Leanne Morgan | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #627

Today's guest is a stand-up comedian. She's an actress. She's a writer. Her. new special Unspeakable Things is out. now on Netflix as well as her series. Leanne. I had a great time getting to know her. and spend time with one of my favorites, Leanne Morgan. [Music]. [Applause].

No, I just my hair. I feel I feel like. my hair just got out of the dryer. You. ever feel like that? Um, yeah, but you. are stunning. I don't know if I want to be damn stun-. I'm not stunning. Maybe I'm stunning in. like a like if people are trapped in a. mine or something and I walk up like, "Yeah, damn, who's that model?" You. know, if people have been trapped in. like a mine for like a month. >> Um, but no, I think I've always thought. you were beautiful. And I you know that.

>> want to be beautiful, Leanne. That's an. insane statement to call someone. >> Yeah, I just want to be a handsome guy, yeah. Guy looks healthy enough, right? But you've got that beautiful skin tone. Oh, well, that's I will take that. Thank. you, baby. >> You don't like a spray tan. Thank you, baby girl. You're welcome. I appreciate. that. Good to see you. What's going on today? Oh my darling, I'm so tickled to be. here. Thank you for having me. This is. my Super Bowl as the young people say.

I mean, I really feel that way. All. right, I don't know if you don't know. this, but I saw you Was that on Last. Comic Standing. in LA? Gary Marshall was one of the Gary. Marshall from the department store? Who are you talking about? Gary Marshall. that did Laverne and Shirley. He was one. of the judges. Gary Marshall, bring him. up. >> you were a baby and you did Last Comic. Standing. I saw you do a set in LA. It.

was on NBC. >> Okay, Gary Marshall. I did not. >> Right, that was Last Comic Standing, right? With April Macie was on there. Yep, Josh Wolf. Um. fellatio in her set. She did. You talked about. um. uh your little dating band owned when he. had you and all that. And I. you killed and I fell in love with you. then. Well, you're an angel. And then I. got to see you do a full set at the.

Hollywood Improv. David Spade was on the. show with you. He came up first and I. love him. And then you I had my. daughters with me and we laughed until. we were weak. And you did a full plank. on a stool for I don't know, 7 minutes? >> Yeah, and that's part of the ticket. cost. I include that. That ain't. That ain't extra. Okay. And then we got to meet you and you. remembered their names and were darling. And there was a bunch of girls that. looked maybe like porn girls that were.

wanting to talk to you. Oh, good. Mhm. Had on high heels and tight breeches and. >> God, I'm so lonely. But go on. And they were beautiful girls around you. and. um God, I wish they were still here. But. go on. And then. and then I always get all my friends are. at Zanies and they get and they always. tell me they get to be with you and I. don't get to be with you cuz I live in. Knoxville or I'm out on the road working. like a mule That's what it is.

>> or living in Los Angeles. Well, when are. you just going to settle down, Leanne? >> I don't know. I mean, I'm 60. Did you. know I turned 60 in October? >> You are 60? Gosh, girl. >> say that in front of you. No, it's fine, honey. I didn't even know 60 could be. like that. God, I want to be 60 just for. a half hour with you. You know, my God. >> darling. You know, I've got two. grandbabies. Do you do? Don't even I. don't tell me that. Just tell me you're. 60. I like that part. Do you do, really? Um.

>> Yes. >> Well, yeah, I mean, congratulations A on. having a family. Obviously, that's. something that's super important. See, I. met your husband, Chuck. I met him. Was. that his name? >> Chuck Morgan where? Yes, I met him at. the freaking. with Morgan Wall. It was Morgan. >> at the ball game. At the ball game. Go. Vols. You know, I'm a Vol for life. I. went to the University of Tennessee. Oh, yes, Chuck Morgan was there. That's. right. Chuck Morgan was lingering. around. We met Peyton Manning. And he's.

worried to death about Arch. He's having. to tend to Arch at Texas. Who is. beautiful and precious. I know his. daddy, Cooper. I know Cooper, but I. never met Peyton, so I was tickled about. that. And then I know Tony Vitello, we're friends. >> Oh, he's great. Is he not darling? >> I know, he's great. I'm I know that. they're all going to miss him over. there, but I know that they're all. supportive of him. He's just the kind of. guy you have to support as he makes. those choices, but God, he is just a. great guy. Mhm. >> There's some great people over there. And yeah, and um. Yeah, that was fun though. Had you met.

Morgan before? Yes, honey. Morgan and I. did a show together when he got uh. kicked off of The Voice. >> You told me that. >> That little thing was mowing. Had mowing. equipment. And we got both got asked to. do a charity thing. I think they paid us. $200. If they paid us anything, I can't. remember. And he sang and we and we were. in the back and I promised him a. casserole cuz I thought he was so sweet. And darling, he goes, "I'm going to try. to make it in country music." And I. thought, "How's that little thing going.

to go?" And not that I didn't think he. was talented. >> No, of course, but I thought that that's. just so sweet that you would even. consider making a casserole for him. And. Well, he's the age of my children. He's. great. And darling. He is great. He does. a good job. He's a smart guy. Yeah. >> He's a smart guy. He's competitive and. he just he's he's really fine-tuned on. the who he is. He's you know, some. people they're willing to be this or. that, but not Morgan is this is who I. am, you know. >> Uh-huh, I know and he does not care.

And that's a good place to be, you know, you don't care and you do your own. thing. Well, you've been working in. comedy for how long have you been doing. comedy for if you don't mind if I ask. you? >> Oh, no, I don't mind you, angel. I. I was. 32 when I think when I my baby was 18. months old the first time I ever opened. at I opened at Zanies. I'd been I'd been. fooling around like at the Rotary, you. know, like I'd take a baby to Mom's Day. Out, go and do a little something at the. Rotary, make $50.

>> And now were you What was that? >> Yeah. And then I came. >> was that in? Uh Hamblen County. My. hometown. Uh-huh. Okay, and that's where. you met Chuck Morgan? I met him at the. University of Tennessee. >> God, I knew it, huh? And what was he doing over there? Just. loitering or was he in enrolled? I was probably the one loitering. >> Okay. He was enrolled getting a master's. and MBA and I was trying to finish up a. undergraduate that took me several years. Theo because I um. >> drank. I I wasn't drinking. I was.

smoking cigarettes. >> That's fine. I was I was I was I was I. was I was I was I was Oh, that's fine. >> and I was I. I was not going to class. I was having. to flirt with people to get notes. I. didn't care. And I wish I had have. cared, but I was doing stuff like that. and and making out with people. Yeah. God, yeah. >> Like Italian boys cuz I I never seen. one. Okay, so I was raised like right. outside of Nashville in a town of 500. people, a farming community. So.

everybody was the same. So when I got to. UT, I was like, "Oh." And I you know, went to the club. Oh, yeah, if you see. something new, you got to put your lips. on it, you know. That's the Hamblen. County motto, I think it is. But then Chuck Morgan came in to get a. MBA and then. >> And was he on a horseback or something. when you saw him? Was he on a damn king. corso? What was he on? He was just on a. damn big dachshund, wasn't he? Like, God, I think he's got a long one. on him under him. Is dachshund a dog? Dachshund's a dog. I've had a dachshund,

Puddin. Puddin? >> Yeah, she was precious. >> Will she bring up a picture of her? Look. up Puddin dachshund. She was a little. bitty tawny, little orange, overweight, had some thyroid issues, loved to cuss, UPS trucks, but darling. Ah, like another baby to me. That's a. beagle. That's my beagle right now. That. is beautiful. That's you. >> Lord, that was a dress from Dillard's. from the junior department that was too.

tight on my back. You look. like Honey, I Look, baby girl, I know I. used to have shoes. I used to have shoes that weren't mine. growing up and I'd have to stuff the. edges up. I'd have to put a. hand towel around each one of my feet. and put them on and go to. school. Look like a damn vaudeville. character or something. I just I. look like They used to call me Ronald. McDonald's son. Little Ronnie. Here. comes little Ronnie. Look at shoes, dude. It took me 7 minutes to get off.

the bus of going down those steps, dude. Cuz if I got out ahead of those skis, baby, it was downhill, you know. It was just slope central. >> You kill me. Louisiana, is that where. you were raised? >> Yeah. What part of Louisiana? Over in. St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Okay, I just did Shreveport and Baton. Rouge. Is that over in the hoopty doo. part? Shreveport, and I'll say it out. loud, is definitely going downhill. Which is interesting for a place that's.

it's flat land over there. Somehow it. find a way to go down. >> you said something about it when you got. on stage. What did you say? Everybody. there look like a damn missing person. If you meet anybody in the city, the. city is vacant. It looks like a movie. set. I know, movie the I mean, the. buildings are empty and they told me. they go, "Do not leave this hotel." But. I love that theater and they've got a. little Elvis museum in it. >> You know, And Priscilla brought some. breeches of little Elvis that you cannot. get your toe in. He was so tiny. That's. beautiful. Bring up a picture of a.

little Elvis. How little did he get? >> Before he got in bad health. Have you ever been to Graceland? Yes, I have. >> And you've seen his little all those. jump suits and you and they were his. little waist? He was getting little as he got older. >> Look, there's little baby Elvises. Look. at little Elvis right there and they. probably had him them. singing already probably 11 months old. they got him out there. >> I know his little daddy had written ban. cheats just to connect here their. family. He couldn't help it. >> And he had dysplasia. That's how he got. the hips going. You know that? No.

>> Yeah, like an Australian Shepherd. That's how it happened in the beginning. He didn't know what he was doing, dude. He wasn't feel like he's a dancer. No, he ain't damn he just got a loose back. >> kidding me cuz you know that I'm. gullible. You can tell that about me. You can smell it. Honey. Okay. Honey. bun. >> He had dysplasia? Baby girl, I'm not. joking with you. Yeah, he had dysplasia. He had a damn loose tailbone, dude. He was He was missing a couple. joists on that thing and yeah. And he. just had that tic toc in him, you know? Hell, we had an Elvis impersonator in.

our neighborhood. He had the same thing. He had a thing this guy he he broke his. leg, right? He had a couple children he. kept them behind an electric fence in. our neighborhood. Because they were his prized possessions. and I and I I actually respected that. The rest of the kids in our neighborhood. got real. you know, you'd be out there and you. know, the elements would get you, you. know, people smoking or getting in. trouble, drinking or people. catching crows and. picking bugs off of them and just. loose cannon type stuff.

>> Yeah. But this fellow said, well, I got to take care of my kids I'm going. to get me a little electric fence, right? So he had that thing and. anyway, He kept people out. Kept people. out kept the kids in. Kept the kids in. cuz my people had electric fence and. that'll keep you in. You don't want to. get buzzed by that thing. >> Uh-uh. You turn into a doorbell. for a couple hours, dude. That if. you get hit by that We really. were so bone hurting little country kids. that we would go and just stand on it to. feel something. >> Oh god.

Yeah, honey. Oh, I remember one time I. grabbed it on accident. I couldn't. close my mouth for 4. days. I couldn't close my mouth. >> You weren't from you aren't rural, right? >> close I couldn't finish a can of. Campbell's around that. for half a week I couldn't. And it was daylight savings time, too. So it was an extra hour I had to do. I. was stuck like that. It's horrible. Dude, my sister she stays This is where. I'm from. My sister and her boyfriend. will stay up to watch daylight savings.

time. I'm like, what in the are. y'all doing? They'll stay up to watch daylight. savings time. >> Yeah, they're like, it's 11:59 again. And then they're like they you know, they think it's great. I'm like, you. idiot. It's the one night you get a you. get a free hour from God. It's God's. >> It's God caring about you finally after. all that year. When you feel good and. you think what happened? Oh, I got that. extra hour. And they stay up and watch. it. I'm like, what are you watching?

But that's who she is. >> Is she the one that's got the beautiful. babies? The boys that I've seen you. interview. Those are no, that's my. brother has those two little boys. Those. are good boys. My My I'll tell you this. my family makes beautiful children. Beautiful. Thank you. >> beautiful. And that's why I call you beautiful, Theo, and you need to receive that. Got you. Thanks, girl. My best Hugh Hefner. impersonation, huh? He's skipping right. now up 12th South. He knows every one of. those girls and they all love him. Oh,

he is a just I met him the night that. He's one of a kind. >> for free I came and opened for. Lady Antebellum. You did? Uh-huh. At a. thing at a thing. Not a not a. Bridgetown. No. At a At a Bridgetown. >> charity thing. >> Yeah. Under the bridge. Under a bridge. And he. was in the back with his shirt. unbuttoned down his belly button with a. fresh spray tan, hair extensions and we. fell in love that you know, and so we've. been good friends ever since and now.

he's doing stand-up. Oh, he's the female. Michael Landon. That's what I call him. [Music]. He's a and a known in a lot of. homoerotic circles as a ginger Michael. Landon. He will your book club up. I know. that, dude. Just with his sheer. entertainment and volume and attitude. Uh-huh. And then he also can tell you. how to do a tablescape. Um but you asked me when I started doing. comedy I opened for Bill Gardell at. Zanies when my baby was 18 months old. She's out there. She's my makeup artist.

