Liberace and Phyllis Diller - Phyliss Arrives - The Liberace Show

[@MissouriPenny]

How amazing to have these timeless vintage shows to watch forever 😍

[@theresaholguin699]

Two legends that entertained everyone in different genres. There will never be another Phyllis or Liberace. Phyllis was a living legend. Good clean jokes no cuss words. She was awesome. Phyllis is dearly missed. I love them both 🎹🤣❤💙💜

[@andrew4patrick]

This Lady is absolutely hilarious, imagine being at one of her shows, your jaws would be aching with laughter!

[@michellebach6277]

Mrs Diller is what we need un bad times, so great comedian, she is the best remedy for us

[@michellebach6277]

Mr Liberace always been a fine gentleman and a ver kind person. The best of the best he is

[@hammadoolass]

PHYLLIS DILLER was my favourite comedienne. There will never be another like her.

[@teenherofilms]

Diller was an Ohio housewife who got lucky with her act.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

Little known fact, she was an accomplished pianist!

[@neilforbes416]

Phyllis Diller was a GENUINE comedic talent who never made a malicious joke about anyone. Her "husband", Fang, was a fictional character Phyllis had created to be the butt of her jokes. This alone puts her WAY ABOVE Joan Rivers. Rivers' humour(?) was malicious, spiteful and vindictive. Rivers would tell nasty, cruel stories about others in show-business or just people in general, with these people having no means of redress against Rivers' maliciousness. Phyllis Diller belongs in the Comedians' Hall Of Fame(if there is such) while Rivers belongs in History's rubbish bin.

[@neilforbes416]

@Elizabeth Brower Phyllis Diller could have the audience laughing hysterically before she even uttered a word! But the one thing NO-ONE could EVER accuse Phyllis Diller of being is "malicious"! Phyllis NEVER spoke ill of her colleagues in showbusiness. The "butt" of her jokes, her husband "Fang" was a fictional character. Phyllis was a GENUINELY FUNNY person and the world is so much the richer for her existence, but so much the poorer for her passing.

[@yashovardhansingh4115]

@@neilforbes416 why are you dragging Joan lmao

[@coolmoodee]

two classic entertainers .... the old days are missed

[@zoom0011]

Sad but look for DVDs 🧐

[@kaymathis7894]

Yes they are

[@markrichards6863]

Meh! Phyllis Diller was a real trailblazer. Liberace had very limited appeal. My Grandmother and aunts loved his schtick. Fluffy piano playing and talking about his jewelry would bore most people. I know it would all cure my insomnia.

[@totisantiago1]

What a combo! Phyliss and Liberace!!

[@tamiz8895]

This is still funny ❤ Enjoy seeing these old shows

[@deborahbrown6257]

Still funny after all these years! Miss comedy like this

[@danielmorse6597]

So do I!

[@RIXRADvidz]

What A SHOW!!! Lee, Phyllis' costumes, that set! and a few private moments with Ms. Diller. does a heart good.

[@katc2354]

Liberace with a talented great musician with a great Style and taste such a gentleman and Phyllis Diller what a beautiful lady love her laugh so funny love them both

[@MsMesem]

She was an excellent accomplished pianist also, was waiting for her to tinkle the ivories here.

[@markrichards6863]

Sequins and fur? You call that taste?

[@rma3_3_3]

Nobody can never even come close to this lady!

[@markrichards6863]

She really broke the glass ceiling.

[@rma3_3_3]

@@markrichards6863 Definitely!

[@Sbmom1018]

I love her!! 💞

[@Chris-wj8fz]

My grandmother was Edith Harrhy a famous concert pianist from Wales. She died in 1969 but her stories about famous people she met filled my boyhood with wonder and I was committed to travel from Australia now 72 but met my own famous people! Phyllis and Liberace and Noel Coward were on her list

[@totisantiago1]

A truly golden moment! Pure talent!

