>>> WE ARE BACK WITH A COMEDIAN BEING CALLED THE MRS. MAIZEL OF APPALACHIA. A TENNESSEE MOM AND GRANDMA THAT DISCOVERED HER PASSION FOR COMEDY LATER IN LIFE. >> SHE JUST REACHED A CAREER MILESTONE, HER FIRST NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL CALLED LEANNE MORGAN "I AM EVERY WOMAN". >> I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. YOU OFFER INSIGHT INTO YOUR FAMILY LIFE LIKE WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS HOME A LOT MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF COVID. >> SO DURING THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC, HE COULD NOT TRAVEL. I KNOW. HE HAD TO MAKE AN OFFICE IN OUR HOME. AND HE WOULD COME OUT EVERY MORNING AND GIVE ME THIS HUGE LIST OF THINGS I SHOULD BE DOING. THINGS LIKE PAINT THE HALLWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I SAID, EXCUSE ME, BUT I STAY IN MY GOWN UNTIL THE THIRD HOUR OF "THE TODAY SHOW". >> I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. THAT JUST MADE OUR YEAR. >> OH, YOU ANGEL. AND I MEAN IT. I HAVE WATCHED Y'ALL. I'M IN LOVE WITH Y'ALL. I WAS SO WORIED I WAS GOING TO COME IN HERE AND GOOSE AL AND SCARE HIM TO DEATH. >> I HAVE WATCHED Y'ALL EVER SINCE MY FIRST ONE STARTED DRIVING. WHEN HE STARTED DRIVING, HE WOULD DRIVE HIS SISTERS TO SCHOOL AND I JUST STARTED STAYING HOME AND WATCHING Y'ALL. >> BEFORE A NETFLIX SPECIAL, WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE FUNNY? I MEAN, YOU'RE A MOM OF THREE. WHAT IS THE SWITCH THAT MADE YOU THINK, I WANT TO TRY THIS? >> I KNEW IT WHEN I WAS LITTLE. BUT I WAS IN A FARMING COMMUNITY. AND I WANTED TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW. I WENT TRADITIONAL ROUTE, WENT TO COLLEGE AND ALL THAT. MET MY HUSBAND WHO MOVED ME TO THE FOOTHILLS OF APPALACHIA. I STARTED SELLING JEWELRY. I HAD MY OWN COMEDY CLUB. I WAS IN WOMEN'S LIVING ROOMS TALKING ABOUT BREAST-FEEDING AND HEMORRHOIDS. AND WOMEN THOUGHT I WAS FUNNY AND STARTED BOOKING ME A YEAR IN ADVANCE. THE COMPANY ASKED ME TO START SPEAKING IN THEIR BIG THINGS. ALWAYS IN MY MIND, I THOUGHT I WILL BE IN STANDUP. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW. ONE NIGHT A LITTLE WOMAN PEEPEED ON THE COUCH AT ONE OF THESE TUPPERWARE PARTIES. >> BECAUSE SHE WAS LAUGHING SO HARD. >> YEAH. >> I COULD SEE THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, DANG, THAT WOULD SUCK, BUT IT WAS A GOOD THING. >> I THOUGHT, I CAN MAKE IT. >> THAT'S FUNNY. >> SO THE FACT THAT YOU KIND OF STUMBLED INTO THIS LATER IN LIFE OFFICIALLY, DOES THAT GIVE YOU MORE MATERIAL? DO YOU THINK IT PUTS YOU AT A DIFFERENT PLACE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO WORK WITH? >> OH, YEAH. IF YOU GO THROUGH THE 22 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING COMEDY, IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT MY CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND, MY FAMILY, GOING TO WEIGHT WATCHERS, FEELING FAT IN MY PANTS. NOW IT IS MENOPAUSE. I HAVE RAISED THREE CHILDREN. I HAVE A GRAND BABY. ANOTHER ONE ON THE WAY. SO I'M A STORY TELLER. >> IT'S ALL SO RELATABLE. >> HERE'S THE THING. I HATE JELL-O. IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A DESSERT, PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT. >> A JELL-O MOLD TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. YOU TOOK ON A JELL-O DIET. >> I GET IT. I LOVE A GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE. BUT MY LITTLE MOMMA GOT SICK BEFORE COVID AND SHE HAD TO HAVE PUREED FOOD. WE LOVE JELL-O SALAD. >> THAT MAKES IT WORSE. IT IS LIKE YOU ARE EATING OTHER THINGS. >> SO I STARTED MAKING THAT WITH HER AND SHARING THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO NUTS AND SENDING MY LITTLE MOMMA RECIPES. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THE SALAD. >> NO. JUST LISTEN TO THE WORDS. >> MY MOM CALLS IT A DELIGHT SALAD. BEFORE YOU LEAVE US THIS MORNING, WE WERE TALKING OFF CAMERA. ON THIS SHOW IN THE THIRD HOUR, WE DO SO MUCH ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSE REVEALS THINGS TO YOU WITH EVERY DECADE, RIGHT? IN YOUR 30s, IT MAY BE ONE THING. MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN IN YOUR 50s AND 60s. YOUR TOUR IS CALLED "JUST GETTING STARTED". >> 100 CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. I FINISHED ANOTHER CITY. SHOT THIS NETFLIX SPECIAL. I'M 57 YEARS OLD AND I'M A GRANDMA MA. YOU KNOW? IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. >> GIVE US SOME TIPS. >> GET READY TO MEET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. I MEAN, I HAVE WORSHIPPED MY CHILDREN AND I'M IN LOVE WITH THEM. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW THING. A WHOLE OTHER KIND OF LOVE. JUST KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO WANT THIS BUY THIS BABY SWING SETS AND PAW PATROL AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON FIRE. HE'S THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO US. WE HAVE ANOTHER BOY ON THE WAY. IT IS WONDERFUL. >> YOU DO A LITTLE TALKING, TOO. THERE WAS SOME BOUNDARIES. >> THEY TOLD ME, THIS IS OUR BABY, MOM. YOU NEED TO BACK OFF. AND THIS IS OUR BABY. AND THEN THEY HAD THAT BABY, AND THEY'RE SO EXHAUSTED. THEY BOTH WORK FULL-TIME. MY DAUGHTER WAS GETTING HER MBA. THEY JUST LEFT THAT LITTLE BABY OFF IN THE YARD. WE GET THIS BABY ALL THE TIME. I HAVE A FULL NURSERY IN MY HOUSE. I'D HELP YOU WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR CHILDREN AND I'D MAKE Y'ALL A JELL-O SALAD. >> COULDN'T LOVE YOU MORE. YOU'RE THE BEST. >> THANK YOU. >> WE LOVE YOU. >> PLEASE, EVERYBODY, CHECK OUT HER COMEDY SPECIAL "I'M EVERY WOMAN" IT IS STREAMING NOW ON NETFLIX. >> IT IS SO GREAT HAVING YOU HERE. OH, MY
