, he always feels fresh.

[@1911beauty]

He and Donahue were the best. Oprah and these others weren't even in their league.

[@marciellopez5845]

@@1911beautyyou’re right!

[@MM-rr1kp]

he is a tool

[@thezmanchar]

She was beautiful, I miss her so much. When she won her Emmy, she was at her best and absolutely gorgeous. She did so many great things. She donated so for charity to raise money. She also went to soup kitchens to serve meals for the homeless.

[@flenif2247]

I feel she was hysterical starting in late 1970s onward.

[@njpete987]

I worked with Joan for about 1-year at WOR Radio in NYC. She was a wonderful person.

[@dianestaiano6654]

I used to listen.... I loved the RANTS!!

[@mhcvintage5227]

Wow !!! How awesome and lucky ! I hope u see this comment cuz I just love her so much that it’s cool to even have u know that !! Very cool ,)

[@j1st633]

Who are you?

[@connievino4226]

No one else can ever be Joan Rivers. My depression subsides after a few minutes.

[@justynjonn]

Countless times have I turned to Joan, everytime you laugh til you cry and you feel like you're reunited with a best friend.

[@McQScot]

I appreciate getting to see the serious side of Joan Rivers. She was an intelligent and gracious woman. Dick Cavett was so skillful in drawing her out the way he did. Kudos.

[@mazsroy9]

I love her jewelry and hair. She dressed beautifully. Very pretty.

[@doriscool5431]

Îe

[@anjaplushenka5995]

*She had always had a great sense of fashion and style.*

[@stuartlittle6960]

It's chilly

[@thezmanchar]

She dressed so elegantly all the time, even in the 1960s. I love her and miss her so much.

[@Patrick3183]

She always looked fantastic

[@cynthiawalker5620]

This was WONDERFUL to watch! Whoever uploaded it - THANK YOU!

[@blackcosmos]

"A mistake?! Her foot was behind her head that was no mistake" OMG I miss Joan so much!! 😂🤣

[@aarondigby9859]

I had that copy of Penthouse with Vanessa Williams.

[@marthawoodworth]

We don't forget you, Joan. You are missed.

[@jasonhurd4379]

This is the first interview I've seen with Joan Rivers where she wasn't 'on' the whole time. She is refreshingly honest and even vulnerable. Maybe it was her long and friendly history with Cavett that allowed her to relax and be comfortable.

[@robertoaudiffred7936]

Yes, I think Cavett's affable personality had that effect on his guests, you can see that with many others...

[@bringiton5282]

She was vulnerable all the time, especially in her comedy, it was one of her comedic traits, tell your truth

[@aarondigby9859]

Early in the sixties her, Dick Cavett, Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Bill Cosby, Lilly Tomlin all hung out at the village and comedy club scene aspiring and mapping out strategies to do their acts and eventually become comedy icons, legends and national treasures.

[@rev.jonathanglass-riley7669]

Check out the interview with Charlie Rose.... it's outstanding for many of the same reasons.

[@dmitrivlad8538]

Joan Rivers.... WHAT A WOMAN!!!!! ❤

[@Kmakmizzle]

I know!.......Hard to believe they didn't let her live. Makes me wonder if it really wasn't a joke. Hurts my heart still strongly. Blatant hit job obviously.

[@BTURNER1961]

never saw Joan so honest, so comfortable with a camera and mic near by. Its definitely Dick's approach to this interview and calm deliberate style.

[@scottgarbo1288]

Thank you for posting this interview! Absolutely fascinating to hear the one-and-only Queen of Comedy say she never thought she would be successful. She was just so driven to keep trying that she didn't think about it......but she became a true maverick and a legend who will never be forgotten.

[@BlueEyed888]

Part of the secret to why these shows worked so well was that Cavett actually let his guests speak. Today the hosts are constantly interrupting the guest to get in a zinger or another commercial break and it’s just a total mess.

[@francopuma2139]

I can't love her more. Such an inspiration for living and understand life

[@drewy412]

I wish we would go back to long form interviews. So much is revealed.

[@annkelly8447]

I miss Joan Rivers. She simply was the best. RIP

[@sp1068]

Never really watched either of them very much, but find them both so impressive here. Both of them so obviously intelligent. Glad I came across this. Never realized her beauty or vulnerability before. And her wit was just on another level.

[@MG8181.]

