the betty ford clinic. this is for the betty ford clinic. so they'll be very serious about drugs.laughs] are they lining you up like nazis? all right, that's all right. [laughter] "sorry, bitch, i'm not carol channing, but this will have to do. much love, joan rivers." thank you. joan: so, i have s's, sibilant s's. sss! sss! even a little more. if you take out the top or the bottom, that usually works pretty well. this is the early joan, and this is me. [as joan] oh, darling, can we talk? oh, does this tampon make me look fat? woman: we're gonna go straight down this hallway. -i'll follow you. okay. love that the nails match the dress. -i think that's so fabulous. -thank you. nice to meet you. nice to meet you. woman: be careful. joan: i am, it's wet. victoria beckham, ugh, ugh! "does the tampon make me look fat?" i can't stand her! okay, up we go. and we're going to minneapolis, right? man: yes, it's cold there. all right, and thank you. you were terrific. man: pleasure meeting you. joan: thank you. hello. i don't care if it's god himself. no one is to call my room until 6:30. ma

laughing and talking and drinking of the the only place you'll see more drunk celebrities is at the betty ford clinicrd to believe, huh? >> joan rivers died today at the age of 81 after hospitalized after a throat procedure last week. doctors brought her out of a coma. her daughter wanted to thank all the people for support. she has millions of fans around the world and certainly around this country. eric, anything of particular note? >> i recollect, recalling all the things she did. loved her on carson. she was a fill-in for carson. you wonder how she was ever going to pull off the big chair with johnny carson. and she nailed it. she was awesome. i liked her in "celebrity apprentice." you saw something that wasn't common. she was well liked by just about everyone. >> she was very funny. but also an extremely shrewd business woman. and very successful with a quick wit. very timeless. everybody can laugh out loud at her jokes. it doesn't matter if you were a young kid or all the way up to a senior citizen. >> some of her stuff was a little blue. one thing you can learn from joan rivers, i don't think

. >> as early as 1996, nine years before she died, anna sought treatment at the betty ford clinic for alcohol abuse and prescription drugs, like vicodin. >> you blame the entourage, the hangers on? >> yes. 100%. in a sense that she attracted the wrong people around her and she trusted everybody. and she believed everybody. i tried my best to tell her be careful, get a strong management, but her agency was in new york and she was living in l.a. by herself. and she just went in the wrong world. >> do you see her rise and fall as kind of a tragic but almost inevitable story? >> sadly, yes. sadly, yes. she had no deadline. she had no rules. she had no sense of street smarts. she had zero street smarts. >> you know, some people say that people are laughing with you, and some people say they're laughing at you. >> that's okay, as long as they're laughing. >> how anna nicole went from glitz and stardom to prescription drug abuse and prescription drug abuse and de ...so you say men are superior drivers? yeah? then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six

the only place you will see more drunk celebrities is at the betty ford clinic. think we are so politically correct these days that it's ruining everything. i mean, i can't say "indian" anymore. i don't know if i'm talking dot or feather. i don't know what you're supposed to say. i am 75 years old, and i tell you, i haven't peaked. that is why i am going to go out that door and the door after this and the door after that and the door after that and the door after that, and i invite all of you come with me! [ applause ] >> thank you. >> it was one week ago today news broke joan rivers rushed from a new york city doctor's office to a nearby hospital after going into cardiac arrest. today, the news that everyo feared -- wnyw news reporting from mt. sinai hospital with the latest. sharon, what's going on at the hospital? >> reporter: greta, fans are really still stunned by this news, as you mentioned. just a week ago, she was having a routine procedure in yorkville, not far from where i am on the upper east side. she was rushed to mt. sinai hospital, nuts a medically