Moms Mabley – First Female Standup Comedian

To start off LGBT Pride month, Leah’s 1 Cool LGBT Thing is about the first ever female standup comedian, Jackie “Moms” Mabley. An extremely successful originator, Moms was a black, gay, woman who created an old lady character that wooed young men, made censors nervous, and told some of the best dirty jokes.

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Show Notes & Extras:

• This month’s Gal Pals are Dr. Leah Leach, Katie Harris, Bonnie Fillenwarth and Kim Thatcher
• Bonnie’s Pins! Pins! Pins! Are available to pre-order on Etsy
• Katie’s flowery nursey adventure
• Kim fantastic photography 
• Leah’s healing through test driving
• THE CATEGORY IS….LGBT introduction
• Leah’s 1 Cool LGBT Thing is about comedian Moms Mabley

• Super rough upbringing
• Left at age 14 to join TOBA (Theater Owners Booking Associaton) aka The Chitlin’ Circuit
• Butterbeans and Susie were her mentors, their song “I Want a Hot Dog for My Roll” 
• Harlem breakout star headliner at Carnegie Hall (multiple times)

• Whoopie Goldberg documentary, Moms Mabley: I Got Something’ to Tell You , Opening Segment
• Playboy After Dark with Moms singing Abraham, Martin and John is in the documentary. Link to the song. 
• Party Albums

• Moms Mabley – Live at Sing Sing has the joke Leah talks about the warden  (2 minutes in)
• Moms with Kris Kristofferson at the Grammy’s

• Can you think of other dirty little old lady characters?
• What do you think of separating a character from real life?
• Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball story.

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