She's about to turn 28. Tess. So. >> Thank you. Thank you. God. >> my she's my makeup artist on my. television show and then she tours with. me and tells people she's my caregiver. now. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, and she don't want to be. She wants to date, you know, and meet. men and it's hard with your 60-year-old. mother. Well, it's hard once your mother. if your mother goes downhill early. That's what they call it going downhill. early. Yeah, you turn immediately like and. that's how to really as a as a parent I.

think that's what you want to gauge. You. want right when they get out of high. school or college you want to hit that. downhill so they have to take care of. you. >> So they can tend to you. >> That's how it used to be. They shouldn't. get those free 10 or 12 years of joy. end of their mid-30s and that's when you. start capping off. But you need to catch it. You you just. you got to hit it right at the right. time. So I like your strategy really. I. do like that. >> Thank you. I thought when I hit it big I. would be younger and thinner, but that's. okay. Yeah, tell me about some of that. So what was that like going through cuz.

you when do you say you should really. start to kind of hit it big? And also I. love your show on Netflix. That was the. thing that I started. >> you shared it. Thank you, my darling. >> Yeah, that's the thing I started. watching. I was like, this is good. It. reminded me of kind of like a Reba in a. sense that it's a southern show. They. hadn't had a good southern show in a. long time because Hollywood hates us. And so but finally they're like so. desperate because they realize that oh, we are human at least that we're going. to put this great show on there and they. chose you and. was that scary doing that? Had you done.

that before? And and then when did your. when did your break start to come cuz it. kind of came a little bit later than. maybe you expected or wanted? >> Oh, yeah. My break came in in my early. 50s and I I was just about to quit. Were. you really? I was just about to quit. I. was working a lot. I had done a Drybar. And I and my manager. >> special, yeah. >> Yeah. And my manager at the time said, these Mormon people are doing these. specials and he said nobody will ever. see it. They're going to pay you a. couple of thousand dollars.

You're going to fly to Salt Lake City. We'll get some clips out of it where you. can do more corporate. I was doing the. Chamber of Commerce for Dubuque, Iowa. Oh god, I love it there. Dubuque's beautiful. >> You know, Al Capone had a uh Yes, in. that hotel. I love that place. I know and beautiful. people. There's real pretty people in. Dubuque. >> Iowa's some of the best people in the. world. Clear Lake, Iowa. Have you been. there? No. So good for Buddy Holly and. them where they took off in that plane. out of the Surf Ballroom. Oh, murder. Remember hearing about that?

>> Yes. You can still go there. It's. perfectly. You can still go you can still see the. payphone that. they all called their family from before. they took off out of there. Anyway, not. to bring it down, but that is a. beautiful place if you ever get to go. There's a lot of beautiful places in. Iowa. But go on. So you So I he said and I it. my career was in the toilet and I. thought, okay, I'll go and do this. special. I did a bunch of old material. that people hadn't seen. I was rusty. I. think I think it sucked. Um and I did.

that special and. some things went viral in it and. but I couldn't sell tickets from it. I. was getting work from it, but it wasn't. the work I wanted. >> Like what do you mean? Were you getting. what? Pressure washing or what kind of. gigs were you getting? Close. >> Cuz dude, I've seen I've had somebody. Some guy saw me at a comedy club. He's. like, man, I love you, dude. I want you. to come and pressure wash at the house. And I'm like, well, that ain't helping me. He's like, 200. bucks. I was like, I'll be over there.

I'll damn spit really fast on that. siding if I have to. I don't even own a. pressure washing machine. Go on, baby darling little baby girl. >> corporate things. Stop. They you know, they you they pay you so much, but you. got to pay your travel out of it. I'd. get in a Uber with a man on marijuana. drive for 2 hours and stay at a at a. motel on the side of the road think I. was going to be murdered. I mean it just. was and it was just not good and I got. very down and I told Chunk Morgan I. said, I'm going to quit and I'm opening.

up a hardware store. And cuz I always thought that would be. fun. And he said, no, you're crazy. So. but Did he really say that? >> Yeah, he goes, Ling and that's crazy. You're it's fine. You're fine and you're. just keep going little And so I hired. these little guys that did social media. for me these young guys who. um knew how to do all that stuff. I. didn't know. And they put out the clip. where you showed that me in that tight. dress from Dillard's from the juniors. department. And I did a a bit about and. I never done it before I just had taken.

Chunk Morgan to go see Def Leppard in. Journey at Thompson Bowling. And everybody looked sick and had. plantar fasciitis. Mhm. All the people looked bad. All the band. members? All the band members. Oh, yeah. I Def Leppard guy I think had a hernia. >> yeah. Yeah. Tiny legs. Oh god, yeah. >> Thin hair. Anyway, it must resonate with. people and that went viral and I started. selling out all of the United States in. clubs that would not have had me. Yeah, wouldn't even answer your emails.

>> Wouldn't answer No. And then or they'd. had me and they're like, she's sweet. She doesn't get drunk fight in the. parking lot, but we're not having her. back. She can't sell tickets. So I started selling out and then I got. my first tour and then the big panty. tour. And I was in my early 50s. >> And you were in your early 50s. Uh-huh. >> And what was that Do you remember the. first place that you played at that it. was sold out at. Oh gosh. Um. >> Like first comedy club where you're. like, "Oh my god." Yeah, probably. um. Oh, like Off the Hook in Naples.

>> Yeah. Brian's club? >> Yeah. >> Oh, Captain Brian. >> Yeah, Cap- Captain Brian. >> You'll be Dude, you're on stage and. they're just serving shrimp right up in. your legs, dude. Big platters of shrimp. I thought it was a seafood restaurant. and I thought, "I'm in the wrong place.". >> It is a seafood restaurant. >> of plankton. But it was But I liked that. stage and they were darling and I had a. ball. >> it is a seafood restaurant and you're in. the right place. It's both of those. things and that's what's amazing about. it. Oh, Captain Brian's done a great job. over there of keeping com- comedy Off.

the Hook Comedy Club, that's what it is. Yeah, in Naples. Or Bricktown in. Oklahoma. All these places that had. never had me before. >> was the first place that you went that. it. >> That was That was one of the first. places, yeah. Yeah. >> on I was touring there probably 12. years, 13 years out there for maybe. I don't even know if it probably about. that, you know, just getting in there, lucky to be a feature, hoping you. finally get to headline, hoping you'd. hit a bonus, you wouldn't. So you were. at that kind of tap $1,200 a week mark, you know, and they'd give you 300 for.

travel but you had to decide if you were. just wanted to drive 18 hours or spend. another $300 to fly over there, you. know. Yes. >> Dude, hanging my food out when I. remember in Kansas City I would. It was cold out there so. I got my groceries and I would put them. in a bag and hang them out the window at. night cuz there wasn't like a fridge in. the room. I'd hang them out and get them. in the morning, let them thaw out and. then have have me a little lunch a few. hours later. And yeah, just little things you would. figure out over time. Um.

But there were some clubs that that. always like Brian Dorfman at Zanies in. Nashville always let me play. Cap City in Austin, I consider that my. home club. Chuck Morgan moved us to San. Antonio for his job so I worked the. River Center and Cap City in Austin and. they were really good to me. >> Wait, in Austin or San Antonio? Oh. San. Antonio, the River Center and then LOL. and then. Cap City in Austin believed in me. And I. would drive back and forth from San. Antonio with little children. I I had. three babies, three, five, and seven.

And in San Antonio I'd get up at the. late show when everybody was home. marijuana at midnight. >> Mhm. and talk about how somebody do do. on a table field cuz I was a mama, you. know, I was different from all those. boys. There was a lot of young boys. doing Arnold Schwarzenegger. >> impersonations. So. uh so I stood out. But I that's I you. know, not a lot of clubs wanted to book. me. Yeah. But I got to raise these. children. I I was raising children in. Knoxville, Tennessee in Texas. And first. of all, let me say this beautiful place,

Knoxville. And also. >> I think. I think Knoxville probably best place to. see a. uh football game. I think the best place to see an SEC. football game. I haven't seen a lot of. football games outside of the SEC. But man, Neyland, there's something. special about it. It is. >> got to go to Ole Miss and see their game. last. >> you were with Lane and did y'all do hot. yoga? >> Yeah, we did. He's been on a cleanse. I've said horrible things about Lane. Kiffin on stage when I have. Well, you know, he left us. Yeah. So I.

said some crap. Oh, when daddy leaves. >> But I'm sorry for it now. Here we are right now. >> Cuz he's doing he's. you know, he's he was cute and there was. a lot of girls. Well, you can tell I was. raised by a single mother too with how I. wear that towel. I'm going to go on ahead and say that. that's why. People are like, "What are you doing?". I'm like, "What are you doing? Okay? With your dad, okay?". So you can tell that too I am and those. are some. wonderful ladies there that were. training. They was I don't know if they.

were trainers or something. One of them. I think that one of they work at. Facebook Marketplace. So I don't know. what One of them was going actually. going to buy a cat off of Facebook. Marketplace and I said, "Honey. she's like, "I'm driving to Batesville. to get a cat off of Facebook. Marketplace." And I said, "Baby girl. that's a bad idea. Okay? She said it was a $60 cat. I said, "I'll give you $70 right now. >> Not to go? Yeah, just to get you a. little nap or something, you know, just. to watch cats on YouTube and get you a. little shuteye. Oh my lord. >> Cuz baby girl. >> she made it. Well, I hope she made it. too. And you know, who knows, you know,

you can't follow up on everything. But that. You give people. >> busy. Well, you get you give them a. little bit of advice, you know, if at. that point she drives off. to meet somebody off of damn Facebook. Marketplace. I got a trailer where they're like, "Well, we're going to add an addition to. the trailer." That is when I'm like, do. not do it. Anytime and let me make this speech. right now and I'm going to put my hat on. to make this because I don't like my. hair today. My god, I need a wife. But um what I'm.

telling you is this, okay? If If you meet someone and they're like, "Yeah, the trailer we got the trailer. and then we're going to add on to it.". You're like, that it doesn't work. It's. not a realistic project. You can't just. add on to a trailer. with extra housing or quick crete or. whatever they're using all type of. you know. >> Did you know that Chuck Morgan is in the. mobile home industry? I could imagine it. I didn't know that. And did he put you.

in one? Yes, I lived in a double wide. Now the double wide. >> it and he said to me, "We're just going. to be there temporarily.". >> Yeah. And it was big, you could ride a bicycle. through it. Oh, yeah, especially on. >> But I was pregnant with my third baby. It was in the middle of nowhere. It was. a hard time for me. Was it? There was a. mom that lived behind us. She had a. potbelly pig. It charged me all the. time. I It wasn't a big pig. But it was scary, you know, to have a. little pig charging you while you're big.

pregnant. Trying to get up in a double wide when. you don't have steps. Yeah, it's kind of. Yeah, yeah, definitely, dude. Oh, to get. that. >> owned the business and had steps sitting. out in the field several and just forgot. to bring steps home. Oh. Tried to pitch two babies up in a. double wide. Then hike my leg up, big pregnant. I mean, I had Tess, that. baby. I was pregnant with her. >> Yeah. And we lived on and it was on a. gravel road and he said, "I promise you.

I'm going to I'll make money.". >> big hands, I saw. And So hell yeah, I. can imagine that thing helping you. balance on the way up a little. I know. And then uh he did he flipped it. But. yeah, Chuck Morgan still works in the. mobile home industry. >> Oh, dang. And I don't think I don't know, maybe. some people do try to build on to a. mobile home but I get what you're. saying. Yeah, it's just when you. >> put a fire pit out in front. Put it out. in front. Do not try to put it inside. That's what. I'm saying, do not do that. That's a. thing, you know. We're going to take My.

sister was always like, "We're going to. tear down this wall inside and we're. going to. you know, you don't need a living room. that has a bathroom in it." Like, you. know, but no wall like. >> Did you ever live in one? I didn't live. in one. We lived in an apartment complex. that. was sinking. So we'd sit I remember we'd. sit there at night and watch Unsolved. Mysteries with mom and stuff and one. part of the apartment. after about the second episode, once. like. uh. once like. um. Full House came on, your bottom.

was getting wet. because it was just a few could the. floor was sinking. There was like some sinking there. Some. sinking. >> living room. Um and people would steal our This is. the worst part about our place. People. would steal our. the wood from our balcony. It's even find that picture. I've talked. about this before but. People would try to steal the. So people There was a balcony up on that. top? >> Yes, there was and the police were like, "Well, well, we You have any pictures of.

it?" We're like, "Officer, you don't. think there was a balcony there? What do. you think we just live with a witch or. somebody who just travels on this. propulsion or something or some woman on. her period who can just levitate out. like that? What do you Like he's like, "Well, we. need to see some images or something.". And I'm like, uh it was just that was a nightmare. But. people would steal that and they would. use it to build something at their. house. And then we'd go get it back and get it. back installed. If my mom was seeing a. guy, we'd convince him if he was drunk.

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pdsdebt.com/theo. Where are you in your family? Are you. the baby? No, I'm the second one. We. have four children and I'm the second. one. So, we had a. uh. Yeah, older brother, two younger. sisters. What about you? I have an older sister. You do? Mhm. What's she like? >> We were pretty big day on in Adams, Tennessee, of 500 people. Yeah. You know, we were tall, blonde.

