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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2011.3085.039
- nonaccession number
- 2011.3085
- catalog number
- 2011.3085.039
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- Description
- Comedy LP recording of Phyllis Diller titled Phyllis Diller Laughs released in 1961. It was recorded in March 1961 at The Bon Soir in New York. The album includes: Side 1: "Ad Libs - The New Look" (2:46); "The Management" (4:10); "Old Age" (3:00); "The Beauty Parlor" (2:45); "Plastic Surgery" (2:30); "Lipstick" (2:20); "The New Cosmetic" (1:15). Side 2: "My Moment of Truth" (1:05); "Driving Down Town" (5:00); "Home Maker" (4:50); "The Suki Yaki Restaurant (Exotic Foods)" (6:25); "Sequel to Suki Yaki" "The Cleaners" "Insecurity" (5:35).
- 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 a distraught 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
- Date made
- 1961
- publisher
- Verve
- maker
- Diller, Phyllis
- Verve
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.31
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.31
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.55.04
- accession number
- 2009.0017
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- Description (Brief)
- Foreigner. side 1: That Was Yesterday; side 2: Two Different Worlds (Atlantic 7-89571)
- 45 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1984
- recording artist
- Foreigner
- manufacturer
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1996.3034.02982
- nonaccession number
- 1996.3034
- label number
- 7-89571
- catalog number
- 1996.3034.02982
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.49.06
- accession number
- 2009.0017
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- Description
- "Folio, Vol. XVII, No. 12" - A Journal of Music, Drama, Art & Literature. December 1878. Made of white paper with black ink.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1878
- publisher
- White, Smith, and Company
- ID Number
- 1982.0005.18
- accession number
- 1982.0005.18
- catalog number
- 1982.0005.18
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- Description
- This sheet music is for the song “May I Have the Next Dream with You?” with words and music by Harry, Charles and Henry Tobias. It was published by Tobey Music Corpoation in New York, New York in 1968.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1968
- publisher
- Tobey Music Corp.
- ID Number
- 1983.0529.12
- accession number
- 1983.0529
- catalog number
- 1983.0529.12
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- Description (Brief)
- Fats Waller and his Rhythm. side 1: Who'll Take My Place; side 2: Abdullah (Bluebird B-10419).78 rpm.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1939
- recording artist
- Waller, Fats
- manufacturer
- Bluebird
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.021
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 10419
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.021
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- designer
- Easter, Dana
- maker
- Easter, Dana
- ID Number
- 2003.0290.07.03
- accession number
- 2003.0290
- catalog number
- 2003.0290.07.03
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced
- Sinatra, Frank
- ID Number
- 2015.0215.1279
- accession number
- 2015.0215
- catalog number
- 2015.0215.1279
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- Description (Brief)
- Red Fraggle is a hand-rod puppet performed by Karen Prell on the television show Fraggle Rock. In a hand-rod puppet, like Red, the performer’s dominant hand goes into the puppet’s head and operates the mouth and sometimes other facial features. The less dominant hand controls the arm rods, which are thin rods connected to the puppet’s hands. Red is adventurous and energetic, and she loves to swim. It is her job to keep the Fraggle Rock pool clean. She is one of the five main Fraggles on the children’s program Fraggle Rock created by Jim Henson that aired for five seasons on HBO from 1983 to 1987. Henson created the Fraggle world as one where different types of creatures lived together in a world where they were interconnected and important to one another. From the beginning, the show was designed to be easily adaptable to different cultures, which generally led to each country having its own human character, such as Doc in the American version, with the same Fraggle scenes dubbed in local languages.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1980s
- performer
- Prell, Karen
- maker
- Henson, Jim
- designer
- Frith, Michael
- builder
- Krewson, Rollie
- ID Number
- 2013.0101.16
- accession number
- 2013.0101
- catalog number
- 2013.0101.16
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- Description
- Will Bradley and his Orchestra deaturing Ray McKinley. side 1: Fry Me a Cookie, With a Can of Lard; side 2: Chicken Gumboog(ie) (Columbia 36959), from the album, Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley, (Columbia C-123).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1941 and released on Columbia 36719. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1941 and released on Columbia 35939.
- The album art and design was created by George Howard Maas (1910-1998), an American commercial artist, graphic artist and designer, and art director. Originally from Kansas City, Maas studied at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. In 1939, he was employed as a painter in the WPA (Works Project Administration). By the early 1940s, Maas had moved to New York City where he continued his career with much success creating cover art for albums, book design and illustrations, and poster art.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1941
- release date
- 1947
- recording artist
- McKinley, Ray
- Will Bradley and his Orchestra
- manufacturer
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1981.0566.189
- maker number
- C-123
- 36959
- accession number
- 1981.0566
- catalog number
- 1981.0566.189
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- Description (Brief)
- One of a set of 72 trading card featuring Superman, included in packages of Gum Inc.’s “Superman Bubble Gum” in 1940. Each “adventure story” card features an image of Superman on the front with a connected story on the back. The cards are one of the earliest examples of merchandise featuring the iconic superhero.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1940
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- copyright holder
- Superman, Inc.
