Eunice Special, Part 4 of 9 (1963 Part 2)

[amilheim]

LOL @ dumb cluck!

[princejohnneyfan]

1 Dislike? Thanks a lot, Mama.

[naturebeautycare]

"Well in that case you don't have to go clear out to the cemetery to beg his forgiveness, you can just go right into the bathroom!"

[lrwsoreal]

lmao it funny how vicki lawrence is playing mama and everyone else is older than her and in 1963 she would've only been 14 but she's playing a 60 or 70 year old woman lol

[Aluralink]

How lucky we are to have Carol Burnett entertaining us... and with such a great comic team behind her...love the Family sketches!!

But Burnett is so versatile as an actress that she suits almost any role... Does anyone have a copy of 'The tenth month' ... I think it was made in 1979? If you could upload it, I'm sure it would be much appreciated by all.

[EdCastlow]

Wasn't this the pilot for the Eunice show that she decide not do when she and Joe divorced? And them they went forward with Mama's Family.

[lebamboo08]

Thank you very much for posting. :-)

[butchboy13]

Alan Alda and Roddy McDowell both played phil in the sketches, thats why there were 5 actors for 4 roles

[Tabstarkin]

@butchboy13 No, Alan Alda played Eunice's brother Larry in one skit. I uploaded that skit: "Merry Christmas Mama." Ken Berry played Phil in the "Eunice"

[ekocentric]

This is one of my favorite sit coms, but if mama were the police, I'd confess even if I didn't do anything. lol

[roosevelthighschool]

This is one of my most favorite scenes. Thank You.

[PrepDogg]

wow, this is really good

[ChrisC11291980]

These people don't seem to understand Phil's writing to me.

[ekocentric]

I've got news for you...they don't understand ANYTHING.

[ChrisC11291980]

No, they do not.

[BigDickMcGirk]

@ChrisC11291980 Thats the point. Self-absorb and secretly jealous of Phil's accomplishments. Mama doesn't understand as she wants her children to kiss her ass, while Eunice yearns to have Phil's talents- talent period.

[0laila]

Yes, and that's what made her comedies so beautiful and full of tragedy. That's the greatest comedy.

[mrrab20]

Eunice doesn't seem to have a good grip on reality when it comes to her dreams of being in showbiz. She thinks it'll all get handed to her on a silver platter but in reality, she needed to work for it, otherwise, she never would've asked what if

[vegassable]

To rippedwrangler: Mama had 4 children. Phillip, Vinton, Eunice and Ellen. Ellen was played by Betty White (from the Mary Tyler Moore Show and later Golden Girls). Mama says her name in this clip.

[hyacinthb]

To rippedwrangler: If i remember correctly, Mama's 4 children from the sketches were Phillip, Eunice, (Mary) Ellen, and Jack (played by Tommy Smothers). Vinton was introduced on the Mama's Family shows.

Somone help me: the kids were played by Roddy McDowell, Alan Alda, Tommy Smothers, Carol Burnett and Betty White - that's 5.

[PatrickLHawkins]

Eunice didn't really care about Phil's success as a writer. She just thought of him as her meal ticket into show business

[earp1673]

And therein lies the self-worship that dominates over the dysfunctional family; manipulation, deceit; a scheming malice that serves not the other but only the self, though in a passive-aggressive manner seems to subtly be the opposite. Ned had to criticize Phil's success because of his own feelings of inadequacy, augmented by Eunice's subtle criticisms of his livelihood.

[roosevelthighschool]

I noticed the beer cans just say "Beer" on them. Thank You.

[valientfox]

Yeah. She died after Mama made the little potato feet dance and she choked on a tooth pick in the bathroom stall of the Bigger Jigger.

[PsychedelicGuy]

if your talking about the show she actually chocked on the toothpick when Mama threw open the bathroom door with the tail of a catfist in between her teeth and said "be glad you didnt have fish" because they had some all you can eat buffet at the Jigger

[Medallion2006]

Fran died in the bathroom after an encounter with Thelma. The lesson here, never go into the bathroom after you talk to Mama.

