The First Episode

[Mama'sBoy]

I think I have seen just about every episode of MF, but could someone refresh my memory about the first episode. I was just curious??
Thanks

[Leigh Ann]

OK, the first episode. That was "Vint and the Kids Move In." When Vint brings Sonja and Buzz and begs Mama to move in with her and Fran, "for just a little while." I think Naomi appeared in the first episode but I am not for sure. It always cracks me up when I hear Vint say that moving in with Thelma is temporary. Because as we all know, it wasn't temporary.

[AtlantaBravesFan29]

But, if you notice TBS somehow shows the 2nd episode instead of the 1st episode for some unknown reason. They show episode 2 and then episode 1.
I like it when they get all of their stuff in the house and Mama walks on the mattress in the house,and Mama trying to tell Fran about Vint and the kids moving into her studio.
Also,when Naomi yells at Mama about her trees putting sap on her car and that she wanted Mama to get the sap off the car because she wanted to pick up a friend and didn't want to be in a sap colored car. And then Vint and Naomi get together to do their high school cheer.
Eventually, Vint gets the basement, Buzz gets a room,Sonia gets a room, Fran still has her room,and Mama has her room.

BTW: The second episode is the one where Vint pawns Mama's silver to bail out Claude Cainmaker.

[TALLguyinKY]

Yep, Buzz gets the attic, and Sonja gets Fran's studio. :p

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
BTW: The second episode is the one where Vint pawns Mama's silver to bail out Claude Cainmaker.

This episode is really the 13th, but they show it first on TBS (according to TvTome.com).

I really wonder why they won't show the episodes in order. It's really annoying.

[AtlantaBravesFan29]

I didn't know the episode where Vint pawns Mama's silver was the 13th episode. I guess the fact that Naomi wasn't in that episode confuses me also because they were married when that episode aired.:confused:

[Sterling Holobyte]

Originally posted by Cashodeen


I really wonder why they won't show the episodes in order. It's really annoying.
You and me both. I mean, it can't be that hard to put the episodes in order, is it?! It makes me see red!

[TALLguyinKY]

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
I didn't know the episode where Vint pawns Mama's silver was the 13th episode. I guess the fact that Naomi wasn't in that episode confuses me also because they were married when that episode aired.:confused:

Huh? If you're talkin' about the "silver" episode, I thought that was the 2nd one shown originally, but it's just messed up in showings now?

:confused:

[harper]

Naiomi comes over to complain about mama's lemon tree or something and how she has to prune them and vincent and the kids are stuck living at home with mama' because v.mother ran away with money and all to become a las vegas show girl.Something to that effect.mama' has three sons can you name the actors who played them.Vincent was actually name philip who was a writer on the special Called Eunice.Then at that time he was named philip and was played by Ken berry on the burnett show it was Roddy mcdowell. the other brother was Tommy smothers.the other son is Alan Alda.The voice of Carl was supplied by deceased writer and creator dick clair.if anyone has any other questions about mama's family or carol burnett or related questions email me personally at CHPK@erols.com.my real name isn't happy harper but Chris Korman

[harper]

The episodes with C.Burnett and H.Korman are my Favorite,especially the wedding with B.White and Rue McClanahan.I hated how they treated ed(played by harvey Korman-My Fadda!Carol catterwalling Oh promise me was a real fun scene to watch being taped live.Vicki carol and my dad couldn't get through it during rehearsals without laughing.The rehearsals and bloopers were actually funnier then what actually aired.The family and history of MF goes back to the Burnett show yrs so it was like hanging with family.

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by TALLguyinKY
Huh? If you're talkin' about the "silver" episode, I thought that was the 2nd one shown originally, but it's just messed up in showings now?

According to tvtome.com, it is the 13th episode (the season finale of season 1). I couldn't have seen it when it originally aired, but if you remember it as being the second episode, tvtome.com must be wrong. Tvtome.com also says it is the first episode shown in syndication. I can't remember that episode... was Vinton married in it?

I'm all mixed up over the airing of the epsiodes--nowadays and back when it was originally on. I don't get why the copyright date at the end of all the NBC episodes shows it being on from 82-84, yet it ran from 83-85. Do you know if the shows aired in 85, were already reruns, or their first run on NBC?

[TALLguyinKY]

Originally posted by Cashodeen
I'm all mixed up over the airing of the epsiodes--nowadays and back when it was originally on. I don't get why the copyright date at the end of all the NBC episodes shows it being on from 82-84, yet it ran from 83-85. Do you know if the shows aired in 85, were already reruns, or their first run on NBC?

Well, according to episode guides I'd seen, the silver one was supposedly the 2nd show... :confused:

And while the show started tapin' in '82, it didn't begin airin' till '83. I do know that! ;)

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by TALLguyinKY
And while the show started tapin' in '82, it didn't begin airin' till '83. I do know that!

Awesome possum. I figured that was why. I think it was only about 3 or 4 episodes with the CR as 82. Now, do you know the deal with 85? I'm assuming it was the 84-85 season MF comtinued to be shown. If the NBC years were season 1: 83 and season 2: 83-84, why was the show still shown on NBC in 85? I'm not really familar with any other shows ever doing this.

[TVJunkie101]

TBS shows the episodes in PRODUCTION order. Meaning TBS airs the episodes in the order they were taped, not broadcast.

The first episode is really like the 3rd episode or so. They must have filmed two other episodes, and realized they needed to explain a few things.

