RIP: Phyllis Diller

cartman · 08-20-2012, 02:57 PM

The comedienne passed away today at the age of 95.

Phyllis Diller dies at 95 - The Washington Post

JonInMiddleGA · 08-20-2012, 03:46 PM

A true legend.

That clip probably isn't going to seem very groundbreaking for some of the younger members of the board. But check the date, 1977. There was her, there was a young(ish) Joan Rivers, and for this sort of schtick on a national scale that was about it for female comics.

Her gag file -- a steel cabinet with 48 file-drawers containing more than 50,000 jokes and gags typewritten on index cards during her career -- is in the National Museum of American History.

BYU 14 · 08-20-2012, 03:56 PM

Agreed Jon, definitely a legend and a groundbreaking comedienne...RIP

Sweed · 08-20-2012, 06:58 PM

I remember her on Johnny Carson one night when I was 18 or 19. Don't remember what her routine was but she had a roomful of us laughing our asses off without anything crude (I mean it was ~1979-80 not much you could do on tv). Just funny stuff.

JediKooter · 08-20-2012, 07:15 PM

Didn't realize she was still alive. Wow, she lived a long life. I hope I'm that funny at that age.

08-20-2012, 03:46 PM	#2
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	A true legend. That clip probably isn't going to seem very groundbreaking for some of the younger members of the board. But check the date, 1977. There was her, there was a young(ish) Joan Rivers, and for this sort of schtick on a national scale that was about it for female comics. Her gag file -- a steel cabinet with 48 file-drawers containing more than 50,000 jokes and gags typewritten on index cards during her career -- is in the National Museum of American History. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 08-20-2012 at 03:52 PM.

08-20-2012, 07:15 PM	#5
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Didn't realize she was still alive. Wow, she lived a long life. I hope I'm that funny at that age. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

08-20-2012, 03:56 PM	#3
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Agreed Jon, definitely a legend and a groundbreaking comedienne...RIP

08-20-2012, 06:58 PM	#4
Sweed College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2003	I remember her on Johnny Carson one night when I was 18 or 19. Don't remember what her routine was but she had a roomful of us laughing our asses off without anything crude (I mean it was ~1979-80 not much you could do on tv). Just funny stuff.

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