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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 26, 2007 23:30:55 GMT -6
Does anyone remember Phyllis Diller? When I was a kid, she was a regular on Laugh In, Hollywood Squares, and other shows of that type. She was always hilarious. But I pretty much had assumed (if I thought of her at all) that she was long dead by now.
Not so! She popped up on Jay Leno the other night! I think it was Wednesday. And she was as hilarious as ever! She is about to turn ninety years old, and was in fine form. Leno asked her to come back in two months on her ninetieth birthday.
Anyone else remember her? It was a serious blast from the past......Jake
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Jan 26, 2007 23:39:26 GMT -6
Does anyone remember Phyllis Diller? When I was a kid, she was a regular on Laugh In, Hollywood Squares, and other shows of that type. She was always hilarious. But I pretty much had assumed (if I thought of her at all) that she was long dead by now. Not so! She popped up on Jay Leno the other night! I think it was Wednesday. And she was as hilarious as ever! She is about to turn ninety years old, and was in fine form. Leno asked her to come back in two months on her ninetieth birthday. Anyone else remember her? It was a serious blast from the past......Jake Exactly!! .........Bob |
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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 27, 2007 3:29:17 GMT -6
I remember her on the talk show circuit over here when I was a kid.
Simon
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Post by Hazelita on Jan 27, 2007 6:11:46 GMT -6
I remember that about a decade or two ago she had some pretty impressive cosmetic surgery. She actually looked like a hottie (almost) for an old gal!
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Post by Cherbunny on Jan 27, 2007 9:49:45 GMT -6
Jake,
She should have been on your Dead Pool list. ;D
Cher
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Post by Hazelita on Jan 27, 2007 10:27:18 GMT -6
Nah. She'll live to be over 100.  |
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Post by drmryder on Jan 27, 2007 16:14:14 GMT -6
I remember her on all those shows. She is great! Sorry I missed the episode on Jay Leno.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Jan 29, 2007 2:53:36 GMT -6
I remember her on TV specials when I was a kid and even into the early 80's. She was always on Bob Hope's TV specials, she did Laugh In, Sonny & Cher, and I also remember her on the Lucy show as a guest.
She is one of the great comedians from the golden age of TV.
Joe.
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Post by edie2u on Jan 29, 2007 10:21:33 GMT -6
Joe you described her perfectly. I always thought she was funny. She did have an amazing plastic surgeon. What I life she must have had...not that it's over yet!
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Post by pixiedust on Jan 29, 2007 12:29:50 GMT -6
She actually did some kid's cartoons (Scooby Doo) and a few others I think too. She's hysterical and her laugh was GREAT!! Love her!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jan 29, 2007 12:24:58 GMT -6
As I have grown older, I have found much greater sympathy for the ever suffering Fang.
BTW- Diller got her 'break' into show business rather late (in her 40's) as a contestant on Groucho Marx's 'You Bet your Life' quiz show.
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