MAMA'S FAMILY REUNION Pt. 2

[missyvixen13]

HEEEY!!!.... NIGHT OF THE CREEPS IS A CLASSIC best line ....THE GOOD NEWS IS UR DATES HERE, BAD NEWS IS HES DEAD!!

[roosevelthighschool]

Just what did they mean (Golden Palace)?

[cam11971]

@roosevelthighschool the golden palce was like the sequel to the golden girls

[roosevelthighschool]

I love how Vicki is on stage and Mama is in the audience. How did they do that? It seems like she's in 2 places at once.

[roosevelthighschool]

Alan Kayser is as cute as hell in this scene.

[copnite12342]

6 people have no mother

[TheBookWorm1718]

Does anyone know what happened to all the other Mama's Family episodes that were up on here?

[bluenail03]

My bad. I didn't see the entire thing. They didn't ignore the non-syndicated years, ie Betty White, etc.

[ekocentric]

Why would the studio pick Betty White for Vicki Lawrence's daughter when White is 27 years older than Vicki?

[missy12061]

what ever happend to him?

[BT1DEATH]

night of the creeps is classic B movie

[ekocentric]

@BT1DEATH You mean Classic D movie. lol

[HusbandandWifeShow]

One of the best casts if there ever was!  My favorite show! I must've seen the reruns a hundred times.

Stay safe...

[theburg727]

It would have been nice if they had included Buzz, Sonya, & Aunt Frannie.

[Dan97LHS]

yeah and Carol, Harvey, and Betty as well. This show was so funny!

[bluenail03]

@Dan97LHS Yeah - they kinda ignored the non-syndicated years.

[VIEWTUBE00000]

I'd have ate bubbas ass out anyday!

[beatchemist2004]

@VIEWTUBE00000 YES! That ass is phat. He always had a nice ass

[Knoxfordguy]

mama going to visit the golden girls would have been awesome!!!! Mama and Sophia!!!! :D

[PannaIka]

Night of the creeps is cult man, I for one am glad he made that mistake :P

[roosevelthighschool]

How many years was this show on? Thank You.

[washkoskat]

@roosevelthighschool - 1983 to 1990

[0laila]

WHAT A GENIUS.... A LOT OF US WEREN'T BORN IN HER TIME...AND WISH WE WERE THERE ....wow.....

[Smurphyturf]

I loved Mama on Carol's show, but after several years...The entire show was her screaming....It was like a sitcom version of The View. However, I love Dorothy Lyman - one of my favorite actresses! When I was a kid I remember watching Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss with Lyman, James Sikking and Jerry O'Connell - who would have known O'Connell would have turned out so gorgeous?

[travis7310]

Actually, his voice is just a little deeper, if you listen closely.

[torylivingston]

This must have been taped around 1992, if the Golden Palace had just begun. At which point, Mamas Family would have only been off the air for a couple of years. As much as I love this show, I think they should have waited a while longer for a reunion special.

[crazytomatogirl]

Allen Kayer is so hot! I loved it when he wore tight jeans! Woof!!!

[sbobrules97]

2 the people saying that they never mentioned buzz and sonia vicki does at 20 seconds and say we had 2 other children that just disapered

[flierumph]

Allan Kayser helped me discover I was gay!!! I was wondering what those crazy feelings were that I had every time he was ont he screen.

[rjpowell15]

me too

[babygiraffe123]

Oh my God, seriously! Enough already with your disgusting posts!! Why are you even here anyway??

[babygiraffe123]

Well....I'm here because I actually enjoy watching the posts, you dumbass broad!! Unlike you, who's probably nothing more than a dirty slut!! Go back to the streets, where you belong!!

[flutey28]

Boy vicki had no problems just cutting Allan right off huh?

[uofm23]

I noticed that too... she continuously cut him off

[nWo24life]

@flutey28 Yeah, I caught that too. She's a horrible interviewer. To be honest, I loved the syndication run on Mama's Family, but it was always the other actors who made me laugh. Bubba, Vint, Naomi, and to some extinct, Iola, were always funny. Thelma never really made me laugh as much. I didn't really care for the original run on NBC. I think the show was MUCH better when this cast came in.

