Mama's Family

Today we visit RAYTOWN for a show that was a spinoff of the "Carol Burnett" sketch comedy show of the late 70's.. "Mama's Family" starred VICKI LAWRENCE as the feisty old Thelma Harper.. Thelma had quite the full house with his son being divorced and moving back in with his kids, BUZZ and SONJA as well as her sister FRAN (played by future Blanche RUE MCCLANNAHAN) and other "Golden Girl" alumni BETTY WHITE as Mama's snobby daughter, ELLEN.. THELMA's other daughter, the mischevious and loud mouthed EUNICE was portrayed on the show by CAROL BURNETT..

These characters though dwindled down as the show went into syndication in 1986.. With VINTON marrying NAOMI OATES a checker at the "Food Circus".. The syndicated years, brought in ALLAN KAYSER as BUBBA, Thelma's Grandson who had left Juvie and who's parents, ED and EUNICE had abandoned him and left to Florida...

Today, I am featuring an episode from the earlier, NBC years of the show.. From 1983 the episode is entitled, "Mama Gets a Job"..




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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES..

** The "New" UNSOLVED MYSTERIES with new host DENNIS FARINA who starred in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Law & Order" launched today on SPIKE TV!.. The show featured many of the same cases previously presented but were presented in a faster pace presentation..

As I watched though, the show just didn't creep me out the way that the late- ROBERT STACK's narration did years ago... Here's a segment about the Zodiac Killer and Unabomber from the ORIGINAL "Unsolved Mysteries" that ran on NBC Wednesday nights during the late 80's and into the 90's..



THE UNABOMBER & THE ZODIAC KILLER: A CONNECTION?:

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SCI FI SUNDAY: Star Trek: The Cloud Minders

**Back with a vengence for Sci-Fi Sunday..

Today we visit the Starship Enterprise for an episode of the classic series "Star Trek" that originally aired on February 28, 1969.. The episode is called "The Cloud Minders" and revolves around a botanical plague that could eliminate ALL oxygen production on a planet that has extreme socio-economic class differences..





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