In Bed with Joan was an American weekly internet and television talk show hosted by Joan Rivers from her bed in her daughter Melissa's house near Malibu, California. Each week, Rivers invited a different guest to talk to her in bed about different things including their past, their love life and their career. Episodes were approximately 20 minutes, and were aired on iTunes and YouTube until her death.
Premise Each week, Rivers invited a different celebrity to her bed to talk with her about many things including their past, their love life and their career. Each episode started with the celebrity guest talking personally to the camera about what they expect the experience to be like, before the opening credits were then rolled. Rivers then started by saying, "Let's see who's coming out of the closet this week..." and then the guest emerged from the closet in the corner of the room. After casual conversation for the majority of the interview, they then focused on specific segments. Those were usually, 'I'm So Sorry' where the guest was given the opportunity to look into the camera and apologise to anyone they had offended or upset in the past. The next item was the opposite, called 'Sit on It and Rotate' where the celebrity insulted and really gave a piece of their mind to the people who'd been nasty and cruel to them in the past. The third and final segment was called 'Dead or Alive' where Melissa came in with flashcards with a different thing on each and the guest had to choose which one to kill and which one to keep alive (often this was between two different celebrities). The guest then finished the show by clapping the lights out.
The show was set in Rivers's room in the basement of her daughter's house in Malibu, California where she spent half her time living; the other half she spent at her apartment in New York.
Sarah Silverman was the first guest. Other guests on the show include Kelly Osbourne, Betsy Brandt, RuPaul and Howie Mandel.
Rivers' death After Rivers suffered cardiac arrest on August 28, 2014 and was put into a medically induced coma, the series was put on hiatus with unaired episodes still to be broadcast. She died on September 4, 2014, leaving the episodes unaired.
Episodes Episode Original air date Guest 1 March 5, 2013 Sarah Silverman 2 March 12, 2013 Nick Kroll 3 March 19, 2013 Kelly Osbourne 4 March 26, 2013 Belinda Carlisle5 April 2, 2013 Adam Pally 6 April 9, 2013 Margaret Cho 7 April 16, 2013 Anthony Jeselnik 8 April 23, 2013 RuPaul 9 April 30, 2013 Ed Weeks 10 May 7, 2013 Gary Busey 11 May 14, 2013 Kate Flannery 12 May 21, 2013 Tichina Arnold 13 May 28, 2013 Ellie Kemper 14 June 4, 2013 Marc Maron 15 June 18, 2013 Gabriel Iglesias 16 June 26, 2013 Tom Green 17 July 3, 2013 Redfoo 18 July 9, 2013 Aisha Tyler 19 July 16, 2013 Penn Jillette 20 July 23, 2013 Jim Rash 21 August 3, 2013 Howie Mandel 22 August 6, 2013 Bill Engvall 23 August 13, 2013 Alyssa Milano 24 August 20, 2013 Betsy Brandt 25 August 28, 2013 Theo Von 26 September 4, 2013 Lance Bass 27 September 10, 2013 Kevin Nealon 28 September 17, 2013 Carmen Electra 29 September 24, 2013 Jeff Garlin 30 October 2, 2013 Jessie James and Eric Decker 31 October 8, 2013 Tabatha Coffey 32 October 15, 2013 Russell Peters 33 October 22, 2013 Eric Andre 34 October 29, 2013 Deon Cole 35 November 5, 2013 Kris Jenner 36 November 13, 2013 Rob Delaney 37 November 19, 2013 Dan Bucatinsky 38 December 3, 2013 Paul Scheer 39 December 10, 2013 Billy Eichner 40 December 17, 2013 Jen Kirkman 41 January 15, 2014 Shiri Appleby 42 January 21, 2014 Justine Ezarik 43 January 28, 2014 Reza Farahan 44 February 4, 2014 Loni Love 45 February 11, 2014 Bonnie McKee 46 February 19, 2014 Paul Rodriguez 47 February 25, 2014 George Kotsiopoulos 48 (Part 1) March 4, 2014 Kathy Griffin 48 (Part 2) March 11, 2014 Kathy Griffin and Aubrey Plaza 49 March 19, 2014 Jeff Ross 50 March 26, 2014 Chris Hardwick 51 April 2, 2014 Michaela Watkins 52 April 9, 2014 Bob Saget 53 April 16, 2014 Patti Stanger 54 April 22, 2014 Jenna Marbles 55 April 29, 2014 Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair 56 May 7, 2014 Bart Baker and KingBach 57 May 14, 2014 Greg Fitzsimmons 58 May 21, 2014 Mamrie Hart 59 May 28, 2014 Tom Papa 60 June 4, 2014 Hannah Hart 61 June 11, 2014 Jason Biggs 62 June 18, 2014 Meghan McCain 63 June 25, 2014 T. J. Miller 64 July 2, 2014 Derek Waters 65 July 9, 2014 Scott Aukerman 66 July 16, 2014 Brett Gelman 67 July 23, 2014 Grace Helbig 68 July 30, 2014 Brittany Furlan 69 August 6, 2014 Candace Cameron Bure 70 August 13, 2014 Tyler Oakley 71 August 20, 2014 Bianca Del Rio 72 August 27, 2014 LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian
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