In 1975 Phyllis hosted a two hour TV special called “Phyllis Diller’s 102nd Birthday Party”. The setting was a huge Hollywood mansion; all the comedy superstars were there doing a celebrity roast where the guests circulated and dropped their one liners and my gut hurt for days afterward I was laughing so hard.
Belongs to another time. Anything similar today would be an all night Trump hate fest. Wait a sec - they just did the Emmies.
I remember listening to her on the radio.
Her dog was named FANG, I think.
I met quite a few of the older ones working at the club. Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams and Henry Kissinger. And many more. I consider myself lucky to have met a bunch of them.