- associated institution
- Superman of America Club
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- Superman, Inc.
- ID Number
- 1987.0213.079
- accession number
- 1987.0213
- catalog number
- 1987.0213.079
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- Description (Brief)
- The over whelming success of Little Golden books prompted a merchandizing extravaganza to create products representative of some of the he characters made popular by the books. The market for all things Little Golden Books created an amazing array of items marketed to children and their parents, including records, puzzles, activity books, games, coloring books.
- Scuffy the Tugboat and His Adventures Down the River. by Gertrude Crampton; illustrated by Tibor Gergely (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1946), 28 pgs.Scuffy the Tugboat and His Adventures Down the River. by Gertrude Crampton; illustrated by Tibor Gergely (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1946),
- Children's game, Scuffy the Tugboat, produced by the publishers of Little Golden Books, Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1972. Advertised to parents as a game for pre-schoolers and early school age children, Scuffy the Tug Boat taught fine motor skills, color recognition and group dynamics. Made for 1 to 4 players. Green rectangular box has image of boy and girl playing the game; inside are a plastic red and blue tug boat toy; a package of unassembled plastic waves with 4 cross-pieces; a cardboard and metal spinner; and 24 multicolored plastic anchors. Condensed story inside cover excerpted from book, Scuffy the Tugboat and His Adventures Down the River. ,
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1972
- maker
- Western Publishing Co., Inc.
- ID Number
- 1992.0634.064
- accession number
- 1992.0634
- catalog number
- 1992.0634.064
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- Description
- Lead Belly. side 1: Ain't You Glad; side 2: Irene (Asch 343-2), from the album, Songs by Lead Belly (Asch 343).78 rpm.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- release date
- 1943
- recording artist
- Lead Belly
- manufacturer
- Asch
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05170
- maker number
- 343-2
- 343
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05170
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.74.06
- accession number
- 2009.0017
- catalog number
- 2009.0017.74.06
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- user
- Sevareid, Eric
- maker
- Underwood
- ID Number
- 2005.0107.09
- accession number
- 2005.0107
- catalog number
- 2005.0107.09
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- Description (Brief)
- Phyllis Diller wore this opera coat trimmed with a white fur shawl collar and wrists and decorated with plastic beads while performing as a solo pianist under the virtuoso pseudonym Dame Illya Dillya. The costume also includes a dress decorated in cut-glass gems and silver sequins, a pair of white opera-length gloves (one of which is almost 8 feet long) and a tiara (which originally held a large white feather plume). Diller, while known for her stand-up comedy, was also an accomplished pianist. After graduating high school, Diller studied piano for three years at the Sherwood Conservatory of Music (at Columbia College Chicago), but eventually decided against a career in music.
- After finding success in comedy, she received a call from the Pittsburgh Pops asking if she would do a show. With her mind in the music world, Diller responded and said she would love to and that she would play some Bach and Beethoven. The caller was so stunned that he did not let on that he only intended for her to perform her comedy. Thus began Diller’s career as an accomplished pianist. From 1971 to 1982 Diller performed with over 100 symphony orchestras across the United States and Canada in a show called The Symphonic Phyllis Diller. During these performances she would seriously perform pieces by Beethoven, Bach, and others as a solo pianist with an orchestra while integrating comedic elements.
- The first half of The Symphonic Phyllis Diller was a performance by the symphony without Diller. After being dramatically introduced, Diller would sweep onstage in this concert dress and opera coat and proceed to peel off her white gloves. After peeling off the right glove and throwing it to the floor she would begin with the left which appeared to be endless because it is almost 8 feet long. After finally throwing the second glove to the ground Diller would toss the white fur around her neck to the ground and face the conductor, with her back to the audience, to unzip her long coat. The conductor would appear surprised, as if she was wearing nothing under the coat. Diller then proceeded to step out of the coat fully dressed and clap her hands, summoning two people carrying a stretcher onto the stage. These men then carefully arranged the clothes on the stretcher like a body and removed them from the stage. Next, Diller looked to the piano, ready to play, but discovered there was no piano bench. She then took the concert master’s chair who would proceed to take someone else’s chair, which continued until it reached the last violinist in the section, who was caught sleeping and grabbed the piano bench from backstage for himself before Diller snatched it. She then stepped over the bench in her long dress and bowed to the conductor 3 times before he started the music. During this musical prologue she dusted the piano, checked her sheet music, and looked at the audience through her binoculars before her entry into the piece. Despite the comedy pantomime up until this point, as soon as she began playing she was serious and generally impressed the audience with her musical skill.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1971
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.02.02
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.02.02
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- Description
- Key to the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. During her national tours, communities awarded jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, a key to their city. It is a metal key with a city seal in the center. The key is cast:
- CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
- Location
- Currently not on view
- presenter
- City of New Orleans
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.049.16
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.049.16
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- Description
- This sheet music is for the song “Mother of Mine I Still Have You,” by Al Jolson, Louis Silver and Grant Clarke. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1927.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1927
- publisher
- Irving Berlin, Inc.
- ID Number
- 1985.0238.07
- accession number
- 1985.0238
- catalog number
- 1985.0238.07
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