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I can remember watching television with my mother at a young age. One show she enjoyed watching, that I watched with her was MAMA’S FAMILY. 80s sitcoms were a lot different from the sitcoms of today, weren’t they? I loved sitting on the family couch and watching this one with my own MAMA. Now you can watch the entire first and second season of MAMA’S FAMILY on DVD!
Move over, Simpsons and Bundys! Sorry, Bluths and Sopranos! The honor of “Most Dysfunctional TV Family” goes to the Harper clan from MAMA’S FAMILY, the fan-favorite comedy spun off from the wildly-popular “Carol Burnett Show” ongoing sketch “The Family.” Headed by the ornery and formidable matriarch Thelma Mae Crowley Harper, Vicki Lawrence’s indelible and abrasive alter ego, the Harper family puts run-of-the-mill relations to shame. This September, StarVista Entertainment/ Time Life, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, invites viewers to bring home this hilarious — and sometimes heartwarming – family comedy of the highest degree with MAMA’S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON & MAMA’S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON.
These first two complete season DVD releases – never before available to the home entertainment marketplace — feature the rare, original broadcast masters (the “Joe Hamilton” cuts) of the episodes which fans have clamored about for years; they also feature Harvey Korman’s hilarious introductions as Alistair Quince (spoofing Alistair Cooke). Each DVD set also contains robust bonus features, including the critically acclaimed and never-available on DVD teleplay “Eunice” and more.
MAMA’S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (1983)
When Vinton Harper (Ken Berry, F-Troop), Mama’s only son, drops by to announce that he and his children have been evicted from their home, it sets into motion family dysfunction of the highest order. Against the wishes of Mama’s roommate – her sister, Fran (Rue McClanahan, The Golden Girls) – Vint moves in, starts a romance with an old high school crush (Dorothy Lyman, All My Children), gets married in episode four, brings the entire clan to a very memorable appearance on ‘Family Feud’ and welcomes several visits from Mama’s high-strung daughter, Eunice (Carol Burnett) and her husband, Ed (in Harvey Korman’s final series appearance). THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE contains 13 episodes across 3 discs, as well as bonus programming sure to please every classic TV aficionado!
MAMA’S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1983-1984)
This new collection features 22 episodes in their entirety across 4 DVDs. SEASON TWO finds the Harper family in rare form, as Mama’s highfalutin’ daughter Ellen receives Raytown’s “Woman of the Year” Award, Mama gets hospitalized after being hit on the noggin with a stewpot (in Carol Burnett’s final series appearance), Mama’s once-vivacious cousin Gert (Imogene Coca) gets her life enriched, Mama attempts learning to drive (much to the family’s chagrin) and decides to run for Mayor of Raytown. Among bonus extras, this set features the TV movie “Eunice” (1982), a CBS-TV original which was the precursor to the series and takes the Harper family on an unforgettable 23-year journey.
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Thank you so much for this giveaway! I LOVED Mama’s Family growing up and had completely forgotten about it! 😀 I’m so excited I’m heading over to see if I can watch it on netflix or amazon. LOL. 😀
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