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opus
02-16-2026, 12:41 AM
This showed up in my YouTube feed. A thing about the aftermath of Mama’s funeral. It’s about a half an hour long. Was it from The Carol Burnett Show?

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TheLittleFaerie
02-16-2026, 07:29 PM
It's from the 1982 made-for-TV Eunice special. It's a 4 act movie, going through Eunice's life, the final part deals with Mama's death

opus
02-16-2026, 07:54 PM
It's from the 1982 made-for-TV Eunice special. It's a 4 act movie, going through Eunice's life, the final part deals with Mama's death

Thanks. I don’t remember that one.

Luckily for TV history, Mama got better.

Bonniegirl
02-16-2026, 08:25 PM
Thanks. I don’t remember that one.

Luckily for TV history, Mama got better.

Yeah buddy, I didn't know Mama had died either. And sweetie , it was really good they brought her back to life, honey !

opus
02-16-2026, 08:47 PM
Yeah buddy, I didn't know Mama had died either. And sweetie , it was really good they brought her back to life, honey !

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stevea
02-16-2026, 10:29 PM
Yeah buddy, I didn't know Mama had died either. And sweetie , it was really good they brought her back to life, honey !

Yeah, sweetie, honey, baby (using some Eunice names used for another actress at the Pepper Pot Playhouse, right before she decked her), this TV movie is available on one of the DVD sets for the first 2 seasons.

Dude111
02-17-2026, 02:13 AM
Wow I didnt realise :(

TheLittleFaerie
02-18-2026, 02:31 AM
You can watch it on Youtube I think

Dude111
02-18-2026, 03:46 AM
Muchos Gracios!!

BestTVever
03-05-2026, 06:47 AM
The TV Show Eunice got good ratings and was the springboard into Mamas Family. Vicki has said that Mamas Family probably is the wildest show with continuation. Mama died, she had various sons that show up once and never again.
In the movie Eunice was it the first appearance by Vint? Or he did it once on the Burnett show once?

stevea
03-05-2026, 04:35 PM
The TV Show Eunice got good ratings and was the springboard into Mamas Family. Vicki has said that Mamas Family probably is the wildest show with continuation. Mama died, she had various sons that show up once and never again.
In the movie Eunice was it the first appearance by Vint? Or he did it once on the Burnett show once?

Yes, there are probably other threads about continuity. One lapse I remember vaguely is Effie. I think in some episodes she is Thelma's sister-in-law, so she is Effie Harper. In another or others she is Thelma's cousin, with the last name Crowley.

TheLittleFaerie
03-06-2026, 08:55 PM
The TV Show Eunice got good ratings and was the springboard into Mamas Family. Vicki has said that Mamas Family probably is the wildest show with continuation. Mama died, she had various sons that show up once and never again.
In the movie Eunice was it the first appearance by Vint? Or he did it once on the Burnett show once?


I think Vickie once joked it's still a mystery exactly how many children Mama has. I think I remember her being like, "Who knows how many Harper children are roaming around, maybe some that were never shown or mentioned!" lol

Once on the Carol Burnett Show, they mentioned a Mary Ellen and there are some ppl torn if she was the Ellen we know or yet another child