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Phyllis Diller |1 The Unhappy Homemaker
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This week on the podcast Sovereign Syre tells Ela Darling about Phyllis Diller. During her career she became the first female stand up to become a household name, but Phyllis Diller started at the very bottom, a mother of five children married to charismatic loser that was at turns dismissive and abusive. In the 1950s. In her late thirties. Welcome to the first part in our series on one of the most resilient and fascinating women in entertainment.
Support:
http://patreon.com/illrepute
Sources:
Like a Lampshade in a Whorehose by Phyllis Diller with Richard Buskin
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2012/08/23/remembering-phyllis-diller/
https://kottke.org/23/07/phyllis-diller-crashes-all-male-roast-at-the-friars-club-dressed-as-a-man-1983
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/08/why-do-so-many-pretty-female-comedians-pretend-theyre-ugly/261510/
Credits:
Script by: Sovereign Syre
Hosted by: Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
Produced by: Josh Anderson
Follow:
ILL REPUTE! links: http://linktr.ee/illreputepod
Sovereing Syre’s links: http://linktr.ee/sovereignsyre
Ela Darling’s links: http://zez.am/eladarling
Contact:
Merch:
75 episodes
Manage episode 395455292 series 2833734
This week on the podcast Sovereign Syre tells Ela Darling about Phyllis Diller. During her career she became the first female stand up to become a household name, but Phyllis Diller started at the very bottom, a mother of five children married to charismatic loser that was at turns dismissive and abusive. In the 1950s. In her late thirties. Welcome to the first part in our series on one of the most resilient and fascinating women in entertainment.
Support:
http://patreon.com/illrepute
Sources:
Like a Lampshade in a Whorehose by Phyllis Diller with Richard Buskin
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2012/08/23/remembering-phyllis-diller/
https://kottke.org/23/07/phyllis-diller-crashes-all-male-roast-at-the-friars-club-dressed-as-a-man-1983
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/08/why-do-so-many-pretty-female-comedians-pretend-theyre-ugly/261510/
Credits:
Script by: Sovereign Syre
Hosted by: Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
Produced by: Josh Anderson
Follow:
ILL REPUTE! links: http://linktr.ee/illreputepod
Sovereing Syre’s links: http://linktr.ee/sovereignsyre
Ela Darling’s links: http://zez.am/eladarling
Contact:
Merch:
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