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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Undies on August 20, 2012, 02:24:29 PM
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http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/20/phyllis-diller-dead/
RIP, Funny Lady. Give Fang a big kiss.
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Just found out. I always laughed at her jokes about her and her husband when I was a kid. Not many like her when she was working and even fewer as funny as she was now.
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Just found out. I always laughed at her jokes about her and her husband when I was a kid. Not many like her when she was working and even fewer as funny as she was now.
I was a kid when I found Phyllis Diller. Who could ever forget the wild hair (that women pay dearly for today), the exaggerated cigarette holder, the A-frame cocktail dress, with two toothpicks in high heels serving as the legs.
Phyllis Diller was priceless.
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I remember her cigarette in the cigarette holder, but I don't remember her actually smoking it. More of a prop than anything. But yeah, she was one of the greats and definitely paved the way for women comediennes - but keep that skank Joan Rivers out of the conversation.
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Another one of the old timers gone. :(
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Phyllis was also a concert pianist who played with orchestras all over the world. I think she would wants us to remember that part of her too. She was a true musician.
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Another one of the old timers gone. :(
I know. It's like the Summer of 2012 has been a deadly clearinghouse for our more elderly in the entertainment field. Betty White should not buy any green bananas.
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Another one of the great ones gone. RIP Phyllis and God's speed. :bawl:
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I know. It's like the Summer of 2012 has been a deadly clearinghouse for our more elderly in the entertainment field. Betty White should not buy any green bananas.
And Mickey Rooney.
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R.I.P Phyllis. That is number two. Who is next? Please don't let it be Clint Eastwood!
On another note: Rosie O'donnel suffered a heart attack last week. I thought you needed to have a heart first?
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R.I.P Phyllis. That is number two. Who is next? Please don't let it be Clint Eastwood!
On another note: Rosie O'donnel suffered a heart attack last week. I thought you needed to have a heart first?
Everyone gives Rosie, and Roseanne credit for being such trailblazers for women in comedy. Phyllis, and Lucy get completely overlooked. RIP Phyllis.
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A regular with Bob Hope, and Martha Raye, on USO tours.
Thanks for the laughs, Phyllis.
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I'd suggest that Gracie Allen was the original female comedienne. Had a helluva career, especially with hubby George Burns.
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Lucille Ball was a communist. But, yes, she was a great comedian.
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I'd suggest that Gracie Allen was the original female comedienne. Had a helluva career, especially with hubby George Burns.
More of a woman who was a good "straightman" I would think.
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More of a woman who was a good "straightman" I would think.
Not really - though she made an attempt to do that in the early part of their career. It was George who was the straight man to ditzy Gracie. She got a lot of laughs that way.
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What I miss the most about the old comedians is that they didn't have to make every other word a cuss word to be funny.
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What I miss the most about the old comedians is that they didn't have to make every other word a cuss word to be funny.
Bill Cosby is big on no cursing. And he's a funny guy.
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Bill Cosby is big on no cursing. And he's a funny guy.
He may not be as old as Phyllis Diller, but he is closer in style to the old ones than what passes for comedy today.
I still think his Noah bit was hilarious.
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Lucille Ball was a communist. But, yes, she was a great comedian.
You know there's something wrong with a woman, if John Wayne wanted nothing to do with her.
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You know there's something wrong with a woman, if John Wayne wanted nothing to do with her.
From the things I read about her (Lucille Ball) - She was not a very nice person in real life ...
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From the things I read about her (Lucille Ball) - She was not a very nice person in real life ...
Well, Desi couldn't keep his dick in his pants.
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From the things I read about her (Lucille Ball) - She was not a very nice person in real life ...
She wasn't. My MIL was a "Harvey-girl" up at the el Tovar hotel on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, in her yute. She had to deal with many people there, Lucille and John Wayne being just two. John was a perfect gentlemen, and he wouldn't have crossed a street to piss on Lucille's back if she was on fire.
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She wasn't. My MIL was a "Harvey-girl" up at the el Tovar hotel on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, in her yute. She had to deal with many people there, Lucille and John Wayne being just two. John was a perfect gentlemen, and he wouldn't have crossed a street to piss on Lucille's back if she was on fire.
John Wayne was a true American, a true Patriot, and a true Gentleman. He is also one of my heroes. God Bless him.
Now I want to watch some of his movies (Especially Rio Bravo, and Eldorado) ....
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http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/20/phyllis-diller-dead/
RIP, Funny Lady. Give Fang a big kiss.
Wow. Shows how much I pay attention, I thought she was already dead. :(
RIP. A very funny lady.
He may not be as old as Phyllis Diller, but he is closer in style to the old ones than what passes for comedy today.
I still think his Noah bit was hilarious.
Seriously funny.
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:bawl:
IMO she was alot funnier than Lucille Ball. Just sayin'. :whistling:
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:bawl:
IMO she was alot funnier than Lucille Ball. Just sayin'. :whistling:
Lucy was about physical comedy. Lucy wasn't a stand-up. It's hard to compare the too.
BTW, offstage Lucy was a serious type person. She wasn't a cut-up nor the life of the party. Lucy had the business of being Lucy to run. There wasn't time for silliness. Must folks didn't know how to take her. But anyone who had Carol Burnett as a dear dear friend could not be a bad person.
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Phyllis was sooo funny. They showed a clip on F&F this morning. The skit was about a marriage counselor. Guy: Are you sure you're a marriage counselor? Phyllis: I have a PhD in marital relations, an LLC in psychiatry, and I've been married 29 .........
times. :rofl:
Part of her schtick was about how ugly she was. I later saw a glamour portrait of her, and said to my mom, "Oh, she's so beautiful! I thought she wasn't supposed to be?" Mom explained how it was just all part of the gag. She really was beautiful, and she had drop-dead legs, too.
RIP Phyllis. A long and fruitful life.
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He may not be as old as Phyllis Diller, but he is closer in style to the old ones than what passes for comedy today.
I still think his Noah bit was hilarious.
I am laughing in my head remembering that skit. I used to listen to his albums, and The Smothers Brothers, and Brother Dave Gardner.
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I am laughing in my head remembering that skit. I used to listen to his albums, and The Smothers Brothers, and Brother Dave Gardner.
Early to late 60's, all those plus Redd Foxx and Moms Mably(?).
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Early to late 60's, all those plus Redd Foxx and Moms Mably(?).
AND Totie Fields.