Chris Rock's Stand-up TV debut on Joan Rivers' last episode of her late show. May 1987. A big moment in Chris's career, and TV history being Joan's last episode. Recorded on SuperBeta
Joan was legit adorable with Chris, she knew from the get go he was none of those Hollywood bs primadonnas! He was humble from humble origins, and she saw it in him! She gave him a good advice by the end of the interview, an advice that he followed to this very day! She suffered a lot of public bullying in the last years of her life, God bless her soul! RIP Joan Rivers 🙏
Joan was nothing but a Real Mother here....I got misty eyes & chills when she looked at Chris, touched his cheek & said "you are very talented, don't let it get to your head".
He panicked and went to what was planned to be his last joke. When the band heard it they played his exit music. Before he could react, Joan called him over to the couch.
Seemed to me that the old broad forgot her part. Was she feeding him lines to complete his set to make up for it? That's a lady who belongs in show business. Love her. R.I.P. you feisty psycho. 💙
This brought a big smile to my face. She is such a lovely lady and she believed in him so long ago. He stayed good and got better and made his way out of the ghetto. Hope to see more of his movies.🥰
@@logicalblackman8228 did I say every black person grew up in the ghetto? Do a research about Chris rock struggled to be where he is. Another black male mr prince of bell air grew up in a rich family. What's your point?geeez🙄 presumptions and ignorance are a killer of ones identity
@@IrenaDeacon Keep digging; the hole is getting deeper LOL. He didn’t “struggle“ to be where he is. He says right there in the video that Eddie Murphy put him on. Will Smith didn’t grow up rich. He was middle class lol. Just stop it already😂
@@JohnSmith-su3ze I don't believe that's true at all. You still see it all the time. People like Sean Penn and Tom Cruise put the new generation of actors in their movies, comedians still give opportunities to the younger generations. You see it with Seinfeld's comedians in cars series for example. I know for some reason it's popular for the alt right anti pc backlash angry male crowd to whine and complain about literally everything these days....like a bunch of little snowflakes....but they're pretty much wrong about everything. Including the idea you are putting forward here.
@@markparkinson6947 They make movies in Atlanta, Georgia now. And NYC. And the ones they make in "Hollywood" are made in Burbank, El Segundo, and various other places in the Los Angeles area.
@@coolbreeze3793 Please please PLEASE re-watch both Eddie's legendary standup specials. I did recently. And I realized that DELIRIOUS had zero substance, and RAW was only a tiny bit better. Chris Rock sails over all those guys' heads with his meaty takes on social commentary and powerful delivery. PLEASE WATCH EDDIE and tell me I'm wrong.
🤯Seeing this now, 2022, just adds so much more respect for Chris Rock-(not that any more was needed, it just keeps on coming)!! He's a true legend!!👏🏼🙌🏼💗✌🏼
Chris Rock was stacking chairs at a comedy club in NYC. Eddie Murphy walks in and notices Chris is the only black person there. Eddie is introduced to Chris and asks if hes goin on, Chris said no he’s just there to stack chairs. Eddie asks the manager to put him onstage. Its a packed house and Chris kills it. Eddie asks “so what u doin 2morrow? I’m goin to LA.” It was fate. This shows a lot of success in show business is luck and timing.
@@AndreAndre-xx9us Here’s the whole story: Chris Rock was a comic working at the Comic Strip in NY. They gave him a gig but he had to stack chairs at the end of the night. One Friday or Saturday night Eddie Murphy walked in the club and noticed Rock was the only black person hanging around. Chris asked the manager to introduce him to Eddie. Eddie meets him and asks if hes a comic, Rock said yeah. Eddie tells the manager “put him up I wanna c what he can do”. Chris goes up in front of a packed house and kills it. Eddie takes him under his wing. The rest is history.
@@RedEye3 I'm talking twenty odd years ago when he was at his peak, too old to know what he is doing now, once they have very good delivery they become too lazy to actually write good jokes, I mean look at Dave Chapelle he does not even do jokes anymore, just pure laziness and fans just wanna hear em talk and not tell jokes anymore.
I usually picture Chris Rock’s dad looking kinda out of shape, just cause I remember him talking about his dad going into work while he was feeling sick and dying at kind of a young age, and this was one of the reasons Rock always wanted a job where he could set his own hours. But I love Terry Crews. I wish he could be everyone’s dad.
He talked about this on some podcast. The reason he was so shocked when the music played was because he gave the band a cue what his last joke was supposed to be. When he got onstage he shuffled his set, so he told his last joke in the middle, but they thought he was done. This is the 1st time I've actually seen it.
