Jackie " Moms " Mabley performs live 1969

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  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan Рік тому +50

    " He was so ugly, honest to goodness, he hurt my feelings. " What a great line! One of a kind, Moms.

  • @frederickburrell3603
    @frederickburrell3603 3 роки тому +89

    There will never be another Mom’s Mabley she was a pure genius at heart

  • @rubymcnair2974
    @rubymcnair2974 3 місяці тому +7

    Back then all the neighbors didn't have a television so they would go from house to house and gather to watch this lady❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @oceanebrieze2050
    @oceanebrieze2050 6 років тому +68

    A national treasure. Used to see her at the Apollo. God rest her soul.

  • @iMockingbird
    @iMockingbird 4 роки тому +74

    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.

    • @chrisneumann4202
      @chrisneumann4202 Рік тому +5

      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.

  • @timothybrown6988
    @timothybrown6988 Рік тому +25

    This lady is truly historic. She could deliver a line like nobody else. ❤️❤️

  • @janmoore73
    @janmoore73 10 років тому +739

    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

    • @MzShugr
      @MzShugr 9 років тому +53

      10,000 a week for anyone in the 60s. Not just black women. She was making more than most white men

    • @mylesjs5326
      @mylesjs5326 7 років тому +17

      I would guess that would be close to 100K today.

    • @franz909
      @franz909 7 років тому +16

      So just bcs woopie said it ,it's true....lol

    • @Michelle-pn9xt
      @Michelle-pn9xt 5 років тому +13

      Her name is Whoopie, not Woopie. $10,000 a week is ten thousand dollars a week for anyone.

    • @Michelle-pn9xt
      @Michelle-pn9xt 5 років тому +5

      @@franz909 Whoopie. Yes. It is true.

  • @tonymazz9912
    @tonymazz9912 2 роки тому +25

    Absolutely priceless. Alan King said she was the greatest woman in comedy. Thank you so much for this.

  • @scottmatheson2390
    @scottmatheson2390 7 років тому +84

    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.

    • @crmbaker
      @crmbaker 5 років тому +1

      You and I both.

    • @gelwood99
      @gelwood99 3 роки тому +1

      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!

    • @andrewclayterman6230
      @andrewclayterman6230 2 роки тому +1

      @@gelwood99 "Everyone says you should only speak good of the dead.. he's dead.. good!!"

    • @christinecollins6648
      @christinecollins6648 Рік тому +2

      Right there with ya- we were too young for the humor- but we’re old enough now!

  • @bartbarton3082
    @bartbarton3082 4 місяці тому +5

    Moms , you made the world a nicer place to live , bless your heart .

  • @dorothymontgomeryhampton9226
    @dorothymontgomeryhampton9226 8 років тому +672

    She did not curse one time and she was still FUNNY.

    • @dannyhill8797
      @dannyhill8797 8 років тому +15

      +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!...

    • @guitarpop
      @guitarpop 8 років тому +7

      +dorothy montgomery hampton Oh shut the fuck up.

    • @badcoach2000
      @badcoach2000 8 років тому +16

      Thank you! A different time and era! She was one of many from that era that were incredible!

    • @cierrafasken7849
      @cierrafasken7849 7 років тому +8

      hahaha

    • @chanceschublaq8414
      @chanceschublaq8414 7 років тому +1

      +Cierra Fasken good morning!!!

  • @JL0ndon
    @JL0ndon 9 років тому +365

    She has so many good one liners in here! He was so ugly he hurt my feelings!

  • @tbeautifulmelodies9820
    @tbeautifulmelodies9820 8 років тому +245

    Bernie Mac went to see her with his brother at the Regal in Chicago when he was 12.

  • @kirkbokiluis1985
    @kirkbokiluis1985 9 років тому +262

    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.

  • @emily-crawford-soprano9181
    @emily-crawford-soprano9181 8 років тому +201

    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.

  • @beverlyboo9075
    @beverlyboo9075 5 років тому +20

    Never has been and never will be another like her! She was very unique.

