Woopie said that Moms Mabley was making $10,000 a week back in the 60s. That is Ten Thousand Dollars a Week for an african american woman in the nineteen sixties. Bravo Moms Mobley
I'm from Russia and I'm ashamed I'd never heard of Moms Mabley before I watched The Marvellous Mrs. Maizel. But after I did I went to listen her original material and she is a goddess! She is so brilliant! Totally love her lines and performance.
Don't be ashamed, most American's under 50 haven't heard of her either. I stumbled on to her about 30-years ago by accident and have been a fan since. Absolute genius and a very interesting back story.
I was also a child and I remember her so well and she made a lasting impression. I still remember some of her one-liners. She was talking about some old coot and how bad he was and she said, Mom shouldn't be talking bad about people, well, he's dead! Everyone laughed so hard! I never forgot that one!
+dorothy montgomery hampton this is from back in the day when a comic could make a person laugh without all the vulgarity..the style of humor made the audience think for themselves, get the punchline and laugh on their own..today, all you gotta do is sit back and try to stay awake!...
older than his birthday!!! I actually saw this as a child, and hadn't remembered until 1:18!!!! OMG love it!!! Thanks Moms. First of her name, mother of punchlines, Queen of the Vaudville and first acts! long may she reign.
PRICELESS, No disrespect, to the talented, ladies of comedy today.......However, in my own humble opinion, the late, Mom' s Mabley was/ is.......The Queen of Comedy !! I remember seeing her on 📺 as a young child.She made me laugh then( yes as a child) and this Priceless Video, as I. just watched , ( now as an adult, made me laugh even more) God Bless , you, for posting this and thank you so much, for taking me down memory lane✨✨" Older than his birthday"😂😂😂😂
I love this woman, my mother use to but her records for us when we were young. And every day we all would sit on the front porch and listen to mom's mably..this song of doing it his way has got to be one of the most touching tributes of her life..I am in tears, she found Jesus.
I bet she would have been a great addition to "Sanford and Son", as Fred's mom (since, in real life, she had four children around the same age as Redd Foxx).
Interesting idea -- She died in 1975; she could have been on the show. Redd Foxx had a very high esteem for the Black entertainers of his own and earlier generations, and he often got them on (e.g., B.B. King, Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Ruth Brown); I wonder why he never tried to get her?
Most don't know that Moms was a singer early in her career.. Every Black female comedian in America should get on their knees every morning and THANK MOMS MABLEY!!!!!!!
Mom's old man said, "When I die, I gonna come back and scratch yo eyes out." Mom's said, " When he dies, I gonna have him buried face down. The more he scratches, the farther way he gets."😂😂😂😂
I hardly knew moms Mabley, I chose to write my first essay about mom"s Mabley and I received so much gratitude from my teacher and the people in my classroom. I feel very fortunate to have learned about the people who lived and survived by faith.
No she isn't 'actually considered the first official. Are people too lazy to look things up. She was an early stand comedienne, but most definitely not the first,nor official. There were many Jean Carroll, Belle Barth, Betty Walker, Sophie Tucker, Rusty Warren,etc.
@@josie7381 It has nothing to do with when someone started. It has to do with when they became known. And Moms Mabley didn't really get known till the 50s the same as all the others you mentioned. They all got to be somewhat known around the same time. And with all of them, all around the same decade what really got them notoriety was their record albums. That was what really got Mabley more known, same with Rusty Warren, etc. Carroll never got as known as the others as I don't think she made an album (maybe she did???). My main, and only point is when people use superlatives ie. the first official......ever.... I hate that, as there always were many. I used to listen to Moms Mabley, I loved her stuff. I'm not knocking her. I just hate the 'ultimate.....official......ever...greatest....labels, as it's all subjective. Yes even Mabley, as it doesn't have to do with how old she was,or when she started, they all became 'known' around the same time That's what matters
You've missed the point. There were so many vaudevillians, performers, clowns, comedians,etc. in those days, it's impossible to say who was the first female comedian. Or any kind of 'first' performer. If you want to believe that, that's fine. It doesn't make it fact. The bigger problem here is that you've turned it into a racial thing. Sorry that gets old. I know there is racism, but when you turn everything into a racial issue, it loses validity. It becomes paranoia, as in your case. So your thing is I'm trying to re write history specifically because Mabley was Black, and I don't want the first female comedienne to be a Black person/woman?!. Do you realize how paranoid, and ignorant that sounds. Sorry to use the word ignorant, but come on....that's your whole point?!. It's this paranoid conspiracy to re write history because she's Black????! For one, I didn't see others on here say the same thing, they're the ones that said she was the first official. It was just me that made the comment. If you want to turn that into a racial thing, or that I'm being racist by saying what I did, that's your problem. It never entered my mind. There was nothing 'beneath' the obvious reasons for what I said. It was exactly what I said, not just making one person as the 'official' anything. And also, it's impossible to know who was the 'first'. There wasn't exactly official records on stand up comedians on stage, in vaudeville,etc. during those days. How can you prove she was the very first? You can't. I think it's important to identify 'real' racial issues, but when you turn everything , like this into a racial thing, it's like the 'boy who cried wolf',and you start losing credibility. I can't believe you've turned this into a racial thing.
