Mama's Family is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Mama.
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11 Facts About Mama's Family
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Mama's Family did not wish to wear a "fat suit portraying an old lady every week, " and she had misgivings about playing the role without Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett regularly by her side as in "The Family" sketches.
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Mama's Family 'divorced' everyone and remained distant for a lot of years.
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Mama's Family is an elderly country woman in her mid-to-late 60s, who speaks in a southern drawl.
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Mama's Family appearance is based on that of a stereotypical elderly woman.
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Mama's Family is a thickset, purse-lipped widow with silvery gray curls.
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In contrast to her more stereotypically elderly, dependent, invariably spiteful and cantankerous character on "The Family" skits, Mama's hostilities were significantly toned down in the sitcom's first life.
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Mama's Family was dutiful in caring for her home, garden and family; independent; and active in the community along with best friend Iola Boylen.
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Vicki Lawrence has stated that at the beginning of Mama's Family, she noticed that the writers had made adjustments to her character from "The Family" skits, significantly toning down Mama's hostilities and nastiness.
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Mama's Family added that she still favors the adjustments in Mama's character and partly credits Korman with who Thelma Harper is today.
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Mama's Family ran on TBS from January 1997 until August 2006 premiering weekday mornings.
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