Phyllis Diller had a lot of class, unlike the dimwit VP.
“Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.”
“I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.”
“Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?”
Phyllis had excellent timing. In many ways, she was similar to Joan Rivers. Both witty and caustic. But while Philis presented herself as bawdy bordering on slovenly, Joan was more “the tough gal from Brooklyn, who now wears very expensive clothes.