September 27, 1986 • 25m
Mama finds Frannie's diary when she goes to get Bubba for breakfast. Inside is a note telling Mama to call the executor of her wil...Read more
October 4, 1986 • 25m
The family is in the middle of a game of scrabble when Ellen stops by with a gift for Mama and to attempt to once again apologize ...Read more
October 11, 1986 • 25m
Mama is the editor of the years church bazaar cookbook, in it she plans to use her own recipe for Chili. Iola objects thinking it ...Read more
October 18, 1986 • 25m
When Mama's dreams start providing the names of winning horses, the family figures they're in the money.
October 25, 1986 • 25m
Mama's sister, Frannie, has just passed away, and even if she can't bring herself to tell how Frannie actually died (it was by inh...Read more
November 1, 1986 • 25m
In this Thanksgiving episode, Mama, Bubba, Vinton, Naomi, Iola, and Aunt Effie (Dorothy Van) all go for cover in the basement when...Read more
November 8, 1986 • 25m
Iola is distraught when her cat Midnight dies,although everyone else is thankful,noting that the cat was as mean as a rattlesnake....Read more
November 15, 1986 • 25m
Naomi is giving Bubba and Vint a love test to see how romantic they are,from the latest issue Lady's Circle.As it turns out Vint i...Read more
November 22, 1986 • 25m
The Harpers, Iola and Aunt Effie must go.for cover in the basement when a tornado passes through Raytown on Thanksgiving.
November 29, 1986 • 25m
Bubba wants to borrow $200 to buy a new drum set, while Iola's upset that she can't get her jewelry box open to put her pearls awa...Read more
December 6, 1986 • 25m
Thelma invites Reverend Meecham to dinner in the hopes of being named the president of the Church Ladies League. However, a surpri...Read more
December 13, 1986 • 25m
Unhappy with the rut she's gotten into, Naomi decides to make a change and arrives home with the news that, after seeing an ad in ...Read more
December 20, 1986 • 25m
Vinton is chosen to play Santa @ the Raytown Mall. However, with too much practice, he loses his voice! So Mama fills in the las...Read more
January 10, 1987 • 25m
Mama and Naomi's plan to find a date for Iola backfires when the date is more interested in Mama.
January 17, 1987 • 25m
Mama is appalled when she finds a girlie magazine named Casanova under Bubba's bed while cleaning. She firsts wants to know were B...Read more
January 24, 1987 • 25m
An anonymous letter convinces Vint that he's adopted, so he sets out to find his biological mother.
January 31, 1987 • 25m
An anonymous letter convinces Vint that he's adopted, so he sets out to find his biological mother.
February 7, 1987 • 25m
Mama is surprised to learn she was entered in the Grandma USA contest by Bubba. She is at first reluctant to compete, but changes ...Read more
February 14, 1987 • 25m
Vint's former Army Sergeant comes to town and recruits Bubba, who enlists after his girlfriend breaks up with him.
February 21, 1987 • 25m
Mama's worldly cousin (Vicki Lawrence in a dual role) annoys Mama with her neverending stories.
February 28, 1987 • 25m
Mama emerges as a contender in an arm-wrestling competition.
March 7, 1987 • 25m
Naomi's best friend Luann has just been divorced and Naomi wants to set her up with a friend of her's for a double date with her a...Read more
March 14, 1987 • 25m
After Vint is invited to join the Mystic Order of the Cobra, a local men's club, Mama attempts to sabotage his induction.
March 21, 1987 • 25m
Vint brings home a new electric blanket he received for signing up for a life insurance policy. A few minutes later, his insuranc...Read more
March 28, 1987 • 25m
Mama brings Auntie Effie home to nurse her back to health after she falls off the roof of her house while.trying to reshuffle it.