RIP Phyllis Diller: "My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate

[joe]

Pearl Harbor... I can make a TV dinner taste like Radio...."http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jun2004/Diller_Quotes.htm

 

[Paul]

RIP

funny I just turned on one of her movies a few days ago after not seeing her in years. "Boy Did I get a Wrong Number" with Bob Hope.

 

[joe]

I remember my mother was mortified when we as small children would laugh and laugh

at lines like: "My Living Bra died."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Playtex-Living-Bra-Custom-contoured-vintage-ad-/310156239140

 

[mariadnoca]

She was a hoot! I remember she got her start at San Francisco's Purple Onion

Local girl makes good. RIP.

 

[joe]

Along with the Smothers Brothers, Maya Angelou, and Peter, Paul and Mary

What a scene! Is the Purple Onion still there?

 

[michael-in-phoenix]

And who can forget her "centerfold"?

She mimicked Burt's Cosmo pose in Field & Stream!

She was CLEARLY one of a kind.

Michael

 

[steve2-in-la]

Now I'll NEVER get that picture out of my mind's eye. Aughhhhh!

 

[mariadnoca]

Yes it's still there! Morphed a bit for a while but back doing comedy/food now.

 

[mariadnoca]

Indeed!

http://cellar.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40127&d=1345518189

 

[mariadnoca]

Spoke too soon. News just said they are closing - someone bought the bldg and are kicking them out.