Mama's Family episode "Rashomama" is a classic

These things have got more spots than a windshield in Alabama.

Where did they (the spots on the jelly jars) go?

Spot heaven, Mama.

"Oh stuff it, Eunice."

Take care Eunice next time you might not be so lucky…

Just the title of the episode "Rashomama," was classic.

My favorite episodes (yes, I know I have no life) are the ones like this where the cast gets to play different versions of themselves. Other favorites are the one where they're all dreaming about being married, and Iola has turned into Naomi (and vice versa) and the "film noir" episode where everyone is cast as a 1940s detective movie archetype.

"Well, what the..."

I love that episode too, R5 - it's called "The Big Nap".

oooh a group rub

That episode had 4 writers and 2 directors!

Didn't Dorothy Lyman just transfer her character from All My Children over to Mama's Family? Is she a one-trick pony?

What was it, a rear ender?

I think a weakness (or possibly strength considering your belief in the concept) is that we never get a definitive sequence. I think it's fair to believe that Eunice and Ellen were the ones who accidentally hit Mama with the pot, and I do think Naomi's version is probably closest to the truth. But part of the fun of these sitcom takes on Rashomon is that we finally see what actually happened.

A lot of the time when I say “for fuck’s sakes” in my head, I catch myself doing it in Mama’s voice.

^ that's funny - sometimes when I find myself staring at a man's big sexy bulge, I'm thinking about Bubba Harper

Did Vicki Lawrence also wear yellow face?

^ she wore gray face...she pretended to be older than she actually was

After appearing as Eunice Higgins in this episode, Carol Burnett never played the character again.

Burnett came back and did an unseen cameo on the the mamas birthday episode when she called her towards the end of the show to wish/sing her happy birthday.

I think she was supposed to be in more shows after rashomama but at that point Carol was divorcing Joe Hamilton who was also EP of the show and their split was getting ugly. I think Betty White ended up doing more episodes that season than she was initially scheduled for.

I think it's time for Carol and Vicki to reboot Mama's Family....

with Bubba's bulge of course

Everyone is still alive, except Vint.

R16 I think that was a Burnett impersonator.

I'd love a reboot.

Have Mama, Naomi & Eunice in the house with Iola still the neighbor.

^ that was a voice impersonator who did Eunice's voice on the telephone...

But Bubba's bulge was ALL real...what a body!

[quote]"Come here, look at me. Are you in there?"

That is one of my favorite lines from a sit-com ever.

[quote] Everyone is still alive, except Vint.

Omg. Betty White lives!

How about Rue McClanahan?

[quote]Omg. Betty White lives! How about Rue McClanahan?

I've seen them both dining at Chez Ray...everyone lives in Raytown.

R23, I was talking about the superior version of Mama's Family (The Iola and bulge years), not that NBC version.

[quote]I was talking about the superior version of Mama's Family (The Iola and bulge years), not that NBC version.

That's a perfect name for the reboot "The Iola and Bubba's Bulge Show"!

(Although I'd prefer to give Bubba's big bulge top billing.}

Nope it was Brunetts voice on the “Mamas Voice” episode.

Carol and Vicki had a falling out over the syndicated version of mamas family. Vicki signed on with Joe Hamilton to do the syndicated show and not long after Carol called and asked Vicki if she wanted to do a syndicated sketch show just focusing on the family. Vicki told Carol she signed with Hamilton and carols was furious and didn’t speak to her for a few years.

Christmas carols

I always thought it was wrong of Carol to get mad at Vicki for signing on with Joe or for putting Vicki in the middle of all that in the first place.

Thelma: Where in blue blazes have you been?

Eunice: (sarcastically) Just fine Mama, thank you and how are you?

Naomi and the sugar packets always crack me up

I thought Naomi’s version of the story was the closest to the truth.

Me too, R31.

"Was I supposed to get the liquid?"

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and the version where each sugar packets comes from a different hotel if you know what I mean

It should have been a two part episode with the second having Vint's version and the correct version with Mama. Iola hadn't been introduced yet but it would have been funny to see her take on it.

The chili episode was a classic too.

Agree, R36, "soup to Nuts" is one of my favorite episodes too.

Iola: Canned chili? You can't used canned chili.

Naomi: Why not? It's my main ingredient.

Thelma: That ain't cooking, it's heating

Here's a preview of the "Soup to Nuts", featuring a young Bubba...before he started wearing the tight jeans that showed off his smokin' hot body

Here's a link to the full "Soup to Nuts" episode.

Iola’s repressed rage towards her mother was hilarious.

I think the reboot series should focus on Bubba's exploring his gay/bisexual feelings...

[quote]Here's a preview of the "Soup to Nuts", featuring a young Bubba...before he started wearing the tight jeans that showed off his smokin' hot body

I often wonder if there was a meeting in the producers' office where it was decided that they were going to tighten his jeans and restyle his hair. I just wonder how that conversation gets started and who is the first to bring it up.

And doesn't Bubba have a brother named Billie Joe?

There was a Rashomon-type episode of All in the Family involving a black man and a knife. A repair man and his black apprentice work on the Bunker's refrigerator. Gloria did not witness anything.

Archie claimed that the black man had a huge switchblade or hunting knife (I forgot). Mike claimed the black man had no knife at all.

Edith produced the knife because the black apprentice had forgotten to take it when he exited the Bunkers' house. It turned out to be a small pen or pocket knife. (The black man had used it to peel an apple.)

Gloria took to task both Archie and Mike for giving grossly exaggerated / inaccurate accounts of what happened.

[quote]And doesn't Bubba have a brother named Billie Joe?

MF is different from The Family.

Otherwise we'd have heard of Bubba's brother, Ellen's two daughters, Phillip, etc...

Ellen: Mama, either stop volunteering to make the jam or invest in an air conditioner to cool off this swamp.

Noami: I don’t know when I’ve had so much fun. I’ve never done anything like this before.

Eunice: It’s about the only thing you haven’t done before.

Eunice: What the hell is the matter with you? You been sniffing those gooseberries?

Not from this episode but one of my favorite quotes:

Mama: "Well, I bet the neighbors are just loving this!"

Mama: Next time I make jam with you bruisers I'm going to wear a football helmet.

