Mama Harper acts like the homeless choose their lifestyle in this episode where her grandson, Bubba, and his college friends are all going to protest for helping the homeless in Raytown. Mama Harper doesn't think it's her problem or anything she can do to help those who choose to live on the streets and in the shelters. But that all changes when Mama Harper doesn't have an identification on hand to persuade police officers that she does have a home and isn't one of the homeless. In this educational and effective episode, Mama confronts homelessness by being in a jail cell with a little girl and a woman who is wearing the same exact outfit as Mama herself on that day. She bumps into a surprise of a lifetime when she discovers a relative of hers in the cell with her. There are some funny moments in this episode especially how the police view Mama Harper as the trouble maker.
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Flimsy script discusses serious issue.
vitoscotti13 May 2023
There had to be quite a bit of aid for the homeless in 1989 than portrayed here. There are many homeless due to unfortunate life occurrences, but also many due to mental illness, or drug and all alcohol addiction. This episode only delved into the bad luck homeless. Didn't cousin Cora (Gloria Dorson) have Social Security, or Medicare benefits to supplement her income? Even qualify for extra benefits being a widow? An interesting topic, but a shallow one-sided view of it. Not a particularly funny episode with such a serious subject. Funniest scene was the bag lady having Thelma's (Vicki Lawrence) same exact purple dress.
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