Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Diller news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Phyllis Diller performances. According to Wikipedia: Phyllis Diller is an American comedian who is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. The stage character she created was a wild-haired, oddly dressed housewife who was ugly but didn't realize it, and who made jokes about a husband named "Fang" while smoking from a long cigarette holder. She is also known for her distinctive, cackling laugh, one of the best-recognized in comedy. Diller is generally thought to have opened the stand-up field to women such as Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, and Roseanne Barr.

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Tad Friend: The art parties of Phyllis Diller.

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When a visitor was shown into Phyllis Diller’s mansion, in Brentwood, the other evening, Diller rose carefully from a settee. “Have a Martini,” she said. “You have to look at the art, and it helps.” She was wearing one of her trademark yellow fright . . . More: continued here Read Full Story

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THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST chapter #26

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I booked Timi at the Roxy Nightclub in Lima. I took pictures of Phyllis Diller at the USO in Hollywood. She's from Lima. John Dillinger escaped Lima, and so did I. My mother and sister live in Lima, Ohio. I moved there from Michigan. I worked at the R.G. Dunn Cigar factory, and later at a sheet metal company, where the metal cut through my gloves and cut my hands every night on the sheets of steel. I later worked at the Ford plant but was laid off before I got in the ninety day period to join the union. Then I got ... Read Full Story

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Happy Birthday Phyllis Diller, Camilla Parker Bowles And David Hasselhoff

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On this day in 1953 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. It’s the same day that Phyllis Diller, Camilla Parker Bowes and David Hasselhoff were born. Phyllis Diller turns 91 Phyllis Diller is one of the first female stand up comedians. Her brash sense of humor is believed to have opened doors for comediennes Roseann Barr, Lily Tomlin, Joan Rivers and Rita Rudner. Camilla Parker Bowles turns 61 Camilla Parker Bowles is Price Charles’ current wife. The two are longtime friends and were rumored to be having an affair while Charles was still married to Princess Diana. The Hoff turns 56 Perhaps the best picture ... Read Full Story

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Phyllis Diller said Lima is a good place to be "from"

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John Dillinger escaped Lima, and so did I. My mother and sister live in Lima, Ohio, where I was paroled from Michigan. I had been transferred to Marquette Prison in the Upper Peninsula because of all my legal complaints to the court in Jackson. This also halted my appeal pleadings. When you file legal papers in Marquette, they go into the waste basket. I was paroled to Ohio and I had to take a bus through Illinois and not go through Michigan because they didn't want me to "harass the prosecutor!" I worked at the R.G. Dunn Cigar factory, and later at ... Read Full Story

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Phyllis Diller -- Who DOESN'T love her?

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I love Phyllis Diller. Always have -- since I was a small child. She has all that wild hair, gravelly insults, mad fashion sense and a loud laugh. I love loud laughing. ( Just ask R-botron .) One time I mentioned my love of Phyllis ------> to Mr. Fabulous , who runs two blogs and an internet radio show, and contributes to Burt Reynold's Mustache , which I am supposed to contribute to as well, but I missed my 20th of December entry so they maybe booted my ass off of the roster forevah ... (I'm at the mercy of the new administrator. Hello ... Read Full Story

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Tad Friend: The art parties of Phyllis Diller.

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And it is true. Wendy Williams is a female female impersonator, although not the first by any means. That would probably be Phyllis Diller. But Diller was a comedian, and so are her spiritual descendants, people like Kathy Griffin and Margaret Cho ...

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Meet Snaggle!

Snaggle is the balancing icon of the famous frizzy haired beings - Phyllis Diller and Einstein. He's balances out the kookiness of Diller and the genius of Einstein with his sweet and centered happiness. This guy plays with all dogs bringing his sunny disposition, and nary a confrontation.He cheerfully follows along at Fiesta Island, greeting all. Snaggle's hair totally says terrier, no? Well get this, no feisty edge typical of terriers, and...

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Ms. Demeanor - New York Times

New York TimesMs. DemeanorNew York TimesThat would probably be Phyllis Diller. But Diller was a comedian, and so are her spiritual descendants, people like Kathy Griffin and Margaret Cho, ...

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CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH Plays 1/18, 1/19/2010 At The Inner Circle at...

CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH Plays 1/18, 1/19/2010 At The Inner Circle at ...Broadway World... with RuPaul, and The Last Place on Earth, co-starring Billy Dee Williams and Phyllis Diller and the recently released Make The Yuletide Gay. ...and more »

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