Mama's Family: Workman's Holiday
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Workman's Holiday
Season 4, Episode 11
Vint (Ken Berry) nearly dies of embarrassment when Mama brings his lunch to work---in his childhood lunch pail. Hank: Roger Hampton. Bud: Burton Gilliam. Naomi: Dorothy Lyman. Iola: Beverly Archer.
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1987
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Vicki Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Mama Thelma Harper
Ken Berry
(Actor)
.. Vint Harper
Dorothy Lyman
(Actor)
.. Naomi Oates Harper
Beverly Archer
(Actor)
.. Iola Boylen
Roger Hampton
(Actor)
.. Hank
Burton Gilliam
(Actor)
.. Bud
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Did You Know..
Vicki Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Mama Thelma Harper
Born:
March 26, 1949
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
Trivia:
Comedian Vicki Lawrence got her big break in show business with a prominent role on the 70's sketch comedy series The Carol Burnette Show. The California native was particularly popular for her recurring character of "Mama," which earned her a successful spin-off, the sitcom Mama's Family, which ran from 1986 to 1990. She would go on to also enjoy runs on shows like Hannah Montana, and also had a career as a successful singer, reaching number one in 1973 with the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia".
Ken Berry
(Actor)
.. Vint Harper
Born:
November 03, 1933
Trivia:
Actor/dancer Ken Berry was brought to Broadway as a member of the Billy Barnes revue. His early TV work included the recurring role of Woody the bellhop on The Ann Sothern Show (1959-60). In 1965, Berry was cast in his most celebrated TV role: bumbling Cavalry captain Wilton Parmenter on F Troop (1965-67). When Andy Griffith decided to leave his highly rated TV sitcom in 1968, the series' title was changed to Mayberry RFD and Berry was cast in the central role of town-councillor Sam Jones. CBS' peremptory cancellation of Mayberry in 1971 left Berry in a financial bind, compelling him to accept a hosting stint on a doomed-from-the-start variety series, Ken Berry's WOW (1972). More recently, Berry has been seen as Vint Harper on the well-distributed Vicki Lawrence sitcom Mama's Family (1983-1989). For many years, Ken Berry was married to dancer/comedienne Jackie Joseph, of Little Shop of Horrors fame.
Dorothy Lyman
(Actor)
.. Naomi Oates Harper
Born:
April 18, 1947
Beverly Archer
(Actor)
.. Iola Boylen
Born:
July 19, 1948
Roger Hampton
(Actor)
.. Hank
Burton Gilliam
(Actor)
.. Bud
Born:
August 09, 1938
Trivia:
Burton Gilliam achieved fame long before his film career, setting the record for most wins as a Golden Gloves boxer. Gilliam worked as a fireman in Dallas before turning to acting in the early 1970s. His toothy grin, braying voice and village-buffoon demeanor was effectively harnessed for such roles as the night clerk who "compromises" buxom bimbo Trixie Delight (Madeline Kahn) in Paper Moon (1974), the chain-gang boss in Blazing Saddles (1975) and the leader of the "Flying Elvises" in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). On TV, Burton Gilliam was seen as Virgie on Evening Shade (1992) and as one of the "This stuff's made in New York City!" kvetchers on the popular Pace's Picante Sauce commercials.
