Mama's Family
Synopsis
Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
Season 3 Episodes
EP 1
Mama finds Frannie's diary when she goes to get Bubba for breakfast. Inside is a note telling Mama to call the executor of her will, Larwin…
EP 2
The family is in the middle of a game of scrabble when Ellen stops by with a gift for Mama and to attempt to once again apologize for missi…
EP 3
Mama is the editor of the years church bazaar cookbook, in it she plans to use her own recipe for Chili. Iola objects thinking it should be…
EP 4
When Mama's dreams start providing the names of winning horses, the family figures they're in the money.
EP 5
Mama's sister, Frannie, has just passed away, and even if she can't bring herself to tell how Frannie actually died (it was by inhaling a t…
EP 6
In this Thanksgiving episode, Mama, Bubba, Vinton, Naomi, Iola, and Aunt Effie (Dorothy Van) all go for cover in the basement when an unexp…
EP 7
Iola is distraught when her cat Midnight dies,although everyone else is thankful,noting that the cat was as mean as a rattlesnake. But Iola…
EP 8
Naomi is giving Bubba and Vint a love test to see how romantic they are,from the latest issue Lady's Circle.As it turns out Vint is a ""col…
EP 9
The Harpers, Iola and Aunt Effie must go.for cover in the basement when a tornado passes through Raytown on Thanksgiving.
EP 10
Bubba wants to borrow $200 to buy a new drum set, while Iola's upset that she can't get her jewelry box open to put her pearls away, so she…
EP 11
Thelma invites Reverend Meecham to dinner in the hopes of being named the president of the Church Ladies League. However, a surprise visito…
EP 12
Unhappy with the rut she's gotten into, Naomi decides to make a change and arrives home with the news that, after seeing an ad in the paper…
EP 13
Vinton is chosen to play Santa @ the Raytown Mall. However, with too much practice, he loses his voice! So Mama fills in the last second …
EP 14
Mama and Naomi's plan to find a date for Iola backfires when the date is more interested in Mama.
EP 15
Mama is appalled when she finds a girlie magazine named Casanova under Bubba's bed while cleaning. She firsts wants to know were Bubba coul…
EP 16
An anonymous letter convinces Vint that he's adopted, so he sets out to find his biological mother.
EP 17
An anonymous letter convinces Vint that he's adopted, so he sets out to find his biological mother.
EP 18
Mama is surprised to learn she was entered in the Grandma USA contest by Bubba. She is at first reluctant to compete, but changes her mind …
EP 19
Vint's former Army Sergeant comes to town and recruits Bubba, who enlists after his girlfriend breaks up with him.
EP 20
Mama's worldly cousin (Vicki Lawrence in a dual role) annoys Mama with her neverending stories.
EP 21
Mama emerges as a contender in an arm-wrestling competition.
EP 22
Naomi's best friend Luann has just been divorced and Naomi wants to set her up with a friend of her's for a double date with her and Vint t…
EP 23
After Vint is invited to join the Mystic Order of the Cobra, a local men's club, Mama attempts to sabotage his induction.
EP 24
Vint brings home a new electric blanket he received for signing up for a life insurance policy. A few minutes later, his insurance agent a…
EP 25
Mama brings Auntie Effie home to nurse her back to health after she falls off the roof of her house while.trying to reshuffle it.
