Today is the birthday of the great comedy pioneer Moms Mabley (for the full bio go here.) And here’s one of her classic routines, recorded live at the Apollo Theatre: To learn more about the roots of variety entertainment, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:28AM on March 19, 2012