Moms Mabley Quotes

Loretta Mary Aiken , known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American standup comedian. A veteran of the Chitlin' Circuit of African-American vaudeville, she later appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.



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✵ 19. March 1894 – 23. May 1975
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Moms Mabley Quotes

“They say you shouldn't say nothin' about the dead unless it's good. He's dead. Good!”

1,001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks, Price, Steven, 2007, Globe Pequot, 312 http://books.google.com/books?id=4gLQlHab4NsC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=%22They+say+you+shouldn't+say+nothin'+about+the+dead+unless+it's+good.+He's+dead.+Good!%22&source=bl&ots=vc8aIflDYJ&sig=uoSv1BYEAN6E6EWcWCWxZEnbOLg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lIWCUpmQPNGpsATX-IHQBQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ,

“Ain’t nothing an old man can do for me but bring me a message from a young one.”

['Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley' celebrates the groundbreaking African-American comedian, New York Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/whoopi-goldberg-presents-moms-mabley-tv-review-article-1.1518719, Hinckley, David, November 17, 2013, December 2, 2013]

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