'''''Mama's Personal''' was an American television sitcom which ran from 1983 to 1985 on NBC and from 1986 to 1990 in first-start syndication. It was the spinoff of a series of comedy sketches called A Personal which appeared on The Carol Burnett Show. A Personal'' was about according to Burnett's childhood.

When a cancellation of The Carol Burnett Indicate, A Personal was spun off into the series known as ''Mama's Personal'' which aired foremost as an NBC network program. Burnett, world health organization played Thelma's short-irascible girl Eunice, never appeared when a 2nd year.

Fallowing a indicate was cancelled in NBC, it continued to film for number 1-dog syndication. Numbers of cast changes occurred in this period, by using single a characters Thelma, Vinton, & Naomi continue when regulars. 2 other characters were added: Iola Boylan, a Harpist' neighbor, & Bubba Higgins, Eunice's boy & Thelma's grandchild. Recently relatives & neighbors were brought within to evoke comedic situations.

Setting and Premise

Setting
the indicate was placed within a fictitious settlement known as Raytown. These are presumed that Raytown is someplace to the south or even Midwest. Although a specific state is never mentioned when a setting of the indicate, a select few of the cast claim that it was modeled fallowing the actual city of Raytown, Missouri. These are typically mentioned on a indicate that the town is in "the Tri-state Area," which means it is placed touching a junction of threesome states. It should become noted that Raytown, Missouri actually is placed touching such the junction—that of Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Premise
the indicate centered in the squabbling personal headed by buxom Thelma Harper, a gray-grey-headed, self-opinionated, sharp-tongued widow woman. Dwelling sustaining her originally was exclusively her high-uptight, stick-within-the-mossy sister Fran, the journalist for a local paper. Initially of the series, her somewhat dim-simple boy, Vinton (whose married woman got good left him to turn into the Las Vegas chorus girl), & his 2 toddlers, Sonja & Vinton Jr. ("Buzz"), touched around by owning her. Vinton was the locksmith by trade & took the job at Kwik Keys, the lock sales shop in the Raytown Mall.

In the period of the number 1 year, Vinton experienced the relationship sustaining the coquettish next-door neighbor Naomi (a checker at a market known as Food Circus), whom he before long married. Thelma thought little of Naomi, on to her as a hustler. Besides seen (however on occasion) when you took a 1st couple of seasons was her girl, foulmouthed Eunice, Eunice's hubby Ed, & her more girl, a cliquish Ellen; Ellen's hubby, Bruce, was talked just about however never seen. Each Eunice & Ed experienced appeared around “The Family� skits on the Carol Burnett Indicate, & Ellen experienced besides now and then appeared. Although Eunice never appeared once again fallowing a indicate's syndication, she was referred to many days, & the immature actress played her inside the flashback of the Mother-Daughter dinner where she embarrasses Thelma by arriving wholly drunk. This episode as well reinstated a fact that Iola has lived through a street from either a Harpist since birth.

The Syndicated Years

Fallowing a both month hiatus, the indicate returned in the fall of 1986 in syndication. Major cast changes occurred & just Thelma, Vinton, & Naomi remained when regulars from either a foremost seasons. Vinton’s tykes, Buzz & Sonja, experienced stirred away, never to become spoken of over again. Aunt Fran experienced passed away (Rue McClanahan had since gone in to star in another NBC sitcom The Golden Girls), & Eunice and Ed experienced moved to Florida. Their boy Bubba, world health organizatiin got upright been freed from either puerile hall fallowing doing period for car thievery, was foisted on his grannie Thelma to raise. He enter Fran's old room, very much to the disgust of Vinton & Naomi world health organization thought that it were attend enter that room (their bedchamber was in the basement).

Besides added to the cast of characters was Iolthe, the thirty-mid-thirties prissy neighbor by owning a secret crush in Vinton. Iola swallow her demanding & severely corpulent mother & her equally nonconcentric father (both referred to but never seen) and got practically there are no social life, especially by owning men, finding to mill around Thelma great deal of the period, periodically to Thelma’s annoyance. Iola experienced been friends using a Harpist since childhood. She was known for her many & ridiculous handi-crafts, including a Monitor and Merrimac kitchen cozies. She was commonly a virtually all knowledgeable of the class action, however great deal of this "knowledge" seemed to came from either various magazines & television show like Oprah. Although Iola was non added to a cast until a indicate went into number 1-process syndication, it was told that she lived through a street from either the Harpist her entire life. She's known for her catch phrase: "Knock, knock!" (like than actually knocking on the door)

a revenant theme throughout the syndicated seasons was Naomi's want to turn into the mother. As a result across by owning this, a penult year concluded by using Naomi's announcement that she was pregnant. Preparation for the young child so became the major theme in the final year. A series finale had Naomi giving birth to a infant girl, whom the personal decided to title Tiffany Thelma.