Maude also had a Rashomon episode. It was concerning Maude's broken punchbowl. We find out that Mrs. Naugatuck broke it in a drunken gesture but both Arthur and Vivian told stories that minimized their own fears, Vivian for being rejected by Lyle Waggoner and Arthur for being scared of Lyle Waggoner.

Why did Mama say to Eunice, "You're my third born..."

Eunice was clearly the middle child and the second-born - younger than Ellen and older than Vint.

[quote]Vivian for being rejected by Lyle Waggoner and Arthur for being scared of Lyle Waggoner.

Was Lyle Waggoner nude in this episode?

Interesting that Rue also dreamed and lusted after Lyle Waggoner as her character Blanche Devereaux on "The Golden Girls".

One of my favorite quotes is from the "The Wedding" Eunice shows up before the wedding with a plate of chili dogs.

Mama: Chili dogs ... at a wedding?

Eunice: Mama, don't you ever read? Chili dogs are all the rage in Hollywood. Merv Griffin threw a party and Pia Zadora put away six of these suckers.

I love this from the episode "Mama Gets a Job" - Mama was being questioned by Job Interviewer

Job Interviewer (JI): Are you married?

Mama: No, I'm widowed.

JI: I'm sorry.

Mama: So is he.

JI: Did you graduate from college?

Mama: No.

JI: High School?

Mama: No

JI: But you did complete Grade School.

Mama: Well, boy, this is sure Pick on Thelma Harper Day, isn't it?

Job Counselor: Do you know how to answer a phone?

Mama: No, usually when it rings I just run around in little circles yelling "What'll I do, What'll I do!"

Travel Agency Customers: We're going to Tahiti!

Mama: Tahiti?! Well you wouldn't know it by the look of the two of you that you had a nickel to your name!

I love the "spot heaven" line too.

Ellen: Now let's just take these dishcloths and clean up those jars.

Eunice: There is nothing wrong with those jars.

Naomi: Now how does this think work? I've never dried a dry jar before.

Eunice: I think you've stepped off one curb too many.

Mama: Hey looky everybody,look: if you use a dish towel these spots rub right off.

Mama looks up in the air in wonder: Mama: Where did they go?

Ellen: Spot heaven Mama.

^ Eunice: (about Mama) If that old lady gets any worse we're going to have to bring out the whoopee squad.

Ellen: Did you get the sugar Naomi?

Naomi: Yea. (to Eunice) Hand this over to Ellen.

Eunice: You birdbrain. This is powdered sugar!

Naomi: Was I supposed to buy the liquid?

Naomi: Oh it is so hot in this kitchen. (looking down her dressI can practically hear those beads of sweat popping out all over me.

Mama: That's the berries,you tramp!

Naomi looked more "trampy" with the curly hair in the syndicated version than she did with the straight hair in the network epsiodes.

Mama: Naomi, did you remember to buy the sugar?

Naomi: Oh I never buy sugar. (pours a bunch of sugar packets out of her purse)

Eunice: Well Naomi,you unpredictable little scamp. What is all that?

Naomi: Well this is my sugar packet collection. I pick them up in motels. Each and every one has a different name on it.

Ellen picks one up. Ellen: Arthur's hideaway and laudaret. You tumble,we dry?

Naomi: Yea.

Mama: Well that is disgusting. I can't take jam to a church bizarre made with x-rated sugar!

The jam starts bubbling: Naomi: I'll get the doorbell.

Eunice: That's the berries you nitwit!

Mama: Ahhh, Betty, hand me that pot.

Eunice and Ellen both grab it.

Eunice: She said Baby...

^ Good catch, R66

Now, I'll have to rewatch it...again.

People! It's spelled Rashomon! STOP with the cultural appropriation bullshit!!

It's "Rashomama".

Stop trying to erase elderly women!

And stop trying to shame the sex workers of Raytown!

I've long wanted to visit Ray Point with Bubba...

Listen, Bubba is so hung...

that we used to get jealous of him when we were skinny dipping a Lake Rayawachee...

and a little aroused too...but you know, in a totally straight way...no homo!

I’m lookin at my Oscar and reminded of Bubbas big one!

Bubba had the biggest penis in the history of the Water Polo team, and that's why we voted him Captain.

Bubba is so big - my aunt Iola had to put a couple of stitches in my cooter after our "date".

Bubba was beautiful in Hawaii, but he should've shown more skin.

A great exchange when they introduced Bubba:

Iola: I was a Home Economics major. I believe I know how to lay a buffet.

Naomi: I'll bet that's the only thing.

[quote] I can't take jam to a church bizarre made with x-rated sugar!

Oh, dear.

^ Well, face it, Alberta Meechum...your church bazaar's are pretty bizarre.

[quote]your church bazaar's are pretty bizarre.

Oh, dear.

On this week's episode of the rebooted series:

Mama discovers Bubba is running his OnlyFans account out of her basement in her house on Old Decatur Road.

Although still caring for her elderly mother, Iola Boylen has agreed to help Bubba, so she can earn money to take a cruise with Mama on the luxurious Dixieland Belle Mississippi River cruise.

Even though Little Eugene Meechum pinched Naomi's ass, anyone could see he was already a mega queen.

I just read that Alan Kayser left the business long ago and lives in some small town outside of Kansas City. All that hot meat just wasted on hicks & rubes.

Oh and he said he still wears 501 jeans just like he did on the show and wears the same size he wore then.

[quote]Oh and he said he still wears 501 jeans just like he did on the show and wears the same size he wore then.

Mmm, I'd tune in to see this hot Zaddy in...or out of...his tight jeans.

r83 I thought he was a mailman in Colorado.

"Oh Bubba, your grandmother and I desperately want you to move back to the Old Decatur Road house - we need a man around!"

How did Alberta take it when Little Eugene came out? Was there an emergency CLL meeting?

Alberta blamed Thelma of course. She walked in on Eugene getting gangbanged and there were bottles of mother Harpers miracle tonic lying around everywhere.

Bump, is where Bubba tried to take a bus to when he planned to run away.

[quote]She walked in on Eugene getting gangbanged

Was he getting gangbanged by Bubba, Tboy, Dwayne, and Harland Huplander?

If only Alan Kayser had gotten the Brad Pitt role in Thelma and Louise how different life might have been...

Sometimes I'd like to call 555-Rent-A-Gent and get a man like Bubba...

