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Transcribing Phyllis Diller’s Gag File Of Jokes

by K. Gitter

Published March 11, 2017

Transcribing Phyllis Diller's Gag File Of Jokes

Phyllis Diller kept Americans in stitches throughout her five-decade-long career in comedy, lampooning famous people, fads, family—and that is just one drawer. She kept all of her jokes meticulously organized in her “gag file,” a large card catalog with 51 drawers standing over 4 feet tall. We’re giving you a chance to peek inside Diller’s gag file before anyone else, to help us transcribe these pieces of American history. But how did these jokes end up at the museum?

Source: Smithsonian – The National Museum Of American History

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