[gregzintx]

poor narror minded Ed- lol

[allaboutthecake]

"...End of the Month Penney's Sale" LOL!!!!

[tvance23]

"Eunice" was a special that was made in 1981 and aired in early 1982 on CBS. In some ways more dramatic in content than comedic, "Eunice" has never seen a release on VHS or DVD since it first aired.

[devilxxxscum]

constantly fighting shouting and screaming

love it!

[westin10000]

at least Eunice is interested in what Phil has to say, well; sorta, because mama and that bimbo ed, fail to realize that he was not only a writer, but a succesfull one at that!

[numbuh0]

Some of the scenes were from "Forgive your Enemies"

[12jenny]

i love carol

[Cherstars]

Reminds me of my family they never shut and listen to me, all about themselves lol

[Jayaughn]

Join the club!

[Cherstars]

LOL omg you're so funny! I thought I was the only one with that problem, glad I am not alone in regards to that one :-) you poor dear.

[fahs]

Thanks for posting these.

[Dan97LHS]

Ed seems to allude to Phillip's occupation as being effeminite as he talks about his son Billy being a "sissy" by writing a lot. Was Phillip's character gay and they never acknowledged it? Sorry for reading too deep into this but I was just curious.

[Neville6000]

More than likely, Philip was gay, and Billy might also have been like that, too. But sometimes, I think that Ed was like that, too, or at least could have been driven to living with Mickey Hart because of Eunice and Mrs. Harper.

[rippedwrangler]

I really think that was an unspoken underlying idea, that Philip was gay. Casting Roddy McDowall as the original Philip certainly didn't do anything to diminish that idea. I assume that Jerry Dalton was his boyhood friend, maybe the only other gay guy he knew in the little hick town.

[jook88]

but doesn't the "phillip" character eventually evolve into "vint?" and "vint" marries "naomi".

[rippedwrangler]

Not exactly. Vint probably evolved from Thelma's son Jack from the Family sketches (he was only seen once). Philip seems to get erased from the Mama's family "universe" after the TV movie "Eunice," although in one of the Mama's family episodes she mentions having 4 small children underfoot, and in another episode states that Eunice was her third child. Since it was made clear that Vint was youngest,that left open the possibility of a 4th sibling who was never mentioned by name in"Mama's Family."

[jook88]

jeez. so confusing. such a complex web of characters. lol

[poosaypirate]

"driven" to being GAY ???? hahahaha

[Neville6000]

Okay, driven to spend more time with Mickey Hart, then.

[redgamer1964]

spinoff, geez don't tell me you never seen mamas family.

[bke274]

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!!!

[redgamer1964]

vinton is so much smarter in these episodes! thanks for posting these!

[Buck61]

it's phillip, not vinton

[redgamer1964]

Yes but it is vinton in the pinoff mamas family!!

[sfcub69]

I don't think that the Philip character ever really fit in to the concept of this series. Watching the Family reunion on the Vicki Lawrence show, Vinton said that he was the first male "dumb blonde" in tv. I think that works better for this character.

[dkphoenix05]

IMO, I think Vint only worked in the latter half of "Mama's Family". He wasn't quite AS dumb in the beginning.

I like Phillip as a contrast to the rest of the family. He doesn't fit, but that's why he works...for me. Maybe it is just because I can relate to him.

[Slaterschick]

Iola's mother was never shown, and Carl was only shown briefly in 1 flashback episode.

Bubba is Eunice's son, and he occasionally referrred to her lack of love for him, which explains why he moved in with Thelma. Vinton's 1st wife ran off to be a showgirl, and his high school crush, Naomi Oates, met him and his children, Buzz and Sonia, when he moved in with Thelma. Iola just sort of popped up out of nowhere.

[MetalPharoah]

Iola's mother was shown once in the episode where Mama learns to drive, but that was in the unsyndicated episodes where she was old and skinny.

[Persephonie22]

Mr Harper was always in the can. =)~

[mq1986]

Yup--and he died there too.

[GearRocks]

"DYING in the BATHROOM", that's where Elvis Presley went!

[Garysc6]

great!!

[don77sicily]

old man harper die all ready damn

[olishkaa]

thanks for posting!