I agree. Vicki is a natural born comedian/actress. Watch her facial expressions and control of her character to pull off being 40 years her senior. Its amazing how she stays in character when it is so different from her real age/persona. The girl is so very talented. Her being an older "mother" she pulls off like a pro with no effort.
Oh honey there were tons of sexual innuendos and double entendres on this show and even touched the taboo subject of homosexuality and Anita Bryant back in the seventies if you remember
I urge all her fans to read her book. She grew up in a terribly dysfunctional situation. Coupled with poverty it’s a miracle she found the humor to do this skit. I’m such a fan.
The characters were actually color coded. Bob Mackie wanted to give the characters a cartoonish feel with how dramatic they were, and I always found their outfits hilarious when they would announce a new dress but it was always the same color and nearly the same pattern 😂
I would imagine he would never visit them again. I certainly wouldn't.
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When I visit my toxic, jealous, family within a day I say to myself, "Why the F... am I here?" I spend more time doing things on my own when I visit. I can't stand the craziness, jealousy, fights, etc
@@LBF522 it was the first and last time I remember seeing this brother Philip. She had another brother that was going in for an operation and they visited him in the hospital. I forget his name.
This family is so self-absorbed, they don't even realize they've produced a world-class gem in Philip. It's the greatest thing Thelma has ever done in her miserable life, and she's too small-minded to claim it.
@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona Harriet the family represents 90% of we people world wide. We all want to be successful to this BS DREAM live your PASSION sadly it conflicts with reality of needing to support oneself. The lie your are as talented/as smart as the professional WITH B and C grades. Then CRASH where are you Harriet? You are judging by a standard that even Jesus rejected.. perfection in all men/women.
This show reminds of my youth when we just didn't know how lucky we were at the time ,we were very poor and this made me forget for a while it really was a better time and place and longing to go back there.
She's written a few books! The most famous one, and I think her first one, is a memoir called "One More Time." She also wrote one about her show called "In Such Good Company." Tim Conway also wrote a book and the others might have done so too, but if they did I haven't seen them.
This skit first aired in Season 7 on March 16, 1974. In Season 8, Tom Smothers appeared as brother Jack for the first of two appearances, and in Season 9, Betty White appeared as sister Ellen in the first of 3 appearances. Roddy McDowell made two more appearances as Philip, including Season 8 and the final season, 11, in 1978, when he returned to Raytown to get an honorary degree.
What makes this hilarious is that Ed, Eunice and Mother Harper are more interested in looking at what Mama's pet Poodle named Topaz is looking at out a window in Mama's bedroom than to visit with Phillip.
I love Carol Burnett and her wonderful sense of humor. Carol Burnett is a genius and her fellow cast members were all brilliant talented stars. No vulgarity, no cursing, just plain funny. I love as The Stomach Turns and I love love Mama's Family. I watched the show as a teenager and 50 years later I am still watching The Carol Burnett Show.
I looked it up, and this was the very first "Family" sketch on "The Carol Burnett Show". It caught on so well that it became a recurring feature of the show. Carol Burnett is originally from Texas, and that's why she gave Eunice a southern drawl. Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence thought it was funny, so they used similar accents with their characters.
A Nobel prize, Pulitzer, and world travels... but you still cannot get Mama's undivided attention? Hmm. They did a great job of capturing broken families from so many different angles. It almost hurts to watch.
all i can say is i grew up watching carol in a time when things ment some thing, i loved her show as a child big fan for life, tv was different then compared to now all these episodes are priceless you don't know what ya got till it's gone maybe the younger generation will catch on, because tv has changed in the past 30 years there are no shows close to what we had a few channels but all good shows compaired to hundreds of channels of crap i will stick to classic, thats what i relate to god bless them all
I watch old school shows like Carol Burnett, Mama's Family, The Brady Bunch, The Golden Girls, The Facts Of Life, like everyday. I refuse to watch modern tv shows especially reality shows like the Kardashians and the Jenners I refuse to watch that crap that's for sure.
I've always loved these Family sketches. Carol, Harvey, and Vicki were all so brilliantly funny. So many people can relate to them. I can. I was always an outsider in my family and was treated the same way. Time heals. I can laugh about it now. It was disappointing but not tragic. We can always find love and acceptance if we are willing to give it. It doesn't always come with the "family".