At the very least, they could start a rewatch podcast where they talk about the making of all the episodes, sort of like the Office Ladies podcast, which has been very popular.

Hasn't Mama moved to the Ray of Hope Retirement Home now?

If the home were to burn and Mama had to move back into the house with Bubba, that would be priceless.

And when Mama is nasty, Bubba says, "Ray of Home Retirement Home, Grandma!"

"Hey y'all, I just happen to be available if y'all want me to make an appearance., just gimme a call."

I agreed with Mama and Iola about Luann Fayette. Nothing but trash.

Mama herself said any decent family would simply lock her in the attic.

^ I love it

LuAnn can live in the attic in the reboot, just like Rhoda.

On a serious note, a lot of people don't consider Mama's Family a good sitcom, but it was consistently #1 in the syndication ratings and only ended because they reached the magic # of 100 episodes. The show should have had, at least, a 6th and final season to wrap everything up.

Also, Mama's Family correctly captured a certain type of rural life, that a lot of people don't see or understand just in a "sitcomy" way.

Well said, R99

One of my favorite episodes was the flashback where they revealed how Eunice got drunk and the two of them got into a huge fight in front of the Ladies Church League. The early scenes of Mama as a loving, caring, nurturing mother seemed very consistent as well as the bitterness she had to have felt with those horrible kids.

And to dovetail Rashomama, I think Mama really did feel closer to Naomi than her daughters. Naomi was very good hearted and extremely loyal to Mama and she knew that. After the Beauty Pageant episode (a classic), when Mama lost Naomi said very angrily "I thought you did real well Miz Harper until they slipped you that trick question." You could never imagine Ellen or Eunice saying anything like that.

^ That is a wonderful episode, "The Sins of the Mother"

and here's a link to the entire episode

and in spite of the still photo for this episode on the link below - Bubba is in this one and he looks good

R99, while I enjoy Mama's Family, trumpeting its success because it was number one in syndication ratings in the late 1980s against such quality competition as Small Wonder, Out of this World and Throb isn't really saying all that much...

DUKE REEEVES!!

Some bloopers that made it to the screen included:

Naomi cracking up at Mama going off on the rest of the family for giving her grief as she works the breakfast counter alongside Bubba.

Vint is playing with making balloon animals and Mama pops one and the remains of the balloon land on her head. Vicki reacts to it by smiling and turning towards the camera, but Iola just keeps playing the scene out instead of stopping it.

Mama finally gets to spend some time alone and discovers that she really misses having everyone around. Vint and Naomi come home from a weekend at a cabin where they had to stay in because of terrible weather. They claim it was very romantic and they decide to extend that in the basement. Vint tells Naomi to "get the tuna" and you can see Vicki cracking up and turning away from the camera. Obviously an adlib that caught Vicki off guard.

BTW, to see Bubba at his bulgiest, watch the episode where Mama gets a job as a consumer advocate on the radio. Yikes!

Ellen marching with the Twirlettes is given the best advice that her Mama can give her: "Ellen, baby, don't do the cartwheel!"

[quote]BTW, to see Bubba at his bulgiest, watch the episode where Mama gets a job as a consumer advocate on the radio. Yikes!

Thanks for the tip - I think that episode is "Mama Fights Back".

I'll definitely watch that episode again.

Here's a link. This episode is Bubba-liciious indeed - longer hair, tighter jeans, bigger bulge.

The picture of duke reeves Eunice sees on the campaign flier was of joe Hamilton. The Hawaii episodes were shot at a resort Hamilton had partial ownership in.

The casting director did a great job casting younger Eunice in the mamas birthday episode and older Eunice in the sins of the mother episode.

[quote]Here's a link. This episode is Bubba-liciious indeed - longer hair, tighter jeans, bigger bulge.

Thank you, R107. At times it was hard to tell whether Bubba was wearing jeans or sweatpants. Or jeggings or leggings.

My friend Corky thinks Bubba would look perfect in the right pair of jodhpurs!

Heather Kerr as Young Eunice in Sins of the Mother is wonderful.

This guy, David Dam, went pretty far on "The Voice." He could be Bubba's long lost twin brother, right down to the red hair and bulge.

[quote] If only Alan Kayser had gotten the Brad Pitt role in Thelma and Louise how different life might have been...

Alan Kayser would've been perfect in Thelma & Louise (in the Brad Pitt role).

And yes, he became a postal worker, i.e., a mail man, driving a route.

[quote] I think Mama really did feel closer to Naomi than her daughters. Naomi was very good hearted and extremely loyal to Mama and she knew that.

What? Are we watching the same show? Mama always treated Naomi and Vint like dimwits, which they were. Vint was dumber than Naomi.

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and at some point he was living right near the real raytown

I always was surprised that Ken Berry and Dorothy Lyman weren't a couple in real life. Such great chemistry. When they were on the reunion, they seemed like some old married couple who were still madly in love with each other.

R115, they were an oddball couple, but I credit Dorothy Lyman's acting. IRL, in Raytown, Naomi would be married to someone sexier. Dorothy did a good job of acting like she really was hot and horny for Vint.

Ken was married to Jackie Joseph.

Mama: I'm too old to go back to school.

Vinton: No you're not. They'll take anyone as long as they're dumb enough.

Dorothy said publicly many times that she had a crush on Ken but they did not have a sexual relationship

^ Of course, they had a hot sexual relationship...Naomi bought black satin sheets for their fold out sofa bed.

I've always liked the "Flounder's Day" episode

In all the interviews it seems like they all really loved Ken. Seems like a decent guy.

My favorite 2 episodes are the 'War of the Roses' and 'Key to the Crime'.

I've always like "The Really Loud Family" episode. Not only does it feature Bubba, but it's also really funny.

I liked when they got an answering machine.

"It's your dime, spill it."

Also when Vinton fixed the phone or doorbell and Thelma goes, "Vinton, remind me to kill you later."

r123 One of my favorites, too.

[quote]Also when Vinton fixed the phone or doorbell and Thelma goes, "Vinton, remind me to kill you later."

I liked Ken Berry in his other roles, but I found him mostly annoying on "Mama's Family",

but I realize they had to make him goofy to make Mama more likeable...certainly more likeable than she was on The Carol Burnett Show or in the network version of the series.

I loved goofy Vint.

"Way to go, Mama."

Then she pinch his arm and he'd do that funny bit.

