As a daring comedian of her time, Midge considers no topic off-limits for her sets — including women's undergarments. In her tipsy onstage rant, she jokes that the tight girdles and corsets she wears prevent her from thinking clearly in the midst of her husband's betrayal.
While it's hard to imagine squeezing yourself into an oxygen-depriving girdle every morning, this act was commonplace for most women of Midge's era. The hourglass waistline was idolized by females of the '50s, and those formfitting cages were just the way to achieve the look.