[mshade14]

@nWo24life yeah, I didn't care much for the original cast. I first caught the show wish the cast on this reunion and got hooked. But I happened to catch the early episodes one day and it looked like a drag. But Mama "is" a not-so-good interviewer; seems like she's talking too much, not letting them talk enough, and stealing a bit of the limelight.

[TheCastellan]

I'd watch this show each day to vent some stress after school, helped alot :)

[NadrianATRS]

too bad that "Golden Palace" show (little did they know) was a big flop

[gymnastix]

"Archie Bunker" was appreciated by liberals because that show's writing made the character look stupid most of the time, but also beloved by conservatives who delighted in "Archie's" antics & his pointed barbs at the often sanctimoniously self-righteous "Meathead" and his leftist ideology, and in how "Archie" railed against a world growing crazier by the minute that he didn't understand.

[tinycollegegirl]

Allan skin tight jeans plus hes so HOTT!!!

I wish guys today wore thier jeans like thta today ......sooo sad...........

[75andalive]

I love Allan Kayser and I had a mad serious crush on Bubba,he MADE the show 4 me,I would watch this just 2 see him and lust !!thanx 4 posting

[mcelebspeedos]

OH I totally agree. I thought he was so sexy hot on the show and really filled out his tight pants. BUt WOW he looks so dam handsome in this video.

[75andalive]

couldnt agree with u more !!Honestly he has 2 be one of the best looking men I have ever seen in life!!LOVE THOSE REDHEADS !!

[Kaylara11]

=D LOL

[crancrab1]

love the way they treated buzz and sonja similar to the way they treated them on the show. Didn't explain anything about the actors or where they went and didnt bring them back for the reunion either, just like they did with those characters on the show. lmao!

[gymnastix]

I agree, although "Sonja" was a rather vacuous young woman, still it would have been nice if the characters could have maybe made a return visit once or twice. Or maybe if the show's writers could have kept "Buzz" (who I thought was bright & cheerful) around, as a sort of kid brother to "Bubba?" What with wimpy "Vint," it would have been nice to have a little balance in that estrogen-loaded "Harper" household.

[javabean468]

Oh, grow up! You probably dont even know that a red state yokel is. I grew up with this show. Don't be dissin' "Mama", dude.

[gymnastix]

Actually, as with "All In The Family," this show (the genesis of which was begun as "The Family" sketches of "The Carol Burnett Show") was intended as a satire of these types of characters and their lifestyle, to be appreciated by more high-brow (if you will) viewers. And as with much of the writing and sketches on Burnett's successful TV program (which ran eleven years), it had broad comedic appeal.

[gymnastix]

But, also as with "All In The Family," the program found fans even among viewers who resembled the very characters at which the show itself was poking fun. Perhaps because people saw something of themselves, their family, their friends in these characters & the lives they led--who knows?

[gymnastix]

And as with real life, the "Archie" character wasn't black & white--he had shades of gray, loved his wife, daughter, grandson and even grew to love whom he saw as his hopelessly-misled son in-law.

"('Mama') Thelma Harper" was a hoot of a Midwestern housewife everywoman, trying to stay sane in her "Raytown" household of zany relatives and friends, someone to whom we may all relate.

[gymnastix]

Actually, the original sketches that were the basis for "Mama's Family" (the aforementioned "The Family" skits on "The Carol Burnett Show") were often much more serious, sometimes revealing great pathos & tragedy, not unlike "All In The Family." But the "Mama" character became so beloved, taking on a life of her own, that the project evolved into this series.

[gymnastix]

Vicki Lawrence came out of nowhere, as a young adult, to co-star with comic legend Carol Burnett as part of her show's ensemble, began playing "Mama" at 25 years old, so had already played the character for five years, as well as on the Emmy-nominated special "Eunice," before "Mama's Family" even began. Ken Berry was a showbiz veteran, a multi-talented actor, song & dance man with a Broadway background and the star of two sitcoms ("F Troop" and "Mayberry RFD").

[gymnastix]

Dorothy Lyman is a distinguished character actress & director, played two memorable roles on long-running daytime dramas ("All My Children" & "Another World"), created & directed TV's first, mostly African-American daytime drama, "Generations," also directed many episodes of the popular CBS sitcom "The Nanny," starring Fran Drescher.