I liked it when Vint had man-to-man talks with Bubba...

as if Bubba hadn't had WAY more sex than Vint

(Alberta Meechum almost eye-raped Bubba when he showed up at the Church Bazaar in a fitted pair of 501s.)

I never get tired of the episode with Liz Torres as the channeler.

Iola's momma discovers that she is allergic to the chicken fat that she has been using as lip gloss.

Mama's Gypsy Queen outranks Madam Rita who is only a Duchess. Madam Rita lets them all know that Queen Esmerelda is a GYPSY and she is not to be trusted!

SILENCE!!!!!

^ Alberta was just trying to keep Li'l Eugene from following Bubba around and trying to hump his leg.

[quote]I never get tired of the episode with Liz Torres as the channeler.

I liked that too, but I never realized the psychic was Liz Torres.

IIRC, she was also a regular on "All in the Family" briefly.

The Love Letter is another favorite of mine. Iola's sexy outfit was hilarious.

I'm glad you enjoyed the episode, R132; that was also one of mother's favorites.

But for your information, all of my dresses are sexy!

I forget what the name of the episode was, but I really liked the episode where Naomi and Iola switched identities...

I liked the episode where they were all hunkered down in the basement (Vint's & Naomi's love nest).

I love Mama's hair in that pic @ R134

[quote]I liked the episode where they were all hunkered down in the basement (Vint's & Naomi's love nest)

Oh yeah, that was a Thanksgiving episode, where they were trapped in the basement during a tornado, and they got drunk on Aunt Effie's rum balls.

^ All I remember is that I woke up in Vinton's bed with my clothes all askew and no memory of what had happened.

(I could barely look mother in the eye after that.)

I wish I could find a copy of Iola Boylen's "Living" magazine.

You won't believe what that woman can do with felt!

Sometimes I think "The Golden Girls" was kind of a spin-off of "Mama's Family".

They both featured Betty and Rue, and they showed older women being sexual and romantic at a time that was done on TV.

* at a time that was NOT done on TV

An early episode featured Murray Hamilton as Uncle Roy, Carl's Brother. It was really funny and strangely touching. Hamilton was such a wonderful actor. It was one of the few episodes where Sonja was almost likable.

^ I'll have to watch that one - I don't watch a lot of the episodes from the first two seasons, but that sounds good.

Naomi's hair looked so much better in "Rashomama" and in the NBC shows, but that was about the only thing better about those episodes from the first two seasons.

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and unfortunately Aunt Fran is not in that ep but it would been cool to see Blanche and Big Daddy together pre GG

The actors who played Sonja and Buzz were both REALLY bad. Bubba was a huge improvement.

Buzz was one of my first crushes

[quote]I've always like "The Really Loud Family" episode. Not only does it feature Bubba, but it's also really funny.

On Catchy Comedy right now.

Bubba did such an amazing job of editing his film about the Harper family, he could have been a really successful reality TV producer.

Mama was a DLer when it came to her philosophy about drinking

Thelma 'Mama' Harper: Good lord, Vinton, what in the hell do you think you're doing?

Vinton Harper: Well Mama... I'm trying to guess your weight.

Thelma 'Mama' Harper: I've got a better idea Vinton... how about you guess which hand I'm gonna smack you upside the head with.

"What kind of a smut show is this?"

"Knock, knock."

After reading this thread, I've got a hankerin' for some Tuna Montezuma.

R19, R21, R27, you’re all correct.

Burnett did the voice herself in the season two birthday episode. The last time she ever truly played Eunice.

In season four, however, it was soundalike Phyllis Franklin.

Ok, fess up. Which one of you posted this?

^ I only use the best Grade A ground beef from Food Circus for my chili recipe.

Mother says that Vegan food is "of the devil".

Iola ... we've seen you buying ground "meat" in the grocery department at the RayMart.

"Why...I nevah!"

"The only time I've been in RayMart is to buy mother's corn pads...and perhaps, some batteries for my...um, my personal massager."

What does Rashomama mean? I used to think this show was funny years ago but not so much anymore

Read up, R161

[quote]"The only time I've been in RayMart is to buy mother's corn pads...and perhaps, some batteries for my...um, my personal massager."

Iola, turn down your vibrator, I mean, your personal massager!

We're having brown outs all up and down Ray Lane.

Does St. Ray's perform gender reassignment surgery?

Asking for a friend.

I think it was a shame that Aunt Fran was dead and gone by the time her great nephew Bubba got sprung from Juvenile Hall. You just know that she would have guided him into manhood with some expert cougar moves. Rue most certainly would have lusted after the tender, young hard bodied Alan Kayser. She had written about her seduction of her young Broadway co-star, Brad Davis, in one of her biographies a while back. Apparently, she lured him to her NYC abode and ravished the poor kid all over her back yard. They made so much noise that they raised the ire of her neighbors. Rue was married at least 7 times, so you know she loved the cock.

Some guest stars I really enjoyed on the show:

Yeardley Smith as "the Keek." Loved Mama speaking her brand of "Swedish" to the Keek at the dinner table.

Anne Raney never disappointed as Alberta Meechum. "You don't have to bite anything, Thelma!"

William Windom as the old "come with me to the cabin" boyfriend.

All of Mama's Girls doing that old tap dancing stuff that I love so much.

Dorothy Van (Aunt Effie) was a terrible actress and an even worse dancer, but she and her husband, JIm Evering, wrote some damned good episodes.

Carol Burnett got to strangle Gloria DeHaven at the Pepper Pot Playhouse rehearsals. Loved it.

I loved Aunt Effie!

[quote]I loved Aunt Effie!

I loved Aunt Effie's rum balls!

I preferred Bubba's balls personally.

LuAnn, isn't there a trucker you should be under right about now?

Naomi: At Food Circus, I don't use half the things I learned in high school

Mama: That's because most of the things you learned in high school you picked up in the back seat of a car

Naomi: You're not exactly Jane Fonda

Mama: And since when are you such an authority? Your idea of a workout is a man, a bed and a cigarette after.

Naomi, finding out Mama had a bad reputation in high school: Shame on you Miz Harper. All those years you've been calling me cheap and all this time you were the original Red Tag Special.

[quote]Oh yeah, that was a Thanksgiving episode, where they were trapped in the basement during a tornado, and they got drunk on Aunt Effie's rum balls.

