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I went through a 'cool' period. She 'divorced' everyone and remained distant for a lot of years. She called the house a few years ago. I was standing at the sink peeling carrots, fifteen feet from the phone, but Garrett got to it first and I only heard his half of the following conversation: 'Hello? Oh hi. Yeah, sure, he's in the other room, on the other line. You want me to tell him you're calling? My mom's here, you want to talk to her? No? Okay. Goodbye.' When he hung up I asked him who it was. 'Carol Burnett.' I was shocked. 'What did she say?' 'She didn't want to talk to you. She only wanted to talk to Dad.' Al called her back later that night, made a point of telling her how much we missed and loved her, and she told him, 'I'll be back. It's just going to take a while longer. Give me another year or so."
1834:." Stated Lawrence, "It was a great episode, a record-holder actually. I think Bubba writes a love letter for Vint, who is having some problems with Naomi. In the course of the 22-minute episode, everybody thinks that the love letter is meant for them. Mama thinks it is for her from the repair guy who is there. Iola is sure Vint has written it to her. The show actually ran 22 minutes with no costume changes or anything. I remember the night that we did it. We did it in 22 minutes and were out at 7:25, and our director said, 'Good night, you're done!'" Lawrence added, "Honestly, I have to say, by the time we finished the show, we had it down to a four-day workweek, so I kind of felt like we got paid to play dress up really." 1545:*Note: Thelma's mother was shown on two occasions on the show (once in a flashback and once as a ghost, played both times by Vicki Lawrence), but her name wasn't revealed. There were at least two Crowley brothers (mentioned in passing in "Double Standard" and "Mama with the Golden Arm"); one was named Clyde ("Pomp and Circumstance"). A cousin named Cora is seen in "There's No Place Like...No Place", and an Uncle Oscar is mentioned in "Mama Gets the Bird", but it is not known if he was from Thelma's side of the family or her husband Carl's. Eunice also mentions having a son named Billy, but Billy's whereabouts are unknown in Mama's Family. 44: 2575: 1827:" Lawrence stated she loved having this dysfunctional family sent out into the real world. In particular, she enjoyed the inclusion of game shows because "people know the format of these shows so perfectly, and to watch this crazy family get stuck in that format was really fun to me. Probably because I also love game shows so much." 562:
about. However, Lawrence had a great deal of creative input and made many important decisions, including bringing in Korman very early on to co-direct the series. Lawrence objected to the original script of the episode "Mama Cries Uncle", in which Thelma's brother-in-law visits and the two supposedly wound up sleeping together:
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remain for most of the show's run. Also seen on a recurring basis were Thelma's two daughters: the snobbish Ellen (Betty White) and the ornery Eunice (Carol Burnett). Harvey Korman, who directed many of the earlier episodes, made featured appearances as Eunice's husband, Ed Higgins. (During the eleventh and final season of
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DVD. Included with the package were extras of over 10 hours of bonus material, as well as a new cast reunion with Vicki Lawrence and the show's syndicated cast members. In addition, StarVista offered a "Signature" collection of the entire series, autographed by Vicki Lawrence, which was limited to 500 copies.
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However, in May 2013, it was announced that StarVista Entertainment would release all 6 seasons of the sitcom to DVD, as well as a complete series box set, which was available only through the StarVista website. Most of the original unedited versions, dubbed "The Joe Hamilton Cuts," were presented on
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was picked up in first-run syndication, ratings for the series improved, becoming the highest-rated first-run program in syndication. According to Ken Berry, Lawrence had seemingly grown tired of playing the "Mama" role by 1990 and wanted to end the show. According to Lawrence, who would reprise Mama
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During the first season, Vinton forged a relationship with the Harpers' flirtatious next-door neighbor Naomi Oates, whom Thelma disliked, and soon married her. After selling Naomi's house and losing the money in a bad business deal, Naomi and Vint are forced to move into Thelma's basement, where they
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In the fall of 2013, Star Vista began releasing individual season sets, Seasons 1 & 2 were released on September 10, 2013, followed by season 3 on February 25, 2014. Season 4 was released on June 24, 2014, Season 5 on September 23, 2014 and the sixth and final season was released on February 10,
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for Joe.' It became a very abrupt conversation, and Carol hung up. I then went to Al and asked him what he made of the whole thing. He agreed it was really weird. I wondered if I was about to get caught in the middle of yet another struggle between the two of them . . . During her divorce, Carol and
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While not a huge ratings success, the first season garnered solid enough numbers to justify being renewed for a second season. For instance, the premiere episode ranked #25 for the week with an 18.6 rating and a 28 share. However, during the second season, the show dropped out of the top 50 shows,
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The writers had created Raytown to be its own "cartoon-like" world outside of reality. Although the series was sold to NBC without a pilot, the network had its own requirements, such as having "normal" teenagers as seen in other sitcoms of the time, which is how the Buzz and Sonja characters came
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nature of the series). The television series revolves around the wacky misadventures of the Harper family, extended non-Harper family members and their neighbor friend in later seasons. Always at the center of all the trouble, turmoil and misunderstandings is head of the clan and matriarch
1816:. The episode is about Mama getting hit with a kettle in the kitchen and it is her, Betty, Dorothy, and Carol. At the emergency room, the three of them all have different versions of what happened to Mama. Lawrence explained, "We redo the scene three different ways, and it's pretty funny." 652:
released the original NBC seasons with the Alistair Quince intros and original opening credits intact, except for two episodes in Season 1 ("Cellmates" and "Mama's Boyfriend"), as the master prints of those episodes are lost and were replaced by the syndicated version in the re-release.
