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Mama's Family
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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 239521" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>I've heard the the story of Carol's phone call to Vicki and it struck me also as a passive-aggressive trap for Vicki to walk into. Carol didn't have the rights to make a "Family" show after the divorce, and it seems unlikely she wouldn't have known that. Carol may or may not have been justified in thinking Vicki was disloyal, but she handled it in a pretty crummy way.</p><p></p><p>I will agree that the replacement characters in the syndication years were an improvement. Bud and Sonya really had no personalities -- I recall Sonya being vaguely spacey, I guess -- and Rue was completely wasted as Fran, whereas Bubba and Iola was funny additions. I wish those later seasons had kept some of the 'bite' of the earlier shows, and that -- under better circumstances -- Eunice, Ed and Ellen could have occasionally appeared. Without those elements, it feels like a completely different show and a rather standard, 80s family sitcom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 239521, member: 5079"] I've heard the the story of Carol's phone call to Vicki and it struck me also as a passive-aggressive trap for Vicki to walk into. Carol didn't have the rights to make a "Family" show after the divorce, and it seems unlikely she wouldn't have known that. Carol may or may not have been justified in thinking Vicki was disloyal, but she handled it in a pretty crummy way. I will agree that the replacement characters in the syndication years were an improvement. Bud and Sonya really had no personalities -- I recall Sonya being vaguely spacey, I guess -- and Rue was completely wasted as Fran, whereas Bubba and Iola was funny additions. I wish those later seasons had kept some of the 'bite' of the earlier shows, and that -- under better circumstances -- Eunice, Ed and Ellen could have occasionally appeared. Without those elements, it feels like a completely different show and a rather standard, 80s family sitcom. [/QUOTE]
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