@@josie7381 There was a post,and thread some time ago, when Phyllis Diller died, saying she was the 'first' woman who opened doors for other female comediennes. I corrected them ,that there were many before her, and I listed Mableys, along with some of the others I mentioned. So I guess I was trying to rewrite history, so that it wasn't a white woman who was the first. The point is there was no first. Do you realize how many 'unknowns' there were, but they existed, both male and female performers, comedians,etc. I'd work on your paranoia. There is real racism out there, which is terrible. Address the real racism.
@@josie7381 You never mentioned white people/black people???? What do you call saying how people are trying to rewrite history whenever it's a person of color?????? What's that supposed to imply? Nice try twisting /changing what you said, but you said it. It's right there, can't get around it. You turned something that had zero to do with race, into a racial thing, by saying people are trying to rewrite history whenever it's a person of color. What part of that sentence am I assuming? Are you going to lie now,and say you didn't say that?
i was at my high school prom, got back into my mother's car with my date, and heard the news say that she had passed away. i listened to her growing up as a child, and she was absolutely halarious!
get over the cuss words bullshit. Grow up. And you're not seeing her use cuss words in clips like this as they were tv shows. Her onstage acts could be extremely foul.
I remember Moms Mabley very well -- saw her in all the variety shows of the era & the game shows that would have celebrities on. As a kid, I always thought she was so wild and crazy. So different from any other comic act.
..."Being married to an old man is like pushing a Cadillac uphill...with a rope!" OMG....that is classic! They sure don't make 'em like her anymore....
Thank you for posting this. She was terrific and brought a smile and laughter to everyone who saw her perform on TV and in person regardless of their color, status or political affiliation. If we’re ever feeling down and out we have to think of her.
I really enjoyed her comedy!!! I remember her from the 60's to the 80's!!! She reminded me of my parent's joke's we had lot's of laugh's in our home!!! Praise the lord & God bless!!!😊🙏🏾
Moms was one celebrity I clearly remember from my boyhood. I saw her dozens of times and she was so unique you couldn't forget her and hopefully the world never will.
Because she cursed on the old "Chitlin Circuit" that most Black performers play on before the mid to late 1950's due to segregation. Plus her early albums were all party albums. The same for most early Black comics like Redd Foxx, N ipsy Russell, Dolemite, etc.
I am so glad to see this video of Mom's Mabley!! I remember watching her on the Ed Sullivan show when I was a kid.. Bless her heart, she made my parents laugh and I laughed too! She was the best stand up comedian back in the days gone by!!
wow!! i loved her awesome testimony at the end! i don't remember this comedian, but now i am going to watch more videos. she's a beautiful lady and God i wish more people these days would humble themselves and realize that they have nothing without God, and He is the reason for all blessings. Do it HIS way!! Thanks, Moms, you are correct in praising Him!
@@martinwoyzeck2634 - You call others nasty names over what you say is not even there? That's rich. You're quite the prideful, arrogant one, aren't you? Sorry to rock your world, but there very much so IS a God, and in a VERY short time, Jesus Christ is coming in the clouds for those of us who are His and who love Him. You may think you're wise, but Jesus Christ is going to show you otherwise.. 'A *FOOL" says in his heart, there is no God".