I love love love Joan Rivers

[@ezjaz5]

Me too! I love her so much ❤❤❤

[@Amberszone]

Joan Rivers COULD & still Does make feel better no matter how low LOWS can be in life, thanks to KZbin! Xxo

[@sheismymom]

I really love these two together

[@wesstkilda]

Came here after watching Dick on Larry King talk about the club he and Joan used to work in the village. They had such a long history with each other, among many other up and coming comedians and writers at the time. Their friendship makes this interview all the more special because of the honesty and openness

[@AJSydney]

Thank you for posting...Joan is so gracious...first time I have ever seen Edgar in an interview.

[@janetfigley1026]

Darn you my Joan. I MISS you lady!!

[@njpete987]

I attended a couple of Cavett show tapings when he was on ABC. Many years later I met him. He was always a class act.

[@wildanS]

It's so sad how this woman never realized how beautiful she really was. She's 52 here and absolutely stunning, flawless.

[@2012onitsway]

The thing with Hollywood. It's big boobs, tanned and big breast. Joan never had that appeal. But man she was very intelligent and knew how to hit the industry and call it out on their shit.

[@2012onitsway]

but she was beautiful and could wear anything .

[@BoBo-ti6jh]

Hahaha! She was ugly and a Zionist. Pure evil.

[@donnarowe1890]

I agree with you

[@2012onitsway]

@@BoBo-ti6jh shut the fuck up !

[@AnnabellaSalonSpa]

Pity we don't have shows like this today, those were the days of real talent, unfortunately we have sold ourselves down the drain for minus x celebrities. God bless you Joan I really miss you R.I.P.

[@Billkwando]

26:52 Wow, talk about fundamental truths. People who have never had pets don't understand what it's like to lose one. Cavett put that really well, in a way I never would have been able to articulate.

[@RobertHiguera-zi6tu]

I remember Joan Rivers funny missed

[@davemi00]

At 17 I fell in love with Joan Rivers many decades ago & those feelings never ended. Her Big Mike comment walking into the hospital, were agreed with by most. And she never came back out.

[@Kimllg88]

Truth

[@klofron10]

Such an interesting and unusual type of interview for Joan.

[@timothyhughes1904]

Those vivacious eyes can entrap any viewer. I can't seem to get untangled!

[@jacquesrichard3835]

Black and gold is so chic!😊

[@ickey68]

thank u for uploading, this's the 1st time i saw poor Edgar, things would be different if he would still alive.. now i hope they both i suppose reunited somehow someway.. missed Joan so much.. specially I'm living thousand miles away in the tropics..

[@njpete987]

She really didn't need the plastic surgery later in life.

[@kyleanuar9090]

Amazing Q and A's. You don't find these wholesome, inspiring and entertaining type of interview anymore

[@capitanfuturo594]

I MISS YOU JOAN !!!

[@ezjaz5]

Me too!!! 😢

[@mazsroy9]

She was right about people walking around with inner wounds. How horrible what her mom did. Joan still believed it about herself. Edgar seems a very good person. Too bad he had such wounds.

[@melindamullins9971]

thank you so much for this upload she was a strong iconic comedian.

[@aarondigby9859]

Joan beautiful and glamorous looking here. Never knew why she was so obsessed with surgeries.

[@MarthaWoodworth-f9s]

She could afford them. Another lesson in why having a lot of money isn’t always a blessing. When I came into some money I had a neck lift. It turned out fabulously and is still great after six years. I went back to my plastic surgeon about two years later to see what else he could do for me and he said “Plastic surgery can be an addiction for some people. You don’t need anything else done. I’m happy to know you’re satisfied with your procedure but don’t want to see you here again unless you’ve been in an accident that requires it.” I was so grateful for his wise words and never did make another visit to him. If only poor Joan’s surgeon(s) had given her the same advice. Obviously, they loved to take her $$. 😞

[@dramamajor1985]

So sad when Edgar came on stage.

[@phyllishannah7305]

Joan Rivers I sure do miss you sweetheart lady.!!! 😊😊Loved you on QVC you and your jewelry.!!! Miss you 😢 funny lady.!!

[@BillPritchard]

I miss her *EVERYDAY!*

[@shaneencalade4988]

I do as well. NO ONE could or can make me laugh and smile like her. She was brilliant and sharp and ONE OF A KIND that will never be replaced.

[@mazsroy9]

Cavett thinks much like a therapist does. He probably would have been very good at it.

[@comfeefort]

He suffered Depression, I think He sat through enough therapy, Your probably right.

