Last week, comedian Phyllis Diller died at the age of 95. But "[w]hat's the lesson of her life, for us?" asks comedian Jeremy Owens. "Phyllis Diller proves, at least for me, that you can teach an old dog new tricks. You can start a stand-up career when you’re almost 40; you get to have your second act. If you’re lucky and live to be 95 you might even get a third, fourth or fifth. So I ask you, what is it you really want to do? Why don’t you go do it." Read an excerpt below or listen above:
“Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run,” at least according to Phyllis Diller. Long before Joan Rivers asked if we could talk and Chelsea Handler sexed it up like a frat boy, there was Phyllis. She created the mold for self-deprecating female comics and did it in an age where women were to be seen and not heard.
- Angel Busque’s Eggroll Invitational: Chicago is a stand-up comedy show where the proceeds will go to benefit the Lupus Foundation of America. Busque died in June from lupus; this performance is on September 20 and will feature comedians like James Fritz, Mike Lebovitz, CJ Sullivan, Sean Flannery and Chad Briggs, and will be hosted by the Puterbaugh Sisterz. Comedian Mike Bobbitt 
No, this story isn't what you think it is i.e. it's not about anti-semitism in Hungary (though, on a grand level, it is a little bit). It's about the anti-semitic behavior of one person, and the hypocrisy that came with it. Director and dramaturg Kelly Kerwin spins the story of a man who escaped the notice of much of the U.S. press, but hasn't been so lucky in his native country. Read an excerpt below or listen above:
