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The Gay Pre-History of Mama's Family

Published: Oct. 5, 2022, 6 a.m.

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\\u201cThere Is Nothing Like the Dames\\u201d (February 17, 1990)

Believe it or not, Mama\\u2019s Family has a deeply queer history. While the final result of \\u2014 the syndicated revival that returned to TV after NBC canceled the it \\u2014 bears little of that, this episode goes over all the ways a recurring sketch on The Carol Burnett Show originally told the story of a queer-coded artist who can\\u2019t relate to his family back home. It\\u2019s all the stranger to consider that Mama\\u2019s Family never did an explicitly queer episode, even with all those Bob Mackie costumes.

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Vicki Lawrence sings the original, non-instrumental version of the Mama\\u2019s Family theme song. But also listen to her disco banger \\u201cDon\\u2019t Stop the Music\\u201d and the no. 1 murder mystery pop hit \\u201cThe Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.\\u201d

Watch the brilliant 1982 TV movie adaptation of the Harper family saga, Eunice. Also watch The Carol Burnett Show\\u2019s famous \\u201cWent With the Wind\\u201d sketch. But most importantly watch the original sketch version that led to Mama\\u2019s Family, when it was just called \\u201cThe Family.\\u201d It made Drew way more sad than sketch comedy usually does.
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