Comic Leanne Morgan

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The self-described "Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia" set out to speak to an audience that she says gets forgotten — middle-aged women, mothers, and people in rural America. Morgan spoke with Tonya Mosley about breaking out in comedy later in life, and feeling like an outsider in the industry. She has a new Netflix special called I'm Every Woman.

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0:00.0	This is Frasher, I'm Tonya Mosley.
0:02.6	You know, there's no such thing as overnight success,
0:05.6	but comedian Leigh Ann Morgan's path might come close.
0:08.9	Morgan's career in comedy took off just a few years ago
0:11.8	in her 50s after raising three children.
0:14.7	She calls herself the Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia.
0:20.1	My husband and I met, and I was so cute,
0:23.2	and I was little, I had a little bridges,
0:25.6	and my thyroid was functioning.
0:30.0	I felt good, and he was so enthralled with me,
0:33.8	and so in love with me, and pursued me,
0:35.7	and bought me presents, and vacuumed out my car,
0:40.5	and did all kinds of things for me.
0:42.8	And we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary this year.
0:46.6	Thank you.
0:47.6	Thank you.
0:51.5	Thank you.
0:52.5	And now, I truly believe he would not pull me out
0:55.8	of a burning B-Hitman.
0:57.0	LAUGHTER
1:05.1	That's Leigh Ann Morgan.
1:06.2	From her self-produced comedy special,
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