I played sports, she twirled. She twirled? >> She twirled. She was a majorette. And. boys used to call and breathe into the. phone. Oh, that's flirting where I'm from. Oh, she's beautiful, huh? >> Thank you. She was um national semi-hot. calendar. You dressed like a damn dish. set we have when I was a kid. That was at the Opry. God, that's great. Oh, my lord. We We both have an. unrealistic hair color right there. We.

both gotten some dimensions since then. Yeah, a lot of your photos you kind of. look like an Asian woman that's dyed her. hair to look American in some ways. because Because of my eyes? Do you think. my eyes? No, I just feel like you are a. beautiful lady. I A lot of these. pictures I don't see you in them for. some reason, but uh they look great. I'm. just saying that's a and maybe I've seen. a lot to I've been on too many sites. with Asians on them or something. But go. back. I want to I want to talk about. your sister for a second. What's her. name? Beth. Beth. Oh, she's beautiful. And so, what was it like having a sister.

like her? She was a majorette, you said? >> She was a majorette and, you know, 5'11. and she was in Miss Tennessee. >> Of course she was, dude. Any tall girl, they just they will get it all. If you. just happen to be tall, I don't. care for whatever reason or something, maybe there wasn't a lot of gravity in. the home or whatever, but whatever. happened and you got to be tall, they. were like, "She's beautiful." You. remember that? >> Uh-huh. And we you know, when you're in I. graduated 42 people, so I think she.

graduated with 20-something. Okay, so. easier for her to do well. Yeah. And uh. but she was always very instantly is. very prim and proper and she went to. Austin Peay. She was homecoming queen. and she was uh national semi-hot. calendar on the Yeah. And then I went to. UT and I was. and a mess. A mess. A mess. I was. flailing around. >> Were you dating women too or you were. keeping it. >> No. I mean I didn't know how bad No, I love. men. Okay. Love them. >> I don't know how weird it got. No, it I.

didn't go through that. >> Yeah. And were you knocked up outside of. wedlock or not? >> No, I um Oh, she did pretty good. >> oh, but but day all I did get I dropped. out and I got married the first time. that wasn't Chuck Morgan. Mhm. I have a. past. Who was it? It was um. a guy that was older than me. He was He. went to UT. He had already graduated. Well, I think so. I think so. Just. didn't work out. >> Um I He had problems. It was bad and I.

don't think he could help it. >> Oh my god. I hope he's all right. Is he alive? No. God. Aw, that's sad. I'm sorry. Thank you for. telling us about him. >> Oh, my darling. It But you know, it made. me who I am today. It's okay. Um it's. okay. >> Yeah. >> And he was um. a beautiful talented. >> talented and all that, but it was bad. and I was dumb and 21 and then um we're.

talking the late '80s. I still probably. had some big hair. And were you. listening to like any type of music at. that. >> Annie Lennox. Okay. Uh Prince. Um Billy Idol, Rick James, Nasty Rick. James. >> Okay, so you guys were partying a. little. I mean, I was dancing and smoking. cigarettes, but I was not a drinker. I. didn't care about drinking and I didn't. I never did drugs cuz I'm scared of of. things. >> That is you, huh? >> I was That's me 17, a junior in high.

school. Tess looks like you kind of, huh? Mhm. Beautiful ladies. Oh my god, and who is that? >> Me. Me and my sister. >> Oh, I thought that was two of the Von. Erics. You ever seen those kids? The. wrestlers? Bring them up. Yes. Bring them Didn't. you interview Kevin Von Eric, we did. I. After that, I looked him up because it. was so fascinating. >> As children, bring them up as. They. >> They are fascinating. Great guy. But yes, some of those that picture. remind I thought it was two of them. Well, yeah, we were little blonde-headed.

children and our family owned the little. grocery store in our town. Oh, I could. easily. >> Is that all those wrestling boys? >> Yeah. The daddy sitting there, did he. wrestle or. >> He did. He wrestled, too. Where were. they raised? >> Uh maybe East Texas. That's Kevin Von. >> little mama, you can tell she cooked. Oh, definitely she. >> And she tended to them and got them. casseroles. She did not have a choice to. cook. I can't believe you gave Morgan a. casserole. What kind was it? I didn't I never got to fix little. Morgan. He Now, he did take my Maggie,

my middle child, on a couple of dates. >> Oh, that's beautiful. Mhm. But she said, "I think he likes wild girls that like. to key cars.". Ooh, well. >> And see, my children went to a Christian. school. and and we're taught not to. But she. said, "I just She thought it was. darling." And she said, "I think he. likes wild This was a long time ago. This before he hit it big. He was, you. know, he liked girls that like to fight. in the yard. Yeah, dude. Yeah, I could.

see that. I mean, yeah. >> Yeah, and that's okay. There's pretty. girls in Powell. They were all from. Powell, Tennessee. >> Yeah. And And he was a baseball player. in mode. A free-for-all fight, yeah. Yeah. And especially if he just mowed the. yard. Yeah. Somebody needs to throw down in. it. You know, that's what I'm saying, dude. I know. And see, my sister and I and my. kid, we don't like to fight. We're not. fighters. >> No. Mhm. And I've got a son 32, he's not. a fighter. >> Y'all are lovers, then. We're lovers.

Uh-huh. I interrupted you though. So, he. owned a car dealership, you said? What. were you saying before I interrupted. you? >> Um my little mom and daddy? No, I told. you you were talking about Oh, when the. two little kids go back to them as. children. And sorry I interrupted you. You took you on this crazy thing where I. compared you to look like. >> wrestlers? Yeah, and I'm very sorry. But. now here we have two beautiful children. Yes, that's me and my sister and I think. that was taken in the back of our I. think people could get their picture. made in our grocery store. Oh, I love. that. >> owned the little grocery store there. >> And we're far and we're farmers. We have.

land. We still have farming. >> In outside of Knoxville? >> Tobacco farming. Uh in middle Tennessee. here at outside of Nashville. On the Kentucky-Tennessee border near. 101st Airborne, Fort Campbell, Clarksville. That's where I was raised. >> Oh, beautiful. >> But I went to University of Tennessee. and then, you know, was married a bunch. of men up there. But So, we had we had grocery store and. then my little daddy opened a meat. processing plant and he did everybody's. beef, deer, and hogs and all that. >> And did y'all do nuggets too or anything.

like that? >> No. God. It's kind of like now these. fancy people that do grass-fed. That my. people were doing that a long time ago. Yeah, well, if somebody they saw a cow. eating grass, they'd be like, "This. thing's a little gay." You know, like it. was feed only back then, you know? If. you saw some grass, you'd be like, "Look. at this thick having a salad." You. know, it'd be like it was a different. time. I worked at a place called Soup. Galore. I worked over there. I love soup. Yep. Enough people didn't. love it like you did, I think, because. we could not keep a strong clientele in.

there. >> Really? Well, it's just hard and our big. thing was we were it was supposed to be. like the Baskin-Robbins of soups, right? Yeah. >> So, they were supposed to have 31 soups. and I'm like, "Dude, we don't have. enough If everybody came in here and had. two bowls of soup to like maybe after. the game everybody will come in and have. a couple bowls of soup." I'm like, "There's not. that with There's only like seven. parking spots, too." It was like we. didn't even make any sense, dude. And. I'd be back there just damn stirring. like a bouillabaisse or a split.

pea. I mean, that would sit. >> 31 soups is what I'm wondering. >> Oh, of course there are. Bring up a list. of soups if you don't mind, brother. For the non-believers out here, for the. Methodists, as I'll call them, okay? Bring up a list of decent soups. Put. that on there. Tomato, French onion, that was an easy. one. Cream of mushroom, that was pretty. basic. We had that. Butternut squash, we. didn't do. Now, I've had that a lot as. an adult. Do you like that, my darling? Cuz that's not what I a go-to for me, butternut squash soup. I It's a rich.

thing. Like sometimes I'll be at a place. where somebody will invite me to. something where you have to have all. your clothes on to eat. >> And who did that? Okay, who did that? And there's nowhere to put your gum. So, you have to swallow it. Uh Do you get invited to a bunch of. nifty things because you're so cute and. fun and everybody wants to be with you. and it and you're exhausted? Is that. basically it? No, I don't think that's. true. I do Like one thing that was One. thing that sometimes is neat like.

my best friend went to Ole Miss. So, I. got to go to Ole Miss. It was his. birthday, right? So, we went up to Ole. Miss. And so, I'd met Lane Kiffin from. podcasting with him. So, I got to like. take my best friend on like this walk. that they do at the beginning of the. thing. But if you'll see. play that video. and I'll tell you when to pause it in. just a second. Okay? Pause it. Right behind me on the right is my best. friend. So, he loves SEC football. He. loves Ole Miss. I've never In fact, I've.

only supported Ole Miss because he was. an Ole Miss guy and I love him. He's my. He's just my We've been friends since we. were children. Um his father convinced me to go do. comedy. His father was a Jerry Clower. fan and used to put Jerry Clower on the. radio and on on the uh CD. Yeah. But. little things like that are great. Like. I know you're doing um. But it's probably similar stuff. I know. you're doing uh the CMAs with Lainey. Wilson, right? You're going to. uh just guest with her on there for a. little bit, which is amazing. >> we're I get to we I get to intro.

somebody, but I get to be on stage with. her for a little while. She She and I. played each other in um Family Feud. Celebrity Family Feud. >> Uh-huh. She invited our family to play. Oh. And then I did something else with. her with CBS. So, I've I love her and I. She's the real deal. She's the best. I. went and saw her and Ella Langley play. not long ago and that was beautiful. And. Ella Langley, I got to meet her on the. Today show. Beautiful. Oh, yeah. Beautiful. Oh, yeah. Is she dating anybody? >> Huh? Is she dating anybody? I don't know.

a thing. I don't know anything. I mean. She's got beautiful bangs and legs. Did. you notice that? >> I I I. I know she is a great performer. She is. a firecracker. I know that. Uh she's. just a you know, confident young lady, so talented. She is so talented. >> But I don't know. I don't know she. Whoever she Whoever If she's dating. somebody, they're a lucky. >> They are very lucky cuz she's a doll, a. living doll. She was with Riley Green. and I got to meet him. He was dark Look. at her. That doll? Oh. Mhm.

Beauty. Beauty. Yeah, she will. >> Lainey's a beauty, too. >> Oh, she'll iron your shirt with. her stare, too. She can put Look, that. Ella will get something done. I'll tell. you that. >> where was she raised? Alabama? I think. in The Jungle Book. Have you seen that. movie? She is a wild one and I mean that. love it lovingly. Ella, she knows that. She She is from Alabama, Hope Hull, Alabama. Hope Hull. >> just won a couple of Sea-Doos, I think, in a raffle down there. I saw her using. them. They had a raffle down there at.

the hardware shop and she won them. I remember my granddaddy when we were. kids would take us over there. He'd be. like, "Let's go enter the raffles. It's. raffle week.". You go enter them. And then he'd go over there to the pool. hall and smoke and you have to sit out. in his truck or whatever. Yeah. With a couple stuffed animals. >> we were raised similar. A lot of people. sitting smoking out in a truck. Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. And the men would go cry behind. the Winn-Dixie if things weren't going. well. They'd park back there and cry. Oh. Good chicken, though. Yeah, they had.

great produce. My buddy Robbie My buddy. Robbie Taylor worked over there for a. long time. He was a steadfast employee. there and went on to create some. businesses of his own, but yeah, we'd go. up there and watch the fellows cry over. there. There were people crying outside. of the Winn-Dixie. >> back, not out front. If you're crying. out front, that's a gay guy. You know. what I'm saying? The real men parked and. cried in the back. If you were just up. there having a little too much trouble. getting one of those big bags of ice out. of the ice box thing, that's just a. fellow that's afraid to admit something. to his wife.

You know? Oh. Okay, I used to go back when I was. waiting tables and smoke with the line. cooks. They're fun. They got me out of. jail. Had fun stories. >> First of all, if you consider the people. that work at Winn-Dixie the line cooks. No, my the restaurant that I'm working. at Oh, sorry. All those boys, those line. cooks that I worked with, pretty fun. criminals. Had a ball. Want to hear what. they did? >> Where was this first job at? So, this. was a restaurant? This was a restaurant. >> place. A real place.

>> Okay. where I met Chuck Morgan when he. came to get his MBA and I was finishing. up that undergraduate that took me. many years. And this is in Knoxville? In. Knoxville, Tennessee. The restaurant. where everybody wanted to work cuz it. stayed on a wait all day long. You made big money. Oh, I like that. >> Mhm. Cuz yeah, you seem like a woman. that's probably slept her way to the top. of a Marie Callender's. You know what. I'm saying? I'm not judging you. But go on. Anyway, sorry. I shouldn't be. talking while you're here. And I'll say this, that place was nice.

That pie aquarium they had at. the front. >> um Marie Callender, you know, I've never. been in Are you talking about a real. Marie Callender? There were restaurants. Yeah. Where were they? I've never been. in one. I don't know. You know, they had. uh I think they had one up there towards. Missouri. They had one and it was uh. I think it was in the same town as they. had the other place that that Lambert's. the throwed rolls. You ever been in that. place? That was up in Missouri. >> Yes, I think I've been in a Lambert's. Marie Callender's is based out of. Mission Viejo, California. Oh. I did not.

see that coming. We Okay, were you living in Los Angeles. when I saw you do Last Comic Standing? Were you out there living as a young. young young young boy? Mhm. Because I um. See, I was a little mama in the middle. of nowhere. You know your kids out. there. I mean, but I mean I wanted you know, I. wanted to be one of the cool kids at the. Comedy Store and I would you know And. where were you at that time? That's when. you were working at that restaurant? Um. No, this was at when I started doing Cap. City Comedy Club and all that. And then.

