Mama's Family

Name: Mama's Family
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1983-01-22
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer, Allan Kayser

ENDED6 Seasons130 Episodes★ 7.5

Mama's Family is a comedy series on NBC that ran from 1983 to 1990, ending after 6 seasons and 130 episodes.

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NetworkNBC

First AiredJan 22, 1983

Last AiredFeb 24, 1990

GenreComedy

Runtime25 min

Created ByDick Clair, Jenna McMahon

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionJoe Hamilton Productions

Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.

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Cast

Vicki Lawrence

Thelma Harper

Ken Berry

Vinton "Vint" Harper

Dorothy Lyman

Naomi Oates Harper

Beverly Archer

Iola Lucille Boylan

Allan Kayser

Bubba Higgins

Seasons & Episodes6 seasons · 130 episodes

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E1Mama's Medicine Show

Sep 23, 198925m

After reading about how much it costs to raise a child, Vint and Naomi decide to start a business selling bottles of Mama's mother-in-law's "miracle tonic."

E2An Affair to Forget

Sep 30, 198925m

Mama suspects that Vint is having an affair with his new trainee Heather, so she and Iola go to his workplace to investigate.

E3Mr. Wrong

Oct 7, 198925m

Mama encourages Iola to find herself a man, but the man she finds turns out to be a domineering blowhard.

E4Now Hear This

Oct 14, 198925m

The Harpers install an intercom so that Naomi will be able to monitor her baby, but Mama uses it to eavesdrop on the family, and vice versa.

E5Tri-State's Most Wanted

Oct 21, 198925m

Mama is attracted to actor Leslie Lemoyne, until she sees him on "Tri-State's Most Wanted" (the local version of America's Most Wanted), and believes that he is the infamous "widow waster".

E6Mama Fights Back

Oct 28, 198925m

Mama verbally attacks a radio show's unhelpful consumer advocate, and the station manager offers her his job, with Mama broadcasting from her living room.

E7A Blast From the Past

Nov 4, 198925m

Mama is invited to her junior high school's 50th reunion, but she is reluctant to go because of a false rumor that was spread about her years ago that earned her the nickname "Hotpants"

E8Psychic Pheno-Mama

Nov 11, 198925m

Vinton and Naomi persuade Mama to have a psychic called "Madame Rita" give everyone readings. At first, Mama is surprised by the psychic's ability, but later sets out to expose the phony medium.

E9Take My Mama, Please!

Nov 18, 198925m

After heckling a stand-up comedian at the Bigger Jigger, Mama accepts a challenge to do a routine of her own.

E10

E10Bubba's House Band

Nov 25, 198925m

Bubba books a band called The Bonecrushers for homecoming, and tells the family that the band will be staying with them. They turn out to be an all-female heavy metal band, and Mama must rein them in.

E11

E11Mama Takes Stock

Dec 2, 198925m

Vinton learns that he is about to lose his job because Kwik Keys is being shut down by the new owners, a corporation called Bernice. When Bubba discovers that an old stock certificate Mama owns is now ten shares of Bernice, she sets out to save Vinton's job.

E12

E12War of the Roses

Dec 9, 198925m

Mama and Iola are preparing for the Crystal Thorn flower contest, and Iola is angry to find that Mama's flowers have cross-pollinated with one of hers, producing a pink-and-white hybrid. At first neither of them wants it, but when floral expert Mayjune Beasley tells Mama that it could win the award, both Iola and Mama claim ownership.

E13

E13Mama Takes a Dive

Dec 16, 198925m

When Mama slips on a roll of pennies in the bank, the family suggests that she sue the bank. To this end, she hires a sleazy lawyer Settlement Sam and fakes serious injuries.

E14

E14Mama Gets Goosed

Dec 23, 198925m

Mama's cousin sends her a live goose for her family's Christmas dinner, and everyone except Mama is against the idea of killing and cooking the bird..

E15

E15The Big Nap

Jan 20, 199025m

After watching detective movies on TV for a week, and hearing that Iola's mother is missing, Mama dreams that she is a film noir-style detective hired to find her client's mother.

E16

E16Pinup Mama

Jan 27, 199025m

While working on a photography project, Bubba makes a picture of a young bikini-clad woman with Mama's head, as a joke. However, this picture is accidentally added to a flyer that is handed out to get elderly men to attend a church dance.

E17

E17Guess Who's Going to Dinner

Feb 3, 199025m

Vint wins a Mother's Day dinner for two at a North African (Moroccan) restaurant called Abdul's Garden of Eating. As a result, Mama and Naomi fight over which of them Vinton should take.

E18

E18Look Who's Breathing

Feb 10, 199025m

Naomi and Vinton are taking a childbirth class. When Vint is called in to work, Mama has to go to class with Naomi instead of going to the Bingo Bonanza with Iola, so an impatient Mama creates chaos by trying to speed things along and offering her own perspective on the "miracle of birth".

E19

E19There Is Nothing Like the Dames

Feb 17, 199025m

Vinton and Naomi buy an RV and plan to move to a trailer park; however, they are unable to start the vehicle once it is in the driveway. Meanwhile, Mama is planning to host a fancy backyard luncheon for an snooty society group called the Dames.

E20

E20Bye-Bye–Baby!

Feb 24, 199025m

When Naomi is upset about her baby being late, Mama tries to calm her down with a false story about Carl. Mama tells Iola what really happened (both the false and true versions are seen in flashback, with Carl played by Ken Berry). Later that day, Naomi goes into labor and Mama ends up delivering her baby girl, Tiffany Thelma Harper.

About Mama's Family

Mama's Family is a comedy series on NBC. The show first aired on Jan 22, 1983 and currently has 6 seasons and 130 episodes. Mama's Family has ended. It has a rating of 7.5/10 based on 52 votes. The cast includes Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer, Allan Kayser. Created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon.