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mama's family
Topic Started: Apr 16 2007, 07:05 PM (77 Views)
hotspot	Apr 16 2007, 07:05 PM Post #1
Trickster Posts: 2,013 Group: Leader Member #1 Joined: March 11, 2007 Favorite Suikoden Suikoden 2 or 5 Favorite Chrono Chrono cross	Mama's Family (a spinoff of a series of comedy sketches called "The Family" which appeared on The Carol Burnett Show) was set in a fictitious small town called Raytown, which is presumed to be somewhere in the South or Midwest. Although a specific state is never mentioned as the setting of the show, some of the cast claim that it was modeled after the actual city of Raytown, Missouri. It is often mentioned on the show that the town is in "the Tri-state Area," which means it is located near the junction of three states. An episode of Mama's Family, meanwhile, featured cars with Missouri license plates on them. Character speech, however, has a tendency throughout the series toward Southern accents. After Mama's Family was cancelled by NBC in 1984, it was picked up by the CBS television network in 1986. CBS—in conjunction with Lorimar Telepictures and Warner Bros. Domestic Television— then sold new episodes in national, first-run syndication. Major cast changes occurred during the convert, with only Vicki Lawrence (Thelma), Ken Berry (Vinton), and Dorothy Lyman (Naomi) returning as regulars from the NBC run. Eric Brown and Karin Argoud, who played Buzz and Sonja in seasons one and two, did not reprise their roles; their characters (though mentioned briefly in the first episode of the third season), subsequently, were never to be spoken of again. During Mama's Family's' hiatus, Rue McClanahan (Aunt Fran) and Betty White (Ellen Jackson) had both gone on to star in the sitcom The Golden Girls, rendering them unavailable to return, although in 1986 Betty returned as Ellen for one episode. Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman, meanwhile, did not reprise their roles either—resulting in their characters, Eunice and Ed, being written to have moved to Florida. To fill the void, Allan Kayser was cast as Thelma's delinquent teenaged grandson, Bubba Higgins (Ed and Eunice's often mentioned, but never seen, young son from the “Family” sketches on The Carol Burnett Show.)—who was ordered to stay with the Harper's after his having just been released from Juvenile Hall, and placed on probation. Also added to the cast was Beverly Archer, who played the new character of Iola Boylan—the family's prissy neighbor, who was known for her catchphrase: “Knock, Knock!” As the series continued, more new characters were sporadically brought in to evoke comedic situations. A recurring theme throughout the syndicated seasons was Naomi's desire to become a mother. Following through with this, the penultimate season concluded with Naomi's announcement that she was pregnant. Preparation for the baby became a central theme in the final season. The series finale had Naomi giving birth to a baby girl, whom was named Tiffany Thelma. Color Motif The show's principal characters each tended to have one color that their wardrobe heavily and almost exclusively featured. Thelma always wore blue or purple (and her hair was a blue-ish tint), Vinton was usually dressed in his work clothes which were khaki, Naomi tended to wear yellow, Bubba generally appeared in green (though he sometimes he wore blue). He also wore suspenders and shirts with his name on them, and Iola is always wearing pink (Beverly Archer later said in an interview that she never wanted to see pink again after the end of the show). On earlier episodes of Mama's Family, Eunice's color scheme is always green, Aunt Fran is pink and Ellen is white. This stems all the way back to the Carol Burnett Show. I like mama's family its one of my favorite sitcoms.
	Please tell me the answer, is fate unchangeble? even at his most powerless man's existence is never without meaning. What was the start of all of this? When did the cogs of fate begin to turn? Perhaps it is impossible to grasp that answer now,from deep within the flow of time. But,for certainty,back then, We loved so many,yet we hated so much,we hurt others and were hurt ourselves.... Yet even then, we ran like the wind,Whilst our laughter echoed, under the cerulean skies...


lonelion	Apr 18 2007, 12:07 AM Post #2
Bearer of the Bright shield Rune Posts: 1,415 Group: Leader Member #5 Joined: April 7, 2007 Favorite Suikoden suikoden 2	That show was a classic,i guess the tv executives liked the skits on Carol Burnett's show they decided to make it a sitcom,which was brilliant. Nice historical background on the shows origin Hotspot.
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