Phyllis Diller Filmography

Casper's Scare School

Actors: Jim Belushi, Bob Saget, Devon Werkheiser

Synopsis: The direct to video animated movie Casper's Scare School features the beloved friendly ghost attending a school in the hopes of learning how to frighten people. Although he goes through the classes, he reverts to his benevolent ways when he uncovers an evil plan. The voice cast includes Simpsons Read More

Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face

Synopsis: Wild-haired comedienne Phyllis Diller is featured in a hilarious collection of clips highlighting her best-loved routines and featuring an all-star collection of special guests in this release that's a must have for any loyal fan of the self-depreciating comic diva. In the 1960s Diller became a Read More

Forget About It

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Richard Grieco

Synopsis: Burt Reynolds, Robert Loggia, and Charles Durning star in this crime comedy following three retired war veterans who stumble upon $4million in stolen mob money and quickly find themselves targeted by both the Mafia and the Feds. Sam (Reynolds), Carl (Loggia), and Eddie (Durning) have all managed Read More

The Aristocrats

Synopsis: "A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians for decades. An intentionally "bad" joke, the laughs in The Aristocrats aren't in the punch-line (one of the only elements that's the same every time), but in the set-up Read More

The Last Place on Earth

Actors: Tisha Campbell-Martin, Dana Ashbrook, Billy Dee Williams

Synopsis: Independent filmmaker James Slocum directs the romantic drama The Last Place on Earth, filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountain region of Northern California. Dana Ashbrook plays Rob Baskin, a businessman who travels to Lake Tahoe in order to spread the ashes of his late mother (Phyllis Diller). Along Read More

Goodnight, We Love You: The Life and Legend of Phyllis Diller

Actors: Phyllis Diller

Synopsis: The comedienne who shot to stardom as "the world's worst housewife" offers an intimate look at her life and career on the eve of her farewell stand-up performance. Phyllis Diller has been keeping her fans in stitches for nearly half-a-century. A gleefully self-depreciating comic whose outlandish Read More

Bitter Jester

Synopsis: On the cusp of stardom, standup comic Maija DiGiorgio suffered an emotional breakdown while performing before a room packed with a number of the comedy industry's head honchos -- whom were on the receiving end of DiGiorgio's obscenity-laced outburst -- at the Aspen Comedy Festival. Subsequently Read More

100 Years of Hope & Humor

Actors: Bob Hope, Jane Pauley

Synopsis: Taped approximately six weeks before the 100th birthday of comedy legend Bob Hope, this elaborate (and highly-rated) TV "love letter" to "Old Ski Nose" is hosted by former Today Show anchor Jane Pauley. The special covers the familiar biographical ground, tracing British-born Leslie Townes Hope Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Look Mom, One Hand!

Synopsis: It's Mother's Day in Cleveland, and all of the gang's moms have arrived to celebrate--including Kate's new stepmom, who looks just like her. The ladies' arrival coincides with the launching of an anti-pornography website which publishes a list of Ohio's biggest porn users--and among those listed Read More

Everything's Jake

Actors: Debbie Allen, Doug E. Doug, Stephen Furst, Robin Givens

Synopsis: Matthew Miele directs this tale about a mysterious homeless guy. Jake (Ernie Hudson) lives relatively contently in his homeless routine -- he wakes in the morning, plays the bongos for change, and collects dog feces. Everything seems hunky-dory, as it were, until he encounters Cameron, who is Read More

The Nuttiest Nutcracker

Actors: Phyllis Diller, James Belushi, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: In this computer-animated update of the classic Christmas tale The Nutcracker, a girl in her early teens gets the bad news that she won't be able to see her parents for the holidays. Depressed by the news, she goes to sleep with her favorite toy, a nutcracker that resembles a toy soldier. When she Read More

King of the Hill: Escape from Party Island

A Bug's Life

Actors: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller

Synopsis: John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort, another Disney-released children's epic entitled A Bug's Life. Blending classic Disney storytelling characters and the mysterious underground world of bugs, Lasseter has Read More

The Silence of the Hams

Actors: Dom DeLuise, Ezio Greggio, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula, Charlene Tilton, Martin Balsam

Synopsis: In the tradition of Mel Brooks, this Italian comedy offers an episodic parody of classic thrillers and horror movies. Film includes cameos from several stars including Mel Brooks, John Astin, Larry Storch, Phyllis Diller, John Carpenter, and John Landis. The story begins as director Ezio Greggio Read More

Boy Meets World: Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf?