And Iola sang "Tiko Tiko"! Seriously, Beverly Archer should have won an Emmy for playing Iola.

This episode, "The Supermarket" from Season 2 (the NBC series) shows the original network opening, which I don't remember ever seeing.

It looks like a completely different opening and house than the one used in sydication.

Tico-Tico, r171.

I can't be the only one who detested this cracker trash family story.

On LOGO this afternoon (among others):

"I Do, I Don't" - the one where they fantasize about being married. Iola acting like Naomi (and vice versa) is hysterical.

"Naomi's Identity Crisis" - Naomi has amnesia and Mama convinces her that she's the perfect Stepford wife.

BTW, does anyone else find LOGO unwatchable due to the incessant MyPillow commercials? They should be ashamed to air them. And why does MyPillow guy think it makes sense to advertise right after a gay-themed show, PSA, or commercial? (Not that he's in his right mind anyway.)

I love the "I Do, I Don't" episode too, R175.

I can't find the full episode online, but here's a clip with some funny moments.

Mama (speaking of Iola, who in this fantasy sequence is Vint's wife): She never does keep enough beer in the house.

Iola (in the role of Vint's wife): How could I? It would take a team of Clydesdales to keep up with your guzzlin'.

Mama (to Iola): I only drink, because you make my life a living hell.

Iola (to Mama): Oh yeah, you think it's easy living with a boozed up Mammy Yokum.

That had to be a blast for Beverly and Dorothy.

[quote] I can't be the only one who detested this cracker trash family story.

You're not the only one, but, in The Data Lounge, you are squarely in the minority.

Iola as Naomi: It's a Clorox bottle piggy bank. Isn't it adorable?

Mama: I should say, What did you do, pose for it yourself?

Vinton Harper: Thanks a lot, Mama!

Bubba Higgins: Grandma doesn't give me any rights!

Thelma 'Mama' Harper: You have the right to remain silent.

(And he has the right to show off huge endowment.)

Eunice Higgins: Old lady, this time, you've gone too far!

Mr. Pitts: Is that Harper with an H?

Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper: Of course it's Harper with an H, if it wasn't, it'd be just Arper.

Naomi Oates Harper: Magic moments between a man and a woman are spiritual and ought not to be screwed with.

My dogs are barkin'.

Ellen: I hope that you didn't park your clunker behind my Seville; I have to be outta here in 30 minutes!

Eunice: First good news I've had all day...

Thelma: Oh, Naomi, what a sweet thought. No wonder I love you best. You're like the daughter I never had.

(Ellen and Eunice have shocked looks on their faces). Why is it that my own girls can't see the beauty in sharing a warm, family moment?

Eunice: I'm the one that brought the dirty jars; you wouldn't have this warm family moment if it wasn't for me.

Thelma: An accident? Are the jars all right?

Eunice: What the hell is the matter with you, you been sniffing them gooseberries?! I just told you I spent three hours dodging semis across three lanes of public highway!

Naomi: Isn't that dangerous?

Eunice: (to Naomi) Come here. Look at me. (pause) Are you in there?

When the Harper family is trapped in the basement due to a tornado, along with Iola and Aunt Effie:

Vint: If only we had a spoon we could dig our way out.

Thelma: Real good, Vinton. If we had a bar of soap we could carve ourselves a gun and shoot our way out.

Vint: Mama, you never could throw anything out, no matter how useless it is.

Thelma: It's a lucky thing for you!

Mama (to snobbish Nita Peterson): Nita, you've got a lot of class for a dame with a rip in her drawers!

I like the "Flaming Forties" episode, where Mama, Aunt Fran, and Naomi sing The Andrews Sisters at a school dance.

Mama is such a nurterer, so good with children of all ages.

Mamas Family bloopers.

Mama's Family "Positive Thinking"

This is the episode mentioned above where Eunice "competes" with Gloria Dehaven at the Pepperpot Playhouse.

Gloria Dehaven was also playing "Phyllis Grant" one of Jessica Fletcher's friends, who also frequents Loretta's Beauty Shop in Cabot Cove, about the same time she made this guest appearance on "Mama's Family".

Quite a career resurgence for Dehaven.

Wasn't there an episode involving arm wrestling at the Bigger Jigger? That was a good episode.

There was also an episode where Vint joined a men's club where they dress up like Egyptian snakes. That was a pretty good episode.

Vinton joined the Cobras in episode 3, season 23, "Fangs A Lot, Mama", and that is a good one.

I'll have to search for the arm-wrestling episode.

The Bigger Jigger arm wrestling episode is Season 3, episode 21, "Mama with the Golden Arm".

Clearly, a episode about Bubba's first time pledging a local fraternity would have been the thing.

Bubba did pledge Sigma Alpha Pie (SAP) in season 5, episode 17, "Mama In One".

But unfortunately, that was a only B-plot, and they didn't show Bubba's fraternity initiation on camera.

This episode focused on the main plot, which was Mama spending the weekend alone in her house and missing her annoying family...

R202 No spanking? No look on confused delight on Bubba's face as he is fingered by the Pledge Master? Shameful!

r196

that is a great ep especially when they are at the theatre and the director loses his hair

Do junior colleges have fraternities?

Not usually, but Raytown JC is the Brown of the Midwest.

The costuming, which I think was based on Bob Mackie's original designs from the Carol Burnett Show, was amazing. And it was so interesting how each main character had his own color palette that stayed consistent no matter what they were doing -- even when portraying fantasy sequences.

Iola - Pink

Naomi - Yellow

Thelma - Purple/Lavender

Vint - Mostly tan, with gray and brown

Bubba - Mostly greens/light blue (his had the most diversity)

Interesting, R207; I never noticed that, but you're absolutely correct.

The only time I remember seeing Iola in anything other pink was when her cat Midnight died - she wore a black and gray gingham print dress, her mourning attire.

There were only two ‘Mama’s Family’ Christmas episodes during its six-season run Mama’s Family was a popular sitcom during the 80s and into 1990.

The show ran on NBC for two seasons before being cancelled, then was later revived in 1986 for a syndication run. During its six-season run, it aired 130 episodes and only two involved Christmas.

I've heard that actors like to get parts in holiday special episodes (Chistmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, etc) of a series, because those get replayed more often at holidays, and the actors earn more residuals.

