Episode
Mama's Family: Bye-Bye–Baby!
Overview
When Naomi is upset about her baby being late, Mama tries to calm her down with a false story about Carl. Mama tells Iola what really happened (both the false and true versions are seen in flashback, with Carl played by Ken Berry). Later that day, Naomi goes into labor and Mama ends up delivering her baby girl, Tiffany Thelma Harper.
Details
- Series
- Mama's Family
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1990-02-24
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Bye-Bye–Baby! is Episode 20 in Season 6 of Mama's Family. It aired on 1990-02-24. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 18: Look Who's Breathing
Naomi and Vinton are taking a childbirth class. When Vint is called in to work, Mama has to go to class with Naomi instead of going to the Bingo Bonanza with Iola, so an impatient Mama creates chaos by trying to speed things along and offering her own perspective on the "miracle of birth".
Episode 17: Guess Who's Going to Dinner
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Episode 16: Pinup Mama
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Episode 15: The Big Nap
After watching detective movies on TV for a week, and hearing that Iola's mother is missing, Mama dreams that she is a film noir-style detective hired to find her client's mother.
Episode 14: Mama Gets Goosed
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Episode 13: Mama Takes a Dive
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Episode 12: War of the Roses
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Episode 11: Mama Takes Stock
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Episode 10: Bubba's House Band
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Episode 9: Take My Mama, Please!
After heckling a stand-up comedian at the Bigger Jigger, Mama accepts a challenge to do a routine of her own.