@@TheGuitarGuy161 Apparently, it wasn't a podcast but whatever this was, I watched the entire thing and it registered in my mind as a podcast. but here is the part that he talks about it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FCOkOPjIhtU.html
The courage she gave him at the ende was just stunning. I liked chris stand ups and after seeing him performing professionalism to its fullest after the assault I became a big fan of him
Guy just can't be shaken, can he? It's so impressive how he rolls with wherever Joan leads him. This is how you can see that it's not an act, he's naturally smart and funny as hell.
Who would have ever of thought that this guy would go on to become one of the greatest comedians of all times, and pound for pound the funniest man(dead or alive).
This helped me so much right now. That 1st joke was so money. I get so nervous, and I see he does too. He not only stumbled on words, but got played off by the band and still kept it funny with Joan, instead of saying something about the band. 1st Appearance on TV, such inspiration. Gotta remember this is 87, 35 years ago. Gotta give this man his respect. Top of the mountain.
Absolutely the first thing that struck me while I was watching her speak to him. No condescension, just lots of sweetness and regard for his greenness. Joan was a legend.
Big CR fan and never saw this til today. It was incredible to watch how he evolved to have such command over the stage. I've watched all his HBO specials more times than I can count. A lot of things help you get through life, and in my book, great comedians are one of them.
Theres a tight network of comedians from nyc. Just think about how many there are. And people that move to nyc for comedy like dave chapelle benefit by breaking into that nyc network. It's the who's who
I've been a fan of Rock for years probably since I was 17 (I'm 29 now), but I've never seen stuff from this era. Makes you realize that this dude was great from the beginning. He just got even better.
Thank you for this! Chris Rock always admired Joan Rivers and I remember him talking about being one of the final guests on Joan Rivers' show and how composed Joan was during the commercial breaks even though she was heartbroken over her show being cancelled and that she was having a hard time bc of her husband was going through a severe depression.
@@a-love-supremist I never got into Joan Rivers but 3 of my favorites (Chris Rock, BIll Burr, and Louis C.K.) have all spoken fondly of Joan Rivers' comedy.
I spend all day making people laugh...so i know,they all love her because she's one of our great heroes of modern comedy....they love her style,and sense of humor....honest,sometimes blunt,sassy,intelligent,witty,unafraid...pretty much all the same qualities that Chris,Bill and Louie currently display in their acts....but she helped to pioneer that style and delivery...she's really a major hero to a certain group of entertainers (and me) and David Letterman and others...perfect example: Chris named his one special,"Never Scared".....well,that's Joan's whole style....she's influenced so many other entertainers...
@@celeste1324 She is very much a seed. Or at least one of them. You don't need to look very hard in comedy to see what blossomed from her. And she was a bad motherfucker, too.
Punchlines are the only game in town when you're doing a 5 minute routine on a late night show. In a1 hour special you get more time to craft your jokes.
@@pc8679 I understood what you meant and you're right. But I'm saying that, at that time, he didn't need to trim his jokes down because he was a mainly punchline guy at that time.
Joan's encouragement at the end is so sweet! Almost as if she's passing the torch of destiny to him. ❤️Chris went from regular kid to icon now, just from people recognizing his brilliance (edit) and Chris busting ass in the business and sculpting his material into valuable comedic gems.
I met this man 1 time in my life backstage before my little rap group performed (horribly mind you..lol) at the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem, NYC in 1990 and he was the most humble cool azz person back stage. My group performed and we were like a 3 out of 10 (looking back now .OMG we were wack!.lol) but Chris came out as the headline closing comedy act after us and actually asked the crowd to clap it up for us. I had nothing but respect for him after that and been a fan ever since. I'm sure he would not remember me if I ever met him again but Im sure he still is a genuine person. So happy to see his success. and F*** Will Smith for trying to play Chris with a sucker azz unexpected slap during a show over a joke..AND BIG up to Tony Rock for his words about it...There are 10 Rock brothers, hint hint , Im sayin ..I dont promote black on black violence but like Chris said in one of his specials - "aint nobody above an ass whoopin".
He's so nervous and unpolished. I love it. I'm glad we were there rooting for and laughing with him throughout the years. Just goes to show... if you want to be great you have to put in the work!
Can you tell me how many late night women hosts there have been so far? Lily Singh made it sound like she was the first one, but I couldnt tell. Im not from the States.
This is when Hollywood had real class. People loved stars because so many of them were generous with their time and talent - not for some political cause, but for kindness towards others. It's incredible how Eddie Murphy helped Chris Rock get his start and how Joan Rivers made a young, nervous Chris feel special and welcomed at the party. I am 60 now and am so grateful I was able to witness Hollywood while it was still great.