Another good one: Mama's Family - Se5 - Ep07 - My Mama, Myself

Vint: How dumb do you think we are?

Ellen: I may need a chalkboard to answer that question.

Iola: Hello, Bubba. What are you reading?

Bubba: It's about the Civil War.

Iola: Ah, the Civil War. 'A house divided shall not stand.'

Bubba: I always thought a house divided was a duplex.

Grandma Crowley: "You didn't put enough salt in them peas!"

Naomi: You don't think that I can do anything!

Mama: Nothing decent people would pay to see!

For R31

Naomi: This is my sugar packet collection! I pick 'em up at motels. Each and every one has a different name on it!

Ellen: (picks up a packet and reads it) 'Arthur's Hideaway and Launderette: You tumble, we dry.'

Husbands beatin their wives, wives cheatin on their husbands….and you know who I blame? This old woman!

^ an excerpt from "The Really Loud Family", I believe

Thelma 'Mama' Harper: I wanna kill myself! Quick! Gimme somethin' Naomi made!

Vinton Harper: Here, Mama. Try one of these Spam and anchovy sandwiches.

Vernette: I did have a blind date once. It lasted about a minute. We were backing out of the driveway and he remembered that his car had been recalled.

I liked the episode where Iola got pregnant out-of-wedlock...

and Mother Boylen forced her to go to a home for unwed mothers...

but they told the Harpers and everyone else that Iola was gone on an extended tour of Oswald Caverns and the famous Ray Cave area

Did Naomi's slutty friend Luann Fayette live at the Wagon's Hoe Trailer Park?

Only when she wasn't turning tricks at the Raymada Inn.

Naomi just gave Vint a pair of banana boxers.

It turns out that Vint was packing a silver bullet among all those blanks!

Eunice is really pissed about Daddy's sapphire ring going to Tinker Bell and his recycled bride. She angrily moves away from Mama as the wedding starts and finds herself sitting next to that bitch, Ellen before finally settling in the middle of the couch.

"Get a hold of yourself, Eunice or I'm gonna kill you!"

Vinton Harper: Uh, What ya looking for mama?

Mama: I can't remember where i put the soup bone.

Vinton Harper: Gee, i guess you're becoming forgetful in your old age.

Mama: Maybe so, lately it's been slipping in my mind to slap you silly.

We found Mrs. Harper was simply not suited to our organization.

I found Iola's craft projects, like the windshield wipe cozies for Vint and Naomi's trailer, simply wonderful!

Mama and Iola come into Mama's kitchen after Christmas shopping

Iola: You think people would be nicer at Christmas time.

Mama: Isn't that the truth - I practically had to wrestle that nun to the ground to get this "Peace and Joy" candle.

Naomi: Wait a minute, let me get this straight - you were happy and POOR?

Vinton Harper: Y'know, last night was the first night that Naomi and I didn't... didn't... well, you know, we didn't...

Aunt Fran Crowley: There goes the Guinness Book of Records.

I'd love to go with Bubba to "Jocks R Us" at the Galaraya Mall and help him try on jock straps.

I like to watch "Mama's Medicine Show" and have a nice hot toddy made from Mother Harper's Miracle Tonic.

[quote]I'd love to go with Bubba to "Jocks R Us" at the Galaraya Mall and help him try on jock straps.

I have to buy new ones, because Li'l Eugene keeps stealing my used jock straps.

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^ and you think you can be president of the Church Ladies League?

You illiterate heifer!

Another good episode, worth watching for Iola's hat alone.

[Vint bought a fishing rod instead of a bed that Naomi wanted]

Naomi Oates Harper: Vinton Harper, I am not asking you, I am telling you. Now, take that silly thing back and bring me my bed.

Vinton Harper: You got no right to tell me what to do, that's Mama's job!

I like Iola's invention, the Invalid Turner, I think it was called.

I think that was in "Mama of Invention".

I like to eat at Al's Eating Barn.

But my wife thinks she's too goof for that place - she wants to go to Chez Ray.

I was gonna say "Oh, dear," about "Galaraya Mall" until I saw the "ray" in Galaraya.

Eunice: For your information Mama, I was almost splattered clear over that highway!

I loved seeing Skeeter become a happy homemaker after getting bonked on the noggin by that swinging kitchen door. (That coffee is 10 minutes old!)

I loved seeing Iola teach the Harpers about the meaning of friendship after they sneakily attempted to sell off all of her crafts at the yard sale. Iola wasn't quite through eating yet. She requested a few more niblets of that corn and Mama obliged by putting about three of them on her plate.

Iola's romantic hay ride ended in tragedy when the wagon swerved to miss a possum in the road and Iola fell out of the back of the wagon.

Iola's life was one of tribulations.

Iola was probably my favorite character.

Thelma Harper: From now on if we have any backstabbing to do were going to do it the way we have always done it face to face.

I always wanted to see Iola's family - her mother, her father, and her brother Vern.

Maybe that could be the new reboot - "Iola's Family"

We know what Vern Boylan looked like because his daughter Vernette looked exactly like him! (Well, except for the pencil mustache and the hump.)

Good memory, R249

Here's that episode called "Bubba's Double Date"

Vernette has a smile on her face at the end of this episode...

she knows she's going to get the big one from Bubba

An episode inspired by the Merchant Ivory film, "A Room with No View"

(Miss) Scarlett Dubois (Yvonne Wilder) is trying to have a civil conversation with a battling Mama and Eunice while they are in the jug. Scarlett has finally had enough and confronts Eunice with:

"Shut up and sit down before I strangle you with that ugly dress!"

Ellen Harper Jackson and Eunice Harper Higgins are going at it in Mama's kitchen during the gooseberry jam making session. Eunice accuses Ellen of passing her by twice out on route 5 (in that air conditioned Cadillac Seville of hers) before Ellen lets her know:

"I didn't even see you and take my word.....I would know that dress anywhere!"

Mama's Family - Se4 - Ep18, "Mama's Girls" is an episode about the Harper family hosting a Russian woman in their home, suspiciously similar to "The Golden Girls" Season 5 episode "Sisters and Other Strangers".

The Harper’s celebrate Roshashana?

I didn’t know they were Jewish

R19/R21 are both wrong. It was Carol’s voice in that episode. There’s a later episode “Pomp and Circumstance” where they use a voice actor.

