Are You Ready for Phyllis Diller?
Are You Ready for Phyllis Diller?
- Description
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Comedy LP recording of a performance by Phyllis Diller in 1962 titled Are You Ready For Phyllis Diller? . Side A is 20:30 minutes and contains acts titled, “"Don't Eat Here;" "The Way I Dress;" "Bead Craft;" "Hypochondriac;" "Cookbook;" "Household Hints;" and "Cheese and Turkey." Side B is 17:05 minutes and contains acts titled, “Tight-Wad Airlines;" "Small Chest Condition;" and "Labor Day."
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Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) began her comedy career in the 1950s at the age of 37 and broke barriers in the comedy world to become the first solo female comic to be a household name. She developed a stage persona of an incompetent housewife and dressed in outlandish outfits with wild hair. Her material focused on self-deprecating jokes that tackled the idealized image of American mothers and homemakers. She also created many mythical personas for her stage act including her “husband” Fang, her “neighbor” Mrs. Clean, and her “mother-in-law” Moby Dick.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sound Recording
- date made
- 1962
- publisher
- Verve
- maker
- Diller, Phyllis
- Verve
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 31.75 cm
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.24
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.24
- Credit Line
- Gift of Phyllis Diller
- subject
- Humor
- Comedians
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Phyllis Diller
- Sound Recordings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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