STEVE BLUESTEIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/02/1980 - HFSID 270542
Price: $120.00
STEVE BLUESTEIN
ALS: "Steve/Bluestein.", 2 pages, 5x7¼, conjoining leaves. No place,
1980 September 2. To comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller. Begins:
"Dear Phyllis". In full: "Saw you last night on the Tonight
Show - you were wonderful. I laughed myself silly. Didn't know you liked
funny post cards. You may start expecting them from me. Phyllis, I have this
wonderfully funny idea. I would like to take you to Westwood on a
date.....dressed as the nun......I'll dress as a Hasidic rabbi. The look on
people's faces would be worth the effort. That's all for now! I love
you." Handwritten postscript: "P.S. I'm serious about the Westwood
date. I love stuff like that." Lightly creased with folds, not at signature.
Light paperclip impression and rust stain at upper margin of first page touches
one letter of writing. Fine condition. Accompanied by original mailing
envelope signed: "Bluestein" in return address, 5½x4. 15-cent stamp
affixed, postmarked Van Nuys, California, September 2, 1980. Addressed
by Bluestein to: "Phyllis Diller, 163 S. Rockingham Ave., L.A., Cal.
90049". Slightly creased. Two words of four-line return address at postmark.
Fine condition. With photocopy of Diller's reply, unsigned, 1 page,
8½x11. No place, 1980 September 5. On pictorial letterhead imprinted with
her name to "Dear Steve". In full: "Your idea about the nun
and the rabbi is wonderful! We MUST do it. I have sent your letter to my
publicist, Frank Liberman and as soon as we can we will implement it. Don't hold
your breath, though. I've left for a tour of Bermuda and the Southwest and
will be back for a facelift in December which makes us available for your
'stunt' in January. You know how fast time passes. It's really tomorrow. I'll
see you then and in the meantime, stay well and...make Mary LOVE".
Stand-up comedian STEVE BLUESTEIN, who was a writer for The Brady
Bunch Hour (1977), has appeared in comedy clubs in the Los Angeles area
and Las Vegas, and he has shared his comedic talents on such radio shows as
The Bob & Tom Show. Bluestein was seen in two feature films,
Cracking Up (1977) and Rabbit Test (1978), as well as the
made-for-TV movie, Perfect Gentlemen. While we could find no
information on whether or not the two comics pulled off the stunt mentioned in
this letter, both Bluestein and Diller can be heard on the five disc
compilation, The World's Greatest Stand-Up Comedy Collection, which
features performances from the Norm Crosby-hosted TV series, The Comedy
Shop, which ran from 1978-1983 (Diller is on disk one; Bluestein is on
disk 2). Comedienne PHYLLIS DILLER (1917-2012),
known for her outrageous appearance, zany outfits, distinctive laugh and a
stand-up act that featured frequent references to her fictional husband, "Fang",
and zingers about her sex appeal and numerous plastic surgeries, got her big
break in March 1955 (at age 37), when she debuted at San Francisco's Purple
Onion club. A subsequent appearance on The Tonight Show hosted by Jack
Paar launched her national career, which got a big boost after Bob Hope saw
Diller in a Washington, D.C. club. A favorite of the comedian, Diller would
appear in three of Hope's films and 23 of his TV specials. Diller, who
recorded her first comedy record album in 1959, took her groundbreaking "funny
hausfrau" act to nightclubs and television variety shows and specials and she
also appeared on the big screen. Her feature film credits include Splendor in
the Grass (1961), The Fat Spy (1966), Boy, Did I Get a Wrong
Number! (1966), The Sunshine Boys (1975) and The Silence of the
Hams (1994), and she provided the voice of the Queen in A Bug's Life
(1998). By 2000, the comedienne, who had trained as a concert pianist before her
marriage (1939-1965) to Sherwood Anderson Diller, had appeared as a piano
soloist with 100 symphony orchestras across the U.S. Despite retiring from
nightclub/stage tours in May 2002 at the age of 84, Diller continued to make
films (Motorcross Kids, 2004; Forget About It, 2005) and
occasionally appear on TV programs, including two episodes of 7th Heaven
(2002, 2003) and a guest shot on The Wayne Brady Show (2004). Lightly
creased. Light paperclip impression and stain at upper margin. Overall, fine
condition. Three items.
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