Mama's Family - Press Release and Package Art for 'The Complete 6th Season'

 In the world of prime-time television, success often begets success by way of the spin-off. "The Carol Burnett Show" lasted eleven seasons on CBS, thanks in part to the recurring comedy sketches that attracted a large, loyal viewership. "The Family," starring Vicki Lawrence as the irascible Thelma "Mama" Harper, quickly became a fan favorite, and it wasn't a matter of if - but when - she would get her own TV series. When the series finally spun off in 1983, it ran for six ribald seasons on both NBC and in first-run syndication; and, in the sixth and final season of MAMA'S FAMILY, Lawrence made sure that her surly senior would always be a part of the pantheon of classic sitcom characters and that there'd always be at least three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Mama's big mouth.

MAMA'S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON is the final DVD installment in the MAMA'S franchise from StarVista Entertainment/Time Life. Across the last 20 episodes, which originally ran from September 1989 to February 1990, fans will be treated to Mama's swan song, in which she does not go silently into that good night. Instead, in "Mama Fights Back," she chews out K-RAY radio's consumer watchdog on the air and promptly gets hired as his replacement. After watching TV detective movies for a week, and hearing that Iola's mother is missing, Mama dreams she's a film-noir private eye hired to find her client's mother in "The Big Nap." And, in "Bubba's House Band," Bubba mistakenly books The Bone Crushers, an all-female heavy metal band, for his college's homecoming, and it's up to Mama to rein the hellions in. However, the big news in the show's final season involves Vint and Naomi: they finally move out of the basement into an RV parked in Mama's driveway, and after much anticipation, Naomi gives birth to Tiffany Thelma Harper in "Bye Bye - Baby!" Odds are the bickering bloodline will stay strong...

When MAMA'S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION was released in 2013, leading home entertainment site DVD Talk called it "the single best vintage television DVD release of the year" and Parade.com said that MAMA'S FAMILY has "never looked better." It's never too late to invite TV's most dysfunctional family into your home for a stay with THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON!

BONUS FEATURES:

Interviews with Vicki Lawrence and Rick Hawkins, Executive Producer; Jim Evering, Producer & Writer; Manny Basanese, Writer, and Bob Mackie and Ret Turner, Costume Design

GUEST STARS

Robert Mandan ("Soap," "The Love Boat," The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)

Liz Torres ("The John Larroquete Show," "Gilmore Girls")

'80s pop star Stacey Q ("Two of Hearts")

MAMA'S FAMILY: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON

Street Date: February 10, 2015

DVD SRP: $29.95

Running Time: 522 minutes

Genre: TV/Comedy

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 mono