Plot Holes

Many points use at times apparently get plot-holes in a series, virtually all notably a issue of the total of rooms upstair & the choose where Thelma's youngsters were born. In the number 1 both seasons, there were purportedly Leash chamber upstair, a single for Thelma, a single for Aunt Fran, & 1 for Sonja (Buzz slept in the attic). Nonetheless, fallowing Buzz & Sonja move out & Aunt Fran dies, Bubba moves inside & will require Aunt Fran's room. Vinton & Naomi complain because it desire Aunt Fran's room since it is however dwelling in the basement. Nonetheless, fans use since oft asked a wonder of "whatever happened to Sonja's room?" There is no mention is ever processed of it when a prevent of a 2nd year, then numbers of fans develop labeled it the "vanishing room."

A more point of inconsistency in a indicate is the sequentially of birth of Thelma's tikes. A general consensus according to a 1st both seasons was that Ellen was a oldest toddler, Eunice was a middle tyke, & Vinton was a immature kid. Nevertheless, around an episode where Eunice is getting the fantasy, Thelma calls her "my third-born." Virtually all imagine that this statement was either the bungle in Thelma's section, the mistake on the writer's a portion, or even grounds to believe that fans experienced antecedently misunderstood a clues when to the birth-the correct sequence. Virtually all, but, however hang on to Vinton when existence the immature baby, when clues throughout a syndicated episodes point to his existence then — virtually all notably in the syndicated flashback episode mentioned earliest, where a different actress plays Eunice. In that episode, Vinton is visibly immature than Eunice, therefore numerous keep around taken Thelma's comment prior to the syndicated seasons when just existence a boo-boo.

Characters

Thelma Crowley Harper, the sardonic, widowed matriarch of her personal. Played by Vicki Lawrence. Vinton Harper, Thelma's slow-half-witted boy & third married man of Naomi. Work on Kwik Keys as a locksmith. Played by Ken Berry. Naomi Oates Harper, Vinton's girlfriend & late, 2nd married woman. Works as a checker, & late, regional manager of Food Circus, the local market. Vinton's pet-title for her is "Skeeter," & there is no 1 seems to understand how come. Played by Dorothy Lyman. Vinton "Buzz" Harper, Jr., Vint's boy by owning his number one married woman. The somewhat meek stripling world health organization was super patient & universally uncoerced to help. He late moved out & was never spoken of once again. Played by Eric Brown. Sonja Harper, Vint's girl by having his foremost married woman. An well annoyed & like angsty adolescent. Such as her brother, she late moved out & was never spoken of once again. Played by Karin Argoud. Tiffany Thelma Harper, Vint & Naomi's newborn girl. Natural in the series finale. Ellen Harper Jackson, Thelma's rich, snobby daughter. Played by Betty White. Eunice Higgins, Thelma's short-hot-tempered & melodramatic girl. Played by Carol Burnett. Ed Higgins, Eunice's stupid of the married man. Played by Harvey Korman. Bubba Higgins, Ed & Eunice's boy. Good returned from either adolescent hall. Played by Allan Kayser. Aunt Fran Crowley, Thelma's demanding & slightly spoiled sister. Works as a newspaper newsman & free-mercenary writer. Dies by choking in the toothpick. Played by Rue McClanahan. Iola Boylan, Thelma's nosey, prissy neighbor. Endures sustaining her corpulent mother & nonconcentric father (world health organization come never seen). Has the crush in Vinton (& Alex Trebek). Played by Beverly Archer.

Recurring Characters
Aunt Effie Harper, Thelma's sister-within-law. Played by Dorothy Van. Reverend Lloyd Meechum, a Harpist's dominated minister. Played by Earl Boen. Alberta Meechum, Reverend Meechum's arch married woman & the perennial thorn in the side of Thelma Harper. Played by Anne Haney. City manager Alvin Tutweiler, a city manager of Raytown. Played by Allan Oppenheimer. Luann Fayette, Naomi Harper's trashy right friend. Played by Jennifer Richards. Sir thomas more spoken of than ever seen. Roselle Huplander, a weighty friend of Thelma & Iola. Never actually seen in an episode however oftentimes referred to. Dwayne & T-Son, Bubba Higgins' teenaged delinquent right friends. Played by Beau Bishop and Grant Heslov respectively. Mr. Alan Hanson, nighttime-school teacher of Thelma & Bubba, & love interest of Thelma Harper. Played by Joseph Campanella. Amy Johnson, girlfriend of Bubba Higgins. Played by Amy Benedict. Lolly Purdue, member of the Church Ladies League. Played by Marge Redmond (originally Doris Hess) Officer Sneed, highly immature officer. Played by Allan David Fox