    • @stevewoodson4635
      @stevewoodson4635 4 роки тому

      Start somewhere to spend time together and then you can get the memo

  • @user-dg8lb4vd2w
    @user-dg8lb4vd2w 10 років тому +354

    WOW THE THINGS WE WOULD HAVE MISSED IF NOT FOR CHANNELS LIKE THIS!!!

    • @walkertongdee
      @walkertongdee 5 років тому +2

      Not I LOL

    • @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433
      @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 5 років тому +2

      @@walkertongdee damn your bio sounds interesting 😊 I'm from Philadelphia, this is as close to the jungle as I wanna get 😂

    • @QueenAnitaSoul
      @QueenAnitaSoul 4 роки тому +2

      Hahaha
      I have her
      Live

    • @94110mission
      @94110mission 4 роки тому +2

      The things we would’ve missed if not for UA-cam, the greatest single repository of African American history!

    • @carolnahigian9518
      @carolnahigian9518 3 роки тому +2

      Yes she is classic!

  • @debrawilliams7983
    @debrawilliams7983 8 років тому +260

    Paved the way for many female stand up comic from Vaudville to tv and movies!!!

  • @borbetomagus
    @borbetomagus 7 років тому +70

    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).

    • @adriennerobinson1180
      @adriennerobinson1180 5 років тому +2

      Yes

    • @QueenAnitaSoul
      @QueenAnitaSoul 4 роки тому +3

      Wow
      Yes

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo 4 роки тому +4

      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?

    • @LoveGodOutloud
      @LoveGodOutloud 2 роки тому

      I agree

  • @lindalyte354
    @lindalyte354 6 років тому +172

    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"😂😂😂😂

  • @billedwards2603
    @billedwards2603 8 років тому +108

    she changed the world of funny more than anyone i know, except Richard... rip all thx for the memories

  • @cherylmasson6250
    @cherylmasson6250 4 роки тому +8

    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.

    • @murielsaunders397
      @murielsaunders397 5 місяців тому +1

      Yes she did find jesus. Look at the joy in her face as she shows her commitment to Jesus. Love her and the song

  • @frederickdouglassharrison4183
    @frederickdouglassharrison4183 10 років тому +20

    I so do remember MOMS, and I do love her still today...thank you UA-cam for these golden memory's.

  • @chraffis
    @chraffis 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks Whoopi and Howard! And especially Moms. Anyone else wanna say thanks?

  • @marcustrice3246
    @marcustrice3246 4 роки тому +7

    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

  • @Bfoots1952
    @Bfoots1952 4 роки тому +28

    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."😂😂😂😂

  • @CastleCritters
    @CastleCritters 2 роки тому +6

    Ms. Mabley , ground breaking , A True Legend , and spoke with such HUMOR and Stories , shared with us just a moment , that was Priceless

  • @PRODUCEDBYKEV
    @PRODUCEDBYKEV 3 роки тому +2

    I remember when this aired. My grandmother & great grandmother always watched Sullivan with us.

  • @basilshahid2905
    @basilshahid2905 6 років тому +51

    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!!!!!!!

    • @pierretoussaint8426
      @pierretoussaint8426 5 років тому +1

      Why not every female instead of just black

    • @QueenAnitaSoul
      @QueenAnitaSoul 4 роки тому +1

      Amen

    • @QueenAnitaSoul
      @QueenAnitaSoul 4 роки тому +2

      @@pierretoussaint8426
      Because
      It"s
      The Truth
      For
      Black Folks
      She Opened Doors
      What"s
      The Problem With Saying
      Black ?

    • @nora22000
      @nora22000 4 роки тому +1

      @@QueenAnitaSoul She opened doors and the white ones pushed through first. So it was all. She was before them all.

  • @brendaallent8771
    @brendaallent8771 3 роки тому +3

    EVERY TIME I WATCH MOMS MABLY I FEEL MY MOM WHO PASSED LOVE ❤️ RIP🙏🙏🙏💝💝💝🦋😇😇🥰🦋🦋🥰🥰💫💫💫💥

  • @jmtruesdale2868
    @jmtruesdale2868 5 років тому +10

    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.

  • @kadmonzohar2
    @kadmonzohar2 7 років тому +521

    She is actually considered the first official female comedian ever.

