<i>The Best of Phyllis Diller</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: publisher
content: Verve
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content: Diller, Phyllis
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content: Verve
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Comedy LP recording of Phyllis Diller titled <i>The Best of Phyllis Diller</i> and released in 1960. Side 1 contains "Don't Eat Here" (1:08); "The Way I Dress" (2:55); "Beadcraft" (1:47); "Hypochondriac" (2:05); "The Management" (4:10); and "Cheese and Turkey" (5:38). Side 2 contains "Tight Wad Airlines" (11:50); "Plastic Surgery" (2:30); "Lipstick" (2:20); and "The New Cosmetic" (1:15).</p>
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content: <p>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.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Humor
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content: Comedians
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Phyllis Diller
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content: Sound Recordings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Phyllis Diller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0289.27
label: accession number
content: 2003.0289
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0289.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sound Recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
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content: cardboard (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 31.75 cm