Mama was seeing Grandma Crowley. LOL. Am I the only one who thinks this? I’m sorry, but I can’t stomach watching Mama yelling at herself for half an hour. :lol:

Mama was seeing Grandma Crowley. LOL. Am I the only one who thinks this? I’m sorry, but I can’t stomach watching Mama yelling at herself for half an hour. :lol:

While I agree with you, but considering how Grandma Crowley was a far more sour and bitter proto-Thelma, I think it would have been interesting to have seen how Ellen, Vinton. ..or Eunice might have reacted to her- and whether they'd wound up (kinda) appreciating their mother for how she was considering how much WORSE their grandmother was!

It was certainly one of the strangest episodes.

I always thought it would have been neat to have Carol Burnett play Thelma's mother....had she been available

I think that episode is pretty funny, myself.
I love when Thelma starts yelling at her mother and the others(who can't see her mother) think she is yelling at them.

The only episode of Mama's Family that I did not like was the episode called "The Big Nap" when Mama dreams that she's a private investigator investigating the disappearance of Iola's mother.

The only episode of Mama's Family that I did not like was the episode called "The Big Nap" when Mama dreams that she's a private investigator investigating the disappearance of Iola's mother.
God, that episode was pure ASS too. Forgot about that one.

I always thought it would have been neat to have Carol Burnett play Thelma's mother....had she been available
Carol and Vicki were not speaking during that time. Its written in Vicki's book that when the series got picked up again in 1986 Carol was outraged that Vicki wanted to use her (former) husband as the director again. Carol thought she was taking sides in their divorce. Vicki just wanted to keep everything the same. So even if she was available, I doubt she would have done it.

Carol and Vicki were not speaking during that time. Its written in Vicki's book that when the series got picked up again in 1986 Carol was outraged that Vicki wanted to use her (former) husband as the director again. Carol thought she was taking sides in their divorce. Vicki just wanted to keep everything the same. So even if she was available, I doubt she would have done it.

That's rather sad! IIRC, Miss Lawrence didn't actually like the late Mr. Hamilton as a person but had merely tolerated him as her employer/friend's spouse. It seems since Mr. Hamilton had somehow won the rights to keep producing 'Mama's Family' after his split from Miss Burnett, Miss Lawrence wanted to keep herself and the rest of the cast and crew employed so she gritted her teeth and tolerated him as her boss on-set but otherwise continued to avoid him as much as possible. Oddly enough, her dislike of Mr. Hamilton wound up being one of the things that Miss Burnett held against Miss Lawrence for a time after Mr. Hamilton's death (and this despite the fact that not only had they divorced but Mr. Hamilton had remarried a few months before he died) . Yes, they have long since settled their differences and resumed their friendship.

I knew they weren't speaking, and it's too bad, a few appearances from Eunice during the syndicated years would have been nice. I always wanted to see Bubba interact with his mother at least ONCE.

From what I heard, Carol was wanting to do a Eunice and Mama sitcom around the time Mama's Family went into syndication, and Vickie was somehow under contract to do MF with Joe Hamilton. It would have been interesting to see how that sitcom would have gone over

I knew they weren't speaking, and it's too bad, a few appearances from Eunice during the syndicated years would have been nice. I always wanted to see Bubba interact with his mother at least ONCE.

From what I heard, Carol was wanting to do a Eunice and Mama sitcom around the time Mama's Family went into syndication, and Vickie was somehow under contract to do MF with Joe Hamilton. It would have been interesting to see how that sitcom would have gone over
Hey, quick question, are you Jonna King on YouTube? Just curious, if you are, I think I saw you comment on a Mama’s Family clip.

Yeah thats me :)

The only episode of Mama's Family that I did not like was the episode called "The Big Nap" when Mama dreams that she's a private investigator investigating the disappearance of Iola's mother.

Yeah I tuned that one out. But the WORST was that bratty kid Eugene. I hate bratty kid episodes and most sitcoms had one.

I thought the worst episode is the one with Mama and Naomi competing is a wrestling match dressed as giant bees.

I don't like the episode where everyone leaves for the weekend and she is alone, talking to herself and bored out of her mind. I think she calls people in the church directory and goes dancing in the rain.

I thought the worst episode is the one with Mama and Naomi competing is a wrestling match dressed as giant bees.
It certainly wasn’t my favorite episode, but I didn’t think it was that bad.

I don't like the episode where everyone leaves for the weekend and she is alone, talking to herself and bored out of her mind. I think she calls people in the church directory and goes dancing in the rain.
Ya know what? I change my mind, actually. That one was even WORSE than watching Mama talk to herself while her family acts like a bunch of idiots.

I don't like the episode where everyone leaves for the weekend and she is alone, talking to herself and bored out of her mind. I think she calls people in the church directory and goes dancing in the rain.

If that's the one where she goes outside and sings Singin' In The Rain, yeah, that's pretty bad!

If that's the one where she goes outside and sings Singin' In The Rain, yeah, that's pretty bad!


That was the first episode I recorded from TV back when I got into the show in like 1990 ... I hate how on the DVD they cut out the Singing in the Rain scene

We all have similar disliked episodes. I too always hated the one where everyone leaves the house and Mama is bored dancing on the sofa and playing pots and pans. I also dislike the big nap where Iola's mother is missing. Its funny because I was recently watching one of the reunion shows and the actors that played Bubba and Iola both said it was one of their favorite shows to get dressed up and play a different role.

I actually like the episode with Mama Crowely. She was so mean and I thought it was funny.

That was the first episode I recorded from TV back when I got into the show in like 1990 ... I hate how on the DVD they cut out the Singing in the Rain scene

That's one of many music cuts on MF DVDs -- to me the worst is "Harper Days are Here Again" cut out of the Mayor episodes from season 2.

For the syndicated years I'm glad I kept my recordings from TBS years ago.

That's one of many music cuts on MF DVDs -- to me the worst is "Harper Days are Here Again" cut out of the Mayor episodes from season 2.

For the syndicated years I'm glad I kept my recordings from TBS years ago.

Yeah I hated how Harper Days was cut. I had most of the episodes on VHS, but our house burned and lost them :(

Great question. There are so many I haven't seen in several years, but I am guessing most of mine would come from the fourth and fifth seasons. I loved the syndicated years with the original family, I thought the third season was well done - especially early on - and the sixth season was decent to strong as the end of the series approached.
The fourth and fifth seasons were the heart of the syndicated years, with the original version of the show virtually ignored by then.

Actually, the worst episode of Mama's Family for me is the last episode, because it's the LAST EPISODE.

The only episode of Mama's Family that I did not like was the episode called "The Big Nap" when Mama dreams that she's a private investigator investigating the disappearance of Iola's mother.

Lol. That was a funny one!

I hated the episode where Vint was a performer at the club in the NBC years.

I hated the episode where Vint was a performer at the club in the NBC years.
You didn't like Vinnie Vegas?
LOL
I love that episode especially when Mama gets locked in the men's room.

Wow! That's one of my favorite episodes. To me, it was downright creepy and sent a chill up my spine.

"When you get to be my age, you learn to respect the dead. You don't want to tick off anyone you might be seeing soon."

Worst episodes are when Vibtbis gonna marry the Russian woman and Mama’s silver!