Joan Rivers talks to Clive Anderson

11th December 1992

[@christinestarr2638]

I could hear the same joke from her fifteen times over & it would be just as funny as the first time; her delivery is half her humor!

[@SaxonC]

I never get tired of watching her! She always makes me laugh.

[@adriancolon8435]

He said it right “The Queen of Comedy”

[@binkytube]

Legend. Miss her and George Carlin and Patrice O'Neal.

[@MoistMumble]

Absolutely beautiful woman, inside and out. I miss her daily.

[@taurusnbr1]

Wow she looks so much like Melissa here. Bless Joan, she was such a talent.

[@kevinosterman4558]

Melissa looks like her, Joan was Melissa's mother

[@taurusnbr1]

@@kevinosterman4558 you got me

[@nitrand]

Madonna - her legs have been in the air so often, she puts two hats on her feet.

[@shtetlcholoycd]

so elegant and so rough. can't get enough.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Wonderful lady RIP Joan, I expect you have heaven in fits.

[@oliviafine8019]

i get the vibe that clive found her attractive

[@bryanedney2723]

LOVE Joan's look here.

[@jakre10]

She was so funny. I miss her

[@JJmoony]

The Queen of comedy! The best ever!

[@ewanoxborrow1024]

"She had more chins than a Chinese phone book" DEAD

[@wendynoto3189]

I love him not dead still here

[@adrevanderwesthuizen7262]

I like how he always flirted with her whenever she was a guest on his show. Notice how he looks at her.

[@FranklinCrew]

Prove for a woman beauty And being revealing isn't all you need to be attractive. Joan is funny and charming and humble.

[@re7416]

A case of like knowing like. She was just as fast as he. If not faster and funnier. So there was a definite admiration from him of her. Clive...more than most....could appreciate just how good Joan was.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, very funny !!!!!

[@superultrafabulous]

Gay James Bond 😂😂😂😂

[@Supermike6]

The queen of insult humor

[@MystikBlue5]

And she i sults herself the most!

[@misterhoeflak]

Comedy gold.

[@nin3755]

When did she die? Much respect to a very funny lady.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

She died September 4th, 2014 - such a very quick witted and endlessly funny lady.

[@riase]

Wow she looks almost human here.

[@cataleo1]

This is not 1993, but 1989

[@vhsvideovault]

In fact, according to my expert on programme dates, it's actually 11th December 1992. Here's my blog on the tape this was on. vhistory.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/clive-anderson-talks-back-tape-1355/

[@cataleo1]

Impossible! Joan says during the clip that her daughter Melissa is 21. Melissa Rivers was born in 1968. You do the math.

[@vhsvideovault]

I don't know what to tell you. The show went out in December 1992. On the same tape were trailers for Sister Act in cinemas, which was released in November 1992. So unless the show was a repeat (unlikely from 1989) Joan either misspoke, or she was politely not giving the correct age for her daughter. Isn't it a common joke that every woman is 21?

[@cataleo1]

Click on this link, then read the comments/reviews: www.amazon.co.uk/Clive-Anderson-Talks-Back-VHS/dp/B00004CNNH

[@vhsvideovault]

I don't think that's a release date, I think Amazon have used the iMDb listing for when the series started. Here's another review of the same tape, which lists it as 1993. www.thetvdb.com/series/clive-anderson-talks-back/episodes/4102788 On the recording, the first thing they talk about (although they only allude to it) is the recently announced separation of Charles and Diana, which was announced on Dec 9 1992. I checked the whole episode, and Clive Anderson talks about it in his monologue at the start. Plus, right at the end of the show, the copyright date is 1992. vhistory.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/clive-anderson-copyright-1992.jpg I'm pretty confident the date is correct, and she was just being polite when mentioning her daughter's age.

[@girlroomglitz]

why was she walking like a mong?

[@FMHammyJ]

She never walked in high heels very elegantly......

[@sparklesupreme8170]

because her skirt is too tight

[@joshuajackson4742]

So we didn't have to see her undercarriage.

[@glennfromthebronx]

...like many of Manhattan's Upper East Side ladies, the skirt is way too tight, heels are too high.