1969 Liberace Show Phyllis Diller Duet

[1952drag]

Love this woman and have seen her many times. I am looking for a tack she did on an old album and the track is called 'Driving'. It is not the 'Driving Downtown' track. Can anyone help?

[gumdo666]

The only time Liberace danced with a woman:)

[telecasterchick]

Of COURSE I have a Baldwin..... who ever heard of a hairy piano...

OMG, I love Phyllis.... one of St. Louis' own!

[davidhertzberg]

Perhaps the pendulum will swing the other way one of these days and we will return to a time of sanity, goodness, and sincerity, as evinced by these two.

[hnoss13]

"Half the keys were black."

LMAO!!!!!! She was such a setter for everything we have today. LOVE YOU PHYLLIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MsThebeMoon]

I miss the talent we used to see on TV with the glammar and the glitz on specials and variety shows. I was hoping Rosie O'Donnell's variety show was going to make it. Now all there are are reality shows and the public is subjected to only amateurs rather than seasoned professionals in the entertainment industry. ...not that there isn't the occasional child prodigy ... but the child prodigies back then ... well Michael Jackson was one of them so enough said.

[ukiahcat]

These 2 would make a good pair.

[s1ygirl]

Phyllis is the girl version of Liberace! lol I love these two together LOL

[MsMesem]

Have to agree with johonnywad. You feel like you are there with them and the show is just for you. My mother was very english but she loved seeing these two on tv and of course Lucille Ball. These people just exuded something that doesn't seem to exist any more. Liberace was SO gay and so out there that people couldn't knock him.

[VTMCompany]

why does the clapping sound like an ice storm?

[johnnywad47]

I'm 51. Call me old,but I'll tell ya,there ain't NUTHIN like this kind of entertainment today. I'd give just about anything to see performances like this again. TV today,isn't worth putting on. BTW, I was fortunate enough to see Liberace perform live. You can say anything you like about him and his sexuality.IT WAS AWESOME,AND I WILL NEVER FORGET IT!.

[sicilianotoronto]

OMG Liberace was gay?! lol

[PhillipLWilcher]

showmanlee : Have heard that the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas is closing this weekend? Sad but true.

[PhillipLWilcher]

In the early nineties I played at celebrations honouring Liberace in Las Vegas and I was invited to stay in his Palm Springs home. Years later I wrote Phyllis Diller when she was touring here in Australia about my time spent with Liberace's family and friends and she replied sending me a signed photo and a copy of the sheet music to the fugue she wrote and plays here.

She adored Liberace saying he was the "sweetest man".

Two great legends of show business.

Two great musicians!

[Darkmanskin]

Betty White can kick her ass!

[b42baritone]

@Darkmanskin

Betty and Phyllis are great friends.

[Darkmanskin]

she was old back then.

[smokeemonkee]

Love Phyllis's skinny legs!

[tenorismo]

The set looks like the room from 2001.

[OldTelivisionRocks]

dang she dresses almost just like him in this clip...kind of weird.

[Fergophone]

What lovely people and they knew how to entertain.

[covenstead]

"I washed it, and it shrank." LOL

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! Talk about an "odd couple"! If Liberace & Phyllis had conveived a love child, I think it would look like songwriter Paul Williams....

But this really is a cute clip.....THANKS for sharing this delightufl clip! :)

[jimmysudar]

@JubalCalif heavens to murgatroid!!! haven't heard that one in years. made me grin a big grin....as did your paul williams comment. thanks for the mirth.

[JubalCalif]

@jimmysudar

You're welcome, Jimmy! Glad I was able to provide a smile to ya, my friend! Got that "Heavens to Murgatroid" saying from my ol' Shakespeare-quoting cartoon friend Snaggle-Puss. As he would say as bidding you adieu: "exit, straight right !" :)

[jimmysudar]

@JubalCalif when i hear heavens to murgatroid, i think it's time to leave for school ... morning cartoons! what great memories.

[JubalCalif]

@jimmysudar

Happy to have jogged your memory with happy recollections, Jimmy! I too would often watch cartoons back in the 60's before having to leave for school...also, sometimes I'd watch "Captain Kangaroo". Love it when the ping pong balls would fall on the poor Capt (the wonderfully talented Bob Keeshan)! :)

[SaviourSole]

@jimmysudar oh my god, me too! Transformers and Thudercats and GI Joe and Masters of the Universe. No longer morning cartoons: now terrible movies!

[emuparkmama]

Phyllis Diller was actually a concert pianist and better than Liberace. Liberace was a great entertainer and knew what people wanted. They are both fantastic.

[MindbenderMilo]

Wow. Who would've guessed that so many 12-year olds would have an interest in Phyllis Diller & Liberace.

[tropicallanterns]

@icthruu4evr -- It's pretty obvious that he was a gay man, but that doesn't make him any less awesome

[hourlynewscaster]

One of the worst things about our perception of Liberace's legacy is that people focus on his private life and forget he was one of the most incredible musicians and showmen of the last century.

[silentmoviemusicfrk]

To all you hateful bigots. i am not a christian. But Jesus would tell you to stop being such hateful people and to love thy neighbor as thyself. Read the New Testament!

[donatello1]

The movie comes out in 2012...Michael Douglas will play the role of Liberace.

[Bingsboy]

Both wonderful entertainers.

[werksdesign]

@Bingsboy .... sure are... and we don't have these kind of performers today... not to their level.

