49 min

The Comedian Town

    • History

In 1955, the playground at Edison Elementary School, in Alameda, California, would have been a rollicking place. One of the moms just knew how to get a laugh, she always had the ladies rolling. She was the housewife from Ohio, the one with five kids. The one with the husband who wasn't so great.

It wouldn't be too long before Mrs. Phyllis Driver Diller would be known for other things.

In 1955, the playground at Edison Elementary School, in Alameda, California, would have been a rollicking place. One of the moms just knew how to get a laugh, she always had the ladies rolling. She was the housewife from Ohio, the one with five kids. The one with the husband who wasn't so great.

It wouldn't be too long before Mrs. Phyllis Driver Diller would be known for other things.

49 min

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