Vickie Winans – the New Queen of Christian Comedy!

Proverbs 17:22 says “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” Stellar Award-winning Gospel Artist and comedian, Vickie Winans, plans to administer a great big dose of laugh-out-loud medicine this holiday with the release of her new “Hilarious and Unplugged,” comedy DVD recorded live in Detroit at The Upper Room. She shares her interesting comedy philosophy in a one-on-one interview with Dianna Hobbs, President & CEO of EEW Magazine, the nation’s leading web publication for Christian women of color (www.eewmagazine.com/vickie-winans).

Although thousands may be laughing at Vickie Winans’ side-splitting anecdotes, this woman has been through more than her fair share of heartache. Yet, she chooses to take it all in stride, likening herself to a very famous and masterful red-headed comedian. “I’m like Lucille Ball,” Winans laughs. “I mean, it’s like, everything happens to me,” which is what gives her plenty material to draw from to consistently crack audiences up. But don’t mistake Winans for your average comedian. She shoots that down quickly and rejects the conventional notion altogether. “I’m not like a stand-up comedian where someone writes you like one-liners,” she explains. “I just talk about what happened to me.”

But, whether she wants the “comedian” label or not, from the very moment Vickie Winans accepted a challenge from Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, to do a stand-up routine, she couldn’t shake the title. “He made me be the comedian for his Alaskan cruise,” she tells EEW Magazine. “He said I don’t even want to hear you sing,” but instead, Jakes wanted Winans to make his guests laugh. “He said I’m going to stretch you.”