What’s Left of Phyllis Diller
Object Details
- date made
- 1968
- publisher
- Verve
- maker
- Diller, Phyllis
- Verve
- Description
Comedy LP recording of Phyllis Diller titled, What’s Left of Phyllis Diller released in 1968. The album includes: Side 1: "New Look" (2:41); "Old Age" (3:00); "Beauty Parlor" (2:45); "Cook Book" (3:50); "Household Hints" (2:55); "Small Chest Condition" (2:35); "Labor Day" (2:40). Side 2: "My Moments of Truth" (1:05); "Driving Down Town" (5:00); "Home Maker" (4:50); "Suki Yaki (Exotic Foods)" (6:25); "Sequel to Suki Yaki" "The Cleaners" "Insecurity" (5:35).
Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) began her comedy career in the 1950s at the age of 37 and broke barriers in the comedy world to become the first solo female comic to be a household name. She developed a stage persona of an incompetent housewife and dressed in outlandish outfits with wild hair. Her material focused on self-deprecating jokes that tackled the idealized image of American mothers and homemakers. She also created many mythical personas for her stage act including her “husband” Fang, her “neighbor” Mrs. Clean, and her “mother-in-law” Moby Dick.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States
- Subject
- Humor
- Comedians
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Phyllis Diller
- Sound Recordings
- Credit Line
- Gift of Phyllis Diller
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.29
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.29
- Object Name
- Sound Recording
- Physical Description
- vinyl (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 31.75 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1247707