Post by Kaz ~;~ on Jul 19, 2010 9:32:04 GMT -5
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Series Summary:: Thelma Harper, a cranky, sharp-tongued widow shared a small house with her high-strung sister Fran. Thelma's scatterbrained son Vinton moved back in with Thelma with his teenage kids, Sonja and Vinton, Jr. ("Buzz"), after his wife ran out on him to become a Las Vegas showgirl. After Vinton moved in with Thelma, he became romantically interested in Thelma's next-door neighbor Naomi. They soon got married and Naomi moved into Thelma's house as well. Thelma's daughters, the spoiled, rich, snobbish Ellen and the foulmouthed Eunice, and Eunice's husband Ed occasionally visited (Ellen's husband, Bruce, was talked about but never seen). In 1986, Fran died, Buzz and Sonja moved out, and Ed and Eunice moved to Florida. Bubba, Ed and Eunice's son, had served a term in juvenile hall for car theft and because of this, was not allowed to come to Florida to join them; he ended up living with Thelma. Iola (who lived across the street from Thelma her whole life but did not join the cast until 1986) was the looney neighbor who lusted for Vinton.
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(Series Cast)
Vicki Lawrence ... Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper
Ken Berry ... Vinton Harper
Dorothy Lyman ... Naomi Oates Harper
Allan Kayser ... Bubba Higgins
Beverly Archer ... Iola Lucille Boylen
Eric Brown ... Vinton 'Buzz' Harper, Jr.
Karin Argoud ... Sonja Harper
Rue McClanahan ... Aunt Fran Crowley
Betty White ... Ellen Harper Jackson
Dorothy Van ... Aunt Effie Harper
Carol Burnett ... Eunice Higgins
Alan Oppenheimer ... Mayor Alvin Tutweiler
Earl Boen ... Reverend Lloyd Meechum
Anne Haney ... Alberta Meechum
Harvey Korman ... Ed Higgins
