PHYLLIS DILLER- Page 2

[TomMonster]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 6:03pm

LOVE the pics, Miss Pennywise!!

Completely reminds me of my life in the 70's. Same wood panelling too!

Your mom seems like loads of fun. Dad, too!

[supportivemom]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 6:07pm

Your parents were that fun and your mom also plays the piano- sounds like you grew up in a very creative household!

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 6:09pm

Jane - I was able to go to the artist's web site and blow this up a little.



This is another one - Carol Channing - by the artist, Jason Mecier:



This is another one of Phyllis. I don't know if Mecier created it or if it's by another artist. I understand that Phyllis has this by her fireplace:




Miss P - Until I saw the photos of your parents I had forgotten how very young you are! They look like pictures of my friends in the 60's and 70's. They are both gorgeous!

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 6:11pm

Mamie, you're such a love! Your efforts are appreciated-now you can see all the work done on the collage. Thanks!

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 6:16pm

Thank you Jane. The more I look at that third collage the more I'm convinced it was made by Mecier. The brocade background fabric, the upholstery tacks around the edge, the pearl teeth. It's a match to the Carol Channing collage which appears on his web site.

Updated On: 2/17/08 at 06:16 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 6:23pm

I think that's a good guess, mamie.

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 10:40pm

How do I get to the Jason Mecier website? I've got to see more of that work.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/17/08 at 11:03pm

Just click here:

http://www.jasonmecier.com/title.html

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 4:03am

His choice of celebrities is hysterical. My only gripe is that the Joan van Ark link doesn't work. I feel that Phyllis is his finest work, though.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 4:18am

Here's a clearer version of the Diller pic.

[louisamayfoster]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:21pm

LOVE the collages!

Would you say that Joan Rivers followed in Diller's footsteps but with an acerbic tone? I think Phyllis was rather endearing.

[mmousefan]

Posted: 2/18/08 at 8:38pm

I ALWAYS loved Diller. Is it true she played DOLLY for some reginals? what timing. And her USO work was really inspiring. I like Joan Rivers too (would love to see that new play of hers after seeing her in the Neil Simon play on B'way) but I agree Diller always seemed more endearing somehow...Rivers is like love-child of Diller and Don Rickles.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:13am

just watched Goodnight, We Love You and I am amazed. There is no other word for it. What an incredibly talented woman! And I'm not even talking about her career as a groundbreaking comedian.

I hope she's hanging in there. More power to you, Madam!

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:13am

Oh, Geez, when I saw this thread, I thought that she was dead!

I'd hate to think of a world without Phyllis Diller.

Back in the 70's, I had copies of the books that she wrote about housekeeping and cooking back in the '60's. One of her pieces of advice is that if unexpected company drops by and the house is a mess, start crying and say to them "Who could have broken in and done this? I don't have any enemies!"

And I LOVE that she's in her '80's and does the voice of Peter's mother in "Family Guy"!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:43am

She turned 90 last July! She's fabulous!

"You know you're old when someone compliments you on the alligator shoes you're wearing and you're barefoot!" HA HA HA! (in her one-of-a-kind cackle)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 4:38pm

here's a link to the first segment of the Archive of American Televison's Phyllis Diller interview (there are seven segments in all)
Archive of American Television Interview with Phyllis Diller

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/3/08 at 5:30pm

Great comedienne.

"I bought one of those new peek-a-boo dresses. Everybody peeked and then they booed".

If you want to watch something silly, watch Mad Monster Party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5fe7D14Jp8

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 3:31am

Has anyone seen this crazy movie? Phyllis plays a villainess called "Camille Salamander" who is searching for the fountain of youth. Jayne Mansfield does a lot of pouting.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 10:48am

Phyllis does a Carol Channing impression in segment 5!!!

(& she tells a story about Gypsy Rose Lee in segment 4!)
PT 5