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Mama's Family

Pomp and Circumstance

Season 4, Episode 25, Aired Mar 26, 1988

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Mama and Bubba will graduate from high school together, but Bubba wants to skip the ceremony.

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Joseph Campanella

Allan Hanson
GUEST STAR
Phyllis Franklin

voice of Eunice

Vicki Lawrence

Mrs. Thelma "Mama" Crowley-Harper
Ken Berry

Vinton Harper
Dorothy Lyman

Naomi Oates Harper
Karin Argoud

Sonja Harper (episodes 1-35)
Beverly Archer

Iola Boylen (1986-1990)
Allan Kayser

Bubba Higgins (episodes 36-130)

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A serious but yet fine example of parents who abandon and mistreat their children in the modern world today.

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By cjm77, Apr 28, 2006

This is probably one of the most depressing but yet most serious episodes of Mamas Family of the entire series because it brings out the modern world today of how some
parents don\\\'t care about their kids. All Bubba wanted was
to have his parents Ed and Eunice pay attention and be proud
of him. But they never did, First when Bubba is in Juvenille
Hall his parents move to Florida and stick Bubba with Mama and now in this episode Bubba and Mama are graduating night
school together and Bubba wants Ed and Eunice to attend his graduation and to go to collage down in Florida where Ed and Eunice live and Eunice phones mama and says that she and
Ed can\\\'t make it to his graduation and that they don\\\'t want
Bubba down in Florida with them so mama has to break the news to Bubba which breaks his heart. What is sad about the
whole situation is that there are alot of parents out there
just like Ed and Eunice who never have cared about their children and never wanted them and in my opinion this episode also brings out that mama through all her crankiness and sarchasm truly cared about Bubba and tried to love him. I encourage anyone especially a parent who has seen this episode to think twice about how they raise and treat their children.moreless
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- When Mr. Hanson first started teaching and Mama wanted to impress him, she said that one of the things she could lose was her B average. But it this episode she has gotten straight A's. Did Mama somehow do extra work to get that all up, or does dating your teacher pay off?
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- If Mama was valdictorian, nobody in Bubba's class was able to maintain a straight A average? It seems a bit unlikely that not one student could keep their grades so high.
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- Eunice: All we got is a one room studio with a broken hotplate and a bed that comes out of the wall. Mama: Move up in the world, have you?
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- Bubba: I heard from Florida State. Naomi: Oh Bubba, don't tell me they rejected you. Bubba: Oh, they said I should consider a school less academically demanding, like bartender school.
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- Mama: Lord, how in the world could I have raised such a hateful, unloving mother? Vint: Hey Mama. Mama: What the hell do you want?
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- *Iola is saying how she found her accordion* Iola: It was all boxed up underneath a pile of bricks in the back of a garage. I wonder what made Daddy store it way back there. Naomi: Must've been love of music.
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- *Vint is describing his alarm system* Vint: Highly sophisticated, yet simple enough for a child to use. Mama: Well, it's in the right hands.
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- Iola: Hey Thelma, what about a little post-graduation sing along? Mama: Sure Iola. Sing along with this. *plugs in the alarm and it starts going off*
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- Naomi: Mrs. Harper, how are you gonna persuade Bubba to change his mind? Mama: With love, compassion, and understanding. Naomi: Oh! *Leaves* Mama: Bubba, you get your butt down here right now!!!
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- *Mama is reading her speech and Bubba starts dialing the phone* Mama: Esteemed faculty, welcomed guests, fellow classmate. I come before, before you. I come before you tonight with a burning question in my heart. What the hell do you think you're doing?!
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- *Iola continues to play the Graduation march* Mama: Iola, knock it off!
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- Naomi: But Bubba, you don't have to make something of yourself to go home to your family. Vint: Yeah. Look at me. Mama's tickled to death to have me here. *Mama gives an annoyed look to Vint*
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- *Vint's alarm isn't working right* Vint: Problem must be a little short. Mama: Yeah. A little short of brains.
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NOTES (1)
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- This is the last time we see the character of Allan Hanson, even though his previous two appearances indicated that he and Thelma might have been forming a possible relationship.
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