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Whoopi's Tribute to Moms Mabley | 1ST ANNUAL AMERICAN COMEDY AWARDS (1987)

Whoopi Goldberg pays tribute to Moms Mabley, actress and stand-up comedian who rose to notoriety on the Black vaudeville Chitlin' Circuit in the 1920s. American Comedy Awards (1987). #momsmabley #chitlincircuit #comedy #history Subscribe to Clown Jewels’ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@clownjewels Follow Clown Jewels: Official Website: https://clownjewels.com/ Facebook: https://ClownJewels.lnk.to/FacebookID TikTok: https://ClownJewels.lnk.to/TikTokID Instagram: https://ClownJewels.lnk.to/InstagramID Twitter: https://ClownJewels.lnk.to/TwitterID

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6 hours ago

hi I'm whoopy Goldberg you know when I was a kid television was my window to the world and because of it I was lucky enough to see a performer who you may or may not remember I thought of her as one of the funniest women in the world her name was Mom's mabin and the thing I remember most was the fact that I had never seen anyone talk without teeth before good evening honey now that that that just don't get all carried away did you hear the one about the two women who was walking down the street
one turned to the other one and said I smell hair burning the other one said maybe we're walking too [Applause] fast yeah honey and don't you notice s a lady just dro her draws did you hear the one about the woman who was in the hospital dying her husband come to the hospital honey she wanted to make a confession to him you know so he went over to the hospital just a cry she said honey I'm dying he said yes I know she said but I got a confession to make to you before I go she said I ain't been t
rue to you he said yes I know he said but I been running around with other men fooling around he said yes I know that's why I poisoned you well that's cuz everybody's crazy nowadays huh I mean you you ever see anybody acting normal it's probably cuz they just ain't well you know not like the good old days honey I know about the good old days yes but I was nothing but a child a child 14 going on 1500 and just as cute as I want to be yeah Hy just hanging down my back you know cuz I'm half Indian t
he beauty part take care of the other half you know what I'm saying and my father made me marry this old dead puny moldy man I mean he was old man honey Santa Claus looked like his son he was older than his mother I'm said that man was so old that when we went to the sister funeral after the funeral the minister come walking over them tapped them on the back and say how old are you Pops Pops said none the one Minister say ain't no use in you even going home yes honey I thought he never would die
yes I thought he never would die you know R poison agreed with him I shouldn't talk that way about the dead should I no CU they tell you you mustn't say nothing about the dead unless you could say something good he dead good you know when I know he dead cuz I had him cremated yeah and to burned him up I was determined he was going to get hot one time anyway yeah that's why I don't like no old man cuz there ain't nothing an old man could do for me except bring me a message from a young man [Appl
ause]

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@mikevallen999

A very well done portrayal of Moms Mabley ❤❤R.I.P.