And then he got Chuck got promoted and. then we came back to Knoxville where the. corporate offices are and that's when I. um. Well, I mean, I worked, but I you know, nobody cared. Well, honey, I don't even have. long socks. Look what I'm wearing. Both. of our ankles are showing. >> Very long cute legs. >> Your Your ankles look nice. Oh, thank. you. I got a spray tan for you. You did? Yeah. Somebody came to my home and did. it. That's nice of them.

Um Yeah, but uh yeah, I I wanted to be. out at the Comedy Store and all that. I. wanted to be like you. But was there a. thing like Was it What What was it like. really having the children and you. wanting to do this? Like did you have to. say like, "Okay, I can't do it these. years. I can't do it this time of year.". Were there times you had to set off or. did you not be able to do that because I. know sometimes it's like you get a week, you're like, "That's the week I'm. working." You know? I mean, that's how. it was for me. Like I didn't have I had. friends for like 12 years that I was out. there touring, but I didn't see them.

that much. I was gone. If I met a girl, I'd start to get to know her. I was. gone. I came back in town 3 weeks later. I didn't remember who she was. I didn't. know who I was. Yeah. >> You know, just things were It was hard. to keep things together. What was that. like for you out there? >> I mean, I just I took any job I could. get and I tried to stay on stage when I. could. And at times I would go on a. little tour with like two other female. comedians cuz Blue Collar had blown up. >> Mhm. And so, do you remember Ada Mae? A comedian named Ada Mae. >> Yes. I toured with Karen Mills and Ada.

Mae and we called ourselves the Southern. Fried Chicks. Oh, yeah. >> She plays a character. Ada Mae. She used to be do the Funny. Bone in Baton Rouge sometimes. >> Yeah. And she was She lived out in LA. for and was in movies and stuff. Wow. I. don't know if I ever got to meet her. She's out there the working theaters and. clubs still. Ada Mae. >> So funny. And who else? Karen Mills, who. is a good friend of mine who opens for. me uh on when I tour. Oh, yeah. I got to get to spend see that.

Ada Mae because I remember yeah, like. just you see the flyers at the clubs at. the Funny Bone. That's who was coming. through. That's back when Baton Rouge. had a Funny Bone and then don't have one. anymore. I don't think Louisiana even. has a comedy club anymore. Well, I know. you in Knoxville, there were Side. Splitters, but you would come to the. Tennessee Theatre. I can't. >> When I was working the Side Splitters. Yeah, by the time I got to Knoxville, I. was already doing uh. I was out. >> or Yeah, I know you were at the. Tennessee Theatre. I was outside of. clubs. That Tennessee Theatre is. awesome. Beautiful. Yeah. But I would do.

I would work when I could. I did a lot. of private uh things. I did clubs when. they'd have me and. and um and I always had television deals. not going. That's the thing. >> had Hollywood after me. Shut up. Well, honey, shush. You had damn near. >> But they wouldn't make it. I mean, I had. big television deals, but they wouldn't. make it. >> making any of our but at least you. had the deal. I did and that kept me. going, you know? I'd get down and I'd. think, "Well, something must be.

telling me to keep going." because I. would have a you know, I'd get a deal. with ABC and Warner Brothers. Then I had. one with Nick at Nite and. and then Sony and then So, the one I. have with Chuck Lorre, that was my. fifth. For this new show? Uh-huh. And that that. I mean, For Leanne? Yeah. And this went. like he just said, "We're doing it." And. Netflix said, "We'd love for you to do. it." And And we got to I got a. unbelievable cast and. Who played your sister in it? Kristen. Johnston from 3rd Rock from the Sun and.

and Righteous Gemstones. Y'all are so. good. And she is brilliant. And she had. to tell me what all they were saying to. me. I didn't know. I go, "What is all. this?" And then Ron Funches from Whose. Line Is It Anyway, brilliant. >> Oh, yeah. Celia Weston plays my mother. She played my mother in the only movie. I've been in with Reese Witherspoon and. Will Ferrell. You're Cordially Invited. She was my mother in that. Blake Clark, who's in all that Adam Sandler movies, plays my dad. Blake Clark plays your. dad? >> Yes. Oh, that's beautiful.

>> And he is darling. He's great. He was in. The Waterboy. I thought he passed away. >> No, honey. He is my daddy. >> I swear to God, I went to this guy's. funeral online during COVID. Oh my god. Good to see him alive. >> And he does great. I mean, he is. Men love this show and I think it's. because of him and Ron Funches. And then. my love interest on it is Tim Daly from. Wings. >> Mhm. So, I made out with Tim Daly.

I never watched Wings. And is he gay or. straight? He's straight. He's married to. Téa Leoni. You know, that beautiful. actress? He is? Yes. He's married to Tea. Leoni? Yes, they just got married. They've been together for like 14 years. >> Oh, that's wonderful. She uh is in my. favorite movie ever, Family Man. With Nicholas Cage. Oh my gosh. Okay, I. loved her in Spanglish. With Adam Sandler. Mhm. Wow. Mhm. He plays Agent Andrew, my love. interest, because my husband, Ron.

Stallworth's character, has walked off. and left me after 33 years of marriage. >> You sure he wasn't just looking for. something What And do you have any clue. Is there any. Has he called or anything? Yeah, he's. still around. He is? Yeah. That's um. yeah. That's Blake Lively. >> We've got two grandbabies together in. this and God. And has this. uh when it finally when this started all. like. Yeah, what were your like. I cried every day. I was like, what the.

What have I gotten myself into? It was. so scary. Yeah, when this finally. happened, what was it like? It was like, oh no, I've got to learn a. script every week and I'm in every. scene. I'd never done that before. Mhm. Uh I was overwhelmed by that. >> That's a lot. It's a lot. You got 250. people there staring at you, a set, uh. uh. darling people that have worked for. Chuck Lorre for years. They're counting. on you Yeah, they're counting on you. >> screw up. And for Yeah, and for people. that don't know the the the the show. starts off where you just found out that. your husband cheated on you, kind of.

That's where you girls are spending so. much time in the lane in the bed. together and kind of just getting. through life. I remember that. Mhm. Um. We had 16 episodes. And at first, Netflix was going to do cuz you know, they only do things in eight or 10. episodes. So, they were going to drop. eight. And then my new Netflix special. dropped November the 4th and they were. going to drop another eight this coming. spring. And then they got a wild hair. and and dropped 16 at one time, first. time in their history. Wow. Yeah. So, it. all got dropped and it and it did really.

well. I'm so thankful. I was scared to. death. I thought, is anybody going cuz. it's a multi-cam. And they said to me at. Netflix. we think you can bring back the. multi-cam. And I'm like, don't put that. burden on me. Yeah. And then and then it. did really well. And I think people miss. that format. I think people it think of. it as comfort and comfort food kind of. And people really liked it. Well, I. think on. >> thankful. on a streamer you can be a. little bit more edgy, right? You're not. as like locked in as like a lot of the. cable laws.

Um. what things are allowed on streaming. that aren't allowed on cable? Can you. find Is there any information on that? Can you look them up on Wait, I think. Ron did say S-A-T-C-H-A-T. Can you look that up on Perplexity real. quick? They wanted to probably cuss a lot more, but. Let me see. >> You know, I didn't want it. Streaming. services allow certain types of content. that cable television cannot, correct, right? Streaming platforms often feature. uncensored profanity, explicit sexual. content, nudity I was not nude. Okay.

Graphic violence and mature themes that. would not be allowed on cable channels. There are fewer restrictions on the. depiction of drugs, controversial. political topics, or socially sensitive. material in original programming. produced for streaming. On streaming, creators are less limited by. requirements around content rating or. time of broadcast that apply to cable. and especially broadcast TV. Um. Cool. Examples of content differences. Shows and movies on streaming may. include swearing, nudity, sexual. situations, and violence without. censorship, while cable versions of the. same content are often edited or bleeped.

for language, blur nudity, and cut. explicit scenes. Uh I did carry a gun. You did? Well, that's that's fair. And also. >> was breaking in. It's a Tennessee It's. state law. You can. Well, Ron Stallworth said to me, I. didn't know how to hold one. And he goes. you know how to hold them, Lainey. You're from Tennessee. I go, we're not. just going around packing guns. My. people call it packing. And I said, I I. mean, I know people that have them and. hunt. But my daddy never did and I don't.

know how to I think people think in. Tennessee it's like the wild west. >> Yeah. Oh, people think it's shoot them up out. here. You know what I'm saying? Like people are just like, yeah, if it. gets a little weird, you can shoot. But. I do like the fact that if somebody. thinks they're going to walk into a. place and get a little weird, they're. going to have to know that there's six. or seven men and women. and people, you know, women in the. middle who are willing to pop. who are willing to.

I know. In the movie theater and in the. I know. Yeah. Um There's some bad mama jammas taking. care of business, which I like. The show. is great and it's people are loving it. Uh. How many What season you guys on now? The what? You You only have your first. season? Yeah, um I go Are you going to. do a second season? >> Uh-huh. I go out in Thank you, my. darling. I go out in January and start. again. And we'll text out there with. you. Where are your daughters watching? She's uh she's about to get her union, so she works on the set with me. Okay. And is my my makeup artist and um and.

also, I mean, it's just good to have. family out there cuz Chuck Morgan's. still working a big job. And I I don't. want to be out there by myself. It makes. me feel better to have, you know, my one. of my children with me. Oh, yeah. >> My uh oldest child's married and got my. two grandbabies and working. And then my. middle child work lives in I told you. that at the UT ball game, the one that. went to Chipotle with Morgan Wallen. She. lives in New York and for works for the. food bank. She's a nonprofit. She's.

always worked in nonprofit. And this. baby went to school for makeup for. television and film in in Manhattan. That's beautiful. >> I know. So, I get to So, they get you. know, I she takes care of me while I'm. out there. Cuz I need I can't think I. got to learn all this stuff. >> Honey, you can't just be wan- Yeah, just. wandering around and wondering if your. bra fits all right all day. Right. You. know what I'm saying? You ever been in a. tight bra? Yeah. God. What's that like? Bad. >> Is it? Bad. Yeah. I don't want to be so.

pitiful that I'm like raw carrying like. men had to carry me around. Yeah. But I. do I need people to tend to me now. I never thought I would get that way, but I I mean, I got to learn a lot. And. my girlfriends back home, they're like, just drink some wine at night. You got. so much on you. I go, I can't drink wine. and sweat in the bed all night and not. be able to learn a script the next day. I can't be drinking. >> And you wake up, yeah, and your mouth is. all dried out and stuff. Uh-huh. Yeah. >> And it makes women's blood vessels.

expand and you sweat in the night. I. hate to even tell you that. God. >> When you get to certain age, it's not. girls your age. They're not sweating. I. don't know. >> They might be beginning to sweat. Some. people are Yeah, people are losing. water. I know that. People are losing. water weight. >> it. Well, people are losing weight, too. I mean, people are on those GLP-1s or. whatever, the XPBs or something, the C. um BC, yeah. People are on all that. I mean, they busted a lady selling. uh Ozempic outside of a damn Vineyard. Vines out there, you know?

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>> of the Bell Witch? We had some uh hunter. children and I don't know if something. happened to them through the church or. something. They didn't tell me. everything that happened to them. We had. two young fellows who who were touched. by the spirit and out there hunting. they went to the Bell Witch which is the. only that is the only time that the. government got involved in. of a and investigated. >> investigated a witchcraft situation. Right. Honey, that's where I'm from. Oh, those little boys they look like they.

love a ghost. Sam and Colby. Yeah, Sam. and Colby. Sam and Colby. Um great guys. But yeah, so that's Oh, so that was your. area. >> I'm from and I was raised. Yes, with a. demon they talked about it all the time. If there was a if there was a 4th of. July picnic they put a dummy in a in a. coffin and said that's the witch. That's. Kate Batts. So that was big lore around y'all. >> Oh, yeah. And the Vanderbilt football. team fraternities would come down. torment each other beat the windows out. of our church. They'd had to everybody.

had to pass money around to put more. windows in the church. Grave yard dogs that had bullet holes. that couldn't explain why they're still. walking. Crows comes in she comes in the. in the she comes in the. in the form of a black dog a crow a. black crow crazy mess. >> Chris Robinson. Yeah, she just showed up. dressed like Chris Robinson. Yeah. It was great. >> And people come from all over they still. come. And during October is the Bell. Witch play and it's sold out.

