Mama's Family: Mama Cries Uncle
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Thursday, January 8 on WNYW Catchy Comedy (5.5)
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Mama Cries Uncle
Season 2, Episode 20
Mama's long-lost brother-in-law pops in and charms everyone---except Mama (Vicki Lawrence). Sonja: Karin Argoud. Buzz: Eric Brown. Vint: Ken Berry.
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1984
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Vicki Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Mama Thelma Harper
Ken Berry
(Actor)
.. Vint Harper
Eric Brown
(Actor)
.. Vinton `Buzz' Harper Jr.
Karin Argoud
(Actor)
.. Sonja Harper
Murray Hamilton
(Actor)
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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.
Eric Brown
(Actor)
.. Vinton `Buzz' Harper Jr.
Born:
December 17, 1964
Karin Argoud
(Actor)
.. Sonja Harper
Murray Hamilton
(Actor)
Born:
March 24, 1923
Died: September 01, 1986
Died: September 01, 1986
Trivia:
Murray Hamilton first stepped on a Broadway stage in 1945; among his subsequent theatrical credits was the original production of Mister Roberts and his Tony-winning stint in 1964's Absence of a Cello. Hamilton's film career began with a minor role in Bright Victory (1951). He often played abrasive, cynical characters, such as the "feller sufferin' from R.O.T.C" in 1958's No Time for Sergeants, but he occasionally essayed good-guy roles, notably as James Stewart's foredoomed partner in The FBI Story (1959). Murray Hamilton is best known to many moviegoers for his role as the bombastic mayor in 1975's Jaws, a role which he won, according to the film's scenarist Carl Gottlieb, thanks to his acute ability "to portray weakness disguised as strength."
