Matthew Broussard, a rising figure in stand-up comedy, often gets material from his mother, Ann.

Ann, 78, a retired biologist now living in Florida, fits the classic mold of the Jewish mom, according to her son: loving, expressive, and just a touch dramatic.

Sitting side by side in her kitchen, with Broussard, 37, having flown in from New York the night before, they fall into an easy rhythm while chatting on a video call with TODAY.com.

“I talk a lot about her on stage,” Broussard, 37, tells TODAY.com, during the joint interview. For the most part, Ann takes it in stride, even if she doesn’t always catch the jokes.

Broussard performs a bit about the birthday card Ann once sent to his then-fiancée, Laura Sogar. (The two married in May).

“When I told her I was going to read it during a set, she said, ‘OK, but no one is going to laugh,’” Broussard recalls.

The audience howled, and the clip later went viral on Instagram.

“I still don’t think it’s funny,” Ann maintains.

“Dear Laura,” the card begins. “Almost sent it to wrong address. Deleted old one, so no more mix-ups.”

“Sounds like all is going well for you with work. You are such a go-getter. I know that’s some of the many reasons Matthew loves you so much. Thanks for keeping him happy.”

“My role is definitely over,” she continues. “And I am learning to accept it. Told the boys to grow up and fly away, and they did. Have a happy day. —Ann”

“She sent my fiancee a goddamn concession speech!” Broussard quips, while the crowd erupts.

People were feeling it on social media, too.

"This year, my in-laws acknowledged my 'hard work, dedication and RESILIENCE at work and at home' — at least Laura got credit for keeping you happy. Mine read like a performance review," one person wrote on Instagram.

Added another, "Happy birthday was said 0 times lmao."

Comedian Matthew Broussard with his wife, Laura Sogar, and his mom, Ann. (Courtesy Paige Vaughn Photography)

Sogar’s reaction to the birthday card, Broussard says, was a silent performance of shifting expressions.

“I watched her make so many faces. Because there’s the first part, the address part, which is kind of funny and then suddenly it takes a sharp left turn,” he says.

That is exactly how Sogar remembers it. “I’m reading and thinking this is so sweet, she could have just sent me a birthday text, and we get to the portion where she lays down her arms,” Sogar tells TODAY.com, chuckling at the memory.

It was, she adds, “very Ann.”

Ann says she was feeling emotional when she sat down to put her thoughts to paper. She had raised her two sons — Broussard and his older brother, Andrew, 42, — to be independent and build rich lives of their own, just as she had hoped. But when it became a reality, she was overcome with a quiet sense of loss.

“I wrote the card from a place of sadness, knowing that Matthew wouldn’t be as much a part of my life as I wanted him to be,” she explains. “I had to give up my son. It’s kind of like the bird in the nest. You spend all that time feeding them, and then you have to let them go. I had to accept that it was time.”

Ann (with her son Matthew) teases that she will no longer be sending birthday cards. (Courtesy Matthew Broussard)

Both women are quick to emphasize that their relationship is a strong one. Ann raves about Sogar’s accomplishments: She’s a former professional swimmer turned stand-up comic and tech professional.

“I like the fact that she’s type A and gets things done,” Ann says. “She’s the kind of woman who does everything. She’s part of that generation.”

Broussard notes wryly that, growing up, his mother used to jokingly warn him he’d be cut out of her will if he didn’t marry someone Jewish.

Sogar is not Jewish. He remains in the will.