Live Interview with Marshelle Woodland

MARSHELLE "COMEDIAN MS. WOODY" WOODLAND GREW UP IN ST. LOUIS, MO. SHE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING HER COMEDIC ART SINCE THE MID-1980'S. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, MS. WOODY WAS INSPIRED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH BY CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER WHEN HE USED HER AS A SUBJECT IN HIS STAND-UP ACT. MS. WOODY HAS PERFORMED WITH THE LIKES OF JESSE TAYLOR, DON CLAIRE, ARVIN MITCHELL, BOB LAWRENCE AND MANY OTHER ST. LOUIS COMEDIANS. MS. WOODY HIGHLY RESPECTS AND HONORS HER MENTOR, COMEDIAN/ACTIVIST RICHARD GREGORY. KNOWN TO MANY AROUND THE WORLD AS DICK GREGORY. 

AFTER A HIATUS FROM COMEDY, SHE WORKED TWO FULL-TIME JOBS AS A BI-STATE BUS DRIVER AND UNITED STATES POSTAL CARRIER. FIFTEEN YEARS AND NINE CHILDREN LATER, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD ENOUGH MATERIAL IN HER SURROUNDINGS TO BRING HER ART BACK TO THE PUBLIC. MS.WOODY HAS CO-HOSTED A RADIO PROGRAM WITH BOB LAWRENCE. SHE PRODUCED HOSTED AND SPONSORED THE MIDWEST "SHOW ME FUNNY" COMEDY COMPETITION. FEATURING COMEDIANS FROM ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES. MS. WOODY'S MAIN FOCUS IS THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.   

Wow, that's a story, so with the said, Join us, Hezekiah L. Montgomery, and Nichelle Johnson, host and cohost of MAN IN THE MIRROR on Friday, March 24, 2017, at 9 PM as we welcome  Marshelle Woodland to the show.  Call in at 917.889.2271 or log in at www.blogtalkradio.com/man-in-themirror.