"That's My Mama" (1974) TV series 1974-1975

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Creator:

Dan T. Bradley
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

4 September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

African American | Sitcom | Actor Shares First Name With Character

Cast

Theresa Merritt	...	Eloise 'Mama' Curtis (39 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ted Lange	...	Junior (39 episodes, 1974-1975)
Clifton Davis	...	Clifton Curtis (38 episodes, 1974-1975)
Teddy Wilson	...	Earl Chambers / ... (38 episodes, 1974-1975)
Lisle Wilson	...	Leonard Taylor (29 episodes, 1974-1975)
Lynne Moody	...	Tracy Curtis Taylor (22 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jester Hairston	...	Wildcat (22 episodes, 1974-1975)
DeForest Covan	...	Josh (22 episodes, 1974-1975)

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Series Directed by
Bob LaHendro		(20 episodes, 1974-1975)
Arnold Margolin		(6 episodes, 1975)
Stan Lathan		(3 episodes, 1975)
Norman Abbott		(2 episodes, 1975)
Burt Brinckerhoff		(2 episodes, 1975)
Mort Lachman		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Writing credits
Dan T. Bradley		(39 episodes, 1974-1975)
Larry Siegel		(10 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ron Friedman		(4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Hal Goldman		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Al Gordon		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Lloyd Garver		(3 episodes, 1975)
Mike Milligan		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jay Moriarty		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Thad Mumford		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jerry Ross		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Elias Davis		(2 episodes, 1975)
Charlie Hauck		(2 episodes, 1975)
Rick Mittleman		(2 episodes, 1975)
Winston Moss		(2 episodes, 1975)
David Pollock		(2 episodes, 1975)
Bud Wiser		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Produced by
Chris Bearde	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 1974-1975)
Allan Blye	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 1974-1975)
Elias Davis	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1975)
David Pollock	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1975)

Series Film Editing by
Marco Zappia		(unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Gene Lukowski	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1975)
James Woodworth	....	stage manager (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Blye-Bearde Productions
• Columbia Pictures Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974-1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Runtime:

30 min (39 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Blye-Bearde Productions

Trivia:

Ted Lange as "Junior" had the show's one catchphrase, which he said each time he entered a scene: "Oo-wee! I got it, I got it, and I've got to ree-port it."

Quotes:

Clifton Curtis: [opening narration] Welcome to Oscar's Barbershop, named after my daddy who passed it on to me. It's been a part of Washington, DC a long time. This is me Clifton Curtis, my own boss and lovin' every minute of it, and this is my little sister Tracy and her husband Leonard. This is my best friend, happy-go-lucky Earl, and this wonderful person, well... That's My Mama!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Family Guy: Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington (#3.3)" (2001)

An excellent sitcom of the 70's

I have (4) episodes of this sitcom on tape but would like to communicate with others that may have some of these extremely hard to find episodes on tape. Episodes of another black sitcom from the 1970's was just recently put on DVD. Maybe someone in the film vault, will someday, pull out some of these episodes for syndication or DVD.