author of the book "joan rivers confidential. comes the award seasons we start tomorrow night. seth myer did the monologue, what do you anticipate? >> first of all, i think it's going to be challenging. and quite a -- not tough, but definitely, a challenge, i think, is really the only right word for seth. who is so smart and so funny. to figure out how to read the room. and read it quickly. you know, this is -- we're living in a time where if you say anything, you're condemned. if you don't say anything, you're condemned. we can't seem to have a civil conversation about any of this. >> right. >> and i think it's going to make everything from the red carpets to the show, to the post shows to the wrap-up shows complicated. >> i mean, he has to thread that needle, as you're saying but he can't not go there, in the evening monolong, wouldn't you agree? >> i agree, you have to go there, you have to go there, you have to address the elephant in the room. but what is half the audience going to laugh at? and what is half the audience goi

how do you think joan rivers would have reacted to the #metoo era?i think she would have written hashtag i'm supportive but i'm kind of annoyed that never happened to me too because it would further my career a lot further. it would be the longest hashtag. >> i hope i can laugh at that. >> yes. absolutely. my mom -- >> did she ever -- >> -- never thought of herself as being a feminist. when you look at the book you realize she was but never had the self-awareness that she was a social commentator, yet for her, this would have been christmas every day with material. >> there's a great, i don't know if they can see it, if i hold it up, but there is a great spread within the book of the "national enquirer" some of the references to joan rivers. she was rumored to be involved with everyone from brian wilson of the beach boys to one donald trump. what was her relationship like with the donald, and how would she see him as president? >> the relationship was friendly. they knew each other socially. obviously we remember my mom won "the apprentice." the thin

joan rivers madejokes about disability yourself.out the holocaust were she said that is ok because i am jewish. i feel the she said that is ok because i am jewish. i feelthe same she said that is ok because i am jewish. i feel the same way about disability. i do not find it entertaining all humourous when comedians who do not have disabilities mock or imitate disabilities. it is part of who i am... it gives you the right? the same way that a person of colour has a right to talk about being a person of colour. it gives me the right to talk about it. but i never pretend that... i have no right to go on stage and not an intellectual disability just because i stage and not an intellectual disabilityjust because i happen to be disabled. the fact that i have a personal connection allows me to talk about it in a way that others should not, honestly. you have ended up should not, honestly. you have ended up on social media being in the object of bullying. i mean, that is the kind of risk you run?” object of bullying. i mean, that is the kin

imean, for example, the late american comedian, joan rivers, made jokes about the holocaust and she said same way about disability. i do not find it entertaining or humorous when comedians who do not have disabilities mock disabilities or imitate disabilities. disability is part of who i am, it's my community... so it gives you a right? you can go further... it gives me the same right that a person of colour has a right to talk about being a person of colour. and having a disability, it gives me the right to talk about it. but i never pretend that disability is a monolith. i can talk about physical disability but i have no right to go on stage and mock an intellectual disability just because i happen to be disabled. i think the fact that i have a personal connection allows me to talk about it in a way that others shouldn't, honestly. you have actually ended up on social media being the object of bullying. you have been called "gumby mouthed" and other things. i mean, that is the kind of risk you run, isn't it? i have been subjected to a lot of bullying online. in the past two years, i ha

joan rivers. rodney dangerfield. >> everybody wanted a showcase. could talk about it. did you see sullivan? >> my whole life i don't get no respect. no respect from anyone. >> as a performer you couldn't get a better place to sell your product. >> when i started out, they would say, variety is a man's game. it's dean, milton berle, jackie gleason, you know, it's the guys. but variety is what i know. i felt it was in my genes to do this. [ yelling like tarzan ] >> she had been so good on the garry moore show, she always knew she could sing and dance and be funny. >> on my show, i would do prat falls and jump out of windows and get pies in the face, and it was heaven. >> you know, i still see a rerun of "carol burnett show" and i think, god, damn, they're funny. there has never been a better three-wall sketch show ever. >> she was great in bed, too, dickey, remember? >> you never went to bed -- >> well. >> not supposed to curtsy, you're supposed to bow. well, i get dizzy when i bend over. >> when tim conway came on his goal in life was to destroy har

as joan rivers once said, how many husbands go down to the corner store for a quart of milk and never come back? not enough. he was that kind of husband. there weren't very many women in the regime in positions of authority. very few in fact. that's the sort of larger patriarchal culture of russia. >> and stalin loved his daughter that lana much more than just his two boys who doted on her for a while but it was very difficult for the children after the mother died. they were raised by the bodyguards and the other staff personnel. anyhow, so not an exemplary father. not an exemplary husband. but minimal relations with women. because he was a workaholic. and spent almost all his time building this military, socialist military industrial complex. shall we do a couple more? are we okay? one more. all right. i have more than one in front of me. lenin would have been better with him. lenin had none of collins charm. that's for sure. none of it.was there a realistic prospect of an anglo-french expedition versus the ussr to aid poland or finland? yes. anglo-french expedition? [laughter] this

he was very difficult i know this audience understands what it has to be a difficult husband as joan rivers said how many husbands -- go down to the corner store for a quart of milk and never come back? not enough. [laughter] yeah he was that kind of husband. there weren't have women in the regime in -- positions of authority very few, in fact, that is larger culture of russia. and much more than his two boys, and doted on her for a while. but it was very difficult for the children after the mother died they were raised by the body guards of the cooks and the other staff personnel at the dacha where they life so anyway not everyone lair father not a everyone lair husband. but minimal relations with women because he was a workaholic in the regime. and spent almost all of his time building this military and socialist this military industrial state. all right. shall we did a couple more? are we okay? i have more than one in front of me. and the charm -- that's for sure none of it. was there a realistic prospect versus u.s. aid poll in finland, yeah -- angela french expedition -- [laughter] thi

joan rivers in terms of late night. >> we have been banned in boston, which is wonderful.man show"" it was a sketch show. and they needed something to go between the sketches. again they were looking for something different. >> i got to have those candy bars. >> you better not be thinking of stealing those candy bars. >> that's it! >> "the simpsons" would never have come along had it not been for "the tracey ullman show." >> ultimately crime hurts the criminal. >> that's not true, mom. i got a free ride home, didn't i? >> bart! >> fox was thrilled that it was different. they said, sure, be experimental, do whatever you want. we're just happy to have a show on the air. >> i'm home. >> "married with children" was their first big, big hit in that way that said if all the rest of television is going this way, we're going that way. >> bud, kelly, you want to come down and help me in the kitchen? there, that should buy us about 10 minutes. seven more than we'll need. >> the title of "married with children" on the script was not "the cosby show." how great. you have to love that.