Mama's Family
Comedy • Series

Mama's Family

7.5/10 1983 6 Seasons 130 Episodes Ended

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.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Season 6 Episodes

S6E1
E1
Mama's Medicine Show
25 min 1989

After reading about how much it costs to raise a child, Vint and Naomi decide to start a business selling bottles of Mam…

E2
An Affair to Forget
25 min 1989

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

E3
Mr. Wrong
25 min 1989

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

E4
Now Hear This
25 min 1989

The Harpers install an intercom so that Naomi will be able to monitor her baby, but Mama uses it to eavesdrop on the fam…

E5
Tri-State's Most Wanted
25 min 1989

Mama is attracted to actor Leslie Lemoyne, until she sees him on "Tri-State's Most Wanted" (the local version of America…

E6
Mama Fights Back
25 min 1989

Mama verbally attacks a radio show's unhelpful consumer advocate, and the station manager offers her his job, with Mama …

E7
A Blast From the Past
25 min 1989

Mama is invited to her junior high school's 50th reunion, but she is reluctant to go because of a false rumor that was s…

E8
Psychic Pheno-Mama
25 min 1989

Vinton and Naomi persuade Mama to have a psychic called "Madame Rita" give everyone readings. At first, Mama is surprise…

E9
Take My Mama, Please!
25 min 1989

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

E10
Bubba's House Band
25 min 1989

Bubba books a band called The Bonecrushers for homecoming, and tells the family that the band will be staying with them.…

E11
Mama Takes Stock
25 min 1989

Vinton learns that he is about to lose his job because Kwik Keys is being shut down by the new owners, a corporation cal…

E12
War of the Roses
25 min 1989

Mama and Iola are preparing for the Crystal Thorn flower contest, and Iola is angry to find that Mama's flowers have cro…

E13
Mama Takes a Dive
25 min 1989

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 sl…

E14
Mama Gets Goosed
25 min 1989

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

E15
The Big Nap
25 min 1990

After watching detective movies on TV for a week, and hearing that Iola's mother is missing, Mama dreams that she is a f…

E16
Pinup Mama
25 min 1990

While working on a photography project, Bubba makes a picture of a young bikini-clad woman with Mama's head, as a joke. …

E17
Guess Who's Going to Dinner
25 min 1990

Vint wins a Mother's Day dinner for two at a North African (Moroccan) restaurant called Abdul's Garden of Eating. As a r…

E18
Look Who's Breathing
25 min 1990

Naomi and Vinton are taking a childbirth class. When Vint is called in to work, Mama has to go to class with Naomi inste…

E19
There Is Nothing Like the Dames
25 min 1990

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 …

E20
Bye-Bye–Baby!
25 min 1990

When Naomi is upset about her baby being late, Mama tries to calm her down with a false story about Carl. Mama tells Iol…

Cast

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence
Thelma Harper
Ken Berry
Ken Berry
Vinton "Vint" Harper
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman
Naomi Oates Harper
Beverly Archer
Beverly Archer
Iola Lucille Boylan
Allan Kayser
Allan Kayser
Bubba Higgins

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