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +35

      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.

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +3

      @@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

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +6

      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.

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому

      @@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.

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +2

      @@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?

  • @tinapbutler
    @tinapbutler 9 років тому +110

    Moms Was A Genius!!

  • @djs2356
    @djs2356 7 років тому +298

    Mom's was known for writing all of her own material.....Kinda Rare!

  • @livviebrundle
    @livviebrundle 10 років тому +121

    '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!'

  • @rubymcnair2974
    @rubymcnair2974 3 місяці тому +2

    Back then everybody worked on the farm but this lady made their day after it was time to come home❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @GrandmaReReReborn
    @GrandmaReReReborn 10 років тому +53

    Thanks moms for paving the way for me! I loves ya!

    • @amberdiva9365
      @amberdiva9365 10 років тому +9

      She was and still is a legend!

  • @chocolatediva19
    @chocolatediva19 10 років тому +150

    The best comedienne ever! no female could compete with her.

    • @AmberDiva79
      @AmberDiva79 10 років тому +5

      You have great taste!

    • @GrandmaReReReborn
      @GrandmaReReReborn 10 років тому +4

      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

    • @amberdiva9365
      @amberdiva9365 10 років тому +1

      Ok I'll check it out!

    • @jsc1965
      @jsc1965 7 років тому +2

      chocolatediva19 that's pretty sad💀

    • @evelynedenburg4525
      @evelynedenburg4525 6 років тому +1

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      Gym

  • @lynsthoughts3576
    @lynsthoughts3576 2 роки тому +4

    I did get to have the honor of seeing her on television shows LIVE. Thank God for live TV in 60/70's.

  • @Girlinmanhattan
    @Girlinmanhattan 7 років тому +18

    Love you Moms! Hope your spirit sees that we honor you today.

  • @leonardcovarrubias5120
    @leonardcovarrubias5120 5 років тому +5

    Come on BET make a movie about this woman.... I remember seeing her on Ed Sullivan....

  • @cherryrosewash1849
    @cherryrosewash1849 8 років тому +130

    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.

    • @DamnYou22Times
      @DamnYou22Times 6 років тому +1

      Cherry Rose Wash so cursing in comedy is not clean?

    • @arturdent5168
      @arturdent5168 6 років тому +9

      +DamnYou22Times I think she's saying you don't have to be foul to be funny

    • @shawncromwell2230
      @shawncromwell2230 6 років тому +7

      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.

    • @CharloCrossley
      @CharloCrossley 5 років тому +5

      She worked blue in small clubs. She was hilarious!

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +5

      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.

  • @semco72057
    @semco72057 6 років тому +16

    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.

    • @vernbutler7036
      @vernbutler7036 5 років тому +3

      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

  • @johnbates4319
    @johnbates4319 7 років тому +47

    ..."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....

  • @standingbeark
    @standingbeark 10 років тому +6

    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!

  • @sandrahn
    @sandrahn 9 років тому +22

    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.

  • @estherperez3357
    @estherperez3357 4 роки тому +3

    She's real and I love her and one of God's blessings she was she was beautiful from the inside and the outside

  • @alworkedup
    @alworkedup 8 років тому +67

    You have to smile when watching Moms do her thing :) :) :)

  • @wheninrome345
    @wheninrome345 8 років тому +51

    Moms Mabley did it her way. Thanks for making us laugh.

  • @carlapizzicone5831
    @carlapizzicone5831 9 років тому +20

    just amazing, wonderful comedian. R.I.P.

  • @mindovermatter1462
    @mindovermatter1462 4 роки тому +2

    That Old Lady Style Voice Is LEGENDARY!

  • @alworkedup
    @alworkedup 8 років тому +116

    I love how Moms takes her time talking :) :) :)

  • @1carlportl
    @1carlportl 8 років тому +58

    This is TALENT for all times / Thank you so much

  • @StoptheInsanityofRegressivism
    @StoptheInsanityofRegressivism 8 років тому +8

    Awesomeness! I've got most of this lovely Lady's albums. No one makes me laugh as hard as her. She was a jewel. I love how she calls everyone her babies. What a precious lady. I love her singing "Abraham, Martin and John." She brings me to tears with it every time! She was such a treasure. Today's comedians could learn a thing or two from her. She wasn't vulgar or trashy but she WAS hilarious!!! When I need a laugh I put one of her albums on and she makes me feel good. God Bless her soul!

