Phyllis Diller's best one-liners by Priya Elan

The standup comic who paved the way for such stars as Roseanne Barr and Joan Rivers died yesterday. Here's a selection of her finest jokesBefore Joan Rivers, before Roseanne Barr and Kathy Griffin there was Phyllis Diller. The comic, who died on Monday aged 95, was the first female standup to gain national recognition in the US, in the 1950s and 60s. Mentored by Bob Hope, she mixed an out-there style (a blonde frig…

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