Mama's Family (1983)
Mama's Family (1983)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Vicki Lawrence
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper
Beverly Archer
Iola Lucille Boylen
Ken Berry
Vinton Harper
Dorothy Lyman
Naomi Oates Harper
Allan Kayser
Bubba Higgins
Allan Kayser
Bubba Higgins
Joe Hamilton
Producer
Eric Brown
Vinton 'Buzz' Harper, Jr.
Karin Argoud
Sonja Harper
Harvey Korman
Alistair Quince
Rue McClanahan
Aunt Fran Crowley
Betty White
Ellen Harper Jackson
Dick Clair
Writer
Jenna McMahon
Writer
Dave Powers
Director
Dick Martin
Director
Liz Sage
Writer
Jim Evering
Writer
Katherine Green
Writer
Ann Elder
Writer
Neil Lebowitz
Writer
Bill Braunstein
Writer
Sydney A. Blake
Writer
Rick Hawkins
Writer
George Mitchell
Writer
Jim Geoghan
Writer
Danny Kallis
Writer
Jerry Ross
Writer
Earl Boen
Reverend Lloyd Meechum
Alex Trebek
Self
Amy O'Neill
Little Ellen Harper
Jerry Reed
Leonard Oates
Brian Byers
Fred
Carol Burnett
Eunice Higgins
Ryan Bollman
Eugene Meechum
Anne Haney
Alberta Meechum
Spice Williams-Crosby
Didi Mason (as Spice Williams)
Emily Dole
Masked Mabel #2
Dee Booher
Masked Mabel #1
Stan Mazin
Referee
Amy Benedict
Margo (girl at garage sale)
Michael Fairman
Joe
Ted Hayden
Harry
Dorothy Van
Aunt Effie Harper / Writer
Flo Di Re
Peg
Burton Gilliam
Bud
Roger Hampton
Hank
Karen Hensel
Olga Strecknavitch
Ben Rawnsley
Warren Peters
Beau Bishop
Dwayne
Grant Heslov
T-Boy
Charles Douglass
Duke Reeves
Magda Harout
Eulalie Griswald
Heather Kerr
Young Eunice
Rich Kettley
Young Vint
Nikki Cox
Young Iola
Mary Pat Gleason
Arlene Madison
Amy Benedict
Amy Johnson
Joseph Campanella
Mr. Hanson
Karen Hartman
Petey (voice)
Betty Bunch
Belle Scoggins
Marguerite Hickey
Bambi
Earl Houston Bullock
Hartley Scoggins (as Earl Bullock)
Mel Brown
Mama's Girl
Gloria Larson
Mama's Girl
Patti Joy Neal
Mama's Girl
Beverly Polcyn
Mama's Girl
Frances E. Nealy
Mama's Girl (as Frances Nealy)
Wil Albert
Ludlow Baxter
Johnny Gilbert
Johnny Gilbert (voice)
Roger Price
Mr. Herkle
Jill Wakewood
Cheryl (as Jill Wachholz)
Isabel West
Cynthia Lane
Barney Martin
Billy Field
Alison Gleason
Lani
Fred Ball
Mr. Feldman
Don Nahaku
Hotel Manager
Yvonne Perry
Loraine
Steve Peterson
Lars Johanssen
Cha Thompson
Mrs. Feldman
Robert Witthans
Brandon
Steve Peterson
Lars Johanssen
Ed Ericsson
Grant
Mike Ebner
Bud
Karen Lynn Scott
Wanda Lynn Mahoney
Penelope Sudrow
Vernette Boylen
Michelle Burkhart Black
Billie Joe (as Michelle Burkhart)
Lois de Banzie
Rhoda Thornberry
Tom McCleister
Ernie Carruthers (as Thom McCleister)
Cheryl Pollak
Kim
Dennis Robertson
Andrew Thornberry
Julie Tesh
Nancy Ann
Phyllis Franklin
Eunice Harper Higgins (voice)
Judy Kain
Miss Small
Phil Rubenstein
'Settlement' Sam Travis
Heidi Helmer
Melanie Noble
James Hampton
John Sylvester White
Conrad Janis
Richard Dawson
Gary Hudson
Heidi Kozak
Danny Dayton
Squire Fridell
Fred Willard
Michael Constantine
Patrika Darbo
Imogene Coca
William Windom
Ron Pearson
Gene Wood
Richard McGonagle
Teddy Wilson
Steve Nevil
Alan Oppenheimer
Robert Mandan
Barbara Stuart
Teresa Ganzel
Anne Haney
Patricia Alice Albrecht
Media.
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Mama's Family is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Mama (Thelma Harper). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family" featured on The Carol Burnett Show (1967–78) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979). The sketches led to the television film Eunice, and finally the television series.
Mama's Family aired on NBC, debuting on January 22, 1983. After several timeslot changes and a subsequent drop in ratings, the network cancelled the series; the final episode of this two-season NBC incarnation of the series aired on April 7, 1984. NBC broadcast reruns until September 1985, which unexpectedly performed well in ratings.
Two years after its cancellation, original series producer Joe Hamilton Productions (JHP) revived Mama's Family for new episodes in first-run syndication on local stations across the United States. The reincarnation, distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures, premiered on September 27, 1986. The modified four-season series revival gained substantially higher ratings than its first incarnation, eventually becoming the highest-rated sitcom in first-run syndication, with its final episode airing on February 24, 1990.
The show's theme song is "Bless My Happy Home," created as an a cappella by Lawrence. The show's producers chose to use an instrumental of Lawrence's song composed by Peter Matz. Disclosing the lyrics to the song as part of her Vicki and Mama: A Two Woman Show (untelevised stand-up comedy routine Lawrence has hosted as herself and Mama since 2001), Lawrence routinely performs the song in its original a cappella form. The lyrics were also featured in an advertisement for the show on MeTV.