  • @Speedo6677
    @Speedo6677 9 років тому +9

    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
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому

      There is no god, you christain moron.

    • @TheMistysFavs
      @TheMistysFavs 5 років тому

      @@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".

  • @richierichnumber1
    @richierichnumber1 8 років тому +15

    She is so funny thanks for sharing...Just discovered her.

  • @katbowl9971
    @katbowl9971 5 років тому +2

    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.

  • @maryjackson-ingham2844
    @maryjackson-ingham2844 5 років тому +3

    Oh my gosh haven’t seen moms Mabley in so long. Just loved her .

  • @thomasmartinscott
    @thomasmartinscott 5 років тому +2

    I had a duo with Danny Swain, and we opened for Moms in uptown Manhattan in 1970. She was FUNNY!

  • @sharonredmond300
    @sharonredmond300 8 років тому +32

    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!!!😊🙏🏾

    • @ronaldsanon2354
      @ronaldsanon2354 5 років тому

      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.🤨

    • @jnnx
      @jnnx 2 роки тому +2

      She died in 1975.

  • @Multi1628
    @Multi1628 6 років тому +2

    ~ 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 ~

  • @9ner4ever34
    @9ner4ever34 8 років тому +23

    simply a legend.

  • @GodBlessGodBless1227
    @GodBlessGodBless1227 Рік тому +2

    She is so cool. Thanks for sharing. God Bless ❤.

  • @geofbrit59
    @geofbrit59 10 років тому +9

    The ending is just the best. I remember her from TV talk/variety shows back in the 60s & 70s.

  • @Kirke182
    @Kirke182 5 років тому +1

    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.

  • @ambrosegreenlee277
    @ambrosegreenlee277 4 роки тому +3

    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.

  • @russnurse2b807
    @russnurse2b807 3 роки тому +2

    We need more like her. It would make the world a better place again. God bless Moms!

  • @elmerjones2695
    @elmerjones2695 9 років тому +10

    She's made so many people happyin her life time

  • @eamestv
    @eamestv 3 місяці тому

    I grew up on Mom's records in the 1960s. Classic then, classic now! Love you, Moms.

  • @QuackersAhoy
    @QuackersAhoy 9 років тому +199

    If you've ever watched Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor movies, Grandma Klump is Eddie's homage to this very lady.

    • @gwasgray9309
      @gwasgray9309 9 років тому +15

      I came here because I read Grandma Klump was basically Murphy doing an impression of her.

    • @markriley5784
      @markriley5784 6 років тому +4

      Really? Then why does Murphy constantly curse like a son of the devil?

    • @jonhall8462
      @jonhall8462 6 років тому +5

      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.

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +6

      @@markriley5784 What are you talking about Mabley used to tell the dirtiest jokes ever.
      Are you a little baby can't take dirty words.

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +1

      Did Murphy it was his homage to her, or are you saying that/making that up . Big difference

  • @yahyama8957
    @yahyama8957 5 років тому +2

    Such timeless comedy! I wasn't even thought of in 1969 but it was a truly a pleasure to watch this Icon do her thing.

  • @RSTAR2009
    @RSTAR2009 10 років тому +7

    I'm in tears! The funniest comedienne whom I have ever viewed.

  • @joannepatonai4114
    @joannepatonai4114 Рік тому +1

    You know your old when you remember this lady. OMG

  • @joshuamercado420
    @joshuamercado420 9 років тому +7

    I'm young but i still love this lady for her honest comedy.

  • @brendakmorales
    @brendakmorales 3 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @Doowopsid
    @Doowopsid 3 роки тому +3

    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.

  • @ariez84
    @ariez84 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Marvelous Mrs Maisel for introducing me Moms Mabley!

  • @realmczappa
    @realmczappa 6 років тому +9

    Love Moms so much.
    She's up there with Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, etc. Legendary comedienne.

