Phyllis Diller........San Francisco through and through.... Wiki--->>Diller began her career working at KROW radio in Oakland, California in 1952. In November of that year, she began filming a television show titled Phyllis Dillis, the Homely Friendmaker. The 15-minute series was a Bay Area Radio-Television production, directed for television by ABCs Jim Baker. In the mid-1950s, while residing in the East Bay city of Alameda, California, Diller was employed at KSFO radio in San Francisco. Bill Anderson wrote and produced a television show at KGO-TV called Pop Club, which was hosted by Don Sherwood. Pop Club was a live half-hour show that combined playing records with experts rating them, and dancing girls encouraging audience participation. The show was an early advertisement for Belfast Root Beer, the shows main sponsor, later known as Mug Root Beer. Anderson invited her onto his show on April 23, 1955, as a vocalist. Diller first appeared as a stand-up at The Purple Onion in San Francisco on March 7, 1955, and remained there for 87 straight weeks. https://youtube/watch?v=YnzT46uTQ0s
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