[@sankumar3791]

I was born in the wrong era. Love how Cavett and other men spoke back then. Argh so hot 😂

[@rickarra1833]

Sure do miss Joan. She was great

[@elainep1772]

She was beautiful😍

[@heartpursuer]

I've been on a bit of a Joan Rivers binge here on KZbin and Netflix, and seeing her at this age -- so beautiful -- and then seeing her after so much plastic surgery, it just makes me a bit sad. I'm convinced she would have aged gracefully without any sort of intervention. It was a treat to watch her in a relaxed mood, truly conversational, not feeling the need to pump out jokes. I used to watch Cavett back in the day, but his phony high-brow manner doesn't wear well all these years later.

[@davidallen346]

Imagined going out on a date with her

[@1911beauty]

I think the last couple of surgeries were to much. But I think the first few kept her younger and fresher looking. However, had she done nothing, she might have been quite saggy/dishy. Joan was exceptionally well dressed, all the time

[@mazsroy9]

Love how she dressed and did her hair.

[@misterhoeflak]

Wonderfully honest interview.

[@Yesitisbrett]

She looked really good in this clip ❤️

[@sambrownsings]

Poor Edgar. Poor Joan. She never forgave him for leaving her in a lurch.

[@ceciliacrocker390]

I'm about to check out her bio after this video, 👍

[@jeantetreault132]

I loved her deep voice as well as her New York accent.

[@mariedewitt5033]

She was incredibly driven if you read her book... Worked very hard, clothing line, jewelry line,QVC

[@dickydoes]

That was lovely.

[@sandravance8270]

Love Joan Rivers 🥰🤩

[@sabrina-hu4ri]

Joan was definitely a glamour-girl. 👍 And Cavett, so articulate and intelligent. God bless.

[@Brentford-rf5sh]

I first came across Joan in late 1984, she appeared on the BBC's The Bob Monkhouse Show - on British tv. My whole family watched her, we had no idea who she was at the time, and she kept talking about her flat ass and saggy boobs which was like taboo in the UK back then, we were all thinking "what the hell". It was safe to say, that show alone, made Joan a household name overnight. RIP Ms Rivers - you're maybe gone, but you're certainly not forgotten.

[@aarondigby5054]

British soaps actors were actually nude, then to be upset about Joan's routine was kind off a lunacy

[@steevrawjers]

thank you for posting

[@softwater88]

I wish I could develop my voice like Mr Cavett.

[@stingraytor]

So nice to see and hear Edgar

[@Urban-Spaceman]

So odd to read negative comments about Dick Cavett. If only we had chat show hosts like him now. I love his style of interviewing.

[@zanderseymour4937]

She spoke 100% truth. What a beautiful Lioness!

[@Harpplayer504]

I love Joan Rivers,she is beautiful!

[@saralibby9846]

Love the Paul Lynde funeral story!

[@JJNow-gg9so]

Memories...🎉 Merry Christmas....

[@MsMiika13]

OMG. Edgar!!!

[@jamie49868]

I am really enjoying these. I didn't watch back then...young and didn't care...but now I can't get enough. DC is a great interviewer. Odd that I didn't like it back then and really didn't like his style. That said, he is a great interviewer.

[@aarondigby5054]

He hung put in the village with Richard Pryor, Lilly Tomlin,Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby when they were all struggling comics in the early to mid sixties.

[@frankk.777]

Great interview.

[@susangorra9469]

She was so beautiful and funny. Miss her.

[@johnking5174]

This comes from Dick's USA Network cable channel show which ran from 1985 to 1986

[@Patrick3183]

The set design is interesting! Very Ahead of its time

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

She looks so normal here.

[@en6278]

I cant believe dick cavett is still alive. I just assumed he was dead by now. he is 86. I feel he looked a lot older than his age cause he wasnt even 50 here. Sadly Joan has died & comedy sure misses her. The Queen of comedy. RIP

[@wintercame]

He even remarried after his gorgeous wife Carrie Nye died. Wife #2 looks *a lot* like her.

[@michaelneel4828]

Jayne Mansfield thought knew she would be a star from kinder garden ! Truly must be something to have that . God Bless the child that has his own !!!

[@queenvibes3067]

The best of all time

[@flenif2247]

I.just think Joan is so beautiful here. She looks aristocratic.

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

Oh, this is great.

[@Lornieloo]

How sad seeing Edgar knowing afterwards he took his own life, he seemed like such a gentle person.