And I was I went my sister got me. tickets a couple of years ago and I sat. by a guy that works at Warner Brothers. on the pit. Wow. Was he drinking? He he. came to see it. >> He was drinking? Shrinking with Harrison. Ford that television show. Oh god. >> Shrinking on Apple. Does he uh A Warner. Brothers executive. I'm sorry. >> Is it worth going to see that? Yeah. I. think if you do you want to be around a. demon? I don't but do you want to go do.

you like scary mess? I would like. >> you've got the Holy Spirit and that. probably bumps you. I think it doesn't. make me feel great but I do like to go. over there and just every now and then. make sure that the devil still out and. about so I know that the path I'm on is. what I'm supposed to be doing. >> Right, I get that. I get that cuz the. devil is at work. Okay, there's a cave. You can go in the cave and there's. Native American bones. There's animal. bones. The witch is in there. People. come from all over to go through that. cave. I've never been through it. I.

didn't want to go. It's and my daddy. didn't want me to go in it. Oh my god. And what town is that in and that's over. in Adams? That's in Adams, Tennessee on. the Kentucky Tennessee border in. Robertson County. Wow. >> There's been movies written about it, books. See, children that grew up in. Tennessee used to have to do a book. report on it but now nobody I don't. think they make them do it. >> The Bell Witch cave story is one of. America's most famous. um. uh mysterious events experienced by the. Bell family in Adams, Tennessee between. 1817 and 1821. The haunting began when.

John Bell the family patriarch. encountered a bizarre creature. resembling a dog with a rabbit's head on. the property. Uh voices. >> with a rabbit's head. I haven't heard. that one. It sounds like a hormone issue. but I don't think I don't know a lot. See, Betsy must have been beautiful. And. then John Because it says a Betsy let me. see. Oh, disturbances escalated to Sorry. to interrupt you. No, that's all right, Angel. Disturbances escalated to eerie. noises, objects moved by unseen forces, bed sheets pulled away and this could. have just been a pervert and violence.

towards the family especially daughter. Betsy Bell who experienced beatings and. fainting spells. Dang. John Bell. >> real story. You do know the real story? I do. Then set us straight. Okay, first of all let me say that. before Nashville became the capital of. Tennessee it was going to be Adams. because of our rich dark fired tobacco. crops that grow we grow tobacco for. Copenhagen and Skoal but because it was. so rich in the land for tobacco. it was going to be the capital but then.

for some reason they made it Nashville. John Bell ran for president at one time. with the Whig Party. So they were very. prominent family. Lucy must have been a. beauty. A man came to through town was. in love with her. >> Lucy or Betsy? Um. Lucy. Okay. >> Wait. Lucy wait Leah Lucy's the. daughter. Betsy was the mom. >> Okay. John's Okay. So Lucy he she did. not want that man and so to torment her. um he could throw his voice they said he.

was a ventriloquist. I know what you're. going to do with that. Oh my god like. Frank Caliendo. Hey, I'm Jon Gruden. You need an exorcism, Betsy. Go on. Hey, Lucy. But they like blamed it on a slave God. love him and it wasn't him. It was this. man that came. >> Every time a slave was like, "What did I. do?". This was a man that could throw his. voice. He was a mathematician a. ventriloquist and he fooled them all.

And then. um poisoned John Bell and killed him. >> Oh. And then she didn't Lucy didn't know. it and I think Lucy may ended up. marrying him. >> it works. That's how it works. >> Hey, they say shooters shoot. You know, that's what I'm saying. >> and women are attracted to twisted. >> Are they? Yeah. So Oh god. >> and trauma. So and you know, you want to. fix people. because we're nurturing. So anyway, um. and that is the Bell Witch and the whole.

thing and people come and it's always on. the front of USA Today is one of the. oldest ghost stories and because it's. part of Tennessee history like you. saying. But that's what I was raised and. that that's what we're known for. Now, maybe I'm they're known kind of for me. Maybe. Oh, yeah. I think so. >> Me and a witch. I think she's beating me. I think it. depends how many tickets they should do. they sell every year to that event? I sell more. Let's go. Let's just say I sell a few more tickets.

than the Bell Witch. They sell quite a. few tickets. I can brag. But not but I'm. you know Yes, I know you do. >> some small arenas this year. >> Hell yeah, you did. And I'm just joking. You know that. I know but that is popular and you know, people that love ghosts love ghost. Oh, yeah. And people are speaking and. you know, channeling. um the Beatles and all that kind of crap. down there but I don't like all that. I. believe in demons. I don't like all. that. Well, I you know, we talked this. is one thing that we just did talk about.

when Sam and Colby were here these ghost. hunter children. um who I'm not saying were victims of. sexual crime issue. I have no idea. I. don't know what their lives were like. Some of that's alleged. I'm not saying. that. I read that somewhere. What I am saying is um that yeah, they. they said well. we talked about how it's just like if. you summon something it'll show up. It's. like having faith asking God to show up. in your life. If you sit out there and. ask for it to come it'll be there and. that's what sometimes why I think the. devil's winning because you have people. that are spending more time summoning.

the devil than you have people that are. sitting here asking God to show up but. See, there's a thing about the Bell. Witch and I growing up my cousins would. do it and it would scare me to death but. they'd go say her name three times turn. around she'll appear. >> Mhm. Okay, I was at the StarDome. in Birmingham. >> doing uh I finally got to do that place. I'd emailed them. 11 12 years and then finally one day it. just came up on the schedule. Now you. going to be at the StarDome. And now. they got you killed.

>> I was so excited. Well, I was in the back. You know, they. have several little I guess a little. theater and the big theater or what a. big room and there was a the girl that. you've seen in a million posters that go. around the comedy clubs and talk to dead. people. I mean she talks to dead people. and she says in the audience who you. know, your uncle so-and-so's here. Yeah. >> She was in the green room at the. StarDome and she said and she was a doll. and she said, "Oh, yeah there's they're. in here right now dead people." And I. thought.

surely the goodness our sweet lord would. not if I die I don't have to be in the. green room Yeah. in a comedy club with a. half a bottle of mustard Yeah. with you know, something on TBS on the. TV. I'm surely I'm not going to be stuck in. a green room. You know? Yeah. I don't. surely he'll let me walk somewhere fun. [Music]. Not where you know, the pillows don't.

match on the sofa. That hard ass sofa in. there a lot of times. God, it's this Oh, green rooms are. crazy. And then sometimes like this is a. green room I'm like this is a bathroom. it doesn't have a toilet in it. I'm like. you're like sometimes the green room is. crazy. Sometimes it's just a curtain. People don't like uh. there's nothing like that that all the. the clubs over the years that are coming. up all the places you go do you know. But I think it's like that about. everything. You think like backstage in. is going to be amazing once you get to.

certain levels. And then sometimes. backstage is you're just hiding behind. the edge of the stage waiting to walk. out there. You know, it's all exciting. but um it's always just about putting. the show on. I know. >> Making sure that it looks good out. there. The backstage is never there's. not a lot of money spent backstage, you. know. >> Uh-uh. It kind of dusty. >> Yeah. But isn't it thrilling though? I've. watched you in big places and um women. yelling and all that. I mean do you and. >> Some of those were men with long hair. but yeah. Those are men that have had sex changes.

but. happy they're there. Mhm. We did have a. guy peeing in a woman's hair one night. out there in Colorado. And we gave we had to give her a free. shirt. Cuz somebody peeing in her hair? Yeah. Just drunk and crazy or what was it? I. don't know. She wanted a hoodie too. I'm. like. baby girl. chill. Okay, it's a. you know, the shirts we they're pretty. good shirts. I know. Probably $65.

Oh, we don't sell Yeah, we we actually. sell pretty cheap on the road. You do? >> Yeah, we don't sell like super. expensive. I don't. >> See, my people don't want a big hot. hoodie, but I've got women in menopause. and their husbands. I do skew a little. bit younger now. >> Yeah. But I don't know. I love a hoodie. and I think hoodies are cute and I can. see where one of your hoodies would be. darling, but I got to go with a V-neck. Everybody's sweating. Yeah. Yeah, well, you start the fire starts to. have to get out, you know? The heat. starts to pop out after a while.

And I don't even somebody does the the. merch now. It's like a That's like a. ghost. I never see him. I don't know. >> I can't even get a hold of my own. shirts. People are like, "Can you get me. a shirt?" I'm like, "I don't even You. know, I just go online and order and pay. for it and buy it. Yeah, I can." But it. is kind of interesting once it you know, you get to certain spots and. or certain parts of your career, if. you're fortunate enough to have some of. those moments. Yeah, what an exciting. ride you've had because Did you ever. feel like women don't get the. appreciation that men did? Did you feel.

that in comedy because. >> No, I always hear women talk about that. and I don't know. Everybody was always. good to me. And. I never if I didn't get something, I. thought I didn't think of it as. man-woman kind of thing. I just thought. I'm not ready or or I'm not edgy enough, you know, Comedy Central was big. They. didn't I would always audition for. stuff, didn't get it, Just For Laughs, didn't get it until later. Um and I. never thought of it as a man-woman. thing. I just thought it's not my time. or I got to get better or.

I don't have that whole man-woman thing. I just don't. >> Yeah. I mean, I always I know there's a. lot more male comics and all that, but I. did not feel anything. Nobody was like. disrespectful to me or that I didn't. deserve something or. I just didn't get that. I don't know if. people didn't want to bullet I don't cuz. I'm a mom. I don't know. I have thought. that. some people don't People are used to. seeing men be the jesters, right? And.

there is something or there I think it. used to be more this way. because I don't think it's this way. anymore that it used to feel like the. jester is supposed to be a male. You. don't want to see a woman You know, it's. like you want to You don't want to have. see a woman like imagine if it's. something that's kind of vulgar or. something like that. You know, that there's um it's not as. uh. popular of a view of women. So, I think. it Some of it I think it took time for. the view of that to be more possible.

Yeah, that does make a lot of sense. That makes a lot of sense. Now, it's. like yeah, you're like, "Oh, that. chick's hilarious, you know?" But I. think there was probably I could see. there being like, you know, a generation. or two ago where people were more like. "Oh, I can't believe she's saying that.". >> Mhm. Or I think also they want a woman. to be pretty and not making. faces where she's not as attractive or. something. I fought with that. Like I. wanted to be pretty, but I didn't want. to look stupid.

And I When I was younger, now I mean. >> Whatever we can do. >> Whatever we can do. And Kristen Johnston. would say to me cuz when I first saw. myself on TV, I thought, "Oh my gosh, where's my chin? And I I need to get a. facelift." And you know Hollywood how. that does that mess to you. And then And. she goes, "Leanne, think about the. funny. Think about Lucille Ball, Carol. Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore.". And you know, instead of just fixating. on trying to be. youthful and the prettiest and all that. And I do think that's wonderful that. this has happened to me at my age.

because I don't have that pressure of. somebody I mean, you look at Nikki. Glaser's legs. She is stunning. You. know, she is a beauty. >> Oh, yeah. Like a couple of damn She's. got just some Charleston shoes on her, baby. Them things are nice. I Yes. >> All these young girls that are, you. know, so pretty and and I think I feel. like that even puts more pressure on. them that I don't feel that pressure. anymore. I used to feel that pressure. >> Yeah. So, it really kind of everything kind of. happened at the most perfect time, you. feel like? >> Oh, I know it did. >> Right. And that's it's kind of a silly.

question cuz it's To me, it's all on. God's time and what else am I going to. do about it? >> I know. And you think about if I always. think if those television deals had made. it, these children would not be who they. are. My kids. >> Was there any real tough moments with. your kids where they kind of held it. against you that that was a more of a. thing or something like that? >> No. No. And it really I wouldn't I was. not working I mean, I was working, but I. was always there for them and I never. had to hire anybody that nobody ever. resented me for anything. I did miss a. few things. >> Did you coach as they were growing up,

but but not bad. Not bad. I got to be. there with them. And when I did that. movie with Reese Witherspoon, she said. to me every day on that set, "You got to. raise your own children, Leanne.". She did. And I did. >> saw her the other day. I just met her. First time. Beautiful. Is she not beautiful and smart? Connor I. met her kid Colin. She had two boys with her, Colin. >> Um and the other Reese Witherspoon's the. baby. Colin and Tennessee. Those are. their names. I just met her the other day. Beautiful.

>> We chatted for a little while. I. actually I told her I would. check in and just say hey to her. Yeah, I got to say hello, but. um. She's smart. >> Ava Deacon and Tennessee. Wait. >> Deacon. You saw Deacon and I was trying. to think of that baby's name and he's. stunning. No, she has two little ones. though. That Tennessee's the baby. She had the. first two by that Phillippe boy. >> Okay. Ryan Phillippe, yeah. >> Yeah. And then this baby. I got to meet. um Well, I met all of them, but Maybe. his friend was there. I thought it was.

