Beyond the Spotlight: On the Road With Phyllis Diller - Softcover

Skone-Palmer, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985972882 ISBN 13: 9780985972882

Publisher: Wigeon Publishing LLC, 2013

Synopsis

As Robin Skone-Palmer approached the mansion on Rockingham Avenue one hot September afternoon, she didn’t know what to expect. “Ask for Phyllis Diller,” the employment agent had said. Curious as much as nervous, she studied the beautiful house. Three-and-a-half hours later, she walked away wondering if she’d just stepped into Alice’s Wonderland.Plane travel, foreign countries, celebrities, and television studios became part of everyday life—from “This Is Tom Jones” in London to the Glass Festival in Elwood, Indiana. They shared raucous laughter, mind-numbing boredom, and occasionally absolute terror. The work relationship became a friendship that lasted to the day of Phyllis’s death at that same Rockingham mansion in Brentwood.Join Robin beyond the spotlight, on the road with Phyllis Diller, as she recalls her days working as a personal secretary for the beloved, ground-breaking comedienne.After leaving Diller's employment, Skone-Palmer became a “Diller Dustbiter,” a term Diller coined to affectionately describe her favorite former employees. The comedienne even endorsed the memoir (before she died), writing on one of those sticky notes she had used so often: “Robin Skone-Palmer has written a book—it is FABULOUS!”Diller’s son Perry also endorsed the book, saying: “I laughed a lot. What a wonderful, insightful, bright observation of a another time and place. You are kind and fair. Thank you for your service to my mother.”

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About the Author

Robin Skone-Palmer served as Phyllis Diller’s personal secretary during the early 1970s as the comedienne achieved the fame and adoration she retained the rest of her career. Robin and Phyllis remained life-long friends. Robin also wrote poems that Phyllis used for her holiday greeting cards. As a “Dustbiter” a term coined by Phyllis in reference to her favorite former employees Robin attended several Dustbiter reunions hosted by Phyllis prior to the comedienne’s death in 2012. Robin lives in Las Vegas with her two cats. She divides her time between golf, pottery, and teaching after-school Bible clubs. She also collects wine—at least long enough to chill it before she pulls the cork.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wigeon Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0985972882
• ISBN 13: 9780985972882
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284