Carrie Fisher On The Late Show

Some time after the publication of her book Delusions Of Grandma, Carrie Fisher appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman on 5th April 1994.

And here she is again on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

Jay Leno is a terrible interviewer at this point in the show’s run – the position of the desk and chair don’t help things either. I really want to know what she says to John Goodman after the diaper joke.

Here’s the full (I know) ‘review’ from which she quotes.

A bleat of a first novel, this annoying book is about a Hollywood brat. It is enough to make people wish that Darth Vader had gotten rid of Princess Leia after all.

He followed this up later with a slightly longer review of the movie of Postcards From The Edge, which you can read here, if you can be bothered.

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