Melissa Rivers may have lost everything in the recent Palisades fire that devastated Malibu and Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades, but the TV personality can rest a little easier knowing that one of her mother’s greatest legacies is safe.
Rivers, 56, has revealed that his mother Joan Rivers’ catalog of jokes was never in danger of being destroyed by the deadly fire.
“Fortunately, the jokes and major pieces of footage were picked up about two and a half to three months ago by a national comedy hub,” the Group Text podcast host said. People.
The file cabinet in which the materials were kept contained around 65,000 original jokes that the iconic comedian and television presenter used during her 64-year career.
Joan Rivers passed away due to complications from what was supposed to be outpatient throat surgery in 2014. She was 81 years old.
Other items belonging to the former Fashion Police star, including her clothing, have been auctioned over the years to support the late comedian’s favorite charity, God’s Love We Deliver, which provides food to people suffering from serious illnesses and not They can cook for themselves.

Melissa Rivers, 56, has revealed that her mother Joan Rivers’ catalog of jokes was never in danger of being destroyed by the deadly fire. “The jokes and the main pieces of footage… we collected them for a national comedy center,” he told People several months ago.
Joan’s jewelry, Melissa reports, was kept in a safe deposit box at a bank, which she assumes was built to withstand fire.
Regarding the loss of her home, Rivers, who is engaged to Steve Mitchel, said, “When we say we lost everything, well, you won’t understand until you see the video.”
“It’s not just my life, but my son Cooper’s life.”
Rivers shares Cooper, 24, with her ex-husband John Endicott. “We were both only children and all that doesn’t exist anymore,” she said, adding that it was surreal to see her entire life contained in three LL Bean boat bags.
The Joy actress previously shared that she was able to take her mother’s Emmy Award before running away from home.
“We’re all doing the best we can,” he told the publication.
‘Cooper is made of the same tough stuff as me. And we all lean on each other and get by.”
Her biggest regret is losing the bathrobes that belonged to her mother and her late father, Edgar Rosenberg, but she was able to save a photo of her father, who died in 1987.
“I had her bathrobe and my dad’s… I lost the only three things of theirs that I kept in my house because they reminded me so much of them,” she said.

Rivers previously announced that he had been able to rescue Joan’s Emmy and revealed that he had been able to escape with a photo of her later father, Edgar Rosenberg (pictured in Los Angeles in March 2006).

Rivers said she and her fiancé, Steve Mitchel, lost everything in the Palisades fire. “Everything just disappeared,” she said, adding that it was surreal to see her entire life contained in three LL Bean canister bags (pictured in Beverly Hills in May 2024).

Most of the late comedian’s jewelry, Rivers said, was kept at a bank in a safe deposit box (pictured in Los Angeles in July 2013).
Rivers has found temporary housing, but is unsure when she and other community members will be able to rebuild and return.
“I mean I can’t even imagine what it’s going to be like a year from now,” he said.
‘The shops have disappeared. It was a total annihilation of an entire city. I keep thinking about all these people who owned or worked in stores; some of them not only lost their homes, but also lost their livelihood.
The former Joan & Melissa: Does Joan know better? The star has been keeping busy checking on her friends and relying on humor to cope with the loss. “It’s my superpower,” she explained, “I’m my parents’ daughter.”