That’s not what he or she is saying , you must have splinters in the windmills of your mind. Vickie has not stopped playing mama in her tour stops. She has never dropped mama from her show.
This reminds me of my family🥺. If I would go on a trip or have something interesting to talk about my mother would completely change the subject and my sister now does the same thing.
When I met my husband’s family for the first time, it was like that. He has 2 brothers with wives like Eunice and mama. They barely said hello to me, them continued their family yelling and disagreeing or fighting with each other and didn’t ask me any questions or opinion of anything. I could not believe it. They are also very loud people compared to my soft spoken family., which would be ok. Except for manners of not even trying to have a conversation with the future wife of their son or brother.. I told my husband on the way out “I am not going to live here in this town.” Luckily he was transferred to the south, which I loved.
This was hilarious from start to finish!!! Every word hit home in one way or the other. Carol and her coactors are brilliant, the writing is phenomenal! Wiping the tears as I try to type this!!
@@sdlock83 wtf??? Millions of people are gay. We don't choose to be gay and it's not a goddamn lifestyle, just like people don't choose to be straight. Things are much better today because we can marry the person we love as opposed to then when people had to stay in the closet out of fear.
This almost makes me have an anxiety attack. My family was and still is insane and violent. I excused it for years because Croats are insane and violent but I finally had to go no contact. My little sister followed after awhile. I am still scared she is not.
you know as a kid I never realise how good looking Roddy McDowall was. Ye and like the ladies comment before mine I recognise so much of this family in my own. I guess that's why it's so funny.
Reminds me of my family in a way. Went to visit after several years and during the visit asked if anyone wanted to go get something to eat- my treat. They didn't. I said I was hungry and would go and get something for myself and I'd pick something up for them if anyone wanted anything. Everyone suddenly wanted something from different places scattered all over town. I said, "damn. Can't you all agree on one place?" They began bickering about the different places and how the food was better here or there. I threw my hands up, gave up and said, "I'm not driving all over town from one side to the other to different places- that's ridiculous! It would take an hour or more just driving around and most of the food would be stone cold by the time I got back! So here's the deal. I'm going to XXXXXXX and if you want something from there, I'll be glad to bring it back for you. Otherwise, you can go wherever you want and get whatever you want yourself." That started more bickering about how they always did it that way. That segued into how so and so one time went to get the food and stopped at the nearest place first and then drove across town to others and by the time they got back the food from the first place tasted like leftovers. That started more people complaining about how their food had been lukewarm. One complained that their sandwich had gotten all soggy and squishy. That started even more bickering. I just walked out, went somewhere and got something to eat and said fuck it. No wonder I chose to live in a city hours away from them! Another time, I asked my stepdad if he wanted to go to get something to eat. He said no. I asked if he wanted me to bring him something back. He said no. Ok, fine. When I got back, he began complaining loudly that he hadn't had anything to eat. I'd had it at that point, repeated all the offers I'd made and said, "If you haven't had anything to eat, it's your own damn fault and I don't want to hear anymore about it." Arrrrrgh!
Sounds like the exact reason I don't deal with my family either.... All the damned stupid useless arguments and usually over things absolutely not worth arguing about. Oh and if I was one of your relatives and you offered to pick me something up to eat while you were out and and I wanted something I'd be over the damn moon if you got it without arguing with you one bit. Probably because I'm the same way with trying to help people where I can .
My favorite all time comedy/variety show, period. And this series of skits was my favorite. But, I never understood why the very talent Roddy McDowall couldn't at least lose the British accent and throw a teeny bit of country twang in. He is an actor, after all.
pocodfe I know right he looks so awkward watching him it looked like Cornelius from Planet of the Apes in a human form trying to cope with a Southern family environment it just didn't work Ken Berry did a better job
Reshme Turcios---KEN BERRY, is a pervert. When I was 17 yrs old, & lived in Ft. Worth. TX. My best friend, & I got a job in a local Theater. Ken Berry. was performing there. He was in his 40's, & he tried very hard to get my friend to go visit him after the show was over. He knew that she was 17, but she was like 38-22-32. We were so GROSSED-OUT by him! She told me to stay next to her. I will NEVER forget that. Just for ALL the old men who hit on young girls. Try to remember how really disgusted most girls are by you! We never went back to that place called CASA something? Because of that man. Of course, we never told anyone. WHY would we? They'd just say my friend's T-Shirt was too tight! That was 30 yrs ago.
