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15 Comedians Who Dare to Imitate Their Mothers
Call them momedians.
This 1999 appearance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien instantly conveys how her mother could be intimidating, fear-inducing, and wildly inappropriate as Bamford recalls learning about the horrific dangers of a childhood slumber party. In this joke from Feimster’s 2020 special Sweet & Salty, the comedian presents her mother as a classy, respectable southern woman who would never, ever step foot in Hooters, a sexually charged den of iniquity and excellent chicken wings. There doesn’t seem to be much embellishment on Feinstein’s part, just amused observation as she relates short vignettes about her aggressively woke mother befriending immigrant cab drivers and wishing for LGBTQ children, all in an obnoxious bray and from beneath a well-described Karen haircut.
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