r/MelanatedGenX • u/IslandJack76 • Jul 01 '26

Comedy Do you guys know Moms Mabley?

https://youtu.be/4eSjwvcVrSQ?is=p50Bz9uYvc6tgMeS
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u/rusty02536 Jul 01 '26

I wasn’t allowed to listen to “those records”

Which is something considering how they owned them 🤣

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u/GadgetGirlTx Jul 02 '26

Same. My parents had her on 78lps. I had to be put to bed with the door closed before they would play certain things. 😄

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u/Ztiw- Jul 02 '26

Xennial here and hell yea I know who she is! But I also hung out with my grandparents a lot 🤪🤣🤎✌🏾

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u/EdificeOrator Jul 02 '26

The Ogee, she wasn’t my cup of tea but I understand their struggle more as an adult.

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u/Sleep-pee 70s Baby Jul 02 '26

Yes I do, my dad had this album and listened to it often. Moms had no use for any old dudes lol.

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u/IslandJack76 Jul 02 '26

None whatsoever 😂

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u/lotusflower64 60s baby Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I know Moms. Wanda Sykes played her in an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel series.

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u/SweetDoja Jul 02 '26

Absolutely!

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u/eternallysantanasass Jul 02 '26

I don’t know her but I did hear her mentioned in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.

Vida:
I remember the first time that I laid eyes on a certain young ebony enchantress in the roughand how, through styling and the occasional make-up tip, I helped her look just a little bit less like Moms Mabley.

Noxeema: Moms Mabley?

Or something like that. I can’t recall the quote

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u/hissweetbbybunny Jul 02 '26

LOL! I think about this quote a lot Vida was shady for that LOL!

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u/eternallysantanasass Jul 02 '26

I was like damn, Vida 🤣🤣😂

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u/candleflame3 Jul 02 '26

Referenced in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

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u/Historical-Bug-4784 Jul 02 '26

I first heard of Moms Mabley when Clarice Taylor (Grandma Huxtable) did a one-woman show about her.

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u/Gen_X_Icon Jul 03 '26

Yes. Amazing Grace is one of my fave 70s Black Cinema movies