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At 84, Phyllis Diller Ending Stand-Up Career
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Monday, April 15, 2002
The Associated Press

Phyllis Diller is shown in this Oct. 31, 2000 photo
in Los Angeles, Calif.
Image Credit: Kim D. Johnson -- AP File Photo.

LOS ANGELES
Phyllis Diller, the comedian with the outrageous cackle and seemingly endless string of one-liners, has told her last joke onstage.

Diller gave her last live performance Sunday at California State University, Northridge, drawing the curtain on an act that first started in San Francisco in 1955.

Fans from all over Southern California traveled to get a laugh one last time from Diller's 40-minute routine of self-deprecating jokes and barbs about Fang, her imaginary idiot of a husband.

"For the Queen of Comedy to just hang up her wigs and walk away, we don't think so," longtime friends Bob and Dolores Hope said in a joint statement. "Put them in mothballs, maybe."

Diller, 84, said that although she's ending her live routine, she's not retiring.

She plans to spend more time painting and writing.

"It isn't as easy as it looks," she said of standup comedy.
(Company News Source)
2002 © The Associated Press.

A late piece, but the story was in my paper this AM. Also thought you might enjoy these little gems:

Famous Diller One-Liners

* A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.
* Think young. Aging is for wine.
* You know you’re old if your walker has an airbag.
* There’s so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.
* Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.
* You know you’re old if they have discontinued your blood type.
* Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.
* I asked the water, “Is this milk fresh?” He said, “Lady, three hours ago it was grass.”



About Fang, Her (fictional) Husband

* Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.
* For Fang, getting out of bed in the morning is a career move.
* His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.
* Fang drops so much food on his ties we keep them in the refrigerator.

Dan