That's My Mama
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| That's My Mama | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Starring | Clifton Davis Theresa Merritt Jester Hairston (Season 1) DeForest Covan (Season 1) Lynne Moody (Season 1) Ted Lange Teddy Wilson Lisle Wilson (Season 2) Joan Pringle (Season 2) Helen Martin (Season 2) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 4, 1974 – December 17, 1975 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
That's My Mama is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 1974 until December 1975. There are 39 episodes of this series.
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[edit] Synopsis
Set in a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the program revolved around the character Clifton Curtis (played by Clifton Davis), a man in his late 20s who worked as a barber at Oscar's Barber Shop, the family barber shop he had inherited from his late father. While Clifton enjoyed being a bachelor, his opinionated mother "Mama" Curtis, played by Theresa Merritt, wanted him to settle down and find a nice wife. Additional characters - both Curtis's friends and other members of his family - came and went over the course of a typical day at Oscar's Barber Shop.
That's My Mama was never a ratings success. It was not one of the top 30 most-watched U.S. programs in the Nielsen ratings for either the 1974-75 or 1975-76 television seasons. However, the show retained a small cult following despite rarely running in syndication. Both seasons of That's My Mama have been released on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In the late '80s a pilot for a revival series called That's My Mama Now! with Ted Lange as the star was produced, but lack of enough stations signing up ensured the death of the revival.
[edit] Cast
- Clifton Curtis...Clifton Davis
- "Mama" Elosie Curtis...Theresa Merritt
- Earl Chambers #1 (1974)...Ed Bernard (first two episodes)
- Earl Chambers #2 (1974-1975)...Theodore Wilson
- Tracy Curtis Taylor #1 (1974-1975)...Lynne Moody
- Wildcat (1974-1975)...Jester Hairston
- Josh (1974-1975)...DeForest Covan
- Junior...Ted Lange
- Leonard Taylor...Lisle Wilson (recurring character in season one and promoted to regular cast member in season two)
- Tracy Curtis Taylor #2 (1975)...Joan Pringle
- Joe - Randy Watson (recurring character of the policeman in season one)
[edit] Catch Phrases
"Wooooooo, WHEE!! I got it, I got it, and I got to report it!" -- Junior's (Ted Lange) introduction whenever he had a bit of "juicy" gossip to tell Clifton and anybody else in the barbershop who happened to be listening.
[edit] External links
- That's My Mama at the Internet Movie Database
- That's My Mama at TV.com
- That's My Mama at Super70s.com
