An "Attaboy" from Phyllis Diller

Reblogged from Phyllis Diller and wine:

As I was thinking about Phyllis Diller -- today is the one year anniversary of her death -- something funny occurred to me. No, not one of her jokes, I mean something odd about working for her.

I learned about it one day shortly after soon after I went to work for her. I did something unexpected and Karen -- Phyllis's wardrobe mistress -- said, "that's worth an attaboy." "Huh?" "An attaboy." "What are you talking about?" I asked with just a hint of exasp...