http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/11/24/lewis-mama-odie-a-tribute-to-moms-mabley/ Entertainment news, movies, television Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/11/24/lewis-mama-odie-a-tribute-to-moms-mabley/comment-page-1/#comment-16859 wilyfem Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:03:35 +0000 http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/?p=20636#comment-16859 Actually the character Mama Odie was patterned after the late, famed New Orleans storyteller, Coleen Salley. Lewis may have been inspired elsewhere, but the character's creators were inspired by Salley. Even down to the animation, and the line "y'all ain't got the sense you was born with!" - a tribute to Coleen Salley. Actually the character Mama Odie was patterned after the late, famed New Orleans storyteller, Coleen Salley. Lewis may have been inspired elsewhere, but the character’s creators were inspired by Salley. Even down to the animation, and the line “y’all ain’t got the sense you was born with!” - a tribute to Coleen Salley.

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