Mama's Family Mama Gets the Bird (Season 4, Episode 17)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 21 min | Comedy

Mama's Family

Mama Gets the Bird (Season 4, Episode 17)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 21 min | Comedy

Mama's beloved uncle dies and leaves her his pet parrot. The bird speaks in rhymes that the family believes are clues to the late uncle's hidden fortune.

Director

Dave Powers

Writers

Dick Clair (created by) | Jenna McMahon (created by) | Jim Evering (written by)

Producers

Jim Evering | Dave Powers

Editor

Patrick Williams

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 30, 1988

Release date

Jan 30, 1988 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 win & 8 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
6 cast members

Name	Known for
Vicki Lawrence Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Ken Berry Vinton Harper Vinton Harper See fewer	Mama's Family (1983)
Dorothy Lyman Naomi Oates Harper Naomi Oates Harper See fewer	Blow (2001)
Beverly Archer Iola Lucille Boylen Iola Lucille Boylen See fewer	Mama's Family (1983)
Allan Kayser Bubba Higgins Bubba Higgins See fewer	Night of the Creeps (1986)
Karen Hartman Petey (voice) Petey (voice) See fewer	The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)