[gymnastix]

And the network run of "Mama's Family" featured Burnett, Harvey Korman, Betty White & Rue McLanahan, the latter two leaving "Mama" to become Emmy-winning "Golden Girls." White began her career in the 1950s as a Los Angeles  talk show host, went on to win an Emmy for her role on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." McLanahan, with a NY theater background, had also co-starred on Norman Lear's second most popular sitcom, "Maude." So no novices were the stars of "Mama's Family."

[gymnastix]

But, hey, this show was mostly intended as light, escapist fun, a place to visit thirty minutes each week to forget one's real-life problems. If it isn't your cup of tea, then try another beverage.

[gymnastix]

The bigger point is that this show, "Mama's Family" (though not as groundbreaking as "All In The Family" & sometimes over-the-top) was fairly well-written, the characters endearing enough that they became welcome friends in the homes of millions of American TV viewers, to the degree that "Mama's Family" continuously ranked number one among syndicated TV programs for all the years it was in production. That has to mean more than just citizens of red states were watching it.

[gymnastix]

As a reasonably intelligent person residing in a blue state, but who often votes with a red state conscience, I just thought I'd point these things out to you.

[sexboywonder]

Carol Burnetts Eunice was better. apples and oranges tho

[SurfingInARainbow1]

Betty was getting things mixed up, she said Ellen sit on the dished when it was really Eunice.

And also she was calling Ellen Eunice, when she was seaying "Eunice was rotten to the core" she meant Ellen.

[KOATV]

You're right about Betty confusing things but the thing with the Ellen character was that she was quite snobbish. Betty was right when she said that Eunice was rotten to the core because it was she who would give that bad attitude to Mama and everybody else she'd be near everytime she was part of a storyline.

[rgirl66]

this show is like totally lol

[SoulnSensual]

Seems to me they all werent all that ectastic to see each other....Ken barely talked....I still love the show

[bryandemond]

was it just me or did it seem like there was weird tension between vicki and iola?

[SharonJ91]

Actually, this is from 1992 (look at the end credits of the final segment).  "The Golden Palace" ran from Fall 1992 - Spring 1993. Vicki's talk show ran from 1992-1994.

[chris31989]

Loved Betty's phone call. However, I didn't understand it when she said her favorite episode was when Ellen sat on the dishes (or something). Even the cast was like "what"? Betty must have forgot. She's was always busy.

[brichard2]

Betty was referring to when she first played Ellen in one of the family skits on "The Carol Burnett Show." And it was Eunice who angrily and purposely sat on the dishes that Mama had just given to Ellen, after having just learned from Ellen that Eunice's long lost and beloved pet rabbit had actually been Sunday dinner once (served to the family by Mama, of course). I agree with Betty: that skit was hysterical.

[VASINGER]

They completely forgot about the NBC shows . Like they never existed? They were 10x funnier.

[gjanie]

when were they aired in NBC? where did they mive to Abc, CBS??

[VASINGER]

Well the first 2 Seasons of Mama's Family aired on NBC. They taped some in 1982, and it aired from 1983-1984. (Went off the air in 1985) It was slightly different and had buzz and sonya and rue mclanahan as Aunt Fran. Then the show went into syndication and wasn't on any particular network and had Bubba and Iola. That aired from 1986-1990

[bribriboy]

Well i did'nt hear that. Mama is that true? (Dumb faced) LMAO

[bribriboy]

Thank you so much... We need a RAY TOWN Reunion 2007.??? Long live Mama's Family.

[StoogeWatcher]

I doubt that's gonna happen. Ken Berry died recently.

[charliebradley1979]

Ken Berry isn't dead. It's not been on the news or anything and I just googled CNN and everything and checked

[jnryfn]

Ditto...thanks I have never seen this!! What year is this from??

[BtonMan75]

Betty says that Golden Palace is going well... and that came on 9/93. So, this episode probably was at the end of 1993.

[StoogeWatcher]

NBC cancelled Golden Palace in May 1993, around the same time Vicki's show got the ax.

[charliebradley1979]

yeah it was 1993...I remember seeing this and then the news of the Tonya Harding Nancy Kerriagan Scandal came out on a newsbreak following this show

[musicaltheatergeek79]

The Tonya/Nancy scandal broke in 1994.

[javabean468]

wtf?!

[vmpls24]

Thank you so much for posting these.

[jimk0403]

WOW! This is so cool to see this!