Mama's Family (TV Series)
Mama Sees Red (1987)
Vicki Lawrence: Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper
Quotes
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Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : [the family is playing a round of the '$10,000 Pyramid' board game; Mama asks her chosen category's questions to Olga, who must respond with the correct answers but, comically, cannot] Okay Olga, when you go to the beach, you lie on this...
Olga Strecknavitch : Cedar plank.
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : No, no, you spread it out in the sand... you can dry off with it...
Olga Strecknavitch : Newspaper.
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : We'll pass this one.
[goes on to the next question]
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Okay, this one's easy. You rub this on your body...
Olga Strecknavitch : Chicken fat.
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : No, no, uh... it smells like coconut oil...
Olga Strecknavitch : Steroids.
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : No, no, it comes in a bottle...
Olga Strecknavitch : Vodka!
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : [getting increasingly impatient] Vodka? Who takes vodka to the beach?
Olga Strecknavitch : Everybody!
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Olga Strecknavitch : [another round of game questions, this time with Olga asking them to Mama] You give to girl on graduation day...
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : A new car? Uh... a dress? Money? Uh... a trip to Europe?
Olga Strecknavitch : No. Very valuable... you keep in safe place...
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Uh... gold? Silver? Platinum?
Olga Strecknavitch : No, more valuable...
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Diamonds? Pearls?
Olga Strecknavitch : So valuable you take with you on vacation...
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Uh... family heirlooms? Pictures? Uh... silverware?
Bubba Higgins : Time's up!
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Damn! What were you trying to get me to say?
Olga Strecknavitch : Power tools.
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : [extremely annoyed at this point] POWER TOOLS? Who the hell gives power tools for a graduation present?
Olga Strecknavitch : EVERYBODY!
Naomi Oates Harper : Boy Ms Harper, we're really skunking you this time!
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Oh no, this doesn't count, this was just a practice round.
Vinton Harper : Mama, you say that every time you lose!
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : Well you can't expect her to play right off the bat. Good Lord, the woman drinks vodka at the beach!