Mama's Family: Mama on Jeopardy
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Mama on Jeopardy
Season 4, Episode 19
Mama vies for the big prize as a contestant on "Jeopardy!" Alex Trebek appears as himself. Cynthia Lane: Isabel West. Fred: Brian Byers. Ludlow Baxter: Wil Albert. Iola: Beverly Archer. Vint: Ken Berry.
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1988
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Vicki Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Mama Thelma Harper
Ken Berry
(Actor)
.. Vint Harper
Beverly Archer
(Actor)
.. Iola Boylen
Isabel West
(Actor)
.. Cynthia Lane
Brian Byers
(Actor)
.. Fred
Wil Albert
(Actor)
.. Ludlow Baxter
Alex Trebek
(Actor)
.. Himself
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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.
Beverly Archer
(Actor)
.. Iola Boylen
Born:
July 19, 1948
Isabel West
(Actor)
.. Cynthia Lane
Born:
January 01, 1857
Died: January 01, 1942
Died: January 01, 1942
Brian Byers
(Actor)
.. Fred
Wil Albert
(Actor)
.. Ludlow Baxter
Born:
August 22, 1930
Alex Trebek
(Actor)
.. Himself
Born:
July 22, 1940
Died: November 08, 2020
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died: November 08, 2020
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Trivia:
Born in Ontario, Canada, Alex Trebek found a career in television right out of college reporting news for the CBC. He eventually began hosting game shows, a job that fit his on-air skills with ease. Over the years, he hosted a number of programs including Battlestars, Double Dare, High Rollers, and Concentration. He rose to fame as the host of the nationally syndicated version of Jeopardy! that first hit the airwaves in 1984, becoming such a cultural icon that he was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and was cast as a man in black on an episode of The X-Files. Among other duties, Trebek often acted as host of the National Geography Bee, a contest to find the youngster in America who knows the most about geography.
