Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse

From housewife to humorist, Phyllis Diller has been making millions laugh for five decades with her groundbreaking comedy. With unique material, a raucous laugh, wild hair, the trademark cigarette holder, and garish clothes, she blazed a trail for comediennes during the fifties and sixties. She achieved this by poking fun at her own looks and frustrating life as a bored, ignored, and inept housewife. Yet while the routine broke new ground and opened the doors to subsequent generations of female standups, it also served as self-therapy in a life steeped in tragedy and turmoil. Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse is Phyllis Diller's own story about the struggle and the pain behind the comedy and the success. Book jacket.Diller, Phyllis is the author of 'Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse' with ISBN 9780786275571 and ISBN 078627557X.