[Labyrinthos]

On herself, desperate for a man: “My parents had a sign, ‘Last girl before thruway.’ I’d get an obscene phone call. I’d say, ‘Hold on a minute, let me get a cigarette.’ ”

[Mr Ramsbotham]

On herself, desperate for a man: “My parents had a sign, ‘Last girl before thruway.’ I’d get an obscene phone call. I’d say, ‘Hold on a minute, let me get a cigarette.’ ”

She wasn't beyond using herself as the butt of a joke, but on one occasion it backfired. She was working the audience one night on the Johnny Carson show and really had them going; they were rolling in the aisles. Then suddenly she quipped "I'm so ugly that when I was born my mother took one look at me and demanded an abortion." Immediately the audience went dead, stony silent. The transition was amazing.

[billorites]

I love her sense of humor.

She was so delightfully and shamelessly raunchy.