LIKE A LAMPSHADE IN A WHOREHOUSE : My Life In Comedy

Diller, Phyllis; Buskin, Richard

ISBN 10: 1585423963 / ISBN 13: 9781585423965

Published by Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: J P Tarcher, 2005

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1ST PRINTING STATED hardcover book LIKE NEW/dustjacket LIKE NEW brodart covered, SIGNED in PERSON on the FULL title page by author/comedian PHYLLIS DILLER.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIKE A LAMPSHADE IN A WHOREHOUSE : My Life In Comedy
• Publisher: Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: J P Tarcher
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585423963
• ISBN 13: 9781585423965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • SIGNED NON FICTION BIOS
  • SIGNED NON FICTION CELEBRITY
  • SIGNED NON FICTION FIRST EDITIONS

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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.

About the Author

Phyllis Diller, the world's first and foremost successful female stand-up comic, has been at the top of her game for five decades.

Richard Buskin has written more than a dozen books, including biographies of Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, and Sheryl Crow. He makes his home in Chicago.