LOVED this! Thanks 4 posting! My 2 cents worth of trivia about "Moms": Born Loretta Mary Aiken on March 19, 1894 in Transylvania County, North Carolina, she was one of 16 children. At 11, her father, a volunteer fireman, was killed when a fire engine exploded, leaving her mother to support the family. Befroe she was 15, her mother had been killed by a truck while coming home from church on Christmas Day, she'd been raped twice and given two children up for adoption, and she'd run away to Cleveland, OH to join a traveling vaudeville show. At 27, she came out as a lesbian -- what was THAT like in 1931?? -- and in later years, she was a handsome, stylish and well-dressed woman OFFstage who'd gladly slap on a housedress and spit out her false teeth to become "Moms." Totally trivial question: hear the woman in the audience with the very loud, high-pitched laugh? Check out the YT clip of Moms titled "Everybody's Crazy" and it sounds like the same woman was in THAT (non-Sullivan Show) audience as well. Was it a friend, family member, "significant other" ... or maybe just a devoted fan?
She must be one of the most successful African-American women of the 20th century -- she worked steadily as an entertainer from the 1920s on, earned $10,000 a week at her peak and, in 1962, even played Carnegie Hall! But perhaps just as amazing is that though Mabley was generally known as an X-rated comic (or, in show-biz speak, one who "worked blue"), a sour-faced prude like Ed Sullivan liked her so much he booked her on his show several times.
Thanks for Posting this. Comedy has history. History found here. The beauty of comedy is the sound of laughter never ages. While watching this video try not to smile. TRY....Thanks again.
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" He was so ugly, honest to goodness, he hurt my feelings. " What a great line! One of a kind, Moms.
There will never be another Mom’s Mabley she was a pure genius at heart
Back then all the neighbors didn't have a television so they would go from house to house and gather to watch this lady❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Just clean fun , everybody got along, showed so much Love.
A national treasure. Used to see her at the Apollo. God rest her soul.
This lady is truly historic. She could deliver a line like nobody else. ❤️❤️
Woopie said that Moms Mabley was making $10,000 a week back in the 60s. That is Ten Thousand Dollars a Week for an african american woman in the nineteen sixties. Bravo Moms Mobley
10,000 a week for anyone in the 60s. Not just black women. She was making more than most white men
I would guess that would be close to 100K today.
So just bcs woopie said it ,it's true....lol
Her name is Whoopie, not Woopie. $10,000 a week is ten thousand dollars a week for anyone.
@@franz909 Whoopie. Yes. It is true.
I'm from Russia and I'm ashamed I'd never heard of Moms Mabley before I watched The Marvellous Mrs. Maizel. But after I did I went to listen her original material and she is a goddess! She is so brilliant! Totally love her lines and performance.
Don't be ashamed, most American's under 50 haven't heard of her either. I stumbled on to her about 30-years ago by accident and have been a fan since. Absolute genius and a very interesting back story.
Absolutely priceless. Alan King said she was the greatest woman in comedy. Thank you so much for this.
I fondly remember Moms from seeing her on TV as a kid in the 60s. I had forgotten how funny this dear old soul truly was. RIP Moms.
You and I both.
I was also a child and I remember her so well and she made a lasting impression. I still remember some of her one-liners. She was talking about some old coot and how bad he was and she said, Mom shouldn't be talking bad about people, well, he's dead! Everyone laughed so hard! I never forgot that one!
@@gelwood99 "Everyone says you should only speak good of the dead.. he's dead.. good!!"
Right there with ya- we were too young for the humor- but we’re old enough now!
She did not curse one time and she was still FUNNY.
+dorothy montgomery hampton this is from back in the day when a comic could make a person laugh without all the vulgarity..the style of humor made the audience think for themselves, get the punchline and laugh on their own..today, all you gotta do is sit back and try to stay awake!...
+dorothy montgomery hampton Oh shut the fuck up.
Thank you! A different time and era! She was one of many from that era that were incredible!
hahaha
+Cierra Fasken good morning!!!
Thanks Whoopi and Howard! And especially Moms. Anyone else wanna say thanks?
Never has been and never will be another like her! She was very unique.
Start somewhere to spend time together and then you can get the memo
She has so many good one liners in here! He was so ugly he hurt my feelings!
+J.London I agree. That was classic!
I liked that one too .
He was older than his birthday.
that one's been stole
That one about killed me
Moms Mabley was such a force in my home growing up. Here was a black woman cleverly making fun of the establishment and still be hilarious.
