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Phyllis Diller

  1. vulture lists
    What The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gets Right About Early Stand-up ComedyComedy wasn’t solely pioneered by men.
    By Katla McGlynn
  2. ‘Goodnight, We Love You’: A Disappointing Look Back at Phyllis Diller’s […]It’s no secret that sometimes comedy is taken a bit too seriously. Comedy obsessives love not just the jokes, but the mechanics and emotions of […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  3. Bob Newhart Talks About Clint Eastwood Taking His Bit, Phyllis Diller, and […] People like to debate what is and what isn’t a stolen joke or bit. And Eastwood’s performance was so gruffly rambling that it’s hard to tell […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  4. It’s Never Too Late: 8 Comedy Late BloomersOh, young people, just look at you! Wandering around with all of your stupid hope and possibility. You probably even think the future will be […]
    By Justin Gray
  5. Let’s Pick Apart This God-Awful Article About How Pretty Women Can’t Be […]Oh, Jesus. If you’d prefer to avoid getting angry at your computer screen, do not read Ashley Fetters’ new piece for The Atlantic, Why Do So […]
    By Adam Frucci
  6. obituary
    An Ode to Phyllis Diller, the First Female Comic to Joke Like a ManIn an age of June Cleavers, she was the first serious female stand-up.
    By Yael Kohen
  7. phyllis diller
    Remember Phyllis Diller With a ‘Best Of’ MontageYou think they ever called her “Phyl-Dill”?
    By Eliot Glazer
  8. r.i.p.
    A Tribute to Phyllis Diller’s Zany LooksBoth on and offstage, the late comedienne was always ready for mischief.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  9. RIP Phyllis DillerComedian Phyllis Diller passed away in her sleep earlier today at age 95. Diller began as a stand-up in the 1950s and never stopped performing […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  10. obits
    Phyllis Diller Is DeadThe legendary comic actress was 95.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  11. The Queen Of The One-Liner Phyllis Diller On Boas, Gay Audiences And The […]As part of CBC Q’s Queens Of Comedy series, which has already featured some female greats like Roseanne Barr and Jane Lynch, host Jian Ghomeshi […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  12. the industry
    Robert Zemeckis Delivers Four Jim Carreys in Your Christmas StockingA Carrey Carol: Jim Carrey will play Ebenezer Scrooge plus the three ghosts who haunt him through the dual miracles of performance capture technology and his own rubbery face in Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol for Disney. Anyone who goes to see this movie deserves what he gets.