Catchy Comedy Schedule
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5:00a CT
Mama's Family
Vint and the Kids Move In
Mama reluctantly agrees to let her son Vint and his two children move back in after they are evicted from their apartment. This creates problems for Fran though and she eventually threatens to move out.
5:30a CT
Mama's Family
For Better or For Worse
When Naomi spends the night in the basement with Vint, Mama tries to break up the relationship. But the two decide to get married instead and plan to have the ceremony in the Harper home.
6:00a CT
Mama's Family
Wedding, The (Part 1)
With Vint out at a bachelor party the night before his wedding, the ladies have the house to themselves. When Naomi starts a rumor that Ellen's husband is having an affair with his secretary, the party begins to deteriorate.
6:30a CT
Mama's Family
Wedding, The (Part 2)
Having survived Vint and Naomi's wedding, Mama's peace is disturbed by the return of the happy couple. Announcing that they've been swindled out of their housing investment, they plead with Mama to let them move back in.
7:00a CT
Mama's Family
Family Feud
The possibility of winning thousands of dollars on a game show excites all in the family except Mama. Promising to use their share of the winnings to buy their own home, Vint and Naomi convince Mama to participate. Unfortunately for Mama, the Harpers lose.
7:30a CT
Mama's Family
Cell Mates
The family is at the Bigger Jigger to celebrate Eunice's birthday. Eunice flies into a rage when she discovers that Mama never told her a man she once adored wanted to date her. Two policemen, thinking the confrontation is a violent brawl, arrest Eunice and Mama.
8:00a CT
Mama's Family
Mama Gets a Job
Despondent and feeling old and useless, Mama takes Naomi's advice and applies for a job. She goes to work at a travel agency, but things deteriorate when the family calls her incessantly on the phone.
8:30a CT
Mama's Family
Double Standard
Going to the homecoming dance, Buzz and Sonia clash with their father when he sets a curfew. Sonia becomes upset when she discovers Vint has secretly given Buzz permission to stay out later since he's a boy.
9:00a CT
Mama's Family
Mama's Boyfriend
An old flame is rekindled when Mama goes on a date with Woody Miller. And when Mama and Woody leave for a weekend trip to a lakeside cabin, Aunt Fran is left to run the household to the chagrin of the rest of the family. But Mama and Woody soon realize that the same differences which kept them apart years ago still exist.
9:30a CT
Mama's Family
Fran's Dress
Mama accidentally burns a hole in the dress Fran is planning to wear that evening. Taking Ellen along with her, Mama heads for a department store with the hope of replacing the ruined garment.
10:00a CT
Mama's Family
Alien Marriage
Vint almost goes through with a scheme where he could make money by pretending to be married to a girl from Portugal in need of a green card. But when Mama finds out, Vint discovers it may be more trouble than it's worth.
10:30a CT
Mama's Family
Positive Thinking
After listening to tapes on positive thinking, Eunice becomes a changed woman, even securing a part in a play. But when the director cuts all of her lines, she starts to feel her old nature creeping back.
11:00a CT
Mama's Family
Mama's Silver
When Vint's trouble-making friend is thrown in jail, he hocks Mama's silver to get money to bail him out. But when Mama finds out, she throws him out of the house.
11:30a CT
Mama's Family
Flaming Forties
While helping the kids settle on a theme for their school dance, Mama becomes nostalgic as she looks through her old clothing from the '40s. Deciding to go punk rather than nostalgic, the school committee plans to sell off Mama's old clothing to raise money.
12:00p CT
Mama's Family
The Return of Leonard Oates
Working at the cash register of Food Circus, Naomi is confronted by her second husband, Len Oates. Wealthy and determined to win her back, Len overwhelms Naomi.
12:30p CT
Mama's Family
Country Club
Ellen's news that she's been named "Woman of the Year" by the Raytown Country Club doesn't interest the family until they all receive invitations to the awards dinner. Once there, the Harpers do their utmost to disrupt the formal affair.
1:00p CT
Mama's Family
Naomi and the Stork
The Harper household seems crowded enough when Naomi announces she may be pregnant. Not wanting to raise a child in the basement, Vint and Naomi request a move upstairs. It's not long before the family is fighting over which room the couple will take.
1:30p CT
Mama's Family
Rashomama
Vint is sent to the hospital after receiving word that Mama has had an accident while making jam. Vint tries to figure out who's at fault by listening to Naomi's, then Ellen's, and finally Eunice's version of the incident
2:00p CT
Mama's Family
Obscene Call
Naomi feels her privacy has been invaded when she begins receiving obscene phone calls. Turning to the family for support, she is angered when they suggest the caller is attracted to her because of the way she dresses and acts.