I love it!!!
Amen
And totally clean about it.
older than his birthday!!! I actually saw this as a child, and hadn't remembered until 1:18!!!! OMG love it!!! Thanks Moms. First of her name, mother of punchlines, Queen of the Vaudville and first acts! long may she reign.
Ha!
Facts!
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Bernie Mac went to see her with his brother at the Regal in Chicago when he was 12.
Unsung Bernie Mac brought me here. 😜
Who cares?
@@F_And Wow!!!!!!!!
Bernie Mac
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Paved the way for many female stand up comic from Vaudville to tv and movies!!!
Debra Williams :j
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Yes indeed
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WOW THE THINGS WE WOULD HAVE MISSED IF NOT FOR CHANNELS LIKE THIS!!!
Not I LOL
@@walkertongdee damn your bio sounds interesting 😊 I'm from Philadelphia, this is as close to the jungle as I wanna get 😂
Hahaha
I have her
Live
The things we would’ve missed if not for CZcams, the greatest single repository of African American history!
Yes she is classic!
PRICELESS, No disrespect, to the talented, ladies of comedy today.......However, in my own humble opinion, the late, Mom' s Mabley was/ is.......The Queen of Comedy !! I remember seeing her on 📺 as a young child.She made me laugh then( yes as a child) and this Priceless Video, as I. just watched , ( now as an adult, made me laugh even more) God Bless , you, for posting this and thank you so much, for taking me down memory lane✨✨" Older than his birthday"😂😂😂😂
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Your ABSOLUTELY RIGHTZ
Truth
The 👑 Queen
Wanda Sykes did a lot of justice by her in “Meisel”
I love this woman, my mother use to but her records for us when we were young. And every day we all would sit on the front porch and listen to mom's mably..this song of doing it his way has got to be one of the most touching tributes of her life..I am in tears, she found Jesus.
Yes she did find jesus. Look at the joy in her face as she shows her commitment to Jesus. Love her and the song
she changed the world of funny more than anyone i know, except Richard... rip all thx for the memories
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@@QueenAnitaSoul moms mainly
Moms Was A Genius!!
Moms , you made the world a nicer place to live , bless your heart .
I bet she would have been a great addition to "Sanford and Son", as Fred's mom (since, in real life, she had four children around the same age as Redd Foxx).
Yes
Wow
Yes
Interesting idea -- She died in 1975; she could have been on the show. Redd Foxx had a very high esteem for the Black entertainers of his own and earlier generations, and he often got them on (e.g., B.B. King, Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Ruth Brown); I wonder why he never tried to get her?
I agree
Most don't know that Moms was a singer early in her career..
Every Black female comedian in America should get on their knees every morning and THANK MOMS MABLEY!!!!!!!
Why not every female instead of just black
Amen
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@@QueenAnitaSoul She opened doors and the white ones pushed through first. So it was all. She was before them all.
I so do remember MOMS, and I do love her still today...thank you CZcams for these golden memory's.
Ms. Mabley , ground breaking , A True Legend , and spoke with such HUMOR and Stories , shared with us just a moment , that was Priceless
Before Mo'nique and Sommore and Ms Laura Hayes and Adeal Givens and Lunell Mom's Mabley was the ORIGINAL Queen of comedy. RIP to a legend
Mom's old man said, "When I die, I gonna come back and scratch yo eyes out." Mom's said, " When he dies, I gonna have him buried face down. The more he scratches, the farther way he gets."😂😂😂😂
Love you Moms! Hope your spirit sees that we honor you today.
I hardly knew moms Mabley, I chose to write my first essay about mom"s Mabley and I received so much gratitude from my teacher and the people in my classroom. I feel very fortunate to have learned about the people who lived and survived by faith.
She is actually considered the first official female comedian ever.
No she isn't 'actually considered the first official.
Are people too lazy to look things up.
She was an early stand comedienne, but most definitely not the first,nor official.
There were many Jean Carroll, Belle Barth, Betty Walker, Sophie Tucker, Rusty Warren,etc.
@@josie7381 It has nothing to do with when someone started.
It has to do with when they became known.
And Moms Mabley didn't really get known till the 50s the same as all the others you mentioned. They all got to be somewhat known around the same time.
And with all of them, all around the same decade what really got them notoriety was their record albums. That was what really got Mabley more known, same with Rusty Warren, etc.