    • @gdmoore
      @gdmoore 5 років тому +2

      Actually it's the other way around; they are up there with Moms. 😉

    • @karenkelleher532
      @karenkelleher532 5 років тому

      Dave Chappell not dead yet!

  • @kettlebellwafer
    @kettlebellwafer 4 роки тому +2

    I was worried the humor from then wouldn’t translate to today, but she is still hilarious. I’m crying.

  • @SuperHartline
    @SuperHartline 5 років тому +20

    She had one where she said, "His shadow weighed more than he did."

  • @daveluttinen2547
    @daveluttinen2547 Рік тому

    "Moms" Mabley used to appear on Johnny Carson from time to time and I recall her sitting in "the chair" telling a joke that nearly put Johnny backwards out of his chair. She was a riot, and her story is quite interesting. She blazed a trail for many. Much respect for her.

  • @CuzKatieSaysSo
    @CuzKatieSaysSo 7 років тому +112

    Oh God I'm dyin. Bless her heart.

  • @billhenwood4253
    @billhenwood4253 5 років тому +2

    i remember her so well from early tv show, that wish would make a come back, a line i still use today. ‘You’re only as young as you feel. Just don’t feel anyone too young!’ She was the best!

  • @simpicheloup4968
    @simpicheloup4968 7 років тому +10

    I had a couple of her records in the '60s. Thanks for the upload. RIP Moms.

  • @toriann56
    @toriann56 5 років тому +1

    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!!

  • @TheCatAteMyShoe
    @TheCatAteMyShoe 8 років тому +68

    I love Moms! She reminds me so much of my Momma!

  • @LeonardTaylor700
    @LeonardTaylor700 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this upload.... cried and laughed at the same time

  • @lytation
    @lytation 10 років тому +28

    My Mom & Your Mom. Love Ya Moms. Glad You Did It HIs Way. Cya At The Big Show.

  • @keithmerscheim1924
    @keithmerscheim1924 Рік тому

    A Class 20th century act. Saw here opening for Ike&Tina at the Greek Theater in August 1971. I'll cherish and remember it forever.

  • @jazzfusionary
    @jazzfusionary 7 років тому +10

    Moms is the greatest! She was a talent for the ages. When you saw her you just fell in love with her and when the jokes start flying you were hooked. We love you Moms always.

  • @tyronescott7712
    @tyronescott7712 2 роки тому

    I just turned this video on and it's like it just took me back in time to 1972. I used to love to watch her show when I was a kid.

  • @thomasking4329
    @thomasking4329 6 років тому +25

    Love you moms you the best

  • @rubymcnair2974
    @rubymcnair2974 3 місяці тому

    The neighbors back then and my grandparents used to laugh at this lady on Tuesday cry❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @5tpxyyrk
    @5tpxyyrk 10 років тому +42

    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?

    • @5tpxyyrk
      @5tpxyyrk 10 років тому +9

      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.

    • @5tpxyyrk
      @5tpxyyrk 10 років тому +3

      Correction: Mabley was 27 in 1921, not 1931. (Doh!)

    • @martinwoyzeck2634
      @martinwoyzeck2634 5 років тому +3

      Why are you posting her entire history, it's the same as in the vid clip?

    • @marilynwillett804
      @marilynwillett804 5 років тому +4

      Thanks to the Ed Sullivan show we saw many talented people on Sunday nights.

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 4 роки тому +1

    Remembering Loretta Aiken
    "Moms Mabley
    (March 19, 1894 - May 23, 1975)
    [03/19/2020]

  • @flathrillbilly
    @flathrillbilly 9 років тому +28

    She was the best!

  • @ervintomlin4907
    @ervintomlin4907 6 років тому

    She was without a doubt the BEST stand up comedienne ever. There will never be another Moms. God bless you, dear! RIP.

  • @patriciapritchett8028
    @patriciapritchett8028 9 років тому +15

    I still love moms

  • @denzelbarry5000
    @denzelbarry5000 2 роки тому

    My great grandma use to tell me bout her I’m 16 now was 12 then, may her soul rest in power✌🏾

  • @chanceharrington3338
    @chanceharrington3338 10 років тому +15

    God bless you moms