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"Mama's Family" Vint and the Kids Move In (1983)
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"Mama's Family" (1983)Original Air Date:
22 January 1983 (Season 1, Episode 1)Plot:
Mama's in a hurry to get to the mall for a sale and tries to hurry Fran along to finish eating. But... more | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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It's only the beginning!! moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | Vicki Lawrence | ... | Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper |
| Ken Berry | ... | Vinton Harper |
 | Dorothy Lyman | ... | Naomi Oates Harper |
| Eric Brown | ... | Vinton 'Buzz' Harper, Jr. |
| Karin Argoud | ... | Sonja Harper |
| Rue McClanahan | ... | Aunt Fran Crowley |
 | Betty White | ... | Ellen Harper Jackson |
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Mama Thelma Crowley Harper played by the under-rated Vicki Lawrence is one of television's most memorable characters. She is ideal grandmother and widow living with her old maid sister, Frances Crowley, played by the wonderful Rue McClanahan before Golden Girls. Betty White appears regularly in the first two seasons as Ellen Harper Jackson, Mama's firstborn snobbish daughter. Of course, there is the middle child played by the unforgettable Carol Burnett as Eunice Harper Higgins. Her youngest son is played by Ken Berry who is Vinton Harper, a divorcée with two teenage children, Buzz and Sonja played by Eric Brown and Karin Argoud. This episode marks Vinton and his kids moving into Mama's house after their home was put for auction after a bad investment regarding chinchillas with his buddy Claude Harper. The show may not have had the best writers but the cast make it worth while. I can't forget Harvey Korman who plays Eunice's husband, Ed Higgins. Then there is the neighbor, Naomi Oates, played by Dorothy Lyman. The show was never meant to be upscale but I remember it so well because it was the first time that I actually saw a family that wasn't perfect or aiming to be.