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What if some of the syndicated situations happened to early Mama?

posted 9 years ago by tinkerbell_jonna
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What if the Mama from the Family Sketches on the Carol Burnett Show was faced with some of the situations that Syndicated Mama's Family Mama was faced with, how do you think she would have reacted, handled the situation? Similar? Different? or what?

Like what if Family Sketch Mama's house was being demolished, do you think she would have jumped onto the wrecking ball? How would family Sketch Mama react to being pranked by everyone like on the syndicated April Fool's day episode?

Do you think Family Sketch Mama would be willing to play Santa Claus if the real one was unavailable?

[–] Rytman 9 years ago

I think The NBC version of Mama would've gotten an attorney to file an injunction to stop her house from being demolished, or perhaps would've called Ellen to get some nasty dirt on The Mayor to blackmail him out of it, etc.

Def. not how the goofy Mama of the syndicated era would've reacted....

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[–] tinkerbell_jonna 9 years ago

Mama DID actually have a boyfriend in all 3 versions.. On the Carol Burnett Family Sketches, NBC Mama's Family, AND Syndicated Mama's Family.

There were times I wondered if Mama could in fact DRIVE on the Family Sketches of the Carol Burnett Show... She seemed to come and go from Eunice's at will.

Like in the Christmas episode she comes to Eunice's, it was only later that she said Ellen dropped her off, but Eunice did NOT know this when Mama first arrived, Eunice just kept telling her brother Larry, "Mama will be here any minute!" It makes it sound like Mama was mobile in the Family sketches, at least maybe the earlier ones.