[@adelelarkins5921]

Just watched Sincerely Yours. Loved it, Delightful ! ☺ Thank you!

[@trishaustin4101]

Phyllis was one of a kind brilliant comedian she was the best. I miss her

[@noelgenoway9360]

Phyllis's laugh......love it!!!

[@potdog1000]

she was brilliant & a trailblazer

[@mchristman6932]

Phyllis had perfect comic timing.

[@Consrignrant]

@M Christmas......... Waiting one second for the punchline in an endless stream of punchlines does not equate with perfect timing.

[@territrim6867]

My 2 favorite entertainers!! I miss them each.

[@Tommy7756]

I wish she had played the piano. Considering she herself was an aspiring concert pianist but didn’t pursue it because she didn’t think she was good enough. Oh she was good enough, I wish she had played the piano here

[@MrCrowebobby]

That was Liberace's story as well. Exactly.

[@LorenIpsum75]

On one TV special, I remember Phyllis played a Bach prelude on harpsichord. Fabulous!

[@duaneginn]

Me, too!!! ❤

[@TBmuch]

Liberace was a first rate showman, he put the glitter in everything, I do miss him!

[@shannonreynolds624]

It is funny you say that because I remember Liberace and he always seemed very nice and actually quite humble for a showman such as himself. My daughter saw a clip of him from the movie "Good Night and Good Luck" and heard about his and that show aired with Michael Douglas but asked me about him and I told her what I could and came on here looking for old footage of him and she watched it and said "Aw, what a sweet, nice man. Man, did he always dress up like that." I couldn't help but laugh because that is just who he was and I wish he were still around. So much talent, if I had an enth of it I would be happy.

[@georgebelev1900]

He was a great man and a great entertainer

[@MickPosch]

Members of my parent's generation: "Those Beatles with the long hair...what a bunch of sissies...oh look...Liberace...I Love him!"

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Mickster6988240 😱😱😱 LOL what a painful but true observation

[@SmithMrCorona]

Members of my parent's generation: "Look at all these queers on TV! Back in my old day, they kept to themselves, like Paul Lynde and Liberace! They didn't go shovin' it in your face! Goddamned people of your generation!"

[@willyboy6126]

"Tell me...what do? Do you haunt this place?" ....LMFAO :D Phyllis was *HYSTERICAL!*

[@EvaDoran1]

I love my Liberace! The King of camp!

[@good2btheking]

Thanks to youtube for bringing the wonders of our past to the future.

[@johnedwardjones999]

In the early 80s I drove a limo in LA. The clientele was almost exclusively show business types and studio executives. I got a call to pick-up Ms Diller at Burbank Airport. I was excited. She was arriving by private plane after a show somewhere. I walked toward the plane as she got off, introduced myself and she was a bit surprised that her management company had sent a limo. Her personal driver would pick her up in what I remember as an older SUV style vehicle. Got her luggage, about as many pieces as in the clip and headed to terminal where her driver was waiting. She said go with him you bring the luggage. Got it loaded and was off to Brentwood never really getting to talk with her. It was hilarious in my mind. $80K limo full of her luggage.

[@bethelle9099]

John Edward Jones, good story. Always been a big fan of hers since childhood. Those were the days. I'll watch anything pretty much, from the fifties and sixties. I love to hear the network identifications from sixties, especially Nbcs' call with that old peacock. Takes me back to better days and family watching family suitable programming.

[@rockeryhudpeck3390]

I love her painted on lashes on her eye lids.

[@victorianaztec555]

Favorite Piano Player from The 70s 💝 Liberace

[@joemug4079]

Liberace was the centerfold in the February issue of Playboy magazine 1954. It flew under most radars. It’s worth a fortune now! Let me know if you have one or find one!

[@thevampirecielphantomhive2342]

What?

[@sammavacaist]

Man I just love the camp of the 70s.

