The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Jackie Fabulous grew up in The Bronx but went to law school in Southern California before deciding in her mid-30s to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. After some initial TV credits on Arsenio and Last Comic Standing, her comedy path began to become truly fabulous after she competed on America’s Got Talent in 2019. She moved back to The Bronx just before the pandemic, and since then has performed twice on The Tonight Show, booked gigs on Showtime’s Flatbush Misdemeanors and HBO’s&nbsp;That Damn Michael Che, and recorded her first hour-long stand-up special,&nbsp;, released in July 2022 via Comedy Dynamics. Fabulous joined me over Zoom to talk about her life and career.&nbsp; If you like this conversation, please consider subscribing to my Substack called Piffany at  so you can read bonus commentary on this episode as well as more comedy news and insights. Thanks in advance, and now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to it!

Jackie Fabulous

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Jackie Fabulous

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