Love MAMA'S FAMILY. Favorite episode was BUBBA'S DOUBLE DATE. Great episode. And the one with the psychic who channels the dead. Seen all 6 years of episodes. Wish it stayed on longer!
Yup. Win the Pulitzer prize, get on the cover of Newsweek, and all your family wants to talk about is your color and the state of your bowel movements. Then lecture you about getting a real job at the town newspaper. Can’t imagine why he’s going straight back to the airport after. Also, we need to talk about this Ed/Mickey Hart bromance, lol.
This is freaking funny man. I was raised with nothing but Mexican-American families. Remember watching the show when I was young. Live. They're just regular folks super funny
Now something is wrong with mama. She has a successful son. Does she not know how successful he is. And he still comes around. Wow. I applaud him
Just like being at home.
Comes around twice a decade and can't even stay longer than 10 minutes
Vicki is too convincing as mama. Genius.
Yes!
I agree. Vicki is a natural born comedian/actress. Watch her facial expressions and control of her character to pull off being 40 years her senior. Its amazing how she stays in character when it is so different from her real age/persona. The girl is so very talented. Her being an older "mother" she pulls off like a pro with no effort.
RUclipsPG 900,000 likes my TV
@@vikkinicholson5880 No aging makeup either. Just the wig and padding.
The transformation from her timid first appearance on CB's show to the scene stealing domineering Mama (and other characters) is truly remarkable 👍
Funny how these old shows were truly funny without using dirty words or sexual innuendos. That's called talent!
Ed's homophobic and mamas a racist
It's called decency.
There was plenty of innuendo in several sketches on the Carol Burnett Show.
Mmhmm. Because innuendo is such a modern thing. 😒😒
Oh honey there were tons of sexual innuendos and double entendres on this show and even touched the taboo subject of homosexuality and Anita Bryant back in the seventies if you remember
I urge all her fans to read her book. She grew up in a terribly dysfunctional situation. Coupled with poverty it’s a miracle she found the humor to do this skit. I’m such a fan.
Thank u for the suggestion. I adore her. She's so down to earth and a fantastic comedian.
Brenda McLain Thank you. I am going to read her book.
Who wrote a boo
Wow, thank you. I'll search for her book online.
@@NewDay47. Somebody called Peeka, he wrote a boo.
Mama FINALLY has on a different dress!! 👗😂😂
The characters were actually color coded. Bob Mackie wanted to give the characters a cartoonish feel with how dramatic they were, and I always found their outfits hilarious when they would announce a new dress but it was always the same color and nearly the same pattern 😂
And not the orthopedic shoes either.
Eunice always wore the same dress different accessories 😅
8:26 Caroline, Mama.
Caroline, are you sure?
IT'S PRINCESS CAROLINEEEEEE!!!!!
Phil was smart to have left town and you def can tell he's sorry he ever came back.
He was humble. I am surprised he actually came back to visit them knowing how his family is
@@shandaabsar6686 ⁰
The look on Phillip's face throughout is hilarious...like "Why did I even bother?!" 😂🤣
I would imagine he would never visit them again. I certainly wouldn't.
When I visit my toxic, jealous, family within a day I say to myself, "Why the F... am I here?" I spend more time doing things on my own when I visit. I can't stand the craziness, jealousy, fights, etc
@@LBF522 it was the first and last time I remember seeing this brother Philip. She had another brother that was going in for an operation and they visited him in the hospital. I forget his name.
Diana Gray his name was Jack. I like that skit
@@dianalovescolors There's another where they visit him in Hollywood. Also devastating. The writing is so good.
Props to Harvey Korman, the unsung hero in this scene
Harvey Korman is the unsung hero in every scene!
In this scene? He's just as small-minded and dismissive as the other two.
Harvey cracks me up. That southern accent and faces he makes is hilarious. Too bad he's gone.
It is amazing how families resent success in their members...Anybody with any sense would SUPPORT Phil instead of blowing off his accomplishments.
