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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 239250" data-attributes="member: 7"><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><em>Mama's Family</em> originated as a group of skits on <em>The Carol Burnett Show</em> called "The Family". The success of the made-for-television movie <em>Eunice </em>(1982) prompted NBC to forego a sitcom version that would center around Vicki Lawrence and her portrayal of Thelma "Mama" Harper. Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Betty White, and Ken Berry, all whom had been apart of the sketches, were brought into the sitcom cast, although Berry was the only one given a regular role. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><em>Mama's Family </em>didn't spark much interest when it was on NBC between 1983 and 1984. Its abbreviated first season (consisting of thirteen episodes) placed #59 in May 1983, while its only full network twenty-two-episode season finished at #66 in April 1984. It thereafter canceled by NBC. The series was popular in reruns, prompting Joe Hamilton (ex-husband of Carol Burnett) to revitalize the show in first-run syndication. <em>Mama's Family </em>produced another ninety-five episodes in syndication from 1986 to 1990. Although there was a retooling of cast and direction, the show became the highest-rated series in first-run syndication its entire four-season run. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><em>Mama's Family </em>is one of my favorite shows. I have the entire series I bought from iOffer for like twenty bucks eight or nine years ago. I have a few of the official sets, but I've never gotten around to buying the whole set Time Life put out a few years ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Any fans?</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]22928[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]22929[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 239250, member: 7"] [FONT=arial][I]Mama's Family[/I] originated as a group of skits on [I]The Carol Burnett Show[/I] called "The Family". The success of the made-for-television movie [I]Eunice [/I](1982) prompted NBC to forego a sitcom version that would center around Vicki Lawrence and her portrayal of Thelma "Mama" Harper. Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Betty White, and Ken Berry, all whom had been apart of the sketches, were brought into the sitcom cast, although Berry was the only one given a regular role. [I]Mama's Family [/I]didn't spark much interest when it was on NBC between 1983 and 1984. Its abbreviated first season (consisting of thirteen episodes) placed #59 in May 1983, while its only full network twenty-two-episode season finished at #66 in April 1984. It thereafter canceled by NBC. The series was popular in reruns, prompting Joe Hamilton (ex-husband of Carol Burnett) to revitalize the show in first-run syndication. [I]Mama's Family [/I]produced another ninety-five episodes in syndication from 1986 to 1990. Although there was a retooling of cast and direction, the show became the highest-rated series in first-run syndication its entire four-season run. [I]Mama's Family [/I]is one of my favorite shows. I have the entire series I bought from iOffer for like twenty bucks eight or nine years ago. I have a few of the official sets, but I've never gotten around to buying the whole set Time Life put out a few years ago. Any fans?[/FONT] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="262px"]22928[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="350px"]22929[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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