LIKE A LAMPSHADE IN A WHOREHOUSE: My Life in Comedy
by Diller, Phyllis; Richard Buskin
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1585423963
- ISBN 13
- 9781585423965
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Synopsis
From housewife to humorist, the late-great Phyllis Diller has been making millions laugh for five decades with her groundbreaking comedy. Now the laughter continues with her uproarious autobiography. Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse recounts how, against all odds, Phyllis Diller became America’s first successful and best-loved female stand-up comic. She began her professional career at age thirty-seven, in spite of the fact that she was a housewife and mother of five, and was working at a radio station because of her husband’s chronic unemployment. Now, fifty years later, after two traumatic marriages, extensive cosmetic surgery, numerous film, television, and stage appearances, and separate careers as an artist and piano soloist with symphony orchestras, Phyllis Diller finally tells her story. With her trademark laugh, self-deprecating humor, and incredible wit, Phyllis Diller has etched her way into comedic history. And while her wild hair and outrageous clothes may make her look like a lampshade in a whorehouse, her strength, self-belief, perseverance, and raucous sense of humor make her truly unforgettable.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82276
- Title
- LIKE A LAMPSHADE IN A WHOREHOUSE: My Life in Comedy
- Author
- Diller, Phyllis; Richard Buskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1585423963
- ISBN 13
- 9781585423965
- Publisher
- Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2005
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, California, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2005
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