Why Kids Used To Behave Better | Etta May

Comedian Etta May on kids’ behavior…

About Etta May:
Etta May has performed her brand of clean-comedy on Oprah, Showtime, Comic Strip Live, MTV, and as a guest commentator on “CBS Sunday Morning,” Winner of the prestigious American Comedy Awards “Comic Of The Year,” and so much more. In addition, she headlines the successful all-female comedy tour, “Etta May and the Southern Fried Chicks,” selling out theatres all over the country. Think Blue Collar Comedy Tour with better hair and a bigger attitude! In addition to television, Etta May is a regular on Sirius-XM Comedy Channels and the syndicated Bob & Tom radio show.

Born and in Bald Knob, Arkansas, Etta May grew up alongside nine older brothers, who referred to their baby sister as “the human sacrifice.” Etta May’s parents - her father, a potpourri farmer, and her mother, bedridden by constant childbearing - didn’t realize she was a girl until she needed a training bra.

She met her husband, Delbert, an aspiring truck driver, at a friend’s kegger. From across the yard, their eyes locked in a loving look, you know that stare that lasts a moment too long. Nine months later, she was blessed with a boy, and three more kids followed. “That’s where my comedy comes from. I just wait for my husband or kids to do something stupid, and then I write it down.”

Before finding success as a stand-up comic, Etta wandered from dead-end job to dead-end job, including a 10-year stint as a school bus driver. She says she learned how to handle unruly kids by Armor-Alling the seats and slamming on the brakes all the way to school. Her theory: “Kind of hard to pick a fight with the kid in front of you when you’re just holding on for dear life.”

Then she decided to take a chance on herself and follow her dream. Lots of hard work and drive, and a few years later, she wins “Female Comic Of The Year” at the American Comedy Awards. It’s the American Story we are all told that you can become anything you set your mind to in this great country, and for Etta May, it worked!

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[JoyceFrye-li]

Both sets of my Grandparents had 100/50 acre farms in N C. Yes to Grandma grabbing not only a chicken but a snake after the chicken. Tough little 100 lb lady. No did mean no. Thank you Etta M for speaking truths. Love your humor.

[Lacey_Face]

Country Mommas would make you go get the switch shes gonna beat your ass with.. if you come back with a stick that would break on the first whack, then SHE goes and gets one. Those marks dont go away for while to remind you to just get the right stick and get it over with.

[factsmatter]

I'm Etta Mae💪Strong... Lol.. Come on

[tooge]

MY dad was a Marine Corps DRILL INSTRUCTOR !!!

[KarenS-xeom]

Thanks for the morning laughs!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[mistressofthedark]

People could tell me all day and night that they would call and tell my Daddy on me, and I didn't care. I'd tell them to call and give them the number. As soon as someone said that they were going to call my Momma and tell her about me, you've never seen someone cry and beg for them, not to my Momma anything like I did. My Daddy wasn't big on discipline, and he would laugh at my antics because I was just like him. He only seriously disciplined me three times my whole life, and that was because I seriously mucked up and could've been hurt or worse. My Momma made sure that I knew what the " Momma Look" was from conception and what it meant when she called me by my whole name. Gentle parenting to my Momma was giving me one swat on my bum. I learned how to climb out my window when I was about 10 or 11, and I would go stay at a friend's house. My Daddy knew what I had done, and I always found a way to tell him where I was. I'd stay gone until my Momma forgot about why she was mad at me, and my Daddy would let me know that it was okay to come back. My Daddy would even sneak me my stuff over to my friend's. He'd tell the parents that I needed to stay there for a few days. My Momma asked him once why he always covered for me? Why did he always protect me? He told her that he was protecting her because I had learned to fight back. I respected and loved my Momma, but our relationship was a rough one.

[virginiawolf]

She's adorable and I just love her ❤😂🎉

[antoinettejohnson]

Her mom was kinda tame compared to mine. I was traumatized by watching my momma WRINGING the neck of a chicken by swinging it above her head.

Then she ripped its head off with her bare hands and allowed its body to spastically run around the yard, spewing blood everywhere!🐓
And then….
IF that wasn’t bad enough, she brought it, dripping blood from its flapping broken neck, into our only bathtub, poured scalding hot water on it to help in removing the feathers 🪶

I used to LOVE fried chicken 🍗 when I was a kid until then 😮😢

[ElaineWood-ft]

My parents raised 5 children together. There was one thing I never heard my momma say. She wasn't one of those, "Wait till your father gets home" types. She was a "Come here to me right now!" type of momma. If she could call you by the name on your birth certificate, you KNEW you were in trouble!!! 😂

[marvimgreene]

Actually I grew up on a farm and I was equally afraid of my mom and Dad!!! Big hugs from Belinda Greene in Arkansas

[Rabbsson]

Kids used to behave because "parents" Told them, and then Showed them what "A Hard Head Makes A Soft Ass" Really means...

[Rabbsson]

When you heard "I'm gonna break you up from that..." it was all over but the shoutin'....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[PamelaTheriault-nm]

She is priceless I like how she talks about the kids. Very aggressive and down home traditional ideas.