[@Judyp77]

Does anyone know why he killed himself?

[@njpete987]

@@Judyp77 Apparently, he felt responsible for talking her into the FOX show and then it's ultimate failure (I thought the show was great).

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@njpete987it was entertaining I really enjoyed it, it was different from mysogenistic male driven talk shows opf the times

[@VeenaAR]

He reminded me of Conan at the beginning when he started his monologue 😁😁😁 witty and funny

[@markdonaldson8532]

Joan Rivers was the best and so beautiful too!

[@mazsroy9]

I do the same thing...buy two of everything if I like it. Why not? It makes sense...never regret it.

[@RichardHannay]

And Edgar Rosenberg would die by suicide two years later… poor Joan

[@ceciliacrocker390]

He also survived a heart attack in 1984...

[@dtaylor939]

This is the only time I've ever seen her with her husband.

[@antonkider7360]

He's even better than Carson for me.

[@KM-wf9yx]

Never? Carson was KING! This guy was NOT funny, at all! Needed to get the stick out of his rear?

[@njpete987]

@@KM-wf9yx Carson and Cavett were very different. They were both great in their own right.

[@mw7584]

​@@KM-wf9yxBut yet Cavett at one time was a writer for Johnny.

[@doninvictoria]

Waitaminnit! 10:30 or so... Dick Cavett and Joan Rivers were attempting to become Mike Nichols and Elaine May? Could Dick have been tough enough?

[@adriancolon8435]

The QUEEN!

[@Kmakmizzle]

Hurts too much to watch.

[@loriraymond6789]

Super queen

[@goopah]

lol "Signed Bigfoot Schwartz. Come and find me." 30:19 Yes, she did do rehearsed stuff, but she was also one of the best ad-lib comedians in the business.

[@dcool2u2]

That was hilarious! I thought it was so interesting how she had to quickly include kittens in the conversation because she knew someone would complain in a letter that she didn't like cats. And they added that people would send pictures of why they didn't like a joke that offended them. That is still so much how it is now but even worse! I would love to hear Joan rip into the "offended" these days. Miss you Joan! ♥️

[@christinestarr2638]

Defending Johnny must have been before he turned on her

[@KM-wf9yx]

Even after Johnny quit talking to Joan, she always had good things to say about him! She loved Johnny, she truly thought he would be happy for her getting such a big break? He instead thought of her being a competitor of his? It broke her heart...

[@njpete987]

@@KM-wf9yx Loved Carson, but he made a big mistake turning on Joan.

[@Laceykat66]

30:00 - SO that sort of behaviour pre-dates the Internet.

[@atrocchia]

This must have been just before her Fox late night talk show.

[@njpete987]

Who was the announcer at 0:28???

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

Dick Cavett tried SO hard to be a stand-up but lacked something. Joan Rivers, Woody Allen, so many others started in the Village together. There were periods when Joan slept in her car and borrowed a friend's apartment to shower and change for the next show. In an earlier generation, the Marx Bros., Jack Benny, etc. came up together in the brutal world of Vaudeville.

[@katgirlblue]

That has to be the longest intro in the history of talk shows - just over 5 minutes! I forgot what I was watching. He always has to make it about himself.

[@njpete987]

Since this obviously not the ABC show, which show is this?

[@johnking5174]

This is from his show on the USA Network cable channel which ran from 1985 to 1986

[@bringiton5282]

People in the comments make me laugh, they sound like they try to talk like Cavett and I'm over her trying to be more like Joan 😂

[@TRodge2495]

I'm over here trying to sound like both... Well not Dick, Johnny obviously, but it all comes back to Johnny anyway.

[@connievino4226]

Everyone is a walking wound.

[@AndrewHeller-jn7dx]

When was this on television; &, where-?; channel-?; network-?: platform-?; ran for how long-?; format-?; etc.

[@njpete987]

20:20 Phi Beta Kappa. Impressive

[@CusterFlux]

Sometimes Dick's anhedonia gets bad and trips him up - gotta give him credit for going on with the show anyway

[@jadezee6316]

thank-you dr fraud..lol...go back to your crayons fool

[@Patrick3183]

CusterFlux interesting take on his personality

[@Billkwando]

I dunno if this is legit or not, but I know he talked to Larry King about living with depression in various periods throughout his life.

[@ah7910]

Can’t believe 9 people have liked this stupid comment. He has a really ‘chilled out’ style of interviewing, always has and it’s served him very well.