This family is so self-absorbed, they don't even realize they've produced a world-class gem in Philip. It's the greatest thing Thelma has ever done in her miserable life, and she's too small-minded to claim it.
Sounds like my mom but she's getting better
to small minded?
@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona Harriet the family represents 90% of we people world wide. We all want to be successful to this BS DREAM live your PASSION sadly it conflicts with reality of needing to support oneself.
The lie your are as talented/as smart as the professional WITH B and C grades.
Then CRASH where are you Harriet? You are judging by a standard that even Jesus rejected.. perfection in all men/women.
@@virginia9620 Jesus rejected what standard? Phillip was a hard worker and worked for everything he had.
Or to even notice he has a British accent
Phil is the smartest of all....he RAN!!!
This show reminds of my youth when we just didn't know how lucky we were at the time ,we were very poor and this made me forget for a while it really was a better time and place and longing to go back there.
I am a big fan of the Eunice and mama sketches. Great acting and I am a big fan of carol , Vicki and Harvey
Brilliant insight into what makes a family dysfunctional.
Carol Burnett or Vicky Lawrence?
@@LindaQSunshine They whole team were collectively brilliant.
@@DerekWilliamsMusic hi, are you talking about a book that Carol Burnett wrote? I want to read it.
@@LindaQSunshine I was not aware of the book, sorry, but I too would be interested to read it.
She's written a few books! The most famous one, and I think her first one, is a memoir called "One More Time." She also wrote one about her show called "In Such Good Company." Tim Conway also wrote a book and the others might have done so too, but if they did I haven't seen them.
Poor Phillip…so confused and dismissed. 😂🥺
This is the first Family skit...so brilliant!
That would explain the changes in hair and costume compared to other Family skits
This skit first aired in Season 7 on March 16, 1974. In Season 8, Tom Smothers appeared as brother Jack for the first of two appearances, and in Season 9, Betty White appeared as sister Ellen in the first of 3 appearances. Roddy McDowell made two more appearances as Philip, including Season 8 and the final season, 11, in 1978, when he returned to Raytown to get an honorary degree.
What makes this hilarious is that Ed, Eunice and Mother Harper are more interested in looking at what Mama's pet Poodle named Topaz is looking at out a window in Mama's bedroom than to visit with Phillip.
I love Carol Burnett and her wonderful sense of humor. Carol Burnett is a genius and her fellow cast members were all brilliant talented stars. No vulgarity, no cursing, just plain funny. I love as The Stomach Turns and I love love Mama's Family. I watched the show as a teenager and 50 years later I am still watching The Carol Burnett Show.
2:20 “Now come on Eunie! Mickey Hart’s a good old boy” 😂
Carol created theatrical episodes with these mama skits. She loves stage theatre. Superb script writing...
I sent this to my Aunt and said next time you ask me why I don't visit this is why
😂😂😂😂😂
Good one. I love it.
Ha ha ha ha too funny
How did your Aunt respond when you sent her the skit???
That's a really unkind thing to say to someone
I looked it up, and this was the very first "Family" sketch on "The Carol Burnett Show". It caught on so well that it became a recurring feature of the show. Carol Burnett is originally from Texas, and that's why she gave Eunice a southern drawl. Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence thought it was funny, so they used similar accents with their characters.
Thank you for the laughter then and today 😂
😢Pure talent. the tempo eventually found itself as the characters settled ...the genesis of genius...
This rings so true with how I feel with my family, they are very self absorbed this way and I am so glad I have some safe distance from them.
This is what my family was like when I used to go home from college. After a few visits, I stayed away.
A Nobel prize, Pulitzer, and world travels... but you still cannot get Mama's undivided attention? Hmm. They did a great job of capturing broken families from so many different angles. It almost hurts to watch.
"So, Phil, my precious baby boy...why did you leave home, anyway?"
We the viewers understood.
all i can say is i grew up watching carol in a time when things ment some thing, i loved her show as a child big fan for life, tv was different then compared to now all these episodes are priceless you don't know what ya got till it's gone maybe the younger generation will catch on, because tv has changed in the past 30 years there are no shows close to what we had a few channels but all good shows compaired to hundreds of channels of crap i will stick to classic, thats what i relate to god bless them all
I watch old school shows like Carol Burnett, Mama's Family, The Brady Bunch, The Golden Girls, The Facts Of Life, like everyday. I refuse to watch modern tv shows especially reality shows like the Kardashians and the Jenners I refuse to watch that crap that's for sure.
