Phyllis Diller was the life of the Party

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Phyllis Diller circa 1973

Does anybody remember what a rockstar Phyllis Diller was in the 1960's and 1970's?  The kids don't know, but she was like Lady Gaga in her day.  In fact, one could argue that had there not been Phyllis Diller then, there would be no Gaga now.

I mean that.  Phyllis was brash and loud.  Phyllis was wild and naughty.  Phyllis was a woman in a man's world at a time when few women had made it into the old boys' club.  Seriously.  And she was the center of attention.

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Phyllis hung out with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. and probably everybody from the Smothers Brothers to Sinatra.  Seriously.  She was that big.  And she could rock the mic.

My favorite Phyllis Diller persona was a sort of cross between a bar hag and a housewife.  Crusty, raw and speaking the truth.  The specific memory is of a lady standup comic with a microphone in one hand, a long cigarette in the other, who rattled jokes like a sub machine gun.  She was a pro.  And she was Goddamn funny.

Phyllis Diller rocked it.  She paved the way for female entertainers.  She was truly a hard rocking priestess. 

Jimmyjumpnjive 2012

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