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Comedienne Phyllis Diller Dies - Age 95
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Mark S
Aug 20, 2012, 6:53:54 PM8/20/12
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Worth mentioning in rmcr as I heard her play Beethoven's First Piano
Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Center back in
the mid-70s.
Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Center back in
the mid-70s.
hiker_rs
Aug 20, 2012, 7:05:16 PM8/20/12
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-Rich
William Sommerwerck
Aug 20, 2012, 7:51:12 PM8/20/12
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I remember hearing play some of the Bach Inventions on Johnny Carson. She
was pretty darned good.
was pretty darned good.
Kip Williams
Aug 20, 2012, 9:41:21 PM8/20/12
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Mark S wrote, On 8/20/12 6:53 PM:
I hope her end was peaceful, and her last years were good.
Kip W
> Worth mentioning in rmcr as I heard her play Beethoven's First Piano
> Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Center back in
> the mid-70s.
Wow! I didn't know.
> Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Center back in
> the mid-70s.
I hope her end was peaceful, and her last years were good.
Kip W
Edward Cowan
Aug 20, 2012, 11:10:41 PM8/20/12
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I heard her play that Beethoven concerto in Dallas. This was in a hall
at the "InfoMart," a place devoted mostly to exhibits of computer
material. I can't recall what orchestra was performing with her. She did
say, upon coming out into the auditorium, that this was the first time
she had played "inside an angelfood cake"! --E.A.C.
--
hrabanus
at the "InfoMart," a place devoted mostly to exhibits of computer
material. I can't recall what orchestra was performing with her. She did
say, upon coming out into the auditorium, that this was the first time
she had played "inside an angelfood cake"! --E.A.C.
hrabanus
William Sommerwerck
Aug 20, 2012, 11:22:42 PM8/20/12
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> I hope her end was peaceful, and her last years were good.
She'd had lots of plastic surgery, and she really looked good. (No kidding.)
Jenn
Aug 20, 2012, 11:43:28 PM8/20/12
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In article
<ac1a26ae-fabb-42a8...@wi5g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
I was out of work and living in Orange County during the OJ Simpson
trial. I got kind of addicted to watching it, so I drove up to
Brentwood to see his house and the scene surrounding it. On driving
away, I see an older woman tending the garden at the house across the
street. I do a double take. Sure enough...Phyllis Diller. She smiled
sweetly and waved.
I thought that the neighborhood sounded musically familiar, so when I
got home I checked a reference. Turns out that Schoenberg rented the
house two down from Ms. Diller.
My Phillis Diller encounter from years before: I was directing the
Tournament of Roses Honor Band (the official Rose Parade band) in 1984,
and we were hired to parade around Robert Preston, playing 76 Trombones
on a stage at the Century Plaza Hotel. It was a Hollywood community
fundraiser held each year where they honored a colleague...that year it
was Preston. Every celebrity you could think of seemed to be there.
Shirley Jones sang Till There Was You...that kind of thing. Hollywood
performing for themselves and writing checks.
Anyway, we're outside doors to the room, in the lobby, waiting for our
cue, and up walks Ms. Diller, probably on her way back from the rest
room, drink in her hand, and SO very wasted. She started flirting with
the guys in the trumpet section, and it was hilarious and a little
pitiful at the same time. She stumbled back into the dark performance
space, but left us all smiling.
--
www.jennifermartinmusic.com
<ac1a26ae-fabb-42a8...@wi5g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
trial. I got kind of addicted to watching it, so I drove up to
Brentwood to see his house and the scene surrounding it. On driving
away, I see an older woman tending the garden at the house across the
street. I do a double take. Sure enough...Phyllis Diller. She smiled
sweetly and waved.
I thought that the neighborhood sounded musically familiar, so when I
got home I checked a reference. Turns out that Schoenberg rented the
house two down from Ms. Diller.