Oh, I did. He probably had a little. friend with him. >> He might have had a damn friend. And then I met. >> said he loves living in Nashville. He. gets out and plays in the neighborhood. and does all that. >> They were joyful children. I mean, yeah, I met them at the Vanderbilt game. Um. Yeah, that would be the tough part. I. wonder was it tough balancing any of. that? Is it tough. uh It wasn't tough. I need to tell. people. It was not tough because I had. Chuck Morgan that was an executive that.

made good money. >> So, Chuck could help provide everything. >> Uh-huh. I didn't have to I mean, I took. horrible gigs. I did horrible gigs like. everybody, but I wasn't sleeping in a. Ford Festiva. >> Right. And we Yeah, my mother had a Ford. Festiva actually and we used to make. jewelry in the trunk in there at night. Making jewelry? >> We'd sit in there and make little. earrings and stuff like that and. bracelets and stuff. Well, I sold. jewelry when I started. That's how I got. into comedy is I. Chuck Morgan moved me to Bean Station, Tennessee in the foothills of the. Appalachian Mountains and I sold jewelry.

like women sell Mary Kay and Tupperware. cuz I had my first baby and I wanted to. stay home with him. And um and I would I was supposed to be. talking about jewelry in these women's. living rooms and I would you know, I. started some of my first material there. talking about breastfeeding or. hemorrhoids or whatever. Got laughs. Women would book me far in advance and. then that gave me the confidence to do. comedy club. By the time I got to San. Antonio, I had a comedy club and I did. open mic and then all that. But I sold.

jewelry. I wasn't making it in the back. of a Ford Festiva though, my darling. Well, yeah, we would just do it in there. cuz it was quiet in there. It was a kind of loud. >> quiet to make jewelry. Yeah, it was just. peaceful in there, Connie, you know, we'd go sit out in the car a lot at. night. I would. I'd go sleep out there. sometimes. My mom had these boxes she. used to deliver cookies. My mom mostly. did delivering. So, she was always boxes. of some at our house. Boxes of it. is. >> Like little dandies or what are we. talking? Well, she worked for this. cookie company for a while called. Wortman cookies, I remember. And I'd go.

sleep out there in that Ford Festiva. That would barely go, dude. That. thing was probably had about 400 lbs of. cookies in that Car only weighed. 80 lbs, dude. You could Dude, if you. drop something near the car, you could. pick it up and look under there for it. It was so easy. Look at that car. Yeah, that one right there. Yep, that was it. Ours was gray though. That thing was. small, brother. And my mom could beat. all of us in while she was driving. Play. us like a damn drum set in there while. she was driving, dude. And my long-neck. brother hit his cymbal, ass. Um.

but she could pop pop pop pop pop pop if. we're misbehaving in that little car. But yeah, there was never any peace in. the area, but I'd go out there at night. sometimes and spend a little bit of. time. I'd go lay on those boxes of. cookies. They smelled so good. They had. gingerbread cookies too around. Christmas. I'd go lay on there and just smell that. gingerbread and just pretend I lived in. England or something. Oh my darling. >> that. And my mom had a big rug in her room and. it was a. uh.

I don't know if it was a cow. I don't. know what it was. It was an animal that. had died. Real? Hard? Real hard. I think. it was an animal. Hell, it could have. been a damn Doberman. I don't know what. it was, but it was big. I was saying it. was pretty big and it looked like. somebody had milked it. But uh. >> And you laid on that? >> lay on that thing and just smell that. animal and just think of like being out. on like the prairie or something or. being like a cowboy or something like. that. I remember that. Well, your. imagination, honey, would. It was fun. But yeah, the damn apartment.

was sinking and people would steal that. wood. I just want to finish the love life. here. So, you So, Chuck Morgan. you meet him over there in Knoxville. >> Mhm. And he walks in and wears sees you. At. the restaurant that I was working. And. what were you doing there working? What. was your I was waiting tables and I was. standing waiting for my table to get um. seated and he came through with a. training group and he's 6'4" and I said, "You're tall as a tree." And he said, "Sorry." And I thought another butt. hole's come to work at Grady's. Yeah.

And I thought stay away from him. He's. not fun. And he just would like stand. next to me, you know, and kind of lurk. And then we'd be in. >> shade, you mean? I love how you can't. see the positive in it, Leanne. Go on. My God. >> And then we would have shift meetings. and I'd be eating a baked potato with. some sour cream and butter on it. and maybe cheese. And he would I remember the the second. thing he said to me was, "You don't need. to eat all that fat on your baked. potato." And I thought, "Man, what a.

butt hole." I mean, he doesn't need to sit by me. Leave me. alone. The next time, I think I was sitting on. the back there doing catch-ups or. something. I said to one of the girls. working, "I love your Dooney & Bourke. purse, girl.". The next day, he brought me a Dooney &. Bourke purse in a big box with a bow on. it. >> Mhm. Mhm. And then started doing all my. side work. And if I if I need had a. test, he would say, "I'll take your. shift. I'll give you the money.".

And started like pursuing me, wooing me. And see, I had been through a divorce at. 23. I was divorced at 23, which how redneck is that? Were you. living in a group home? Where were you. living? Where were you living? >> Uh well, I I roomed with two boys that. were in the basement. They I was working. at behind the clinic counter. Honey, that's a group home. Like what I think it's a halfway house. Go on, though. And they said there's these new. apartments. >> wreath or not? Wreath or no wreath? >> No wreath. Yeah.

And they said one of them worked in the. shoes and one of them worked in. security. And they said, "There's a new. apartment complex being. uh built in the fort by UT campus. If do you Lou" they called me Lou they. go, "Do you want to um. share an apartment with us? We'll keep. you safe. We'll be in the basement. There's two down below. The stay-ups You. can have the There were two bedrooms up. We didn't have a fourth roommate.". Except one time this little boy moved in. there for a little while that wanted to. be a weather man. He did not have it. Oh, yeah. Sometimes it's a a guy, too.

He was gay and darling and we did each. other's hair and had a ball. Okay, but and smile. 200% chance of. sunshine. I'll tell you that, baby, you. know. >> bitty robe that he'd walk around in and. he had a big pompadour and he wanted to. do the weather. But you know, some. people just don't have that that the. support behind them. Oh, god. I don't. think he ever got to do the weather. But anyway, I don't know how we he came. in but anyway, I took care of these. boys. They were dating and doing and and.

I was kind of like the not the mom I was. 23 years old but I made a I made a good. Rotel dip. I like to make over them. They'd have their girlfriends over. They'd have their boyfriend guy friends, fraternity boys. And so I it was. something to help me get over this. divorce and have you know, and have. friends and all that. And turns out. Chuck Morgan was in their fraternity and. was in MBA school with one of them. We made that connection later. But by. then, I had I had been through a.

horrible divorce. I had cut all my hair. off. I had How long did you shave it. off? >> Not shaved but short. >> I agree you going to join the Air Force, that type of. >> I If I had had the guts, yeah. But I. didn't. I'm. But But I didn't want want anything to. do with men and cuz I was so hurt and. all that. And then Chuck Morgan just. would not take no for an answer and. wooed and wooed and wooed me and bought. me gifts and paid my rent. And you know, later now in interviews he brings it up. and acts like he resents it. I had to.

pay her rent. I go, "I Nobody asked you. to." First thing he told me. I had to pay her He had a damn invoice. written up in his phone. He said, "I'll. email it to you." I said, "Look, bud, I'm. He probably kept that receipt. Oh. But did did did you finally Was. there a moment you realized you loved. him kind of or did it just kind of. slowly. >> Yes. I fell in love with him. And then. But was there a moment you did or did it. just kind of slowly build up? >> built because I did not I was had trust. issues because I had been through. something terrible. And I told him I'd been through. something terrible. Don't woo me. And he.

does not take no for an answer because. he's a mobile home salesman. Oh, yeah. They are They've got a lot of. testosterone. They're very dominant. And the first thing you tell them is no. Yeah. And they don't take no for an They. can sell. I mean, he's been successful. He does not take no for an answer. He. still does it. Oh, when you're selling. mojos, dude, that shit's you got. to you got to It's lucrative. You can't. give up. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Warren Buffett. company, Berkshire Hathaway. Mhm.

Anyway, um yeah, he would not leave me alone. And then he said, "When I get a job. after MBA school, we'll get married.". And then um. I was cocktailing. He was bartending by. then. And he broke up with me. Um. What? >> Yeah, he broke up with me for no reason. What? Mhm. No reason? Well, he said that I smelled from the. cigarettes and he could not take. anymore. But I don't think that was the main. reason. I did smell.

Marlboro Lights. Oh, yeah, they're good. They're good. Loved them. I wish they were healthy. >> Yeah, they're good. Anyway, I had just I. don't know what he was going through but. he broke up with me and then he bought a. used mobile home business up in Bean. Station, Tennessee where there's no. women his age. I think that was also a. factor. He gets up there there's women. working at the bank, you know, in their. 40s. Had a hard time. Okay, so then I'm down. finishing up my degree. I went to. I went to Fort Lauderdale on spring.

break, got a tan. I was a third wheel. with another comp couple. >> Don't matter, The sun hitting. everybody. Yeah. And he had never seen. me with a tan. I By then, I was working. behind another counter. I had like four. jobs, you know, trying to make it. And um. and he saw me with a tan and then said, "Can I buy you a pair of tennis shoes?". And I was like, "Maybe." And um. And then I took him back. Mhm. He bought me a pair of Asics. Oh, god. They were nice.

They were pretty nice, I thought. >> They were nice. Yeah. And um yeah, and he um wanted me. back. He I'd been dating a long-haired. boy that was an artist who was um Poor. Poor. And I do like a man with health. insurance. I got to tell you. I like a. man that when he takes you to Costco, he. buys the toilet paper. He doesn't say, "Let's split it." Yeah. I don't like that. Yeah. So this was a long-haired artist.

and one of my roommates said, "Either. Lou's got a date or we're being robbed.". And he did kind of look like my sister. Mhm. But anyway, Chuck found out. Yeah. He was a pretty guy. He was pretty. but um he had a bicycle. He didn't own a. car. He could make mayonnaise from. scratch and the and that was pretty. nifty. >> god. And that was considered a also a. hair uh people would put in their hair. back then. Remember that? Yeah. They'll put it in their hair. >> Shaving condition? Yeah. Yeah. And he. also I thought about this the other day. cuz it was fall. He made pumpkin.

cheesecake. He said, "I'm going to This. was lowered What was this? The early. '90s?" And he goes, "You know what? I. think pumpkin. can pumpkin would be good in a. cheesecake." And I remember thinking, "I don't even know what you're saying to. me.". >> this fruit wizard over here? Yeah, who. is this Halloween fruit wizard. doing that crazy I mean, that was. considered damn experimental at the. time. >> I know. He really was, you know, kind of. a savant. So then he said to me, He was.

in over his head at a damn Marie. Callender's. I'll tell you that. That's. for sure. Uh. And he rode a bicycle. And the bicycle. had a sticker on the back of it said, "Burn fat, not oil.". And I was driving a Toyota Corolla. Ooh, those are nice. Mhm. That my little. daddy bought me cuz I had been driving. after a divorce my granddaddy's Impala. that was beige that when I drove through. a parking lot people threw dope out the. window thinking I was the FBI or the.

police. Did it have one of those lights. on the outside of it? Remember those. sometimes you get those police vehicles. people would at a auction? That was the. big thing in our town. Somebody get them. a damn auction vehicle and. Go on, though. So Um and so. uh the boy the long-haired boy said to. me, I when if we marry, I want to stay. home with the children. And you be the breadwinner. And And I. broke up with him that day. And I was like, "I'm not I I don't have. any earning potential. And I need.

somebody who's a hunter and a gatherer.". Yeah. Like Chuck Morgan. I've never had. to worry about Chuck Morgan. If whatever. happens, if the world's coming to an. end, Chuck Morgan will get out there and. dig ditches or drive a truck or do. whatever. He does. >> fine. He'll be fine. He can make it off. a flat rock. I love it. >> make a living off a flat rock. Amen. So um yeah, so that that we married and. then that's when he took me up in the. Appalachians. It cuz yeah, once you get. something good you go hide it near the. mountain. You got You got to hide it.

somewhere if he's a man. So he put you. over there. He put me up in those. mountains. >> Bean Bean Station, Tennessee. >> Bean Station, Tennessee. Pull that up. I. want to see that beautiful joint. That's. and it's beautiful look looking at the. mountains and the lake but we didn't. have that. We didn't have that kind of. view. Very tiny town. There was an IGA grocery. store. >> those. >> Uh-huh. And I liked it. They were good. And there was a post office and his. business was right behind the post. office. And he had that business at 27.

He bought that business and was running. and had employees. Was it a car wash or. what was it? >> Um used mobile home refurbishing. business. >> Ooh, I like that. >> And I worked for him. few weeks and I and we don't work well. together. And I honest to goodness I I. know that that helped start my comedy. career because I saw things you've never. I saw a family drive up in a Gremlin. with the window out and a 9-year-old. smoking a cigarette looking for a single. wide. And they came in the office and the. grandmama said um.

or the baby said, "Give me a light, grandmama.". She lit her cigarette off of that um her. grandmama. Aw. >> She was nine. And I thought, "Okay, I. need to go home. I need to go home, get. pregnant.". Oh, yeah. Because I can't take things. I. mean, I it was a lot. >> Oh, yeah. I want something to I want. something to come out of climb out of my. body and start smoking. Yeah. But I um yeah, I it was um my husband is. very um loving and giving and there.

would be like if a family didn't have a. home. there was a little old woman that didn't. have a that they wanted a house and he. said she said I can make you blankets. and so he took a blanket. um that she would make every few months. and that was her payment. >> Mhm. So Chuck Morgan uh also had a mobile. home park and bought all the children. their Christmas. He would come home and. say, "We've got to get a Justin Bieber. doll.". ASAP. And I'd be like, "Okay." So then.