2:30p CT
Mama's Family
Ellen's Boyfriend
Ellen's attempts to keep her relationship with a younger man secret fail when the family stumbles upon the couple in a restaurant.
3:00p CT
Mama's Family
Aunt Gert Rides Again
Mama's off to the nursing home to help Gert celebrate her birthday. After the visit, Mama expresses shock at how much Gert has slowed down. Determined to revive Gert's energetic spirit, Mama returns to throw her a wild party.
3:30p CT
Mama's Family
Steal One, Pearl Two
All fingers point to Bubba when Iola's pearl necklace is stolen.
4:00p CT
Mama's Family
Where There's Smoke
Mama is running for president of the Church Ladies League, but things go terribly wrong when Bubba harbors a buddy -- who's escaped from reform school -- in his room.
5:00p CT
Mama's Family
Desperately Seeking Anyone
The date whom Mama and Naomi find for Iola is more interested in Mama.
6:00p CT
Mama's Family
Have It Mama's Way
Mama and Bubba get a job at the same fast-food restaurant.
8:00p CT
Mama's Family
Mama's Cousin
Mama's well-traveled, and long-winded, Cousin Lydia comes to visit.
8:30p CT
Mama's Family
Mama with the Golden Arm
Mama is a contender in an arm-wrestling competition.
9:00p CT
Mama's Family
It Takes Two to Watusi
Naomi's divorced friend Luann falls for Bubba when he's a stand-in for a blind date.
10:00p CT
Mama's Family
The Best Policy
Mama and Iola think Naomi is trying to kill Vint for insurance money when Vint suffers a series household accidents after Naomi takes out a large life insurance policy on him.
10:30p CT
Mama's Family
After the Fall
Mama brings Aunt Effie home for the cure after Effie falls off the roof and remains in a trance-like state.
11:00p CT
Mama's Family
Educating Mama
Bubba's not the only Harper who'll be going to night school when the family coerces Mama to join him to get her high school equivalency diploma.
11:30p CT
Mama's Family
Zirconias Are a Girl's Best Friend
It's mass confusion at the Harper household when Mama becomes hooked on television shopping. Surrounded by the clutter of her purchases and tires of fending for themselves, the family decides to cure Mama of her addiction with their own hysterical form of "adversion therapy.
12:00a CT
Mama's Family
The Key to the Crime
Vint is mistakenly accused of being Raytown's serial burglar, "The Courteous Crook," following a break-in at the Harper house. Determined to prove Vint's innocence, Mama and Iola set out in "Cagney and Lacey" fashion to solve the crime.
12:30a CT
Mama's Family
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Finances not only cause Vint and Naomi to separate, but also force them to remain living at home with Mama. So Mama has no choice but to force them back together.
1:00a CT
Mama's Family
A Big Hand for Mama
When Mama is almost struck by lightning and nearly loses her life, she feels "reborn." The Harper family takes full advantage of her new attitude, but whether they can handle it or not remains to be seen.
1:30a CT
Mama's Family
Flounder's Day
When Verna May Rae passes on, Mama finally gets the opportunity to sing "Raytown, O Raytown" on Founder's Day. It's been 50 years since she first auditioned, and this time she will stop at nothing to win.
2:00a CT
Mama's Family
Teacher's Pet
Mama has a crush and seeks the family's advice to get his attention. Iola suggests the way to his hear is with her famous apple cobbler. But when that fails, Mama turns to Naomi's seductive body language.
2:30a CT
Mama's Family
Child's Play
The Harper family has more than its hands full when they are asked to watch the Reverend and Mrs. Meechum's 8-year-old grandson. The little brat drives them mad, and when he ends up staying the night, Mama gets irate as only Mama can.
3:00a CT
Mama's Family
Mama Mania
Naomi is persuaded to join a longtime friend from high school in a women's tag team wrestling match. But when Mama accidentally knocks out the friend, she and Naomi must take on the "Masked Mabels" as the "Queen Bees.
3:30a CT
Mama's Family
Gift Horse
The Harpers' garage sale is a success until Iola discovers her handicraft gives to the family were part of the sale. In a fit of anger, Mama gives Iola back her "colorful Kleenex caddy," which, unbeknownst to her, contains the profits from the sale--which were to buy the family a new videocassette recorder.
4:00a CT
Mama's Family
Workman's Holiday
Vint is so embarrassed when Mama brings his childhood lunchbox to work that he accidentally cuts his finger and takes to his bed, refusing to go back to work.
4:30a CT
Mama's Family
Mama Sees Red
The Harpers are chosen as the "typical American family" to be visited by Olga, a "typical Russian homemaker," who not only cleans their house inside and out, but also decides to stay.