Mama's Family/Mama Mania

Mama Mania
Season 4, Episode 9
Airdate	November 21, 1987
Production Number	416
Written by	Neil Lebowitz
Directed by	Dave Powers
Produced by	Jim Evering and Dave Powers
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Mama's Family — Season Four

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Mama Mania is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Mama's Family, and the sixty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Vicki Lawrence (Thelma Harper)

Also Starring: Ken Berry (Vinton Harper), Dorothy Lyman (Naomi Harper), Beverly Archer (Iola Boyland), Allan Kayser (Bubba Higgins)

Guest Stars: Spice Williams (Didi Mason), Dee Booher (Mabel One), Emily Dole (Mabel Two)

Johnny Dark (Ring Announcer), Stan Mazin (Referee)

Plot Overview

Thelma is forced to take over as Naomi's partner in a tag team wrestling match against women's tag team champs the Masked Mabels after Thelma accidentally knocks out Didi, Naomi's wrestler friend and original partner in the match, with a bucket before the match starts.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Dee Booher and Emily Dole, who portrayed the Masked Mabels in this episode, were real-life wrestlers who appeared in the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling promotion on its TV show (Booher played monster heel character Matilda the Hun in the show's first season, while Dole portrayed heroic Samoan giant Mount Fiji throughout its run). After leaving GLOW, Booher played Queen Kong, a similar character to Matilda the Hun, in rival women's promotion the Powerful Women of Wrestling. In addition to wrestling, Booher was also a professional roller derby skater