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  • NBC
  • Nov 5, 1988
  • NBC
  • Nov 5, 1988

Summary Mama's Family mined humor from a squabbling family in the Midwestern blue collar suburb of Raytown. The noisy clan was headed by Mama, a buxom, gray-haired widow with sharp opinions and a sharper tongue who shared her small house with her high-strung sister Fran, a journalist for a local paper. Mama's lazy, dimwitted son, Vint, a locksmi...

Created By: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon

  • NBC
  • Nov 5, 1988
  • NBC
  • Nov 5, 1988
Mama's Family
Season 5
6 Seasons
Season Premiere: Nov 5, 1988
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Summary Mama's Family mined humor from a squabbling family in the Midwestern blue collar suburb of Raytown. The noisy clan was headed by Mama, a buxom, gray-haired widow with sharp opinions and a sharper tongue who shared her small house with her high-strung sister Fran, a journalist for a local paper. Mama's lazy, dimwitted son, Vint, a locksmi...

Created By: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon

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Episode 1 • Nov 5, 1988
Ladies Choice
Mama seeks a repeat term as Church Ladies League president, but finds herself running against the last person she thought would be her opponent.
Episode 2 • Nov 12, 1988 • 21 m
Baby Talk
Episode 3 • Nov 19, 1988 • 21 m
Naomi's New Position
Episode 4 • Nov 26, 1988
The Really Loud Family
Bubba 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.
Episode 5 • Dec 3, 1988 • 21 m
Many Unhappy Returns
All 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.
Episode 6 • Dec 10, 1988 • 21 m
Found Money
An 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.
Episode 7 • Dec 17, 1988 • 30 m
My Mama, Myself
Mama 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.
Episode 8 • Jan 7, 1989
Full House
Vint wants to join a poker circle and, unsurprisingly, needs Mama's help. But her "help" may do more harm than good.
Episode 9 • Jan 14, 1989
Bedtime for Bubba
Mama finds evidence suggesting that Bubba has been engaging in hanky panky, and convinces Iola to help her catch him in the act.
Episode 10 • Jan 21, 1989 • 21 m
What a Dump
It's Mama vs. City Hall when the town decides to turn her neighborhood into the new landfill.
Episode 11 • Jan 28, 1989 • 21 m
Mama Bell
Mama 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.
Episode 12 • Feb 4, 1989
Very Dirty Dancing
Mama 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.
Episode 13 • Feb 11, 1989 • 22 m
Mama's Layaway Plan
After attending a barebones funeral with no mourners, Mama vows her own funeral will be an unforgettable extravagance. Her all-consuming plans alienate her family.
Episode 14 • Feb 18, 1989 • 21 m
My Phony Valentine
It's Valentine's Day, and romance is in the air. But Cupid has less-than-romantic plans for everyone.
Episode 15 • Feb 25, 1989 • 21 m
The Big Wheel
Mama and Iola quarrel over ownership of a winning lottery ticket. The winner appears on TV to try for more money, but things don't go as expected.
Episode 16 • Mar 4, 1989 • 21 m
More Power to You
Mama believes the electric company has made an error on her bill, and refuses to pay it. They respond with expected results.
Episode 17 • Mar 11, 1989 • 21 m
Mama in One
A weekend alone seems like Mama's dream come true, but the quiet and loneliness prove more than she can handle.
Episode 18 • Mar 25, 1989 • 21 m
There's No Place Like... No Place
Mama has no sympathy or understanding for the homeless. But after being accidentally arrested during a police round-up of homeless people,she lands in jail and gets to know them better...and is surprised to find her cousin Cora among them.
Episode 19 • Apr 1, 1989 • 21 m
April Fools
Vint, Naomi, and Bubba subject Mama to pranks every April Fools Day. Mama thinks she's finally going to outprank them, but it seems her plan isn't so watertight.
Episode 20 • Apr 15, 1989 • 21 m
Reading the Riot Act
Mama starts a drive to impeach Lolly Purdue (Marge Redmond), the president of the Church Ladies League because of her poor performance in office.
Episode 21 • Apr 22, 1989 • 21 m
A Taxing Situation
Mama does some creative accounting on her income tax return. Her victory over Uncle Sam is short-lived, however, when an IRS agent comes calling.
Episode 22 • May 6, 1989
The Mother of Invention
Iola 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.
Episode 23 • May 13, 1989 • 21 m
Hate Thy Neighbor
Mama's age-old feud with her neighbor reaches a new boiling point when Bubba becomes smitten with the neighbor's granddaughter.
Episode 24 • May 20, 1989 • 21 m
Dependence Day
Mama emboldens Iola to finally stand up to her domineering mother. When the old woman responds wrathfully, it's Mama who suffers the surprising consequence.
Episode 25 • May 27, 1989
And Mama Makes Three
Naomi and Vint decide to adopt a child because Vint can't get Naomi pregnant.
6 Seasons

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