Thelma: Naomi's expecting!

Sonia: Expecting what?

Fran: A baby? (short pause)

Thelma:(sarcastically) No, Fran, a Mitsubishi!

Thelma: (Speaking of Duke Reeves) His parents were trying to avoid a lawsuit so they sent the boy over to apologize for nearly gettin' you killed out in front of the school that day.

Eunice: That's not true!

Thelma: It is! You hounded that boy so bad he had to jump in the car to get away from you and you went tearin' down the street after him hangin' on to the back of the car.

Eunice: That's a lie!

Thelma: And he went around the corner and you went slidin' into the gravel and you got yourself all skinned up. You were a lunatic where that Duke Reeves was concered and everybody knew it. Didn't they Vint?

Vint: Well I don't know about everybody...

Eunice: Oh you shut up!

Mama's Family, S3E03, "Best Medicine"

Ellen decides to get her fanny "tucked"

Mama's psychic Madam Rita said Bubba has really big feet.

Here's a link to one of the great episodes

Bubba has HUGE...um, feet

Mama's Family, S06 04, "Now Hear This"

Why did Vicki Lawrence bill herself as "Vicki Lawrence Schultz"?

I don't know her.

[quote]Bubba Harper

Bubba HIGGINS.

[quote]I often wonder if there was a meeting in the producers' office where it was decided that they were going to tighten his jeans and restyle his hair. I just wonder how that conversation gets started and who is the first to bring it up.

From what I was told by Allan Kayser at a con, it was Vicki’s idea to spiff the character up and out him in tighter clothes.

*put him in tighter clothes.

Yeah, it's weird how they dressed Bubba in the early episodes: sweater vests, suspenders, and jeans?

His original wardrobe looked like some kind of weird Katzenjammer Kids' clothiing

But I'm glad they quickly realized how hot Bubba was and they updated his look

r264 r265 S-E-R-G-E-A-N-T

^ I hear NOTHING!

If it is true about Vicki asking for a spiffed up Alan then that would explain something that I have always noticed in certain "spiffed up Bubba" episodes. Mama is sometimes seen casting side glances directly at the Bubba Bulge. The more prominent the VPL, the more Mama finds reason to check it out. It always amused me that in that Skeeter as a happy home maker epi, Bubba holds his new huge aquarium right in front of his package. I can only imagine how all that water magnified the crotch in Mama's eyes.

Yes, my poor Carl did not have a big endowment.

And I've always been a Size Queen.

(Do not tell, Thelma, but I too have always appreciated a man with a "large package".)

They were both disappointed by Leslie LeMoyne's tinymeat.

There's no way that the Naomi in the original run wouldn't have given Bubba at least a second glance.

^ Well who do you think finally got me knocked up?

It surely wasn't that spineless goofball Vinton Harper!

Remeber this one "The Caller"

[quote] loved seeing Iola teach the Harpers about the meaning of friendship after they sneakily attempted to sell off all of her crafts at the yard sale. Iola wasn't quite through eating yet. She requested a few more niblets of that corn and Mama obliged by putting about three of them on her plate.

I agree, that was a good one.

I just finished watching Season 1 and I really hope the show gets better in Season 2. The only funny character so far is Eunice.

Mama was tamed a little in season 2, but she’s still a far cry from the relatively nice (but still fussy) Mama in the syndicated episodes. Also, Sonia had stopped smoking weed and became a normal, non-zombie person (the weed smoking was only implied).

R281, they had no idea what to do with Sonia. In the first season she was a stoner and then in season two they dressed her in pastels, but she no longer had any defining characteristics.

Just skip to the Bubba episodes. Season 3 is when Bubba appears.

R283

just watch the Eunice eps

Mama presents Iola with her very own crystal cake stand.

Iola: "Now when did you find time to buy this for me?"

Mama: "When you went to check out the gravity boots for your Mother."

Iola turns to Bubba and announces: "I thought I could hang Mother up when I vacuum!"

[quote]Iola turns to Bubba and announces: "I thought I could hang Mother up when I vacuum!"

That woman was so good to her parents..

and she was a genius with felt!

[quote]and she was a genius with felt!

We call Iola the "Salvador Dali of Felt".

Bubba was in great shape during the run of "Mama's Family", really ripped.

And surprisingly, he's has aged really well based on the photos I've seen of him

This episode features Iola's neighborhood newspaper, "Boylen's Beat".

and the new development on Route 5, Ray Meadows, "where gracious living meets the interstate"

and Bubba's tight jeans

Mama's Family - Se5 - Ep19 - April Fools

Iola almost wound up getting married to a medical supplies salesman until he laid out his plans for her parents being relocated to an old folks home known to the local populace as Leisure Hell. Not to worry though, Mama saw right through him and Iola and Mama got together and gave Bert his just desserts. Mama sprayed on the whipped cream and Iola followed up with the strawberries on his bald head.

That's a good episode, R290.

And here's a clip from that episode, "Iola's New Boyfriend".

I had to stop watching the series. It's just stupid and unfunny. Roseanne and Married With Children were funny shows about white trashy people but this one, I just find it so boring. Vicki Lawrence isn't funny as Mama. She was 33-34 years old when the show started. She doesn't look like an elderly woman. Estelle Getty as Sophia on The Golden Girls was funny because she looked like she was 80 and her lines were funny. I just can't get into it.

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.[2][3] 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.

Mama fixed her hair, with toilet paper, hair pins, and a cap, at night exactly the same way my grandmother did. Maybe a lot of women did that at the time.

On right now...

I like the episode where Bubba teabagged Buzz

Bubba and Buzz were never in the same episode.

^ that episode was only release in foreign markets...you know, like Bump and Hinkley...real foreign places

Why can’t anything good ever happen to me in my life? All I ever do is cook and clean!

Seasons Greetings!

^ love Eunice's Christmas attire, not to mention her Christmas spirit

They should have done a spin-off called "Wagons Ho" about that slut LuAnne Fayette.

I'll never forgive her for trying to seduce an underage Bubba.

r303 Because you wanted to do it first?

[quote]Because you wanted to do it first?

Of course!

LuAnn Fayette is a WHORE!

Tonight on "Wagons Ho: The LuAnn Fayette Show"...Beefcake Bubba

Bubba in a half top in the LuAnn “It Takes Two to Watusi” episode.