Amen brother!
@@MattWolfe1019 Me too! I have all of those shows on dvds. They're just pure entertainment without all of the nonsense that's out there today.
I empathize with Phil. It's the reason I choose to be estranged from most of my family, they are too self absorbed.
+Millie Gravelpitt Same here.
+Millie Gravelpitt ~ MIne too.
Don't get me wrong! I LOVE them and I will always love my fam and will do anything for them. I just choose not to do "family" themed things.
Its a Comedy Sitcom you Dork
Don Duke While it is a comedy sitcom, it mirrors real life and people relate to real life situations. SMH.
I've always loved these Family sketches. Carol, Harvey, and Vicki were all so brilliantly funny. So many people can relate to them. I can. I was always an outsider in my family and was treated the same way. Time heals. I can laugh about it now. It was disappointing but not tragic. We can always find love and acceptance if we are willing to give it. It doesn't always come with the "family".
SO true! You hit the nail on the head!😅
"Now, cmon Eunie, Mickey Hart's a good ol boy". LMAO! 😂 😂
A visitor in his own family
@@michellegulden1052 🤣
The people or person that thought of this sketch, did not have to think very hard there is a little bit of every family, in this sketch.
So many floral patterns I need alka seltzer.
...these are well done shows that are well acted and painfully funny!!
skits*
These mama family skits are sometimes too uncomfortably real. But damn their funny and good.
yes, the're quite authentic....scary even.
I feel bad for people who truly identify with this level of dysfunctional. 😳🥺
Exactly! Tragic part is I have family/ cousins that are just like this ! Ugh I can’t be around them they are so unbelievable toxic 🙄🐶
@@cindysuter8600 n
I agree!
The brother, Phil, regrets coming home about five minutes after he arrived. lol
Aus Tex that is SO me
Anubistan Jangurrah lol. Me on xmas and thanksgiving lol
HMRLTL and then they wonder why you never come home. Great sketch, sad but true.
He should have never visited them in the first place, they were not worth it.
This was the very first "Family" sketch, and the beginning of Vicki Lawrence's 46+ years of playing Mama on screen and stage!
She didn't play Mama for 46 years. 😅
That’s not what he or she is saying , you must have splinters in the windmills of your mind. Vickie has not stopped playing mama in her tour stops. She has never dropped mama from her show.
@@lenwelch2195 You're a very rude person and also very wrong.
@@lenwelch2195gail is eunice forgive her.
Considering how Vicki Lawrence was hired, she turned out to be perfect.
This reminds me of my family🥺. If I would go on a trip or have something interesting to talk about my mother would completely change the subject and my sister now does the same thing.
Aww, poor thing.
When I met my husband’s family for the first time, it was like that. He has 2 brothers with wives like Eunice and mama. They barely said hello to me, them continued their family yelling and disagreeing or fighting with each other and didn’t ask me any questions or opinion of anything. I could not believe it. They are also very loud people compared to my soft spoken family., which would be ok. Except for manners of not even trying to have a conversation with the future wife of their son or brother.. I told my husband on the way out “I am not going to live here in this town.” Luckily he was transferred to the south, which I loved.
Roddy McDowall is a actor wonderful !!👏😊😍🖒
He's gorgeous!!! UGH!!! I wish I could date Roddy here. Was he gay?
You couldnt write yourself out of a paper bag 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love this. I swear it's almost like watching my own family. Lol
3:41 "MAMAAAAAAAAAAAA"
❤
Thanks so much for uploading these comedic gems. Better than any snl episode.
This was hilarious from start to finish!!! Every word hit home in one way or the other. Carol and her coactors are brilliant, the writing is phenomenal! Wiping the tears as I try to type this!!
Making fun of life's reality in some families. Wonderful comedy!!!
We can most of us all relate to these characters, which is enough to make us laugh til we cry..
This was the first Family sketch that I recall seeing on the Burnett show. And I watched it every week.
Just love The Carol Burnett Show love it love it love it
CAROL BURNET GENIAL EN TODAS SUS ACTUACIONES INCREIBLE GENIAL
Run Phil run!
