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Phyllis Schlafly
Credit Group,
Portrayed By
uncredited
Herself (archive sound)
Also Known As Phyllis Stewart Schlafly
Born August 15, 1924
Died September 5, 2016
First Appearance Marvelous Radio
Last Appearance Marvelous Radio

Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly was a Conservative anti-feminist politician. Archive sound of one of her speeches appears in an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.


Biography

S3E7 - After a successful recording, Dickie and Irene ask Midge and Johnny to come in the following evening for a live spot for Phyllis Schlafly.

S3E7 - At Chaim’s bris, Abe learns that Midge will be representing Phyllis Schlafly, and advises her to be careful how she uses her voice as a performer.

S3E7 - Having learned of Phyllis Schlafly's horrifying views, Midge decides at the last minute to back out of performing the live spot for her, much to the chagrin of her co-star Johnny, the recording engineers Dickie and Irene, her manager Susie, and the Schlafly representative Roy. In a desperate scramble, Susie steps in and tries to do the ad in Midge's stead, but soon she too finds herself horrified and stops, leading Irene to rush up and finish it off, despite her own objections. Roy storms off, enraged.

Quotes & Dialogue

ABE: Phyllis Schlafly?
MIDGE: Yeah. She's a woman. She's running for something or other.
ABE: Congress. In Illinois.
MIDGE: You know her?
ABE: Of course I do. I've been published in The New York Times. This is not a good woman.
MIDGE: How so?
ABE: She's a right-wing nutjob. She's come out against Nixon.
MIDGE: Great. We don't like Nixon.
ABE: Because she thinks he's too left-wing.
MIDGE: That doesn't sound real.
ABE: She also said that Eisenhower only got in office because of “secret kingmakers” in New York. I'm not sure if you know what ethnicity she's referring to with the words “kingmakers” and “New York,” but one of them just got part of his penis cut off.
MIDGE: Well, then she's an idiot.
ABE: She's not. That's what makes her dangerous. This is who you're doing a commercial for?
MIDGE: Well… It's a paycheck.
ABE: Okay. (sighs) If you're going to have a voice, you'd better be careful what that voice says.
– S3E7
PHYLLIS: “With God on our side, this country will prevail against the tides of the Soviet threat.”
– S3E7
MIDGE: I can't do this. This woman, this Schlafly woman - she's awful. I stopped by the library. I looked her up. She is racist and sexist and she uses way too much hairspray. I don't want to speak for her.
– S3E7

Appearances

Season 3

  1. Marvelous Radio (uncredited) (archive sound)

See Also

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