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A funny thing happened the day I signed with Lorimar. Carol called and said, 'I think I'd like to put together maybe a little syndicated show with the family characters. I'll do Eunice, you do Mama. Doesn't that sound like fun?' I said, 'It does, but I just signed with Lorimar to do
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2015. In conjunction with the complete seasons, Star Vista released a "best-of" single-disc unit for each season. Selected by Vicki Lawrence, each release has 6 (season 1 has 7) of her personal favorite episodes from each season.
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The house and neighborhood shown in the opening credits differed between the original NBC run and the syndicated run (1027 Montrose Avenue in South Pasadena, which was also the house of Lynda's character in the 1978 film
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in summer reruns, production staff decided that the show deserved a second chance and ordered 100 episodes for syndication. Bubba, the son of Ed and Eunice, comes to live with Thelma after his parents move away.
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2014 in a comical skit that aired prior to each commercial break. Lawrence also appeared on the show 8 days later alongside two other well-known actresses to speak about her role of Mama and her personal
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on DVD. The DVD release features the syndicated versions of the episodes, which edits roughly three minutes from what originally aired. Warner Bros. claimed to only own the rights to the syndicated form.
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wanted to spin off Mama into her own series, but Lawrence turned him down. She did not wish to wear a "fat suit portraying an old lady every week", and she had misgivings about playing the role without
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had six seasons consisting of 130 episodes. The show's first life consisted of 35 episodes, making for two seasons. The show's second life consisted of 95 episodes, making for four seasons.
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in which the final scene of each episode cuts to an exterior shot of her residence (1027 Montrose Avenue in South Pasadena, which was also the house of Lynda's character in the 1978 film
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from the syndicated seasons of the series. Lawrence also sings the lyrics she wrote for "Bless My Happy Home," the show's theme song, which were omitted from the version used on-air.
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on their On Demand service, however as of January 3, 2024, it only offers the last three seasons. It also airs on the Pluto TV classic TV channel. The show also airs on
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After the series finale in 1990, the entire series (including the NBC episodes) was placed in off-network syndication, airing in most cities every weekday.
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An extended version of the show's opening theme song, with repeated melodies, was used during the original NBC run, but was never used in reruns.
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sister Fran (Rue McClanahan), a journalist for a local paper. Thelma's son Vinton (whose wife Mitzi had left him to become a cocktail waitress in
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TV movie, with continued urging by Korman and Burnett, Lawrence finally changed her mind and accepted the offer for her character's own sitcom.
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and were looking for new projects for the then newly commenced first-run syndication market. After observing high ratings for NBC's
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characters). It was during this time that Burnett was involved in an acrimonious divorce from Hamilton, who produced both
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from January 1997 until August 2006 premiering weekday mornings. In October 1998, TBS aired a full hour of
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family. In February 2013, Lawrence stated that "The Family" sketch version of Mama was created by writers (
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According to her autobiography, Lawrence had a problem with the decision to tape the series on Stage 33 at
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Lawrence has also appeared in her Mama role on several Halloween-themed episodes of the 1998–2004 run of
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weekday afternoons at 6:05 pm/et and then moved the show to 4:05pm/et in November 1998. That same month,
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for a long time had difficulties coming out on DVD, with only its first season available for many years.
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on stage for many years thereafter, the series ended because it had reached the standard threshold of
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Vicki Lawrence has been reprising her role of Mama in her untelevised touring stage show, entitled
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Korman appeared at the beginning of each episode as the stuffed shirt Alistair Quince (a parody of
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Two years after its cancellation, original series producer Joe Hamilton Productions (JHP) revived
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On September 30, 2013, Vicki Lawrence was asked what her favorite episodes of the series are:
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ran on NBC. In the series' first episode, Thelma Harper lives with her uncomfortable, uptight
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Family History: A Classic "Family" Sketch from The Carol Burnett Show, featuring Maggie Smith
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Family History: A Classic "Family" Sketch from The Carol Burnett Show, featuring Betty White
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Interviews: Vicki Lawrence interviews Mama; Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnett; Betty White
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TVtherapy: The Television Guide to Life – Beverly West, Jason Bergund – Google Books
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Lawrence has described another favorite from the early seasons as the episode "
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on local stations across the United States. The reincarnation, distributed by
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Lawrence answered that among the early seasons, her favorite is the episode "
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present
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Lawrence resurrected the character during the 2015 and 2016 TV seasons of
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Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Syndicated Comedy, Drama or Special
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Featurette: Mama's Family Tree: The Branches (All About Eunice and Ellen)
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form. The lyrics were also featured in an advertisement for the show on
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I went to the writers and I said, "I'm sorry, she is nothing if not
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until September 1985, which unexpectedly performed well in ratings.
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Featurette: Mama's Family Tree: The Roots (all about Mama and Fran)
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Lyman, Dorothy. "Mama Knows Best: A Mama's Family Cast Reunion".
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in the "All-Stars" season as Mama in the skit "RuPaul's Gaff-In."
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Featurette: Mama's Family Tree: The Neighbors (All about Iola)
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Featurette: Mama's Family Tree: The Sprouts (All about Bubba)
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was canceled by NBC in 1984, it was later relaunched in
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and make it on her own. Shortly after the highly-rated
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Mama's snappy retorts and wisecracks are featured in a
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