Synopsis: Phyllis Diller guest stars as a seedy fortune teller with the highly significant monicker of "Mme. Oupsenskaya" (and if you don't get the significance, ask any horror-movie fanatic). At the same time that a wolf has escaped from the local zoo, Mme. Ouspenskaya has convinced Cory (Ben Savage) that Read More

Hello Kaye Ballard!

Actors: Kaye Ballard

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: The Never-Want-to-go-to-Bedders Cure

The Perfect Man

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Michelle Little, Garwin Sanford

Synopsis: Who, after all, is The Perfect Man? Is it Melissa's (Michelle Little) impeturbable but rather dull roommate and boyfriend Michael (Garwin Sanford), who hails from the United States and can be counted on to pay his keep? Or is it Peter (Brian Jensen), whose raffish ways and art gallery lend him a Read More

Wisecracks

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Whoopi Goldberg, Sandra Shamas, Jenny Lecoat

Synopsis: This concert and interview documentary features the racy wit of Canada and the U.S.'s most popular female comedians, including Jenny Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Phyllis Diller, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paula Poundstone. In addition to screening their stand-up gigs and providing interviews with these funny Read More

The Nutcracker Prince

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Megan Follows, Mike McDonald, Peter Boretski, Phyllis Diller, Peter O'Toole

Synopsis: Based on E.T.A. Hoffman's classic book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, this animated holiday tale utilizes the vocal talents of such stars as Kiefer Sutherland, Peter O'Toole and Phyllis Diller. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Bone Yard

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Ed Nelson, Deborah Rose

Synopsis: This overlooked but entertaining direct-to-video oddity plunges into the nightmarish experiences of a portly, depressed psychic medium (Deborah Rose), whose involvement in a grisly child-murder case leads her and her detective partner (Ed Nelson) to an imposing, fortress-like mortuary. Chen Read More

Happily Ever After

Actors: Irene Cara, Ed Asner, Carol Channing, Dom DeLuise, Phyllis Diller

Synopsis: In this unauthorized sequel to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the animation is so bad that it makes Scooby Doo look like Fantasia. Disney's litigation against the film caused its theatrical release to be delayed for several years. But there was no need to worry -- there is no way that Happily Read More

Pucker up and Bark Like a Dog

Synopsis: A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Reading Rainbow: Ludlow Laughs

Actors: LeVar Burton

Synopsis: Phyllis Diller reads Ludlow Laughs by Jon Agee in this episode of the highly acclaimed Reading Rainbow series. In the story, Ludlow seldom shows any signs of happiness, but something happens to him that changes his attitude and that of the people around him. Laughter and silliness are the topics Read More

Full House: But Seriously, Folks

Synopsis: When his carefully rehearsed comedy act bombs in front of an audience full of talent scouts, the crestfallen Joey (David Coulier) decides to look for another line of work. He even goes so far as to don a business suit and alter his name to the more dignified "Joe." Unfortunately, DJ decides to Read More

Dr. Hackenstein

Actors: David Muir, Stacey Travis, Dyanne di Rosario, John Alexis

Synopsis: In this low-brow combination slasher film and parody of the "Frankenstein" films, a doctor becomes desperate to somehow bring his late wife back to life. But before he can do this, he needs a few fresh parts. Hackenstein gets a golden opportunity when three girls, whose car has broken down, come Read More

Through the Looking Glass

Synopsis: Another adaption of Lewis Carroll's classic Alice in Wonderland, this animated feature places the young girl in a contemporary setting and features the voices of Phyllis Diller, Jonathon Winters, Mr. T and Leif Erickson. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale

Synopsis: Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her ratted hair, raucous laugh, and often outrageous sense of humor, has been entertaining television and movie audiences for over 30 years. In How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale, Diller offers viewers a number of suggestions for making their old junk look Read More

Laughing Room Only

Jonathan Winters on the Edge

Actors: Jonathan Winters

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Synopsis: This live action trip back to Wonderland finds Alice dodging the Jabberwocky and encountering a Wonderland crew including Humpty Dumpty, Tiger Lily, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The voice cast is staggering, including (to mention a few) father and son Lloyd Bridges and Beau Bridges, Phyllis Diller Read More