So, in a way, TBS airs them in order, but at the same time, they don't, lol, and they always skip "Gert Rides Again" I KNOW they've aired it before, but they haven't in a LONG time.

[AtlantaBravesFan29]

The shows from the summer of 1985 were all reruns of the 1982-1984 season of Mama's Family.

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by TVJunkie101
TBS shows the episodes in PRODUCTION order. Meaning TBS airs the episodes in the order they were taped, not broadcast.

The first episode is really like the 3rd episode or so. They must have filmed two other episodes, and realized they needed to explain a few things.

So, in a way, TBS airs them in order, but at the same time, they don't, lol, and they always skip "Gert Rides Again" I KNOW they've aired it before, but they haven't in a LONG time.

That explains it. My local WB channel used to do the same thing, and I wondered what the deal was with this show and syndication.

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
The shows from the summer of 1985 were all reruns of the 1982-1984 season of Mama's Family.

I finally got the answer. Whoo hoo. Thanks.

[ThomasE]

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
I didn't know the episode where Vint pawns Mama's silver was the 13th episode. I guess the fact that Naomi wasn't in that episode confuses me also because they were married when that episode aired.:confused:

Actually that is the pilot episode that aired as the second episode. Shows do it all the time. It happened with "A Different World" too.

[Cashodeen]

Originally posted by ThomasE
Actually that is the pilot episode that aired as the second episode. Shows do it all the time. It happened with "A Different World" too.

Well, I'll be. TVtome.com needs to get it together. It says "Mama's Silver" aired May 07, 83.

[AtlantaBravesFan29]

Then Vint and the Kids Move In wasn't the first episode was it!!! I think it definitely was because on Tim's TV Showcase it is listed as the first episode. It has to be the first episode because Fran tells Mama ,Vint always comes over with a bag full of clothes comes around supper time. Then in the kitchen Buzz tells Mama that their mother is a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas,and Mama says,"Well Ann Margaret should rest better tonight". Then Vint tells Mama that they got kicked out of the house and asks Mama if they want to stay just for a while. Then Sonia asks I need a drink, Mama says I need a beer,I am not the only one that's lit up. Then Ellen comes over and everyone is moving boxes out of the attic and Vint trips over the stairs and falls into the box and the mattress is on the floor. Then Naomi yells from in the kitchen,"Mrs Harper!!!!!!!" and Mama says, That Naomi Oates from next door, why did I get up this morning??? Then Naomi tells Mama her elm tree is putting sap on her car and that she was picking up a friend and that she wasn't going to be seen in a sap covered car. Then Naomi sees Vint for the first time since high school and then they do their high school cheer. Then Fran comes in and sees all of the commotion and Mama walks along the mattress trying to explain what's going on and goes in the kitchen. Sonia comes in with her Rick Springfield picture,and Ellen tells Fran,Mama has some good news and some bad news,the bad news is there isn't any good news. When Fran confronts Mama about what's going on,Mama tells her that Vint and the kids are going to stay and says something about the studio Fran has upstairs. Then Sonia comes in the kitchen with a book that Fran has written which reads, "Gladiola Says Hush To Her Confused Self" and Mama takes it away and says, What Kind Of Smut Is This???" Fran says, "THAT'S MY BOOK!!!" Then Sonia says,"That's Hot Stuff, Aunt Fran" Then Fran gets upset and threatens to leave only to change her mind afterwards and everyone gets a room.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[ThomasE]

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
Then Vint and the Kids Move In wasn't the first episode was it!!! I think it definitely was because on Tim's TV Showcase it is listed as the first episode. It has to be the first episode because Fran tells Mama ,Vint always comes over with a bag full of clothes comes around supper time. Then in the kitchen Buzz tells Mama that their mother is a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas,and Mama says,"Well Ann Margaret should rest better tonight". Then Vint tells Mama that they got kicked out of the house and asks Mama if they want to stay just for a while. Then Sonia asks I need a drink, Mama says I need a beer,I am not the only one that's lit up. Then Ellen comes over and everyone is moving boxes out of the attic and Vint trips over the stairs and falls into the box and the mattress is on the floor. Then Naomi yells from in the kitchen,"Mrs Harper!!!!!!!" and Mama says, That Naomi Oates from next door, why did I get up this morning??? Then Naomi tells Mama her elm tree is putting sap on her car and that she was picking up a friend and that she wasn't going to be seen in a sap covered car. Then Naomi sees Vint for the first time since high school and then they do their high school cheer. Then Fran comes in and sees all of the commotion and Mama walks along the mattress trying to explain what's going on and goes in the kitchen. Sonia comes in with her Rick Springfield picture,and Ellen tells Fran,Mama has some good news and some bad news,the bad news is there isn't any good news. When Fran confronts Mama about what's going on,Mama tells her that Vint and the kids are going to stay and says something about the studio Fran has upstairs. Then Sonia comes in the kitchen with a book that Fran has written which reads, "Gladiola Says Hush To Her Confused Self" and Mama takes it away and says, What Kind Of Smut Is This???" Fran says, "THAT'S MY BOOK!!!" Then Sonia says,"That's Hot Stuff, Aunt Fran" Then Fran gets upset and threatens to leave only to change her mind afterwards and everyone gets a room.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

"Mama's Silver" was shot as a pilot and when picked up as a series the official first episode was shot and place in in front of the pilot episode. Same think happened with The Bob Newhart Show(Pilot aired as episode 9) and A Different World. (Pilot aired as ep 2)