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Marsha Warfield on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

I knew from Marsha Warfield's standup that our conversation was going to be real, unfiltered, uncensored, and important. It was all that and a great big bag of fab pot that I'm not gonna be smoking on this 4/20. I did get wonderfully high on the fun, thoughtful conversation. 

We talked Marsha's start, development, and rise in the standup world, back when there were very few clubs, fewer women, and no other black women. Comedy led to TV variety shows, Alan King, Jim Nabors, to The Richard Pryor Show... a pilot, getting an agent, to Night Court, her game-changer.

Marsha's mother's influence played out in ways big and small, impacting Marsha's choices for years. We discussed her marriage at 18, divorce at 20, leaving Chicago for LA, uncovering her true sexuality, under wraps, in a promise to her mother, and due to necessity for the time. Coming out in 2017, her 20-year break from the biz and her ongoing reemergence on stage, where she belongs. 

Marsha's story is revealed in her ever-evolving show, Book of MARSHA, a must-see for anyone who's struggled to find their way, women, men, gay, straight, and especially women of color. Marsha points out the ongoing challenge is less about being a woman, or gay, it's being black. What year, what country is this, anyway? WTF! 

A fierce, fearless, fabulous, female, Marsha's an inspiration, a maverick, and a whip-smart, delight. I'm honored, moved, and a little giddy to have had the good fortune to spend this intimate time in her great company.

You can catch Marsha Live at the Comedy Cellar in Vegas, April 29th-1st, and at Netflix is a Joke in LA on May 6th. I so look forward to seeing this woman own the stage, and in her fashion, the world. Fuck cowbell, we need more Marsha.

Marsha Warfield on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wednesday, 4/20/22, 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET

Streamed Live on my Facebook

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Today, Live, Marsha Warfield! I’ve been a fan for years, thrilled I’ll be meeting her for the first time with y’all this eve. 

Marsha’s best known for her role as the tough, no-nonsense bailiff Roz Russell on Night Court. She also starred in Empty Nest as Dr. Maxine Douglas and was a performer on The Richard Pryor Show. Marsha’s appeared on shows like Soul Train, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Tonight Show, and had a talk show of her own, appropriately titled, The Marsha Warfield Show. She’s opened for acts like Esther Phillips, George Duke, Teddy Pendergrass, The O’Jays, and George Carlin, has been nominated for NAACP Image and Soul Train Awards, and was featured in the Gladys Knight video, Men.  Her guest appearances include Cybill, The John Larroquette Show, Veronica’s Closet, Moesha, Living Single, In Living Color, Smart Guy, Clueless, Cheers, Saved By The Bell, and more, more, more.

After a period of retirement, Marsha’s back, tackling issues including politics, being black, and coming out as a gay woman. I read an account of such last night which moved me so and has unshakably stayed with me. 

I so look forward to her funny, her fabulousness, and her fearless story. 

Marsha Warfield on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wednesday, 4/20/22, 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET

Streaming Live on my Facebook