My 30 Most Favorite Episodes of "Mama's Family".
If the title didn't give it away - these are my 30 most favorite episodes of the TV Show, "Mama's Family". Watch one per day for a full month of hilarity and smiles!
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- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanBubba has a class project: to make a video about his family. The Harpers and Iola are happy to participate. But a short in the camera makes for awkward moments, as everyone's comments come out differently than intended.
- DirectorRoger BeattyDick MartinStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanNaomi, Ellen, and Eunice give their own versions of Mama's accident.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanA love letter meant for Naomi mistakenly ends up in the hands of both Mama and Iola, leading to hilarious complications for all.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanNaomi and Vint read in a magazine how it will cost $168,000 dollars to raise their kid. So they set about coming up with a scheme to make some fast money. Just then Bubba comes home feeling bad, and Mama gives him some of her "Mother Harper's Tonic" and that gives Vint and Naomi an idea. They could sell the tonic and make a fortune. So Naomi gets some bottles from the recycling bin at Food Circus and they start to bottle it. It sells fast and everyone wants more. So Bubba takes it to his swim meet and Thelma takes it with her to the Church Ladies League meeting. Everyone samples some and it's a huge hit as everyone including Thelma and Iola get up and start dancing. Alberta even tells Thelma that she's gonna nominate her for CCL Woman of the Year. Bubba comes home and tells Vint and Naomi about what happened at the swim meet, his team lost every race and they sent the tonic to be analyzed and it came back that it was 35 percent alcohol, which closes down the family's business.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama considers selling a brooch that belonged to her late mother, but has second thoughts when the old woman's spirit begins to haunt her in protest.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanAfter Mama narrowly misses death during a thunderstorm, she vows to turn over a new leaf and be more generous to her family.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanBubba invites a punk rock band, the Bonecrushers, to stay at Harper House.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanRaytown is plagued by a rash of burglaries, and the police believe Vint is responsible. Mama and Iola aim to find the real culprit.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama seeks a repeat term as Church Ladies League president, but finds herself running against the last person she thought would be her opponent.
- DirectorRoger BeattyHarvey KormanStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanEllen (Betty White)is a member of a high brow country club that has elected her to receive a "Woman Of The Year" award. Mayor Tutwiller is the master of ceremonies and,unaware of their relationship,has invited Thelma to say a few words on her daughter's behalf. Ellen is,as always,not to pleased about this,fearing the country club members' scrutiny. Thelma starts out okay but ends up embarrassing her Daughter with stories of her childhood and basically turning her speech into a "roast".
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanFamily animosities come to light (and the boiling point) when the Harpers are trapped together due to a Thanksgiving Day tornado.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanIola is inconsolable when her nasty cat, Midnight, dies. Mama tries to cheer Iola, but is uncomfortable with the solution Iola finds to deal with her grief: having Midnight freeze-dried.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanThe producers of "Jeopardy!" are holding auditions in Raytown, so Iola decides to try out. Mama answers all the questions on William Shakespeare which Iola misses and is chosen to appear on the game show.
- DirectorRoger BeattyHarvey KormanStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanThe possibility of winning thousands of dollars on a game show excites all in the family except Mama. Unfortunately for Mama, the Harpers lose.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama is in no mood for Christmas merriment, and matters are not helped when she must fill in as Santa at the mall when Vint gets sick with laryngitis.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama reluctantly gets a phone machine and Vint and Naomi hid a stray dog in the garage and succeed in convincing Mama that she's getting senile when she claims she keeps hearing a dog barking.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama is reluctant to go to her junior high reunion because of the untrue nickname given to her by the class jerk: "Hot Pants". But then, she decides to go in order to set the record straight.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanAll Mama wants for her birthday is an electric mixer. When she discovers a hidden expensive piece of jewelry meant for someone else and assumes it's for her, disaster ensues.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama finds herself competing against Vint and Naomi in a dance contest. The kind of dancing she must do to win makes her unsure of the whole thing.
- DirectorRoger BeattyHarvey KormanStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryCarol BurnettTo Celebrate Eunice birthday, Vinton, Ed and Mama hold surprise party at the bigger jigger. It's does not go well and Eunice and mama ends up in jail and finds a way to work out their mother and daughter issues.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanBubba is tired of his bedroom being so near to Mama's watchful eye. Vint and Naomi are tired of living down in the basement. When they follow Iola's suggestion to swap rooms, Mama must find a way to thwart the new living arrangements.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanIola believes her invention is a million dollar idea. But when the product's marketer favors Vint's brainless idea over Iola's, Mama smells trouble.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanThelma reveals that she never finished high school because the professor humiliated her in front of the class. To inspire Bubba to get his diploma, Thelma enrolls in night school to get hers as well. But all doesn't go well when she clashes with the new professor and is faced with the challenge of giving a report on The Scarlet Letter.
- DirectorRoger BeattyHarvey KormanStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama's in a funk because she met one of her aunts, "who's three days older than God," but has a job. Mama's never worked outside the house in her life, so Vint and Naomi talk her into applying at an employment agency. Sure enough, she actually gets a position at the Raytown Travel Agency as a "mature" receptionist for travel agents, but it doesn't take long for her personality--and frequent calls from home--to get her into hot water.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanIt's Mama vs. City Hall when the town decides to turn her neighborhood into the new landfill.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanMama believes the electric company has made an error on her bill, and refuses to pay it. They respond with expected results.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanAfter attending a family wedding along with their own significant others, Mama, Iola, and Bubba daydream about what marriage could be like for each of them.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanThe Harpers' garage sale is a success until Iola discovers her handicraft gives to the family were part of the sale.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanAn ATM malfunction leaves Mama with a small fortune. Her plans on what to do with the money prove vastly different than her family's ideas.
- DirectorDave PowersStarsVicki LawrenceKen BerryDorothy LymanWhen Vint is called away by a sudden work emergency, Mama --who would rather be at a bingo game-- has to substitute as Naomi's childbirth coach. Mama is disbelieving about natural childbirth, and inadvertently scares the class by telling them about what childbirth and parenthood will really be like.