Liberace and Phyllis Diller - Phyliss Arrives - The Liberace Show

Phyllis Diller arrives on the set of the Liberace Show with her entire wardrobe. She has a conversation with Wallace and Liberace, then performs a brief stand up routine. From the 1969 Liberace Show filmed in London.

[@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!

[@MissouriPenny]

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

[@michellebach6277]

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

[@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.

[@deborahbrown6257]

Still funny after all these years! Miss comedy like this

[@danielmorse6597]

So do I!

[@totisantiago1]

What a combo! Phyliss and Liberace!!

[@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.

[@noelgenoway9360]

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

[@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?

[@RIXRADvidz]

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

[@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!!! ❤

[@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!"

[@potdog1000]

she was brilliant & a trailblazer

[@adelelarkins5921]

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

[@safeman3427]

Phyllis Diller died in 2012 at the age of 95.

[@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

[@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.

[@EvaDoran1]

I love my Liberace! The King of camp!

[@totisantiago1]

A truly golden moment! Pure talent!

[@brandieceasar5258]

she’s the original baddie grandma

[@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

[@rockeryhudpeck3390]

I love her painted on lashes on her eye lids.

[@good2btheking]

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

[@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?

[@victorianaztec555]

Favorite Piano Player from The 70s 💝 Liberace

[@syhooverman5418]

Fab post. 3 Queens together!!!

[@danbytp]

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

[@candyrushascendedphoenix8]

My freak out dress 🤣🤣🤣

[@montseret1]

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

[@jaimesilva6637]

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

[@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]

😝

[@beautoxxbeautoxx]

Lol ! Lover her! 💖

[@greciarobain1952]

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

[@carlfrano6384]

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

[@MrHeadbanger366]

She had a great 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.

[@sydney13ism]

She still cracks me the hell up!

[@Rosiedelaroux]

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

[@marythompson3658]

I love her!!!

[@jesseharper4792]

She always made my mother laugh.

[@califdad4]

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

[@JR-zm2yu]

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

[@michaelglover2871]

I'm having an overload of camp.

[@brookegoslin]

Adorable Together ! Hahahahaha

[@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.

[@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 🤐

[@noraoconnor5787]

Love them both

[@pamelafolger8449]

Love Both!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertcotgrave5920]

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

[@andrewthornhill7042]

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

[@JR-zm2yu]

Ps Also loved Phyllis Diller!

[@mikeksiazek]

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

[@DanaM2012]

Phyllis never had to resort to being dirty or having any swearing in her act. Later on she said bitch a couple times....but even said "wee wee" still. I loved her, She was my great aunt too.

[@mikeksiazek]

Dana Melville comedy was like that a lot. Hinted on the tabloos without using foul language

[@victorianaztec555]

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

[@dianecopes9095]

This was the dayigrowupoff thisshowfunny

[@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 😂😂😂

[@TrevorTrottier]

I want to watch full episodes of this

[@moonstar4121]

Old fashioned classic

[@BrentonSandercock]

comedy at its best!!!

[@jonathanjackson9208]

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

[@joenavan8595]

Truly the queen! I mean phyllis Diller;)

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

Priceless 😄

[@suzannebear4194]

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

[@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.

[@ballsnface2416]

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

[@MH-ie8dy]

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

[@danielmorse6597]

OMG, can it any better?

[@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 ❤❤❤

[@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.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

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

[@TM-iq6sx]

Prefect for the evil lady in 101 dalmation.

[@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..

[@txgunguy2766]

I'm not sure but I think Liberace might be gay.

[@michaelhall596]

Fake news!

[@worldsbesttarot]

You think lol

[@ryanbolton9384]

Who cares

[@gdaholic]

Um, he was like the first famous one.

[@JonMacintosh-eh3rt]

What? No way. Really? You'd sure never know it.

[@latinguy772]

What a lady!! She stole the show 😂😂

[@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.

[@shirleymosley8962]

That laugh though of Phyllis Diller.

[@magdi1966]

+Shirley Mosley Ya so annoying.

[@lovethefields]

Ginger did bring me here

[@bbt5358]

Hahahahaha ❤️😂😂😂😂😂

[@RyanThomas-ft9mw]

After Liberace died, Phyllis said he was not a very good pianist. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

[@mrtemper85]

Ginger Minj brought me here :)

[@sammavacaist]

Phyllis Diller was actually very pretty when she was young. Looked a bit like a young Ellen Barkin.

[@matrixfree3480]

Back when people were truly funny without degrading and insulting people. Decency, class, intelligence very missed.

[@Pisti846]

she was only 52 here

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Greaat

[@constancemiller3753]

The only time Phyllis looked conservatively dressed.

[@danielbisson8032]

you can shis t oupeeee

[@shawteeslim]

Miley Cyrus sounds like her

[@deer4427]

Vibr8love Agreed! Miley could play her in a bio

[@youyong28]

Phyllis Diller was a talented pianist. Too bad she didn't play.

[@kraftpr]

Anyone know who the English butler is? I've seen him often in other shows. Never knew his name.

[@fastmacuk]

Richard Wattis

[@montseret1]

+kraftpr Richard Watts

[@montseret1]

+David de Montseret Richard Wattis

[@ivanhernandez1652]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This maybe take years 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DelilahThePig]

Is this a 30 fps color kinescope? I'm not seeing any loss of frame rate or color quality and yet there is dust flying up the screen!

[@brendam886]

What’s that on his head a partial hair piece?

[@Judas88-f3m]

How could u not tell that hes gay. Even i can see it. People were blah then!

[@dperry19661]

I remember when my mom found out, me and my brother just looked at her and he finally said 'didnt you know he was a fudge packer?' The WWII generation were the most clueless morons ever.

[@patrickjenkins9167]

@@dperry19661 👍🤣 I'm as (YAG) as they come, but your story was FUNNY. Poor mom❗

[@ziggysiegfried6340]

I tried to share this on Facebook and they would not let me. They said too many people found it abusive. What the F@ck???

[@mystfaex8794]

Lol! ❤⏩ and people act like today's kids are the first 'non-commited' generation! It was all old jokes even then! And I love how there's no hate in em! 😁

[@nathanmulroy8313]

POOR BROTHER GEORGE

[@zoom0011]

2013 uploaded

[@src3360]

And no one knew he was a homosexual... So shocking!!!

[@davidjames666]

The simpler times. Too bad the rest of the world was scratching to get out, and now that they are with us, the fun has all,been taken out. Today, it's not comedy but rather a political message