The Jeffersons: You'll Never Get Rich

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Marla Gibbs, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Synopsis: The Jeffersonsmoved from its familiar Sunday-night time slot to a new Tuesday evening berth with this star-studded episode, which takes place in Atlantic City. Hoping to raise enough money to attend her godson's graduation, Florence (Marla Gibbs) heads straight to the gambling tables. Meanwhile Read More

Minsky's Follies

Synopsis: Beginning in the mid-1920s, the name "Minsky's" was synonymous with Burlesque. Not even Mayor LaGuardia's closing down of all the burleycue houses in New York was able to completely topple the Minsky empire. This 60-minute tape is a paean to the Minsky strippers and top bananas of yore. Read More

Pink Motel

Actors: Terri Berland, Brad Cowgill, Cathryn Hartt, Andrea Howard, Tony Longo

Synopsis: This unfunny attempt at sexual comedy looks at the adventures of five different couples spending one night in a cheap motel. A 300-pound fullback is still a virgin and will be losing that distinction thanks to the hooker he has hired for the night, while a couple unfaithful to each other quibble Read More

Hungry i Reunion

Synopsis: During the 1950s and 1960s, San Francisco's hungry i nightclub (the lower case is not a mistake: that's how the name read on the club's outside wall) was a primary breeding ground for young and hungry comedy talent. The "i" is no longer in existence, but most of its more illustrious alumni are Read More

A Pleasure Doing Business

Synopsis: In this comedy, three middle-aged men renew their boyhood friendship at a stag party and hatch a crazy scheme that involves making money off of a luscious prostitute. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Sunshine Boys

Actors: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur

Synopsis: In this 1975 adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, director Herbert Ross presents the story of two old-time Vaudvillians played by Walter Matthau and George Burns in his first starring role since 1939's Honolulu. After decades apart, the cantankerous duo is persuaded to reunite for a television Read More

The Adding Machine

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Milo O'Shea, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin, Julian Glover

Synopsis: This satirical fantasy is based upon an Elmer Rice play from 1923. A hard-working office employee is rewarded for his years of slavish devotion to the company by getting fired just prior to retirement and being replaced with an adding machine. Now, with only his nagging wife waiting at home to add Read More

Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Joe Flynn, Eileen Wesson, Jeanette Nolan

Synopsis: After registering well in supporting roles in such Bob Hope farces as Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number and Eight on the Lam, raucous comedienne Phyllis Diller attempted to carry a picture all by herself. Alas, Did You Hear the One About the Travelling Saleslady? proved to be as bad as its title. Read More

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

Actors: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter, Gina Lollobrigida, Mylène Demongeot

Synopsis: O'Farrell (Bob Hope) is a navy sergeant who tries to boost the moral of the men by bringing in a shipment of beer. When the beer turns up missing, he calls an all-out search for the suds. In the process, O'Farrell captures a Japanese submarine single-handedly and tries to pilot the boat to safety. Phyllis Diller Read More

Mad Monster Party

Synopsis: The only theatrical feature from Rankin/Bass -- the outfit behind countless animated holiday TV specials including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman -- this quaint and colorful production pays amusing homage to nearly every movie monster in Universal's catalog, even to the Read More

Eight on the Lam

Actors: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Shirley Eaton, Jill St. John

Synopsis: In this comedy, a widower, his seven children, and their maid find themselves on the lam, after he is falsely accused of embezzling at the bank where he works. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Fat Spy

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Jack E. Leonard, Brian Donlevy, Johnny Tillotson, Jayne Mansfield

Synopsis: Joseph Cates (Who Killed Teddy Bear?) directed this insipid, widely reviled musical-comedy featuring heavyset comedian Jack E. Leonard in his leaden screen debut as twins Irving and Herman. The plot concerns some teenagers searching for treasure on a tropical island owned by a cosmetics tycoon Read More

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Actors: Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller, Cesare Danova, Marjorie Lord

Synopsis: Usually cited as the absolute nadir of Bob Hope's film career, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is by no means a classic, but it isn't nearly as bad as some of his other sixties efforts (take a look a Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell sometime). The plot is set in motion by movie sex bomb Elke Sommer Read More

Splendor in the Grass

Actors: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra Lampert

Synopsis: 1961's premiere "date" movie represented the screen debut of Warren Beatty. Set in the 1920s, William Inge's screenplay concerns the superheated romance between working-class high schooler Natalie Wood and rich kid Beatty. Trying their best to keep their relationship from going "all the way," Read More