Painterly smoking cigar resting on a red silk cushion in warm light.

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Phyllis Diller

Living in Hollywood is like living in a lit cigar butt.

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Our interpretation.

Diller says living in Hollywood feels like being inside a lit cigar butt. It's smoky, stale and burnt down to the end. The joke works by making a famously glamorous town sound ugly and unpleasant.

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