Marla Gibbs Day

Mary from 227 was immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. July 20 to be exact!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, we want to send a big congratulations out to
a living legend. We all know and love her. We
grew up with her, Miss Marla Gibbs. That is correct.
On Tuesday, legendary actress Marla Gibbs received her star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and July twentieth was officially
declared Marla Gibbs Day in Hollywood. We know her work.

(00:25):
It spans over decades. She is best known, of course,
for starring in the seventy sitcom The Jeffersons as Florence,
and the eighties sitcom Two to seven Is Mary, and
many other classics shows. Ninety eight year old, I said.
Ninety eight year old Norman Lear, the producer that developed
The Jeffersons, was present for the honor. He said to
Miss Marla Gibbs, there is only one you, ma'am, and

(00:48):
I'm thrilled to be here for you. Love you. You
added time to my life and for that I could
not be more grateful. Thank you. How nice lady, very
nice lady. Yeah, excellent. I've met all of them. I've
even met Norman Lear. I met Norman Lear at a
function in New York, Man. We were receiving Awards at

(01:09):
the same time he had his little hat on. I
walked him and said, man, just thank you. You gave
me some dope moments for Marla Gibbs, living legend, great woman, man,
beautiful sister. I met all of them, Sherman Helmsley, Isabel Sanford,
I've had both. Show to Steve Harvey Show. Wow, very

(01:31):
fortunate man to have met those people. Man legends like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
congratulations again to miss Marla Gibbs. And we'll have more
of the Steve Harvey Morning Show coming up at thirty
three minutes after the hour right after this You're listening
show