Local comic tells tales from her real life sitcom

Raised on "Satuday Night Live," Adams-native Leanne Morgan knew from an early age that she was destined to be in show business. She graduated from UT and married a boy from Morristown in the mobile home business and started a family.

Needing to stay home with her baby, and needing the money, Leanne started giving home jewelry parties. "I was supposed to be talking about jewelry ... and instead I was talkin about birthing and breastfeeding and if I was mad at my husband that day." Leanne's parties became so popular that the head office took notice and invited her to speak to the national convention. She was supposed to address the crowd about getting booked, but instead launched into her real life tales.

That's when people started telling her that she should be a stand-up comic.

Back in Morristown, Leanne began performing regularly at a local pub, but just as her stand-up career was taking off, her husband was transferred to San Antonio, Texas. Leanne's career was suddenly no laughing matter. She stopped performing for two years.

Then one day she saw an ad in the paper: local auditions bing held for the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. "I put on a dress got a Mystic tan and put on some hot pink shoes and lipstick and thought, well I gotta decide if I'm going to do this or not." Out of practice, Leanne bombed. But the talent scouts saw something that made a big impression. "They said we've never seen anybody like you. Yu're very unique. We've never seen somebody so happy." They picked her to go to the festival.

In Las Vegas, Leanne's comedy career got a second wind. Afterward she appeared on "The View" in a hilarious housewives segment, and was chosen for the Nick-at-Nite show "America's Funniest Mom." For three years, she toured with Etta May and Karen Mills as the Southern Fried Chicks.

"People can relate to what I'm talking about. They say, you're married to the same man I'm married to. You must be looking in our window."

The mother of three, Leanne's children figure prominently in her comedy. "My son said why can't you be like Jerry Seinfeld and talk about dirty cottom balls? Why do you have to talk about my puberty? And I said, Baby, I wish I was that smart, but i gotta talk about what I know and what's happened to us and your puberty is the only thing I got going right now."

Leanne has kept a smile on her face and on the faces in the crowds across the U.S. and Canada. And recently her phone rang and she found herself talking to one of the biggest names in Hollywood. Tom Werner is the man who created the Roseanne show, Bill Cosby, and That Seventies Show. At the moment, he's developing a pilot based on Leanne's comedy.

Although she realizes it's a longshot, lightning may strike and Leanne may be the next Ray Romano, but if it doesn't, her real life sitcom continues to be a fun ride and the center of her life.

She says, "If I don't become a big TV star, I'm okay cause I've been so blessed. I got three precious chilren that I'm in love with and I'm alright with being a mama."

For a list of Leanne's upcoming gigs--including an October 5th appearance at the Bijou Theater-- log on to myspace.com/leannelaughs