Carroll never got as known as the others as I don't think she made an album (maybe she did???).
My main, and only point is when people use superlatives ie. the first official......ever....
I hate that, as there always were many.
I used to listen to Moms Mabley, I loved her stuff. I'm not knocking her.
I just hate the 'ultimate.....official......ever...greatest....labels, as it's all subjective.
Yes even Mabley, as it doesn't have to do with how old she was,or when she started,
they all became 'known' around the same time
That's what matters
You've missed the point.
There were so many vaudevillians, performers, clowns, comedians,etc. in those days, it's impossible to say who was the first female comedian.
Or any kind of 'first' performer.
If you want to believe that, that's fine.
It doesn't make it fact.
The bigger problem here is that you've turned it into a racial thing.
Sorry that gets old.
I know there is racism, but when you turn everything into a racial issue, it loses validity.
It becomes paranoia, as in your case.
So your thing is I'm trying to re write history specifically because Mabley was Black,
and I don't want the first female comedienne to be a Black person/woman?!.
Do you realize how paranoid, and ignorant that sounds.
Sorry to use the word ignorant, but come on....that's your whole point?!.
It's this paranoid conspiracy to re write history because she's Black????!
For one, I didn't see others on here say the same thing, they're the ones that said she was the first official.
It was just me that made the comment.
If you want to turn that into a racial thing, or that I'm being racist by saying what I did, that's your problem.
It never entered my mind.
There was nothing 'beneath' the obvious reasons for what I said.
It was exactly what I said, not just making one person as the 'official' anything.
And also, it's impossible to know who was the 'first'.
There wasn't exactly official records on stand up comedians on stage, in vaudeville,etc. during those days.
How can you prove she was the very first?
You can't.
I think it's important to identify 'real' racial issues, but when you turn everything ,
like this into a racial thing, it's like the 'boy who cried wolf',and you start losing credibility.
I can't believe you've turned this into a racial thing.
@@josie7381 There was a post,and thread some time ago, when Phyllis Diller died, saying she was the 'first' woman who opened doors for other female comediennes.
I corrected them ,that there were many before her, and I listed Mableys, along with some of the others I mentioned.
So I guess I was trying to rewrite history, so that it wasn't a white woman who was the first.
The point is there was no first.
Do you realize how many 'unknowns' there were, but they existed, both male and female performers, comedians,etc.
I'd work on your paranoia.
There is real racism out there, which is terrible.
Address the real racism.
@@josie7381 You never mentioned white people/black people????
What do you call saying how people are trying to rewrite history whenever it's a person of color??????
What's that supposed to imply?
Nice try twisting /changing what you said, but you said it. It's right there, can't get around it.
You turned something that had zero to do with race, into a racial thing, by saying people are trying to rewrite history whenever it's a person of color.
What part of that sentence am I assuming?
Are you going to lie now,and say you didn't say that?
Mom's was known for writing all of her own material.....Kinda Rare!
Not really.. Most serious comedians and musicians write their own stuff.
Cliche Guevara most comedians where?
Cliche Guevara comics buy and steal jokes from each other all the time
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I have a LP record by her.
EVERY TIME I WATCH MOMS MABLY I FEEL MY MOM WHO PASSED LOVE ❤️ RIP🙏🙏🙏💝💝💝🦋😇😇🥰🦋🦋🥰🥰💫💫💫💥
Thanks moms for paving the way for me! I loves ya!
She was and still is a legend!
just amazing, wonderful comedian. R.I.P.
i was at my high school prom, got back into my mother's car with my date, and heard the news say that she had passed away. i listened to her growing up as a child, and she was absolutely halarious!
Back then everybody worked on the farm but this lady made their day after it was time to come home❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The best comedienne ever! no female could compete with her.
You have great taste!
Hello if u loved moms mabley please come see me on youtube as grandnma ReRe. if u laugh,like share comment and subscribe. thank you and god bless
Ok I'll check it out!
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Moms Mabley did it her way. Thanks for making us laugh.
You have to smile when watching Moms do her thing :) :) :)
+alworkedup sweet as she can be...
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I remember when this aired. My grandmother & great grandmother always watched Sullivan with us.
That Old Lady Style Voice Is LEGENDARY!
