Whoopi Goldberg Loves Moms Mabley!

By Michael Musto Thu., Mar. 3 2011 at 2:00 PM

And so do I!

Jackie "Moms" Mabley was a toothless but biting comic -- a hilariously racy lady who went from "the chitlins circuit" to lots of TV variety show fame as one of the most inspired novelty stars of the '60s.

Well, at a press event for Broadway's Sister Act musical yesterday, producer Whoopi Goldberg told me she'd like me to appear in a documentary she's doing about Moms.

And I was totally thrilled because:

(A) Whoopi obviously reads this blog -- or maybe she just Googled "Moms Mabley." (Or her assistant did.) And, hey, that gives me resonance.

(B) Moms is getting the documentary treatment! This is so much more exciting than one more doc about how food is processed or how CEOs take really big bonuses.

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Lee

Yes I Loved Mom Mabley! She was one of the all time greatest, One of my favorite is The Airplane, Drop your Jaws "What? Drop your Jaws "I caught a terrible cold. She dropped her draws. Lol!

Dranelwi

thanks for the tribute a very great lady, gone but not forgotten

Robinleecrutchfield

How will Whoopi, who is all teeth portray Moms Mabley who had no teeth?

Dolores

She was a funny lady, still miss watching her perform and making me laugh thru the whole performance. Love Whoopie-- so what could be more perfect than to have her playing Mom's on Broadway. I know I will be there when it opens... Good luck Whoopie, Love the way you just say how it is. My kind of friend !!

Southern Dave

Moms line I loved:

"You should only say good about the dead.

My husband's dead -- GOOD."

timmmyk

Rock on, Whoop! Moms was effin' great. So was LaWanda Page.

egghumor

When I was a very young child, 6-7 years old, I used to visit the neighbor lady across the street and listen to her record collection. If she were alive today, she would attest to the fact that my favorite LPs of hers were the three she owned by Moms Mabley. I thought they were a gas, and she would get such a kick outta me laughing so hard. Ah, innocent youth.