Chuck went to work for a big company. because he he would give everything he. had away to everybody and he still does. He still is very giving and loving. Not to his own family. >> No. Not at all. He captured you and put you. in the hills. Or tells me that I I don't need to be. flying first class on tour. So cuz all these boys have these big. buses and stuff. These comedians have. I am in a Mitsubishi rental car. Yeah. Oh, yeah. >> This baby and I share a hotel room. I.

talk about that in this new special. on Netflix that dropped. That's the. truth. If people watch this, Chuck. Morgan wants us to share a hotel room. She's going to be 28 years old. We are. sleeping butt to butt in a king. God. Yeah. Oh. And he prefers us to eat the. free continental breakfast. Some of Now, what I will say this, the ones at. Hampton Inn got better. They did an upgrade about 9 years ago. Yeah. that I respected. You could start. to see it. They put like pictures inside.

of the elevator and I was like, "Okay.". Okay. Okay, babe. >> And they had that little omelet you. could get with cheese in it. >> That was good and they started to get. that thing the. waffle maker. Yeah. But then somebody. leaves it on. You have to turn. it over. It's very hard to use. I watch. somebody just like you'll see somebody. get burned. There's a lot of issues. I. wonder if they're still keeping those. But Hampton Inn. >> But they make a good waffle those. things. >> a great job. Yeah. Yeah. And you know what? Hampton. Inn's clean. Clean, you know. Of course, man.

Yeah, those were the days, you know. Well, I'm still in them. I'm still in. them. >> But you know, But that's love. >> he was not used to this. Like I didn't. make money for year I mean, I didn't. make a little bit of money, get my. children Santa Claus, get everybody a. haircut, not save for taxes. That he'd. be real mad, you know, come April. But. then when this started happening, you. know, he's just not used to it. It takes. your family a while to figure out what's. happening. The baby knew what was. happening cuz she's out there with me.

He's like, "This could end tomorrow.". Yeah, he just yeah. He's just looking at. the balance sheet when you guys get. home. It's never great. You know. Who spent $60 at a damn Wendy's, you. know? And it's just like, "Well, you. know.". Uh-huh. Or in an airport, one of those, you know, you got to have a some. magnesium for stress. Oh, yeah. Those. kiosks, yeah. Yeah, and how long have. you guys been married now? It'll be 34 in April. >> Aw, that's beautiful. >> And three babies and two grandbabies.

And everyone asks, "What's the secret to. 33 years of marriage?". I say it's a lot of praying in the. bathtub. Mhm. It's It's hard. >> Tornado prayers kind of Yeah. It is it's. hard. And you just got to. fight the lit the big battles, not the. little ones, you know, just let things. roll off your back because it's a lot to. live with somebody and it's not it's not. easy. It's not easy and Chuck Morgan and.

I are both very opposite. He's very. introverted, very anal retentive. Everything's got to be in its place. I'm. an artist, Theo. Yeah. My my junk drawer is pretty bad. Yeah. >> kitchen. But I've raised these children, they're fun. Like if I he's very well educated and. loves school. If he had been at home. with them, I've always said, if he went. traveling, they would end up in Harvard. with a nervous tic. Mhm. But they had me.

and we went to the zoo and we went to. Dollywood. I didn't let them skip. school, but we had a good time. >> that. And they want to be with me now. Of course they do. >> You know, they're fun and they want to. be with me, but they're not over they're. they do great, but they're not he's an. overachiever. Mhm. Not us. Never enough, never enough, driven, driven. I didn't realize now I'm. kind of driven in com in my stand-up. I've I want things to be like this. special coming out. I'm.

worried about I told you at the UT ball. game. I'm worried sick. I just you know, it's just it's never good enough for me. I don't you know, I wish I could do it a. hundred times more. Even though I don't. cuz it'll give me the shingles. I don't. want to do it again cuz it'll give me. the shingles. Unspeakable things that. just came out on Netflix. Congratulations, your second one. Yes, thank you, my darling. My second one. And um. it went to number one on Netflix.

And then, you know, in my mind I'm. thinking, "Oh, nothing else came out. that week. Raw uh wrestling will be out Monday. That'll knock it out." And then the. Squid Games, the little children who are. I don't even know what that is. But my. Okay, my television show had to compete. with they went to number two. They had. to compete with those girls that were. killing those boars in their panties. Oh, I don't know if I saw that. Was that. >> Hunting Wives? Oh, I haven't seen. Hunting Wives. Is it good? It is kind of it's nasty. If you like a. good nasty um.

there's some. lesbian going zone. >> Oh, I've heard about this. >> And they're killing boars in their. panties. People are watching Mormon. Wives right now. I've heard it is. fascinating. I'll take either one of them. I'll. take I got to get a dang wife. I thought. I thought I think I could handle a. hunting wife. >> It whoever made that show, I don't think. cares for Republican people in. um in Texas cuz it's about Republican. people that are shooting boars in their.

panties. >> Mhm. And that was number one. I never got to. number one with my television show. because I could not compete with that. Who could? >> Who could? >> Yeah, honey, you got to number two and. that's great. I think that's perfect. >> you. Yeah, that's love. So you got Chuck. Morgan, you got your You've had a nice. life so far, Leanne. >> I do. Lou, they call you Lou? My uh in. college everybody called me Lou in high. school. Were you a tomboy kind of? Mhm. And I love sports until I'm you know,

then I I love boys and I got real boy. crazy and I still played sports, but I. didn't care as much and I and then I. projected onto my children, made my kids. play all these sports cuz I knew I. didn't do as. much as I should have. I love that. though. You have to do that as a parent. Yeah, they played club volleyball. My. girls played all over the United States, traveled. Yeah, all my kids going to My. kids are going to play that I never. got to do. Whether they wanted it or. not. >> Aren't you look athletic? Did you play. ball? >> I played high school basketball. I.

smoked also at the same time, but they. let me play. I was pretty good for I was. the only kid that would smoke. It was an. active smoker. Yeah. >> Like I remember one time I was out there. smoking in the uh one of the assistant. coaches up there smoking so nobody could. say. But I was pretty good for somebody out. there that would that had a They didn't. have your full lung capacity. Yeah. I. had a Yeah, I was. good in spurts. That was my kind of That. was my nickname. Good in spurts. >> Well, they made me play everything. because I went to this little bitty tiny. country school and they need I was tall.

So I played softball, >> Yeah, the model She's the model. She's. basketball, everything. Meet up at her. for in a field and people are lost. Meet. up at her. The tall person always gets. all that all all the action. You're the. lighthouse of the world when. you're tall. Those are the days, especially in a. small community. Yeah. >> one. I miss that though. I miss like. here or something. I wonder where I'd. like to live one day whenever I get a. family and stuff. Maybe in a small. place. There's small little towns around middle.

Tennessee that are darling. Do you think. you'd want to stay in Tennessee? I think. so, you know. I want to spend time back. in Louisiana when I can, but I do. I've enjoyed it here. I miss my home. I. miss a lot of the people, but I go back. and see them. Every time I'm home I I. spend most of my time home traveling and. seeing teachers that taught me when I. was a kid. I'm still close with a lot of. like people from my childhood and. >> Were you you've had to been very smart. and bright and they knew it. I don't know what I was. >> so quick-witted. I do all right, I.

guess. What was I like? I don't know what I was like. >> you were a yummy little kid and they. thought that kid's got it. Like Elvis. and JLo. and Michael Jackson. You know, when. somebody's got it, they've got it and. you can't manufacture it. Mhm. And you have it. Well, that's a sweet. thought. But Theo, it's true, my. darling. And then you're bright and. you're quick-witted so I they knew you. were smart. And then, you know, you People are fun. that used back then that used to smoke.

That's fun. That's a fun kid. Wrong. Nobody needs to be smoking now. Let's. say that. Nobody needs to be smoking. now. >> to watch a kid smoke. You know what I'm saying? That when that. 9-year-old pulled up in your store to. buy that double wide and he's. >> little girl. That's a little girl. Look. She's getting a discount. >> We had a smoking porch at my school. Everybody smoked on that porch. I didn't. smoke then. I waited till I got to UT. and I started like 19. Cuz all these. girls that were waiting tables that had. Louis Vuitton purses. God. >> to be like them.

>> Yeah. Of course. >> like, "Let's go smoke in the bathroom. Screw that manager.". Yeah, oh dude, I remember first time. Yeah, I never like yeah, I definitely. smoked and then finally got a little bit. of cocaine. And then. um. >> Who. gave you. >> I just remember I'd been There was. cocaine in a little town in Louisiana. >> Not a lot. Not a lot. >> but somebody had it. >> Enough to keep you up. See, I didn't even know what in the. world. We didn't know what There was a. couple of boys that that that they'd be.

like, "They like to do dope." But we. stayed away from We were scared of them. cuz they were all these farming kids. that had Future Farmers of America. jackets. So we stayed away from that, but we. couldn't write a paper either. You know, we were we didn't we weren't ready for. college, but we weren't it wasn't a wild. it was insulated from farming people. Oh, yeah. Well, that was more when I got. to college. In our town, we never had. Yeah, you'd have people smoking. >> it was college. >> Yeah. But yeah, in our town you you did. have people smoking, but it was like. weed. Yeah, we're smoking dope. Yeah, like those kids smoked dope. That's when.

they would say dope. You. You didn't really see like pills and. stuff back then. It'd just be people got. high on weed and it was kind of an. issue, but. I don't know. I miss it. I miss just. being in our neighborhood. You know, that guy that Elvis impersonator who put. that fence up. Yeah. >> broken his leg and so somebody set it in. cement, right? Save money from going to. the. hospital or whatever. So they set that. in cement and it must have been. fine, right? 7 weeks or whatever they take that. uh cast off. They broke the cast off.

They broke it with a The hammer was too. big that they broke it with and it broke. his hip when they beat the when they Are. you kidding me? >> not kidding at all. When they hit the. thing with the hammer, it cracked his. hip. So now. his shit's rebroken up at his hip and he. ended up getting that kind of. ticktocking him like that and he got. into Elvis impersonating. Which is so wild. >> him him when he generated. Well, that's. what I'm saying. He was Yeah. He was. built like it was just about to be noon.

You know what I'm saying? He was built. like, you know what I'm saying? Another. 60 ticks in the it was time, you know, it was lunch break. You know what I'm. saying? He was just a damn pentameter. walking around downtown. That's all he. was. He was one of those things where. the thing goes back and forth, you know? When you pull the ball and you let it go. and then this one goes and it's like. that. That was him. He was just ticktock. my gutter right there and he was just. cruising around. But yeah, he had a. couple kids, kept them in the yard. And. I don't remember what that story was. about. Kept them in the yard. And that was the. electric fence that he got. I don't.

remember how that whole that started. >> let me ask you how far is Saint. Francisville? Is that anywhere near. where you were raised? >> It's about 2 and 1/2 hours from me. You. know who it was from there that you're. making me think of? Who? John Morgan. The Ragin' Cajun. >> I opened for him. >> I've opened for him. Yeah. >> Bring him up. He was a good storyteller. and he still is. And he could get a. crowd going. God, he could. >> Very high energy. John Morgan, the. Ragin'. Cajun. >> That was at the Stardome. I opened for. him or featured for him at the Stardome.

and then in San Antonio. Play a clip of his okay if we can or. just. Is he still doing it on one night? >> Yeah, I think so. God, there was nobody. like him and he had a daughter.

[Laughter]. I love him, man. He was the best when I. was starting out. I mean, he's a great. comedian. There's a lot of comedians. that people that, you know, that don't get some of the acclaim maybe. in some places. >> you remember little Mark Ryan? Mark Ryan was a good storyteller, too, that was kind of like him and he. was from Louisiana. Mark Ryan? >> Um No, I do remember Mark Ryan. A little.

blond-headed Yeah, that boy. Oh, wait. You know what? I don't know if I. remember him. I worked with him. That's cool. Yeah, and. >> It's hard to know. I I probably did. He. yelled? He yelled. I mean, like, you. know, high energy like um John Morgan. Oh, dude. John Morgan. But John Morgan. lived in Saint Francisville, I believe. and he had a little Asian daughter. They. adopted a daughter, I believe. And he. had this He would tell some stories.

about her. He was. uh. He's one of the best storytellers that. I'd ever He kind of reminded me of that. Jerry Clower in some ways, you know? But. yeah, there he is right there. John. Morgan. >> Yeah, he's a sweet guy. He stayed in. touch with me. Um yeah, he was darling. Ragin' Cajun, John Morgan. Well, one of my good. friends owns I asked you that because. one of my friends owns an inn in Saint. Francisville that is beautiful and I go. there sometimes and I just didn't.

realize how. and I did the shows in Baton Rouge and. Shreveport and I thought Louisiana is. fascinating. People in Louisiana are fun. and wild and darling. I had a ball. Which one of the reasons I think they. There's not a lot of comedy clubs there. because you can have just as good a time. talking to somebody anybody. Uh-huh. >> Everybody there is an entertainer. Everybody there is a comedian. Everybody. there they're going to open their mouth. and you're you're going to hear. something that's going to make you smile. or think or question. They're. entertaining. It's an entertaining. state, you know? It's one of the most.

native states where people are born. there that never leave. I think like per. capita it's the it's the number one. where people are born that never even. leave the state. They're born and then. die right there. I think cuz they just. got everything they need over there, you. know? So it's a special place. You're a special person, Leanne Morgan. Thank you so much. Hey, oh my darling. >> don't need me to vacuum or anything? I. feel like I think we're good. >> to do something for you for letting me. be on here.

