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Phyllis Diller - Dead at 95
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| August. 20, 2012
| TMZ Staff
Posted on 08/20/2012 12:09:06 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: reg45
Up in heaven, with her friends Bob Hope and Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters. Pride of Dayton, Ohio. Still not dead yet though.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:04:56 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I met Red Skelton in an elevator in 1988 or 89. He was still doing standup comedy then and had sold out a theater.
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:05:55 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Great comic. Saw her on my TV a hundred times back in the ‘60s and ‘70s.
RIP
To: a fool in paradise
Am I too late saying I thought she was dead?
45
posted on
08/20/2012 1:07:22 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Excellent, thanks for posting.
Good on Robot Chicken for having her do a few voices.
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:07:59 PM PDT
by
PfromHoGro
(RINOs give Rhino a bad name, & Oil = Recycled Solar Power)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Oops! I guess Bob and Phyllis will just have to wait.
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:08:27 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
To: a fool in paradise
Making it all the more amazing that 83% of America thought he was dead. Jonathan Winters is probably still doing a gig someplace too.
To: Buckeye McFrog; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Abe Vigoda is still not dead.
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:09:11 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
To: Revolting cat!
Phyllis may be gone, but her wigs will linger on...
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:11:59 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Mondays are tough, most deaths occur on Mondays. My beloved dog died this morning, too.
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:13:37 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:15:30 PM PDT
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: reg45
I believe Jonathan is still with us.
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:27:01 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I remember as a kid watching her comedy TV series, “The Pruitts of Southampton,” later re-named “The Phyllis Diller Show.”
The premise.....a wealthy socialite living in Southampton on Long Island goes broke. The IRS doesn’t want to cause a financial panic, so they allow Phyllis and her adult children to continue to live in the mansion. Their financial situation is kept from the public. The tax man comes and takes all the expensive artwork out of the house, with Phyllis telling the help it’s being donated to museums or some such thing. Then she has to tell the staff they’re letting them go.
Each episode dealt with Phyllis and her family going through “I Love Lucy” type situations as they struggle to get by. They still have a chaffeur or, as Phyllis called him, the “only one in the family who still has any money.”
Of course, I also remember her from an uncountable number of Bob Hope TV specials. A funny lady. RIP
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posted on
08/20/2012 1:42:06 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(If people don't have to show an ID to vote, why do they have to show one to purchase a firearm?.)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
08/20/2012 2:03:52 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: sheana; oh8eleven
How lucky you were to have been able to have met her, let alone have her join you for lunch. What a treasure trove of one liners she would have nowadays, just using politicians as her source.
I agree that our musicians, comedians and actors are largely totally krap. I know my mom hated it when I listened to or wanted to watch Elvis. But by comparison with what’s out there today, his music was almost saintly! I still listen to the oldies, classical or religious music and TV program choice is indeed sparse.
This also extends to the choice we have in clothing, movies and news articles. Not much good out there any more. But as long as people continue to consume, those with no or limited talent will continue to produce.
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posted on
08/20/2012 2:05:35 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: katana
As I said earlier.
Oops! I guess Bob and Phyllis will have to wait.
OK, so Jack (Benny) and George (Burns), can join them.
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posted on
08/20/2012 2:21:37 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
To: TheRhinelander
My mom is 84 and has been falling recently. It has me worried. I dont know what the heck it is.Get her on resveratrol ASAP. You can buy it at Costco.
Of course, everyone should be taking it -- it looks like a good aging preventative.
To: Free ThinkerNY
She had been living in hospice care at her home. Hospice? Then she died of morphine poisoning.
That's what hospice DOES - they show up, and under the guise of everything else, start pumping the morphine until their target is dead.
We should use them for death row criminals - they're that deadly.
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posted on
08/20/2012 2:53:24 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Ms. Diller was a guest on Tony Orlando and Dawn. During the opening of the show, Tony dipped Phillis. Phillis’ wig fell off. Hilarity ensued. Tony was mortified. Phillis said, “Look, we made them laugh.”
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posted on
08/20/2012 3:18:16 PM PDT
by
Excellence
(9/11 was an act of faith.)
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