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Mama's Family

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:53 pm
by Dr. Shoe
Mama's Family has recently been released on DVD and we've been rewatching them. I remember watching it as a kid. You guys might like it. It was a FOX show that overlapped a little with the early years of MWC. So there are a few regular extras that you'll recognize. Also, Thelma is a bit like Al, a traditional grandma who resents modernity and isn't afraid to use her mouth to say what she thinks about it. It is funny stuff. Also, it is set in a town (Raytown) that borders the suburb of Kansas City where I live. Though the town has changed a lot in the last 30 years.

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Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:56 am
by marriedaniac
Plus it had a couple of the Golden Girls in it.

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:32 pm
by Spare Tire Dixon
In case some of you don't know, Mama's Family was born from several skits on the Carol Burnett Show.
Here are some vids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IasXj7gDCfs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IafKFD-nEeM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1tKeikhxLE

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:18 am
by Shoe Dick
I thought that was Blanche on the cover! Was confused since you said it overlapped with early MWC, when she was on The Golden Girls. Turns out she was on the show a couple of years before The Golden Girls.

Haven't seen this, but know it's been referenced quite a few times.

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:52 pm
by ARMAN
is that librarian lady from mwc?

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:50 pm
by Dr. Shoe
Nah, she's not in it.

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:20 pm
by ARMAN
no, the one that set up Bud :)

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:05 am
by Dr. Shoe
Perfect example, Miss Hardaway, yeah she has a major character beginning with season 2.

Re: Mama's Family

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:15 pm
by marriedaniac
Beverly Archer! I just put her on the MWC facebook page.

This show ran 1983-1990, that's actually longer than I thought. Don't think it got much air time in Australia.