[whatziz]

@Timmybear-assed stupidity, Roy Cohn may have been a queer, but he kept it to himself for the most part. I never understood fags like Liberace that claim to like men, but then walk, talk, dress, act, etc like WOMEN. If you say that you like men, then why not act like one and try and date a real man, instead of a "girly boy"? By the way, you attacked Cohn's lack of compassion, but remember that he was a DEMOCRAT! At least HE understood that socialism has always destroyed nations, study history

[Hellbane224]

I like how this obnoxious little cocksnot goes throwing his weight around here like he's front page news. @whatziz, take your opinion and do with it what you've obviously done with your head. Shove it up your ass.

[whatziz]

netsurfer10024, what makes you think "Middle America" thought he was straight? I was a kid back then and could tell something was wrong with him, even my parents knew he was a fag. By the way dumb-ass, if liberal jack asses like you had your way, the likes of Barrack Hussein Obamination would turn this country into a socialist's dream and there would no longer be a Middle Class America, only poverty stricken peasants and the rich and powerful elite, of which I am sure you are not.

[GregsRubDown]

You sound like a hateful person whatziz. You comments won't hold a lot of value with the people here.

[Timmybear]

@whatziz - of course, you would feel the same way about Roy Cohn, I'm sure, despite his conservative and anti-liberal actions, because, as it happens, there was 'something wrong' with him too (there were many things wrong with him, such as a congenital lack of heart or perspective).

[netsurfer10024]

I still can't believe that "Middle America" thought that he was a ;straight man", Oh well, middle america wasn't too smart, after all the elected George W. Bush twice, didn't they (they beleived all his lies too).

[cfcantavero]

Then again, hippie garbage like you believea anything Obamidiot says too, so look who's talking.

[rweberrdh45]

@cfcantavero

you are so right , the statist /progessives are damaging mental midgits. Liberalism is a mental disorder. Did you listen to the state of confusion speech the other night . That asshole is just and idealoge , anything he says just flip it 180 degrees and you get the truth.

[motive440]

He's really the consummate macho male with those porkchop side burns. Gotta love him.

[ivegotalongdong]

never knew diller could play the harpsichord!

[GFUNK714]

looks like fun.

[dakotagerman1]

I remember Liberace and Phyllis Diller when I was a child. I always liked their pizazz.

Me, I dress conservatively: like the Ingalls on Little House or like the Waltons on The Waltons.

[balto4]

This is cute

[asawifehasacow]

he sounds a little like norm macdonald.

[logician30]

You don't know why people thought he was gay? Are you joking?

[Maorisidol]

Didnt the Fur Coat say it? lol

[allanfisch]

is it me or is Lee SLOSHED?

[tedzodd]

he does sound a little bit tipsy......

[CriticalListener]

It sounds like a harpsichord because it is one.  It was specially made for her, one of her favorite belongings.

[Dougoulako]

Two legends. Glorious!

[anonymusum]

silly - waste of time

[nolester]

anyone can tell...he's not gay.

[WhozzWho]

Phyllis' piano sounds like Lurch's harpsicord!

& I LOVE her collection of spike-heeled mini go-go boots!

[w9jim]

Two girls.

[ali0tis]

such genuine smiles!

[Scorpion1054]

One of a kind - both of 'em

[pompom11]

Phyllis, ROCK ON !! She will be 92 in July 2009. Good for her, I've enjoyed her for 50 years since I was a little kid.

[JudiG]

OMG I didn't realize she was still with us and hitting 92! God bless her! I was 10 when this show aired. I've been a fan all my life! I was a big fan of Liberace, too. Great entertainer!

[sparkers70]

What marvelous comedic chemistry! It's a joy to watch two such big personalities working together so effortlessly.

[fcgal55]

did she said he seems a little gay. my lord he is the queen of england. I love him but he wears it on his sleeve.

[jennicase]

Sometimes I really wonder if Liberace was gay at all or what? He seems kinda gay to me.

[ChrisStockslager]

Um, duh.

[jennicase]

I knew that I am just messing with ya LOL

[ChrisStockslager]

Ah. Thought so. :)

[newstart2009]

they were good friends. Glad you posted this.

[Purpura2009]

Good comedia.Thanks to Olympia to be shared.

[olympiada06]

Wow this lady is talented!

[AstringOfPoloponies]

What a treat it is to watch two very prominent entertainers from when I was a kid. Liberace's jacket ROCKS ! Phyllis Diller was the first female comedian I ever saw.She had a TV show when I was a kid and I loved it.

[SavannahR8]

That's bloody brilliant what a pair of wonderful freaky people lol love it thanks :)

[AstringOfPoloponies]

I always thought these two were normal, LOL !

[zachNewYork]

Lol

[glamdolly20]

Liberace actually said - "I'm CRYING all the way to the bank", but its often mosquoted as "laughing all the way to the bank".

[DAVIDINTEL]

A sweet, genuinely talented lady! Would love to meet her in person, she strikes me as someone who would be friendly to anyone!!

[whenaman]

This makes me smile.

[whenaman]

Remember Liberace said, "I'm laughing all the way to the bank." ;)

[Lectronimo]

And I hear Phyllis is nice, too.

[Ladymech62]

She is another example of the best comedy people being artists and musicians too!

[apokryltaros]

If you've ever heard Jack Benny scratch on his violin, you'll rescind that statement...

[Ladymech62]

Nope. He could play. It was funnier to show he couldn't . . .

[waynespeers]

I agree!