Roddy was a handsome fella. RIP.
@@sdlock83 ??????????????????????????????????????
Voice of The Mad Hatter on Batman: The Animated Series
@Eddie Styles
And his boyfriend was hot!!
@@sdlock83 wtf??? Millions of people are gay. We don't choose to be gay and it's not a goddamn lifestyle, just like people don't choose to be straight. Things are much better today because we can marry the person we love as opposed to then when people had to stay in the closet out of fear.
@Amethyst Farah Looks like you're a HOMOPHOBE!
Migue N.
2:21 🤣🤣🤣 Micky Hart's a good ool' boy!
Can you imagine how many families are like this in quarantine?
@@declamatory In 2020, during the Pandemic
If u want to laugh this is guaranteed I grew up to this I love it
I just watched the remake with Alan Alda as "Larry". 😂
love those white shoes!
They're awful. You have to love em
Sexy open toed!
Careese Williams 🤣🤣🤣
@@c.willie They are awful. I do not love them.
This skit makes us reevaluate our conversations doesn't it ? It's very funny but brutally realistic.
Be kind to one another people !!
The dog, oh god the dog, the sun rises and falls on the dog. My mom cried harder when our dog died 100x more than she cried for my grandmother's death
True family reunion!
It's scary but I will bet there are people like this in the real world!
They're everywhere
So surprised to see Roddy McDowall! He actually published some photos in Life magazine in addition to his acting career.
These sketches are a hair's breadth away from a Tennessee Williams drama.... simmering under the surface with jealousy and resentment.
Dysfunctional family to the 10th power. Lol
Hey at least they only yelled at each other. In my dysfunctional family to the 20th there was physical fights.
😂😆😝
This almost makes me have an anxiety attack. My family was and still is insane and violent. I excused it for years because Croats are insane and violent but I finally had to go no contact. My little sister followed after awhile. I am still scared she is not.
I sure would love to visit Raytown. I bet it would be a hoot....Eunice, don't forget you were jump rope champion of the block. 😂
Crazy funnie. Love them. The white sandal what a fashion lol
you know as a kid I never realise how good looking Roddy McDowall was. Ye and like the ladies comment before mine
I recognise so much of this family in my own. I guess that's why it's so funny.
the only thing I think about is him as ''Planet of the Apes''
Wow! What a family!
Mama's Family sketches, hilarious.
“Oh, come on Eunice, Mickey Hart’s a good ol’ boy!!” Lol!!
Many bosses will tolerate useless or genuinely destructive underlings if those underlings kiss the boss' butt all day long like Mickey does Ed. :/
Those Shoes & the Wall paper on the wall I remember those days
those awful sandals and filmy floral dresses....wash and wear.
Reminds me of my family in a way. Went to visit after several years and during the visit asked if anyone wanted to go get something to eat- my treat. They didn't. I said I was hungry and would go and get something for myself and I'd pick something up for them if anyone wanted anything. Everyone suddenly wanted something from different places scattered all over town. I said, "damn. Can't you all agree on one place?" They began bickering about the different places and how the food was better here or there. I threw my hands up, gave up and said, "I'm not driving all over town from one side to the other to different places- that's ridiculous! It would take an hour or more just driving around and most of the food would be stone cold by the time I got back! So here's the deal. I'm going to XXXXXXX and if you want something from there, I'll be glad to bring it back for you. Otherwise, you can go wherever you want and get whatever you want yourself." That started more bickering about how they always did it that way. That segued into how so and so one time went to get the food and stopped at the nearest place first and then drove across town to others and by the time they got back the food from the first place tasted like leftovers. That started more people complaining about how their food had been lukewarm. One complained that their sandwich had gotten all soggy and squishy. That started even more bickering. I just walked out, went somewhere and got something to eat and said fuck it. No wonder I chose to live in a city hours away from them! Another time, I asked my stepdad if he wanted to go to get something to eat. He said no. I asked if he wanted me to bring him something back. He said no. Ok, fine. When I got back, he began complaining loudly that he hadn't had anything to eat. I'd had it at that point, repeated all the offers I'd made and said, "If you haven't had anything to eat, it's your own damn fault and I don't want to hear anymore about it." Arrrrrgh!
