Moms Mabley foi uma humorista de nacionalidade estadunidense, pioneira do "Chitlin' circuit", conjunto de locais dedicados ao vaudeville afroamericano. Wikipedia
“They say you shouldn't say nothin' about the dead unless it's good. He's dead. Good!”
1,001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks, Price, Steven, 2007, Globe Pequot, 312 http://books.google.com/books?id=4gLQlHab4NsC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=%22They+say+you+shouldn't+say+nothin'+about+the+dead+unless+it's+good.+He's+dead.+Good!%22&source=bl&ots=vc8aIflDYJ&sig=uoSv1BYEAN6E6EWcWCWxZEnbOLg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lIWCUpmQPNGpsATX-IHQBQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ,
“Ain’t nothing an old man can do for me but bring me a message from a young one.”
['Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley' celebrates the groundbreaking African-American comedian, New York Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/whoopi-goldberg-presents-moms-mabley-tv-review-article-1.1518719, Hinckley, David, November 17, 2013, December 2, 2013]