I did get to have the honor of seeing her on television shows LIVE. Thank God for live TV in 60/70's.
simply a legend.
'Somebody gotta die, cuz I can't take much more o' this!'
'how old are you, pops?'
he said '91'
'Ain't no need in you goin' home!'
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She is so cool. Thanks for sharing. God Bless ❤.
You're all right, not one
cuss word , just good
clean funny jokes. She
can't get thru a line herself
without laughing. Luv it.
Cherry Rose Wash so cursing in comedy is not clean?
+DamnYou22Times I think she's saying you don't have to be foul to be funny
The thing is, Moms could tell a dirty joke (and they were hilarious), but comedians back then knew when to turn it on and off.
She worked blue in small clubs. She was hilarious!
get over the cuss words bullshit. Grow up. And you're not seeing her use cuss words in clips like this as they were tv shows. Her onstage acts could be extremely foul.
I love how Moms takes her time talking :) :) :)
alworkedup true, she had incredible timing.
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yep i love that to
not having dentures CAN slow you down
I remember Moms Mabley very well -- saw her in all the variety shows of the era & the game shows that would have celebrities on. As a kid, I always thought she was so wild and crazy. So different from any other comic act.
Her and phyillis diller..
She's made so many people happyin her life time
She is so funny thanks for sharing...Just discovered her.
This is TALENT for all times / Thank you so much
Oh my gosh haven’t seen moms Mabley in so long. Just loved her .
Come on BET make a movie about this woman.... I remember seeing her on Ed Sullivan....
I remember Mom's Mabley from when I was a teen and we listened to her albums as well as other comedians like Richard Pryor, and others.
Can I get back to Moms Mabley she is the best she don't have to cuss to make you laugh my baby was ahead of her time
..."Being married to an old man is like pushing a Cadillac uphill...with a rope!" OMG....that is classic! They sure don't make 'em like her anymore....
They sure don't
My parents listened to Mom's Mabley records all the time. Glad I got to grow up with her comedy. Made me appreciate it from a young age.
We need more like her. It would make the world a better place again. God bless Moms!
Thank you for posting this. She was terrific and brought a smile and laughter to everyone who saw her perform on TV and in person regardless of their color, status or political affiliation. If we’re ever feeling down and out we have to think of her.
I really enjoyed her comedy!!! I remember her from the 60's to the 80's!!! She reminded me of my parent's joke's we had lot's of laugh's in our home!!! Praise the lord & God bless!!!😊🙏🏾
We are democrats, when we don't have;we're Republicans, when we have;this guy who said he has a second thought on everything,he's a wise guy.🤨
She died in 1975.
~ Oh Calcutta, HAIR, and Moms Mabley R.I.P. The 1960s were so fun in spite of Vietnam etc. Thanks for sharing this video, Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
She's real and I love her and one of God's blessings she was she was beautiful from the inside and the outside
The ending is just the best. I remember her from TV talk/variety shows back in the 60s & 70s.
I always remember her saying ( can't no old man do anything for me, he can't do anything for himself.) Lol I really loved listening to her.
Thank you Marvelous Mrs Maisel for introducing me Moms Mabley!
You know your old when you remember this lady. OMG
My Mom & Your Mom. Love Ya Moms. Glad You Did It HIs Way. Cya At The Big Show.
She had one where she said, "His shadow weighed more than he did."
Thanks for sharing this video! I remember Moms Mabley on tv when I was a kid. She's one of the greatest stand-up comediennes I've ever seen!
Moms was one celebrity I clearly remember from my boyhood. I saw her dozens of times and she was so unique you couldn't forget her and hopefully the world never will.
I had a couple of her records in the '60s. Thanks for the upload. RIP Moms.
If you've ever watched Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor movies, Grandma Klump is Eddie's homage to this very lady.
I came here because I read Grandma Klump was basically Murphy doing an impression of her.
Really? Then why does Murphy constantly curse like a son of the devil?
Because she cursed on the old "Chitlin Circuit" that most Black performers play on before the mid to late 1950's due to segregation. Plus her early albums were all party albums. The same for most early Black comics like Redd Foxx, N ipsy Russell, Dolemite, etc.
@@markriley5784 What are you talking about Mabley used to tell the dirtiest jokes ever.
Are you a little baby can't take dirty words.