Allan nude in HOT CHILI

Wow, LuAnn Fayette was a sexy gal...

Jesus Christ, that Hot Chilli scene.

Did the actress who played Luann Fayette (Jennifer Richards) do anything of note? I don't remember seeing her in anything else. She would have fit right in at Mel's diner.

Did you look her up on IMDb, r312? Why not?

[quote]Did the actress who played Luann Fayette do anything of note?

I think she worked as a waitress at The Bigger Jigger for a while.

Now, I think maybe she works over at The Boomerang Room, but I don't know what her shifts are.

See R223.

Luann tried to become cohost of Good Morning Raytown with Eddie Edwards. Slut.

They should've brought in Stormy Clearweather to do the weather.

Who doesn't love Melissa Peterman...

"I've always had problems with my in-laws. Of course, how could I have any respect for anyone who'd marry one of my kids."

Woo-hoo, Lolly Purdue!

LOLLY, CAN YOU READ THIS????

Alas, r321...Lolly could not.

I love that the wig handler for the ladies of Mama's Family was a lady named Roselle Friedland. Sounds like she could be a church lady.

2007 wasn't a great year for Roselle, r323.

I wonder if syndicated shows weren't eligible for Emmy Consideration or just weren't considered at all. Beverly Archer and Ken Berry should have received nominations, as well as the costuming department. There are also a handful of episodes that should have been nominated for writing.

R325, let's not get carried away...

Another excellent episode is the one with Iola meeting a new best friend at a cooking class. Arlene Madison, played by the late, outstanding character actress, Mary Pat Gleason, sweeps Iola off her feet with her sophistication. Mama pretends not to care, but her real feelings bubble up. Archer is so good in this episode, she makes your heart hurt for her after Arlene accuses Iola of "suffocating" her. Mama saves the day by convincing Iola that she and Arlene fought over her friendship. ("And I won!")

Archer didn't have her big break until 1976 with the Nancy Walker Show but I think she would have been great in Lucy's Mame as Gooch.

[quote][R325], let's not get carried away...

I stand by my statement.

Just based on the 1986 Emmy Nomination alone...

I love Golden Girls as much as the next DLer, but it was just as sitcomy as Mama's Family. And I would put up Beverly Archer's performances against Justine Bateman, Lisa Bonet, Julia Duffy, Estelle Getty, and Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Rhea Perlman (who won) any day.

I would also put up Ken Berry against Tom Poston, John Ratzenberger, Malcolm Jamal Warner, George Wendt, and John Larroquette (winner).

As for writing, The Golden Girls -A Little Romance won that year, which would have been tough to beat, but the Chili Episode could have easily beat all the others nominated that year.

[quote]Archer didn't have her big break until 1976 with the Nancy Walker Show but I think she would have been great in Lucy's Mame as Gooch.

Lucy would've fired her after the first day.

I like this episode, where Mama decided to make her house a Bed and Breakfast for guests of the local fair.

I just caught "Pomp and Circumstance" on TV...and it made me cry.

I know, "Mary"!

Vicki Lawrence knew Alex Trebek as a personal friend.

In the episode where Mama is a contestant is funny, because when Vicki as "Mama" goes to kiss Alex on the lips, you can see Alex break and start to laugh.

[quote]Vicki as "Mama" goes to kiss Alex on the lips,

That crushed Iola.

Didn't know Vicki was friends with Alex Trebek.

From IMDB: Trivia Alex Trebek is a good friend of Vicki Lawrence and appeared in this episode for that reaso

Vicki is touring with her "Mama" live show - I think she'd be available for a reboot.

Alex Trebek was hot when he was younger.

The NBC version of Mama's Family was inconsistent...some brilliant episodes, like Rashomama, along with many disappointly episodes.

But having said that, I did like "Rashomama" and "The Mama Who Came to Dinner" from the NBC years.

Here's a link to "The Mama Who Came to Dinner"

"Soup to Nuts" was the first syndicated episode filmed, but was held back and aired as the 5th episode.

I always wondered what Mama did to get the name "Hotpants" in high school.

They used creative and funny names for the businesses in the Raytown area.

I wanted to go to "Abdul's Garden of Eatin' ", which was mentioned in "Guess Who's Going to Dinner".

Mother Boylen always said, "Spicy foods are the work of the devil."

R342, I’m more fond of Shanghai Ray’s and their thousand year old hush puppies and moo goo gai grits.

Me too, R344

I just noticed that MeTV carries episodes of this show. Inspired by all of our comments, I've recorded a few.

Good, R346. Let us know which episodes you enjoy the most.

r346 It's only on Sundays (two episodes) on MeTV. It's on daily on Catchy Comedy, and LOGO shows 14 episodes back-to-back tomorrow (Sunday.)

^^^ I watched the first MeTV one. Turns out it was the fourth episode in season 1...featuring Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Carol Burnett. "Buzz" (Vince Jr.) is smooth as a Ken doll in front, but has a cute little butt in his blue jeans.

Buzz was a boy. Bubba was a man.

[quote]Buzz was a boy. Bubba was a man.

I did them both.

And Rev. Meechum too.

That's cause you'd do anal, Luann!

Yeah, Luann is a WHORE!

Maybe LuAnn could park her trailer in Mama's yard for the rebooted series...

I'd love to see Bubba sneaking out of LuAnn trailer in various state of undress, if you know what I mean

I picture Luann having a round heart-shaped bed (like Sue Ann Nivens) in her trailer.

Luann is such a slut, she probably let T-Boy and Dwayne DP her.

^ in a Very Special Episode of "Mama's Family"

Bubba stuck his pinky up Luanne’s wa watusi.

And Luann moaned...and fell in love

[quote]They should have done a spin-off called "Wagons Ho" about that slut LuAnne Fayette.

I love this idea - I'd watch this!

Aunt Effie could have been Lu's pimp.

[quote]Aunt Effie could have been Lu's pimp.

And as the Madam of Wagons Ho, Aunt Effie!

Beverly Archer wrote the episode where the city was going to tear down all the homes in the neighborhood to turn it into a dump. I'm convinced Miley Cyrus got her treatment for the Wrecking Ball video by seeing Mama swing around on the wrecking ball in that episode.

Iola just did a make-over on the Bonecrushers...

Uh-oh...

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