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With her Southern accent, self-deprecation, and funny family stories, the 57-year-old mom and grandmother wants to use standup to bless audiences.
After 22 years in standup comedy, Leanne Morgan is having a breakout year. She completed a 100-city comedy tour, her first Netflix special ranked in the platform’s top 10, and she landed a part in her first movie (a forthcoming Amazon release starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell), fitting this interview into her Atlanta filming schedule.
But just a few years ago, the 57-year-old mother and grandmother was on the brink of quitting comedy altogether. “I told my husband, ‘Should I just bow out and start a mercantile business?’”
Morgan, with her trademark Tennessee drawl and shock of long blond hair (“yesterday’s set hair”), had come close to several sitcom deals and was on the verge of a 50-city tour in 2020 when the pandemic shut everything down. But she felt called to persevere.
“I prayed about it and God never shut the door,” she told CT. “He knew so much better than I did.”
Instead, Morgan began offering “porch talks” on Facebook during the early months of COVID-19, wearing no makeup and relaying anecdotes about living in close quarters with her husband, running down the garbage man, and making Jell-O salads for her elderly parents.
She signed off each porch talk by saying, “Don’t worry—everything’s going to be alright!” Followers found comfort in her relatable pandemic struggles, zingy humor, and funny comedy clips.
Morgan’s mostly-PG material fits in with clean comedy circles and is featured in Dry Bar Comedy, the popular platform launched by Angel Studios (then VidAngel) in 2017. Andrew Stanley, son of Atlanta megachurch pastor Andy Stanley, often opens for her.
As a Christian, Morgan sees her comedy ...
from Christianity Today Magazine
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