HBO to Premiere Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley November 18th

HBO will be debuting new documentary special Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley on Monday, November 18th at 9:00. Goldberg, in her directorial debut, has amassed previously unearthed photos, rediscovered performance footage, and interviews with the likes of Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, and Jerry Stiller for the special, meant to pay homage to groundbreaking comedian Jackie Moms Mabley. “Moms Mabley has been a huge inspiration to me and so many others, but not a lot of folks outside of the comedy world know about her legacy,” says Goldberg. “There are a lot of us who wouldn’t be working today without pioneers like her. HBO gave me my first break on TV, so it’s only fitting that Moms has a home there now.” Mabley s comedy career spanned five decades, taking her from the black vaudeville stage all the way to Carnegie Hall. Billed as The Funniest Woman in the World, she was the first female comedian to play the Apollo Theater in Harlem and regularly touched on controversial to

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