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Mama's Family is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Mama (Thelma Harper).The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family" featured on The Carol Burnett Show (1967–78) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979).
Notes: This was Carol Burnett's final physical appearance in the series, although in "Mama's Birthday", Burnett can be heard singing "Happy Birthday" to Mama on the telephone. Rue McClanahan, Eric Brown, and Karin Argoud do not appear in this episode.
Not only was "The Family" well received to become a recurring skit on The Carol Burnett Show, but its success saw it developed into a 1982 TV movie titled Eunice, and then later spun off into a full-fledged sitcom in 1983, Mama's Family. Mama's Family first aired on NBC until it was cancelled in 1984, then revived in 1986 in first-run ...
The Mama character first appeared in "The Family" sketches on The Carol Burnett Show (1974–1978) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979); followed by Eunice (a 1982 made-for-TV movie expanding on "The Family" sketches); then peaking as lead character on Mama's Family (first on NBC 1983–84, then revolutionized in first-run syndication 1986–1990 ...
Eunice appeared occasionally on "The Family" skit's spin-off sitcom Mama's Family. As portrayed by Carol Burnett, Eunice was in six episodes of Mama's Family, all of which were in the first life of Mama's Family on NBC. Five of Burnett's six appearances were in season 1.
Carol Burnett is one award away from an EGOT, a mother of three and a newly announced Gracie Award winner but she says that her proudest achievement is something she never expected to accomplish ...
In the 1980s and 1990s, she made several attempts at starting a new variety program. She also appeared briefly on The Carol Burnett Show's "The Family" sketches' spinoff, Mama's Family, as her stormy character, Eunice Higgins. She played the matriarch in the cult comedy miniseries Fresno, which parodied the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest.
Comedy runs in the family! As it turns out, Carol Burnett recently found out she's distant cousin of Bill Hader, and the Barry star couldn't be happier about the familial connection.Hader walked ...