Script for Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This leather-bound script is Phyllis Diller’s copy from the 1968 movie Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? that starred Phyllis Diller with Bob Denver and Joe Flynn. Set in small-town Missouri, the story follows the main character Agatha Knabenshu (played by Phyllis Diller) and the chaos she creates with her new friend Bertram Webb (played by Bob Denver) as well as their misadventures in sales.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date made: 1967
• executive producer: Montague, Edward J.
• author: Rose, S. I.
• associated institution: California Bookbinding Company
• maker: Diller, Phyllis
• Object Name: Script, Bound
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 11 1/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 28.2575 cm x 21.59 cm x 1.27 cm
• place made: United States: California, Los Angeles
• Subject: Comedy
• Subject: Movie
• Subject: Motion Pictures
• ID Number: 2003.0289.37
• accession number: 2003.0289
• catalog number: 2003.0289.37
• Credit Line: Gift of Phyllis Diller
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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