Because you're so darling. >> what you can do for me? What? Really. honestly? Come back next year, will you? Oh, my. darling. >> you'll come back? You mean it? Yeah, cuz. I've just had so much fun. This has been. a gift of my whole life. It's just like. Yeah, the past like week like I went I. did Joe Rogan's podcast yesterday and. it's like sometimes it's like. you know, it's like. I think sometimes I live in a place. where it's like there's so much of me. out there like just online and some of. this could be like paranoia or ego. stuff. I don't know.

But it's still something that I think. about sometimes that I just get I like I. don't know. I've just felt like nervous. the past few weeks. So to be able to sit. down in a conversation that. um is easy and it's fun. Um You know, Joe is like he knows a lot of. information. So it's like you're having. to learn a lot and like sometimes I. think I feel like I don't It's hard for. me to like chime in cuz I don't really. know. about stuff and this is just two people. that don't know what a lot and we can. just sit which is what I love. Oh, you.

angel. When I watch you, I think and I'm. not blowing smoke up your butt hole. I When I watch you, I think, "Oh, my. god.". >> Also. I think when I watch you, I think. he's got the sweetest spirit. You've got. a sweet spirit. >> Oh, thank you. >> You really do and I feel like God gave. me that discernment. I know he did. And. I've always and I've said to John Crist. and to Hugh and people that know you and. they go, "He's got the sweetest spirit.". They think it, too.

And um. and just so bright. You're such a bright. light. When I think of you planking and. then talking about those hamster bones. Oh, yeah. And we were. crying. laughing so hard. There's just nobody. like you. And that's And you know, in. this business, I mean, you're just so. unique. There's just nobody like you. And. I hope you know that that and you give. so much joy. When I told people I was. doing this, they said, "Please tell him. hello for me." My stylist who's from.

Australia who who dresses Oprah Winfrey. Oh. and Maria Shriver said, "I love. him." She goes, "I would marry him. Everybody wants to have a baby with you. I just want you to know that. I would. have carried you one for you. I think. Chuck would have let me. I was very. fertile at one time. I could have done. it. I'm very healthy. I'm from farming. people. Yeah. I could have done it and I would. have done it because you've got to have. some children. You are so beautiful and. fun and your teeth are pretty.

Well, thank you. Yeah, I appreciate I want to have kids. I want to have a family and stuff. It's. just been like you know, it's tough. It's like you got to meet the right. person, you know? I I don't know. I met. somebody that was kind of neat the other. day and so that was kind of cool because. it made me think like, "Okay, this is. still possible, right?" Whether or not. that ends up like if there were ever. anything there like. because sometimes you start to be like, you know, you get in this space where. just something doesn't kind of click for. a long time, you know? Like you meet. people and you go on dates and like you. have people that you just kind of like.

are flinging with or philandering with. But when you're like, "Oh, this is the. partner that I want." And I think like. are there something about this person. just that. would keep me interested. for a long time, you know? Just. something about him. I don't know what. it is. Maybe they got. you know, it could be a damn bowl or. something or they're missing a. vertebra or whatever. One of them. is off a little. You know what. I'm saying? Like they got a ver like. just But you want a girl that wants to. have babies. >> Yeah, I would like to have a woman that.

likes to have a that wants to be a good. mother. That's super important to me. That's hard working. Um I you know, I'd like to have a. one an attractive woman, but that that's. not the most important thing to her, you. know? Like. you know, you can be attractive, but if. that's the most important thing to you, that's. that's okay, but that's not really what. I need. I need somebody, you know, like. I just like a teammate. Uh But here's. the thing. It's like I don't It's It's. just always hard to figure out, but then. once you start trying to figure. everything out. that ruins everything. So, you know. what? God's made it perfect for me that.

uh I got to do all this work, you know? I got to go to and do all these fun. things and live out like a lot of my. dreams, you know? I know. You know, you're living them out. >> I know. It's crazy. >> You're living them out. >> I'm living them out. I could see this. I. knew this as a child. Did you know it as. a child? No. I knew something was wrong. I didn't. know what it was. You didn't cuz I've. heard Steve Martin Steve Harvey say to. his teacher when she said, "What do you.

want to be when you grow up?" He goes, "I'm going to be on television at 10.". And she said, "No, you're not." And made. fun of him. All right. And then I heard. Eddie Murphy in a um. an interview on Today show. He said, "I. knew I was going to be famous." I feel. like in Adams, Tennessee at 9 or 10. years old, I thought is something wrong. with me cuz that's all I could think. about is I wanted to be um. in movies and in television. And I thought is something wrong because. nobody else is talking about this. But I. just knew it in my heart. But then I you. know, I went to school and got divorced. and blah blah blah and all this crap.

And then um this happens to me at this. time in my life. But I could see it. I I. didn't know it was going to be this. unbelievable. It's bigger and sweeter. than I ever dreamed of. But I could see. I could see this happening for me. And I. just wondered if you felt that way. You. didn't know? I know you know, at one. time I got voted most likely to. either be on TV or succeed. You know what? I I I loved. laughing with my friends.

I just loved it. I loved making people. laugh. I just loved it. You know what it was? It made me think that I it gave me some. sense of worth, you know? It was like. you know, I don't even know if I wanted. to be joking around all the time, but I. felt like it was the only way that I. knew that I had some kind of a value as. a kid. If that's kind of crazy, you. know? And not to make like like a sad. thing. But I think it makes sense as a. kid. You're like, "Oh, well, this is if. I do this thing, whatever it is, you. know, if it's a trick if I hide my legs. behind my neck whatever you know what. I'm saying or do that you know, do you.

know, some weird or something or. like tuck my eyelids and whatever it is. then like people think it's you. know, I didn't do any of those things, but if I say certain stuff, it's. entertaining to people, you know? So it. was like, "Well, I got to just do that, you know?" I don't know. Did I ever see. it? I don't think so. I didn't go to a. comedy club till I was in college. I. didn't really know it existed. I'd seen. like Chris Rock and. I knew he was very you know, he was just. so. funny in the way he sounded and just.

him, you know? But I never felt like I. was close to that. I didn't know about comedy club. I. watched I would watch you know, David. Letterman and Jay Leno and all that. But. I was more like I wanted to be like. Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and I but I. didn't know there was I I I thought I. didn't know how to get there. But then I. came to the Comedy Store. Chuck Morgan. took me to the Comedy Store when we were. dating. And we came out to LA and I said, "I. want to go in that hearse." I want to go. in there and see where people been.

murdered in in LA. >> That was beautiful. Oh, it was fun. And. then um. I want to go to the Comedy Store and. little Don Arera was up there. >> Oh, yeah. Um and I. >> And my heart beat out of my body and I. thought, "Okay, that's it. That I can do. I think I can do that." And I want to do. that. But I did you know, I didn't know. how and all that. >> But you just start and then and that's. the thing. You know what somebody said. one day? They said, "You kind of start this job and then. comedy chooses you." It's like. does your life work out enough for it,

right? There's so many great comics that. you know, John Morgan might have had to. raise his daughters and stuff like that. and you know, his family and you know, he he uh. his he had a beautiful wife. I'm not. sure if they're still married, but I'll. remember. >> They are and she's like a detective or. an investigator or something because she. was in a documentary about a murder in. Louisiana. >> God, I love that. And that's every. woman's dream. But no, he had a beautiful wife. He just. had such a great life that it's like at. a certain point you're like, "Well, this life's so great here that.

that you know, I'm not saying but that. but but it's like um. somebody said at a certain point it kind. of chooses you. Can you still do this? You know, I didn't like any commitment. So I didn't like So that was one thing. that was perfect for me. It was like, "Oh, I have a chance to leave. I want to. go." If oh, I can say bye, I want to go. Whatever it is I I have somewhere else I. have to be. I don't have to be right. here. So it's been good, you know? It's. given me so many unique things. I mean. now it's like more it's fun cuz you get. to have like unique experiences and like.

you know, like you go places and they'll. let you be on a sideline. Sometimes it's. a feels a bit extravagant for me and I. wish that some of the things it was a. little more normal. Um some of the popularity part I do not. like about today. Um a lot of that's from social media and. stuff. I'm not saying boohoo or. anything, but some of it's. uncomfortable. You know, sometimes you. want to just be like in a. place where you're sitting there with. everybody else just kind of enjoying the. deal, you know? Um That's the first time. I went on the field was at at UT and.

um You did great when you came out there. and waved. I was like, "She's a pro.". Thank you. I was very nervous and I and. that didn't feel real to me like I. deserved to be I don't know. I just. thought, "What in the world? What What. are they doing?" I love my school. I. don't want anybody to know my GPA. I. mean, I barely got out of there. And. they're so good to me. They're so good. to me cuz I'm the only comedian that. came out of there. And I guess but um. but that made me feel special, but I. thought, "What am I even What am I. doing?" But that was wonderful and Chuck.

Morgan enjoyed it and all I'm glad he. did. Well, you you know what? And you're. inspiring young women to do comedy and. inspiring young southern women and we. need that. We need like the south to. stay alive through storytelling, you. know? It's like we need that. I would. love to eventually get back to just. telling stories from home. Like just. stories from. growing up and locking it down more and. really getting into like writing some. tales from growing up and. and uh I hope that that's something. that's part of my future.

Uh You tell the best stories from. growing up. >> Well, I love them. And it's you know, it's like but it it's like yeah, it's. just important. And it's so good that. you're doing it. And you know, one thing. I forgot about my wife, I want a funny. gal. Some of the funniest girls I think. are from Philadelphia and New Jersey. I'll say that flat out. >> are funny. >> They are funny. And um Oh, Laura Prepon. I mean, she's from Tennessee. She's. great. She's married. >> and I know she opened for me a lot and. she would tell me that she'd be out on. the road with you. She loved being out. there with you. >> We had so much fun. >> She's very funny. She's the best. When.

you have a show in town, you're going to. have to invite me. I'm going to um I. think we're going to finish up the end. and here's why because I'd rather you. come back sometime when we get to do it. again. It's been so much fun. >> I'll make you a casserole. Yeah, you. promised Morgan one. You look, you make. me one, I'll give it to Morgan. I'm going to see him tomorrow at Bible. study actually, so. You will see him at. Bible I think he's going to end up. preaching. That little thing. >> You know, I don't I have no idea. I just know uh. yeah, I don't know. He's an inspiring.

guy. He's he's just uh he's an inter. Morgan is there's he is him, you know? He is him. Authentic. He is But you're. authentic, too, my darling. And y'all. are in a Bible study. Is it a bath more? What are y'all studying? I mean, it's uh. I mean, tomorrow I think we're watching. a movie, but it is uh it is Bible study, yeah. That's so sweet, they all on. I'm. not sure what chapter we're on. I. shouldn't even have said that because. >> in one right now. I used to be in one. when I was growing.

raising my children, but I don't I'm not. in one. And I need to be disciplined to. do it on my own. And I'm not. You need. the Lord the most when you're raising. those little henchwomen. um and men. Um. but no, I'll tell him you said hey. And. that was fun. Even just to get to see. you guys next to each other when I saw. y'all at the game and talking to each. other. Like little moments like that. like bring me so much joy when there's. like two people that you think are like, "Oh, these people are so interesting and. they get to meet each other or talk or. get to spend time around each other, you. know?" Watching stuff like that is fun. Um all right. Leanne Morgan, Unspeakable.

Things. Yeah. It's out now. Your second. special. It's on Netflix. You guys can. go and watch it. And you're going to be. touring again at some point now. You're. going to do the second season of your. show. >> the second and we'll wrap I think in. April and I'll start touring again. Okay. >> If I can come up with another hour, honey, I'm working on that. You'll be fine. Will I? I think just. have Chuck Morgan tell you the truth. about yourself. >> I know. Yeah. Critic Yeah. Critic and what I ate. and if I'm eating too much fat.

Lord. Lord, he does give me a lot of. material. He does. >> See, that's a blessing. Yeah. I think. yeah, you got some. >> And when you marry and have babies, that's a whole another you're going to. have to work for another 30 years, honey, cuz you're going to be so. prolific over all that. >> Really? Oh, yeah. I think that was my best. I'm ready for. something. I got to pray I got to spend. more time in prayer, I think, you know? But it's okay. Everything's fine. Everything is wonderful. Look at your. skin tone. Thank you.

I just said my hair is. >> And you got that full head of hair. You. didn't have to go over to Turkey. >> of year. You know, I don't know what that is. I'm. going to have to call Huell Howser. Yeah, he will know. Give me something. >> Cuz he'll say to me, "Wouldn't kill you. to tease your hair, Leanne?". >> Yeah. Let me get back there. See if. you'll put a little conditioner in it or. so nothing yeah. >> A root lift. >> Yeah, maybe he'll just help me get a. root lift. I uh Thank you for having me, you sweet angel from heaven. >> Oh my god, you're the best. Uh Leanne. Morgan, thank you so much. Um the pride. of Tennessee, here she is. And uh.

grateful to spend time with you today. Go Vols. Go Vols, my darling. Now I'm. just floating on the breeze and I feel. I'm falling like these leaves. I must be. cornerstone. Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll. share this piece of mind I found. I can. feel it. in my bones. But it's going to take.