Ron W I think a lot of our families were and are super dysfunctional i just wish mine was this honest and funny;
Sounds like an unaired episode.
Whew!! You wore me out on this story. 😂😂😂 ..
Sounds like my family!
Thanks for the life story, I'd forgotten all the details...
Sounds like the exact reason I don't deal with my family either.... All the damned stupid useless arguments and usually over things absolutely not worth arguing about.
Oh and if I was one of your relatives and you offered to pick me something up to eat while you were out and and I wanted something I'd be over the damn moon if you got it without arguing with you one bit. Probably because I'm the same way with trying to help people where I can .
Eunice screaming MAMA - LOL M A M AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Memories to last a lifetime !!!
I lived in Singapore for three years and came home to this.
My favorite all time comedy/variety show, period. And this series of skits was my favorite. But, I never understood why the very talent Roddy McDowall couldn't at least lose the British accent and throw a teeny bit of country twang in. He is an actor, after all.
pocodfe I know right he looks so awkward
watching him
it looked like Cornelius from Planet of the Apes in a human form
trying to cope with a Southern family environment
it just didn't work
Ken Berry did a better job
Reshme Turcios @
Reshme Turcios---KEN BERRY, is a pervert. When I was 17 yrs old, & lived in Ft. Worth. TX. My best friend, & I got a job in a local Theater. Ken Berry. was performing there. He was in his 40's, & he tried very hard to get my friend to go visit him after the show was over. He knew that she was 17, but she was like 38-22-32. We were so GROSSED-OUT by him! She told me to stay next to her. I will NEVER forget that. Just for ALL the old men who hit on young girls. Try to remember how really disgusted most girls are by you! We never went back to that place called CASA something? Because of that man. Of course, we never told anyone. WHY would we? They'd just say my friend's T-Shirt was too tight! That was 30 yrs ago.
He didn't have that much dialogue. People who enjoyed the episode didn't really notice. And I thought he did a fantastic job.
YOU'RE RIGHT! And it's often easier for the English to take-on a southern accent, than Yanks.
I was born in 82 but I remember that rotating fan! It was in the family 4 years when American products made great stuff! Isn't that Roddy McDowell?
lol those fans are still around!
Love MAMA'S FAMILY. Favorite episode was BUBBA'S DOUBLE DATE. Great episode. And the one with the psychic who channels the dead. Seen all 6 years of episodes. Wish it stayed on longer!
Superbly done but personally hits to close to home, no pun intended, to work as comedy.
I felt so bad for Phil. They’re so wrapped up in their dysfunction that they have no interest in what’s going on with poor Phil.
Ya and he's selfless
They don't even question his British accent
Pretty much how reunions with my grandmother are, always screaming, its fun.
The way Carol screams MAMA.....looool
Eunice blends in with the wallpaper in that dress!
It's a good thing Phillip didn't listen to his family. Instead of a Pulitzer Surprise, he could have had a column in the Raytown Morning Star.
Reminds me of my family 🤪
Eunice’s hair is different 😂
Philip is the Harper that grew up in England.
Until Philip was played by Ken Berry.
That was actually Vint.
Ken Berry played Philip in the movie, 'Eunice'.
Yup. Win the Pulitzer prize, get on the cover of Newsweek, and all your family wants to talk about is your color and the state of your bowel movements. Then lecture you about getting a real job at the town newspaper. Can’t imagine why he’s going straight back to the airport after.
Also, we need to talk about this Ed/Mickey Hart bromance, lol.
I love Mama's antique coffee table.
This is freaking funny man. I was raised with nothing but Mexican-American families. Remember watching the show when I was young. Live. They're just regular folks super funny
Amazing acting
Eunice and Mama were the most miserable people I ever experienced on TV. Phil was my hero. He Didn't fool with all that drama.
Wow Rodney still cute and adorable. Loved every movie he was in as little and especially when he grew up.
Love this show !❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hilarious comedy!!!
Mamma and Eunice are so much alike - I love it how they go from arguing to off topic - genius!
ESA AGRESIVIDA ENTRE LOS PERSONAJES SON ODIOSAS DE MAL GUSTO Y BRUTAL SORRY
Can you do that one little thing for my sanity!!!🤣