My Phillis Diller encounter from years before: I was directing the
Tournament of Roses Honor Band (the official Rose Parade band) in 1984,
and we were hired to parade around Robert Preston, playing 76 Trombones
on a stage at the Century Plaza Hotel. It was a Hollywood community
fundraiser held each year where they honored a colleague...that year it
was Preston. Every celebrity you could think of seemed to be there.
Shirley Jones sang Till There Was You...that kind of thing. Hollywood
performing for themselves and writing checks.
Anyway, we're outside doors to the room, in the lobby, waiting for our
cue, and up walks Ms. Diller, probably on her way back from the rest
room, drink in her hand, and SO very wasted. She started flirting with
the guys in the trumpet section, and it was hilarious and a little
pitiful at the same time. She stumbled back into the dark performance
space, but left us all smiling.
--
www.jennifermartinmusic.com
Mark S
Aug 21, 2012, 12:48:07 AM8/21/12
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On Aug 20, 8:22 pm, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...@comcast.net>
wrote:
body parts were the same age.
wrote:
> > I hope her end was peaceful, and her last years were good.
>
> She'd had lots of plastic surgery, and she really looked good. (No kidding.)
Diller joked that she had had so much plastic surgery that none of her
>
> She'd had lots of plastic surgery, and she really looked good. (No kidding.)
body parts were the same age.
Matthew B. Tepper
Aug 21, 2012, 1:17:49 AM8/21/12
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Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> appears to have caused the following letters
to be typed in news:6HBYr.19678$BI5....@newsfe09.iad:
> Mark S wrote, On 8/20/12 6:53 PM:
>> Worth mentioning in rmcr as I heard her play Beethoven's First Piano
>> Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Center back in
>> the mid-70s.
>
> Wow! I didn't know.
I recall reading in the Los Angeles Times in the early 1970s that she had
given a performance of this work with some local community orchestra as a
fund-raiser. Apparently she did this quite a bit, with many orchestras.
> I hope her end was peaceful, and her last years were good.
I hope she realized how much joy and laughter she had given the world with
her comedy. Actually, I'm pretty sure she did.
--
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to be typed in news:6HBYr.19678$BI5....@newsfe09.iad:
> Mark S wrote, On 8/20/12 6:53 PM:
>> Worth mentioning in rmcr as I heard her play Beethoven's First Piano
>> Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Center back in
>> the mid-70s.
>
> Wow! I didn't know.
given a performance of this work with some local community orchestra as a
fund-raiser. Apparently she did this quite a bit, with many orchestras.
> I hope her end was peaceful, and her last years were good.
her comedy. Actually, I'm pretty sure she did.
--
Matthew B. Tepper: WWW, science fiction, classical music, ducks!!
Read about "Proty" here: http://home.earthlink.net/~oy/proty.html
To write to me, do for my address what Androcles did for the lion
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Aug 21, 2012, 2:33:23 AM8/21/12
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the early 70's before Davies Hall, when the orchestra played at the
Opera house. I believe it was a pension fund concert - with either
Ozawa or maybe Niklaus Wyss. She played quite well and took it
seriously.
Lawrence Chalmers
Aug 21, 2012, 10:22:01 AM8/21/12
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One of the few comedy albums I ever bought and listened to with friends
was 'Wet Toe in a Hot Socket'. I had no idea she played/performed
classical music. She was a real trailblazer.
RIP Phyllis.
was 'Wet Toe in a Hot Socket'. I had no idea she played/performed
classical music. She was a real trailblazer.
RIP Phyllis.
Mark S
Aug 21, 2012, 1:21:37 PM8/21/12
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Kip Williams
Aug 21, 2012, 1:36:44 PM8/21/12
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Mark S wrote, On 8/21/12 1:21 PM:
> Her obit says that she played with over 100 orchestras.
A short tribute by Reynaldo Hahn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUEX-kT2Ms
Kip W
> Her obit says that she played with over 100 orchestras.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUEX-kT2Ms
Kip W
Steven Bornfeld
Aug 21, 2012, 2:06:37 PM8/21/12
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