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Sundays at 4 & 4:30 PM. Starring Vicki Lawrence as Thelma "Mama" Harper and spun off from 'The Carol Burnett Show,' 'Mama's Family' revolves around the wacky misadventures of the Harper family. Always at the center of the trouble and confusion is the dysfunctional family's matriarch, Mama—a quick-tempered, sharp-tongued 65-year-old widow.
Sat, Sep 27, 1986. Mama is determined to give Fran the perfect funeral despite everyone's insistence on knowing the details of her mysterious death, and her nerves are tested even further with the arrival of her grandson from reform school. 8.2/10 (95) Rate.
A spun-off sketch from the Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family mined humor from a squabbling family in the Midwestern blue collar suburb of Raytown. The noisy clan was 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, her lazy, dimwitted son, Vint, and his troublesome teenage children.
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S1.E3 ∙ The Wedding: Part 1. Sat, Feb 5, 1983. 'Tis the night before Vint and Naomi's wedding, and the house is a-flurry with the women hanging decorations while Vint goes to his bachelor party (Buzz is sent along to keep Vint in one piece). Ellen arrives late and distressed over her husband's behavior.
Spun off from a Carol Burnett sketch, Mama's Family originated with Thelma "Mama" Harper and her younger sister Fran living together in Mama's house. Mama's youngest son Vinton moved in with his two teenage kids, Buzz and Sonja in the first episode, despite Fran's unwillingness. A few episodes later, Vint married their neighbor, Naomi Oates.
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Mama's Family Wiki is an encyclopedia about everything related to the 1980s sitcom. The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so we can all work together to create a comprehensive database for fans of Mama's Family. MAMA'S FAMILY spun-off of The Carol Burnett Show featured skit called "The Family", which co-star Vicki Lawrence (Thelma Harper) based her show Mama's Family off ...
