A Menopausal Moment..

Hello darlings! Being in the throes of menopause has inspired me to start a weekly series of YouTube videos entitled...YOUR MENOPAUSAL MOMENT...here's the first installment!

If you're wondering about the dark glasses, it's because my eyes were slightly bloodshot from all that darn medical marijuana! Next time, I'll have some coping tips especially for you gentlemen out there, so be sure to tune in! Mwahh!

The Full Phyllis

It's been six months now since we've lost one of my absolute idols...Phyllis Diller...someone who's always been on my list of 'people living-or-dead I'd like to have over for dinner', and still is! And not just for her pretty face, bad wig and infectious cackle...but because she's a comedy pioneer, a legend and just an amazing person all the way around!

So, if you love her too, and you have an hour to spare, I suggest you take that time to watch this HBO special from 1977! The hilarious Miss Diller pulls out all the stops on this one...not only do you get to hear all her favorite gags, but she also performs two piano pieces at the end of the program! I loved it from start to finish, and I know you will, too! Enjoy, darlings!

Knockers Up!

My pal Sam sure gives good gifts! The other day he gave me copies of two albums by a favorite comedienne of his from the 60's...a naughty-but-nice gal named Rusty Warren. I hadn't heard of Rusty before...surprisingly enough!...but this is what TIME magazine was saying about her back in the day...

"Comedians often specialize. Some toy with national politics, others with the race problem. Rusty Warren's field is sexual intercourse. A squarely constructed redheaded woman in her middle 30s, with the hoarse voice and hearty manner of a call-house madam, she talks about sex in clear, unsubtle terms. Her joke vocabulary is full of colons and ova. She discusses sexual failures, makes fun of women with abnormally small chest development, and moves from person to person in her audiences making clever references to the probable size of their genitalia. Some of her words are pretty old Collegiate Gothic, like horny and poontang. And she is billed as The Knockers Up Girl."

And I've gotta tell ya, I've been having so much fun listening to her albums Sin-Sational ...



...and In Orbit...

Maybe not quite as shocking today as in the 60s, but dirty talk and bawdy songs just never seem to go out of style, do they?

Star of the Week

Who's this week's star? My favorite comical queen of burlesque...she performed with the Ziegfeld Follies for more than twenty years! Born in New York...died in Hollywood...oy! I should be so lucky! Anyway, I'm so glad I found her star ~ she is truly one of my all-time idols! Watch this video and you'll see why I adore Miss Fanny Brice!

It's Betty Buy Time!

Oh, the things I've been doing in my glamorous gown! I must apologize, my friends...I realize I never updated you on it's progress, and I'm sure you were simply sleepless wondering what became of it! Well, you'll be happy to know, it did make it to Hollywood, and, although it wasn't perfect, it passed muster and I wore it to the premiere party for A Wink and A Smile, held at the fabulously naughty boutique, Coco de Mer on Melrose in LA! It looked great and I admit, I received a compliment or two...isn't that fun? After all the trouble I had making it...some frustrating shit, lemme tell ya...it turned out to be a wonder of a dress! The material was virtually wrinkle-free and traveled beautifully, even folded sloppily in my suitcase. So I'm willing to forget our differences and move on...which brings me to this epistle...

That very glamorous gown was worn last night at the 4th Annual Belltown Pageant! I was lucky enough to be one of the competitors, matched against rivals like my pal EmpeROAR Fabulous! Yes, friends, it was a haven of hilarity at the historic Rendezvous JewelBox Theatre in Belltown (that's Belltown in Seattle, folks, in case you didn't guess.) Anyway, what a bunch'a nuts! Mayhem ensued. Partying in the green room got out of control! Meanwhile, I *brewed up* my version of that old Sammy Davis Jr. favorite, *I Gotta Be Me*...my version, of course, is *I Gotta Drink Tea*...and I brewed the perfect cup of tea in hand while performing! It was a crowd pleaser, for sure, but I didn't win...I know, I know...However! I did get second place, and took home a snazzy silver beauty queen trophy, cash and prizes...I couldn't be happier! So, somebody resurrect Bert Parks, because...here she is...Miss Betty Buy Time!