[@michellepost5232]

I watched this show...I was age 9 back then, but I understood the jokes, and thought Diller was a hoot.Liberace always seemed like a nice person, not arrogant.The late 1960's and all during the 1970s had alot of variety shows on TV, but they were very good, with clean humor. I always wondered what Fang looked like, and why she called him that.

[@henrikpersson1962]

It's incredible that Liberace was living in the closet since there wasn't much room.

[@calanon534]

Everyone knew. Everyone knew. My uncle was part of "the scene" back in the 1960's, and everyone that was even on the very fringe of that scene, knew what his sexuality was. Liberace, Paul Lynde.. people knew, they just had the good sense not to bring it up around people that might not like it shoved in their faces.

[@calanon534]

@Marcelo Exactly.

[@henrikpersson1962]

@@calanon534 Could you really avoid having it shown to your face when it comes to Liberace?

[@SmithMrCorona]

That closet had a glass door and a neon sign that flashed "gay" in pink letters.

[@thevampirecielphantomhive2342]

Lol hiding my ass people were just in denial.

[@syhooverman5418]

Fab post. 3 Queens together!!!

[@danbytp]

I remember my parents back in the '60's laughing their butts off watching her on TV.

[@safeman3427]

Phyllis Diller died in 2012 at the age of 95.

[@jaimesilva6637]

Gran,comediante,espectacular,super,graciosa,y,actriz,bendiciones,de,Chile,🇨🇱,

[@carlfrano6384]

That was really funny! And the two of them together was a stitch!

[@brandieceasar5258]

she’s the original baddie grandma

[@sydney13ism]

She still cracks me the hell up!

[@beautoxxbeautoxx]

Lol ! Lover her! 💖

[@candyrushascendedphoenix8]

My freak out dress 🤣🤣🤣

[@marythompson3658]

I love her!!!

[@JR-zm2yu]

I met Liberace in plm bch at 1 of his shows - he was kind, had lots of makeup & rings.

[@clarencehenderson1353]

Ms Dilller is timeless

[@MrHeadbanger366]

She had a great laugh.

[@greciarobain1952]

OMG😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 SHE WAS GOOD😂😂😂😂 Still in 2019

[@jesseharper4792]

She always made my mother laugh.

[@billguill1859]

I wonder how many of us remember a VERY short-lived sitcom starring Phyllis Diller, ca. like 1968? If you remember it, [I think it lasted about 2 months, MAYBE, on ABC, on a weeknight]. It was a terrible vehicle, although she was - as always - was hilarious!!! [The name of the sitcom was "The Pruitts of Southampton," for those who are wondering.]

[@andrewthornhill7042]

Bill Guill Do you remember "The Beautiful (or Gorgeous) Phyllis Diller"? It was a variety sketch show with big-name guest stars.

[@billguill1859]

@@andrewthornhill7042 That one I don't remember. Sometimes we didn't get all the network shows, as I lived in Chicago at the time, and although all three of our network affiliates were actually OWNED by the networks ["O&O's"], I later found out they didn't always carry everything their network would offer.

[@neilforbes416]

The butler was Wattis, not Wallace, played by Richard Wattis. Two years later, Liberace would be guest on Australia's King Of Pop Awards for 1971, where he was enthralled by then-14-year-old Jamie Redfern.....the rest is history.

[@montseret1]

The guy with Liberace is not Wallace, he is Richard Wattis.

[@Rosiedelaroux]

She was truly a great queen of the entertainment business - and Phyllis Dillard was good has well

[@califdad4]

I loved Phyllis Diller , so funny but in 1969 this was a bit edgy LOL

[@noraoconnor5787]

Love them both

[@pamelafolger8449]

Love Both!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@efjohn6169]

GOTTA LOVE IT ! ! !

[@brookegoslin]

Adorable Together ! Hahahahaha

[@michaelglover2871]

I'm having an overload of camp.

[@MetropolitanSoul]

Richard Wattis worked with Liberace. I had no idea.

[@tylerdickerson9447]

“8” above the knee, but my legs don’t make it all the way up”

[@fredalwatkins4506]

So i wonder WHAT is 8 inches above her knees 🐱

[@SciFiGirl007]

@@fredalwatkins4506 grow up

[@fredalwatkins4506]

😝

[@porflepopnecker4376]

When Things Were AWESOME!!!

[@terrym5023]

Helen Keller would know he was Gay in a nanosecond 😆

[@lucasblackburn3178]

Haha ur so Stupid!!! Who cares if he’s gay!

[@robertcotgrave5920]

This lady is one of the funniest women on television, her along with bea arthur, absolutely priceless.

[@elainekomara8555]

Actually, liberace looks like Elvis with the sideburns.. he is wearing a hair piece, it’s noticeable .. I believe that’s where Elvis got his ideas of his hair and sideburns, from Liberace.. Elvis even wore capes that looked very similar to Liberace’s. All these ideas were from Liberace.. Liberace did these things first..

[@joenavan8595]

Truly the queen! I mean phyllis Diller;)

[@TrevorTrottier]

I want to watch full episodes of this

[@andrewthornhill7042]

Phyllis Diller often said her bra size was 32 long.....

[@BrentonSandercock]

comedy at its best!!!

[@victorianaztec555]

Luv Her ....and Comedy Skills #Never4Gotten 💝

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

Priceless 😄

[@meme-tg6hr]

Here in 2024, because there's nothingb on tv here tonight. She was a kick. Always liked her routines. Today nothing is off limits. Prefer these.

[@sheilamoniqueritacilcus]

I now that you and Grandpa Willy Nelson are twins and Janis Lynn Joplin and Robert Anthony plant are also twins and they are my grandparents and parents and am I proud of all of you all ❤️❤️ you ❤❤ you all ❤❤❤❤❤❤ plus ❤❤❤

[@lindachavezw...246]

Wow 👀!! Legends!!

[@JR-zm2yu]

Ps Also loved Phyllis Diller!

[@moonstar4121]

Old fashioned classic

[@whatadollslife]

priceless

[@thevampirecielphantomhive2342]

I still can't believe that no one knew Liberace was gay

[@riverraisin1]

Back then there were many flamboyant entertainers. I don't think fans cared what their sexual preference was. They just made us laugh and that was good enough in our book. Today we have to learn every intimate detail about every entertainer to the point that it is shoved in our faces whether we want to know or not. Their sexual and political preferences becomes what defines them in the public's eye. In my opinion it makes our society more divisive.

[@SamtheMan0508]

People knew he was gay but judging by his lifestyle and sold out shows, it wasn't an issue.

[@stmichl9433]

Ciel Phantomhive first of all, people didn't speak about homosexuality publically the way we all do now. People mostly knew, and if they did know they would just not talk about it. Homosexuality just wasn't a comfortable topic for most ordinary people (especially men) back then. But don't be fooled - people knew - but they would make euphemisms about him: "he's so flamboyant" or "so artistic" or "eccentric" - all these words were code for "gay" and it was just understood. Men especially in those days didn't refer to anything homosexual because just by mentioning it even, it was then a concern that you might be considered homosexual (no one said the word gay then) by association with the word. That's how repressed society was back then! And this attitude lasted well into and through the 1980s and it only began to dissipate around 1995 with the introduction of the internet and more global digital media. Even in the very early 90s, a lot of the resistance to homosexuality was still around. So much is taken for granted now. Phyllis Diller was camping what it meant to be an ugly woman in a society and industry which values youth and beauty. And Liberace was camping what it meant to be a gay man. In those pre-political correctness days, everything had to be done via code and clever dialogue. Strangely, repression in societies means that it actually garners a great deal of creativity. The more liberal a society becomes, ironically the less creative it gets. Because there is no longer anything to express against or right against. Liberace and Diller were wonderful examples of extremely expressive individuals who understood the art of persona (mask-wearing).