Did Murphy it was his homage to her, or are you saying that/making that up . Big difference
I grew up on Mom's records in the 1960s. Classic then, classic now! Love you, Moms.
I love to watch comedy videos as a way to wind down from work. I’m going to look for more of hers. She’s hilarious.
Oh God I'm dyin. Bless her heart.
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I'm in tears! The funniest comedienne whom I have ever viewed.
I had a duo with Danny Swain, and we opened for Moms in uptown Manhattan in 1970. She was FUNNY!
Thank you for this upload.... cried and laughed at the same time
I love Moms! She reminds me so much of my Momma!
Moms is everybody's momma.
The Cat Ate My Shoe Same for me.
The Cat Ate My Shoe yes
The Cat Ate My Shoe
She was the best!
I am so glad to see this video of Mom's Mabley!! I remember watching her on the Ed Sullivan show when I was a kid.. Bless her heart, she made my parents laugh and I laughed too! She was the best stand up comedian back in the days gone by!!
That's awesome! Thanks for posting this.
wow!! i loved her awesome testimony at the end! i don't remember this comedian, but now i am going to watch more videos. she's a beautiful lady and God i wish more people these days would humble themselves and realize that they have nothing without God, and He is the reason for all blessings. Do it HIS way!! Thanks, Moms, you are correct in praising Him!
There is no god, you christain moron.
@@martinwoyzeck2634 - You call others nasty names over what you say is not even there? That's rich.
You're quite the prideful, arrogant one, aren't you? Sorry to rock your world, but there very much so IS a God, and in a VERY short time, Jesus Christ is coming in the clouds for those of us who are His and who love Him. You may think you're wise, but Jesus Christ is going to show you otherwise.. 'A *FOOL" says in his heart, there is no God".
I use to love Moms Mabley!
Rip mama we miss u 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I am going to share this video on my Facebook page, because I was fully touched by her concluding song. Thanks for sharing.
I'm young but i still love this lady for her honest comedy.
I still love moms
I was worried the humor from then wouldn’t translate to today, but she is still hilarious. I’m crying.
Thank you so much for sharing I really enjoyed this video 7/9/2019
LOVED this! Thanks 4 posting! My 2 cents worth of trivia about "Moms":
Born Loretta Mary Aiken on March 19, 1894 in Transylvania County, North Carolina, she was one of 16 children. At 11, her father, a volunteer fireman, was killed when a fire engine exploded, leaving her mother to support the family. Befroe she was 15, her mother had been killed by a truck while coming home from church on Christmas Day, she'd been raped twice and given two children up for adoption, and she'd run away to Cleveland, OH to join a traveling vaudeville show.
At 27, she came out as a lesbian -- what was THAT like in 1931?? -- and in later years, she was a handsome, stylish and well-dressed woman OFFstage who'd gladly slap on a housedress and spit out her false teeth to become "Moms."
Totally trivial question: hear the woman in the audience with the very loud, high-pitched laugh? Check out the YT clip of Moms titled "Everybody's Crazy" and it sounds like the same woman was in THAT (non-Sullivan Show) audience as well. Was it a friend, family member, "significant other" ... or maybe just a devoted fan?
She must be one of the most successful African-American women of the 20th century -- she worked steadily as an entertainer from the 1920s on, earned $10,000 a week at her peak and, in 1962, even played Carnegie Hall!
But perhaps just as amazing is that though Mabley was generally known as an X-rated comic (or, in show-biz speak, one who "worked blue"), a sour-faced prude like Ed Sullivan liked her so much he booked her on his show several times.
Correction: Mabley was 27 in 1921, not 1931. (Doh!)
Why are you posting her entire history, it's the same as in the vid clip?
Thanks to the Ed Sullivan show we saw many talented people on Sunday nights.
Wow!!! She is so Amazing!
Lost my grandmother a year ago and she reminds me of our so much😢😢
The neighbors back then and my grandparents used to laugh at this lady on Tuesday cry❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love you moms you the best
Love Moms so much.
She's up there with Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, etc. Legendary comedienne.
Actually it's the other way around; they are up there with Moms. 😉
Dave Chappell not dead yet!
Wow! I hadn't thought of this lady since I was a teenager.
Thanks for Posting this. Comedy has history. History found here. The beauty of comedy is the sound of laughter never ages. While watching this video try not to smile. TRY....Thanks again.
LOVE!-!-!