Editing Whoopi Goldberg (section)

==Artistry==
Goldberg has stated that her influences are [[Richard Pryor]],<ref name="dead">''[[Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet|Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$@!!]]'', 2003, [[Comedy Central]]</ref> [[George Carlin]],<ref>{{cite news |date=March 24, 2010 |title=A Tribute to George Carlin hosted by Whoopi Goldberg |url=http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/tribute-george-carlin-hosted-whoopi-goldberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609221113/http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/tribute-george-carlin-hosted-whoopi-goldberg |archive-date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=May 31, 2016 |newspaper=New York Post}}</ref> [[Moms Mabley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Make 'Em Laugh: The Funniest Black Females in Comedy |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/bioq3a/make-em-laugh-the-funniest-black-females-in-comedy/vurbvp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128074203/https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/bioq3a/make-em-laugh-the-funniest-black-females-in-comedy/vurbvp |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |website=BET}}</ref> [[Lenny Bruce]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Game Changers of Comedy: Whoopi Goldberg |url=https://thelaughbutton.com/game-changers-comedy-whoopi-goldberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128062626/https://thelaughbutton.com/game-changers-comedy-whoopi-goldberg |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |website=The Laugh Button}}</ref> [[Joan Rivers]], [[Eddie Murphy]], [[Bill Cosby]], [[Sidney Poitier]], and [[Harry Belafonte]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Mekado |date=November 15, 2013 |title=The Comedy Pioneer in the Floppy Hat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/arts/television/whoopi-goldbergs-documentary-on-moms-mabley.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128061022/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/arts/television/whoopi-goldbergs-documentary-on-moms-mabley.html |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>