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Ciel Phantomhive you shouldn’t, everybody knew he was fucking gay it just wasn’t talked about I mean come the fuck on

[@ladyboywonder9139]

riverraisin1 being openly gay doesn’t make society more divisive religion does now 🤐

[@jonathanjackson9208]

Lee’s hair is incredible, considering it was a Piece

[@dianecopes9095]

This was the dayigrowupoff thisshowfunny

[@danielmorse6597]

OMG, can it any better?

[@suzannebear4194]

As a kid i always thought she was talking about her dog 🤭🤔 FaNg

[@kathydelucia3892]

I can not believe people have turned this video in as abusive.

[@Tommy7756]

Kathy Delucia Some of her jokes are certainly off-color. I guess fat people can’t handle being called fat.

[@tarabryant2909]

This sort of humor would offend anyone these days. The good comedy is always gonna be offensive and rude.

[@mikeksiazek]

Hillarious. And they didn't use vulgar language back then.

[@bethelle9099]

Michael K , They did in their club acts but not on pg TV.

[@RareSeldas]

You're an idiot. But yeah, some of it is charming, other parts are cringe.

[@trevorthompson7604]

I can't believe Liberace actually believed people thought he was straight camp as tots

[@kllwc7772]

Trevor Thompson And sued a British tabloid to prove it 😎

[@swtv1754]

It was kind of like "don't ask, don't tell!" I remember my mom during the 70s talking about him being a homosexual when he was on TV.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

Trevor Thompson I doubt anybody thought that

[@ladyboywonder9139]

swtv1754 don’t ask don’t tell but dressed like a fucking ostrich in heat

[@swtv1754]

@@ladyboywonder9139 😂😂😂

[@citrinevibes7907]

Legend 😎🤝💋

[@sheldonbrunn6445]

6 uncommitted, this sounds like today 🤓

[@mrwilljones3015]

There’s Gay and than there’s Liberace GAY.........

[@tron3entertainment]

I had a friend when I worked at a large, well known theater where Liberace was performing. He once quipped about Liberace, "No, he's bisexual. He likes men _and_ boys."

[@alanduran-gonzalez8060]

And then there’s Gayshas jejeje 🤣

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

tron3entertainment oop

[@JimmiAlli]

tron3entertainment that’s not bisexual - that’s illegal.

[@januarysson5633]

I vote this the gayest video on You Tube.

[@bbt5358]

Hahahahaha ❤️😂😂😂😂😂

[@stewland1]

Liberace was naturally flamboyant. A ladies man my grandma called him.

[@riverraisin1]

Swap "ladies" with "lady" and your comment would be more accurate. :)

[@spookygirl7761]

Lol

[@JCrow-kz4nw]

Rich stewland haha

[@phillyflash43]

Liberace liked to dress down in those days...

[@shirleybalinski4535]

FANG!! IT HAS BEEN ALOT OF YEARS!!! LOL.

[@shawnbruce6934]

She Was Cool For Sure. Now everyone has to use Foul Language. Golden Age.

[@laurabrooks8824]

I couldn't wait to grow up and be just like Phyllis Diller. O, and little Annie Fannie. And that's exactly what happened.

[@ballsnface2416]

To think this was in 1969. And she lived 43 years more. She wasn't old. She was middle aged.

[@mrtemper85]

Ginger Minj brought me here :)

[@latinguy772]

What a lady!! She stole the show 😂😂

[@andrewthornhill7042]

Back in the day when entertainers weren't afraid to be OTT. These two were MADE for each other! I sure miss Phyllis; I'm a lifelong fan. (Loving Richard Wattis as the butler!)

[@MH-ie8dy]

"And who knew Liberace was gay? Women adored him." Austin Powers.

[@shirleymosley8962]

That laugh though of Phyllis Diller.

[@magdi1966]

+Shirley Mosley Ya so annoying.