January 22, 1983 - September 1990
NBC & Syndicated Situation Comedy
130 Episodes
Cast:
| Thelma (Mama) Harper: | Vicki Lawrence |
| Aunt Fran Crowley: | Rue McClanahan |
| Vinton Harper: | Ken Berry |
| Naomi Oates Harper: | Dorothy Lyman |
| Buzz Harper: | Eric Brown |
| Sonja Harper: | Karin Argoud |
| Bubba Higgins: | Allan Kayser |
| Iola Boylen: | Beverly Archer |
| Ellen Jackson: | Betty White |
| Eunice Higgins: | Carol Burnett |
| Ed Higgins: | Harvey Korman |
| Alistair Quince: | Harvey Korman |
Mama's Family mined comedy from a squabbling family
in the Midwestern blue-collar suburb of Raytown.
The noisy clan, headed by Mama, a buxom, gray-
haired widow with sharp opinions and a sharper
tongue who shared her small house with her high-
strung sister, Fran, a journalist for a local paper.
Mama's lazy, dim-witted son, Vint, a locksmith by
trade, moved in at the start of the series with his
troublesome teenage children, Buzz and Sonja, after
his wife ran off to become a Las Vegas showgirl.
Much to Mama's disgust, Vint soon took up with the
flirtatious neighbor, Naomi ("that floozy!"). The
two were married in early 1983, and Naomi moved in
too. Further uproar was caused by the periodic
visits of Mama's two married daughters, the foul-
mouthed Eunice and the snobbish Ellen. Ed was
Eunice's dolt of a husband.
The series moved to first-run syndication in 1986.
Fran had recently passed away and Ed and Eunice
had moved to Florida. They had neglected to mention
this to their delinquent son Bubba who, after
serving a term in juvenile hall for car theft,
ended up living with Mama in Fran's old room, much
to the consternation of Naomi and Vint. Iola was
the prissy neighbor who barely concealed her
romantic designs on Vinton.
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