The BEST episodes written by Rick Hawkins
#1 - Father's Day
Sister, Sister - Season 6 - Episode 15
The twins think a photojournalist visiting campus may be their biological father.
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#2 - with Dinah Shore
The Carol Burnett Show - Season 10 - Episode 8
Business professionals (Carol and Harvey) discuss his marriage proposal in the style of a business meeting. Dinah Shore sings "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover". Tim's plays the oldest living butcher with Harvey as an impatient customer. "Went With The Wind," a "Gone With The Wind" spoof features Carol as Starlet O'Hara, Vicki as Sissy, Tim as Brashley Wilkes, Dinah as Melody, and Harvey as Capt. Rat Butler. A musical salute to New Orleans with "Basin Street Blues" as the centerpiece.
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#3 - Fly Away Home
Sister, Sister - Season 6 - Episode 22
It's Lisa's wedding day and she is really nervous. So nervous in fact that she runs out of the church and goes to a bar and meets up with her past friend Foxy Jones.
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#4 - Designer Genes
Sister, Sister - Season 5 - Episode 1
Lisa learns of a benefit fashion show and tries to persuade one of the designers to look at her portfolio. When she fails, Tia and Tamera strike a pose and sneak backstage - as models. Supermodel Beverly Peele appears as herself.
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#5 - Found Money
Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 6
When Mama tries to use the bank's ATM, it malfunctions and gives her $800, and she is unsure whether to keep it or give it back to the bank.
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#6 - Bedtime for Bubba
Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 9
Mama suspects that Bubba and his female classmate are doing more than studying together, and she is determined to prove it.
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#7 - Where There's Smoke
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 11
Mama invites Reverend Meechum to dinner in hopes of being names President of the Church Ladies' League.
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#8 - Mama's Cousin
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 20
Mama's worldly cousin (Vicki Lawrence in a dual role) annoys Mama with her neverending stories.
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#9 - The Mama Who Came to Dinner
Mama's Family - Season 2 - Episode 10
Vint and Naomi look forward to having their friends over for a dinner party. When Mama's back goes out, however, they are forced to hold the party with her laying on the floor in the middle of the room.
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The Carol Burnett Show - Season 10 - Episode 17
Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) has a millionaire date (guest Rock Hudson) for lunch, but she wants to dump him; Steve Lawrence sings "You Take My Heart Away"; a husband-and-wife news team bicker while anchoring a newscast; and a salute to the music of composer Jule Styne including including "People", "Together", "Small World" and "Everything's Coming up Roses".
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#11 - Best Medicine
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 3
Ellen must have surgery, which deeply concerns Mama despite her ongoing feud with Ellen.
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#12 - Home Sweet Dorm
Sister, Sister - Season 6 - Episode 1
It's a brand new school year and Tia and Tamera are entering college at the University of Michigan with high expectations. They meet up with Diavian, Jordan and Tyreke (who also attend) and learn that their new dorm room is an athletic dorm in which they must share a private bathroom with two college jocks. Wanting to find an available dorm room in the same building as their friends, they go to campus housing and learn that there aren't any vacant rooms. Diavian meets her new roommate, Simone Flosser, a bossy senior whose first impression turns sour. Meanwhile, Ray tries to turn Tamera's bedroom into his personal den room much to the chagrin of Lisa.
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#13 - Mama Makes Three
Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 25
After being told that they cannot conceive a child, Vint and Naomi decide to adopt, but first they - and Mama - are required to meet with a psychiatrist.
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#14 - Mama's Girls
Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 18
Trying to get Aunt Effie to follow her doctor's advice and exercise leads Mama to start a senior citizens's tap-dancing troupe.
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#15 - Punky Finds a Home (2)
Punky Brewster - Season 1 - Episode 2
Henry calls the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS), but Punky panics, saying that she doesn't want to go to an orphanage, so Henry promises Punky that she won't have to go to an orphanage. The DCFS sends Miranda ""Randi"" Mitchell, who takes Punky away from Henry. Randi takes Punky to Fenster Hall, a home for kids up for adoption. Randi later returns to Henry's apartment and tells Henry that there hasn't been much progress in finding Punky's mother Susan, who may not want to be found. Randi also says that in 72 hours, the DCFS will have a hearing to decide who gets custody of Punky, and Punky wants it to be Henry. Henry has shed a lot of his grouchiness, and he now loves Punky and would like to have custody of her, but Randi thinks Punky would be better off with someone else. At Fenster Hall, Punky is introduced to her two room mates -- Lisa is a girl who acts tough, and Mary is a girl who never talks. Punky wants to escape from Fenster Hall and go back to Henry's apartment,
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#16 - An Ill Wind
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 9
Mama, Bubba, Vinton, Naomi, Iola, and Aunt Effie go for cover in the basement when an unexpected tornado passes by Raytown at Thanksgiving..
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#17 - with James Garner, George Carlin, and Ken Berry
The Carol Burnett Show - Season 11 - Episode 22
A doctor about to take a trip to Hawaii gets a going-away gift from his patients, but their neuroses ruin the festivities; guest George Carlin spoofs record offer advertisements; a recurring series of sketches of a construction worker seeking several ways to try to get rid of his wife; Ken and Vicki perform "My Cutie's Due at Two-to-Two Today" with the dancers; a dentist wreaks revenge on her ex-husband who's her patient; and for the close, a musical finale about two penniless bums.
#18 - Mixed Doubles
Sister, Sister - Season 6 - Episode 12
Tyreke wins four tickets to "Ragtime"; Lisa is attracted to Ray's frat buddy.
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#19 - The Return of Leonard Oates
Mama's Family - Season 2 - Episode 2
Naomi's second ex-husband returns to seek her favor.
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#20 - Mama Learns to Drive
Mama's Family - Season 2 - Episode 11
Mama is finally forced to learn to drive when nobody will take her to the mall.
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#21 - Teacher's Pet
Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 7
Mama is smitten with her night school teacher, but she does not know how to get his attention... so she turns to Iola and Naomi for help.
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#22 - Rashomama
Mama's Family - Season 2 - Episode 5
Mama is almost taken out with a cooking pot, and each family member has a different version of how it happened.
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#23 - Zirconias Are a Girl's Best Friend
Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 2
When Mama becomes addicted to TV home shopping, her family must intervene when the credit card bill arrives.
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#24 - Have It Mama's Way
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 16
Mama and Bubba wind up working at the same fast food joint.
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#25 - I Do, I Don't
Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 16
After attending a family wedding, Bubba, Mama, and Iola fantasize about what married life would be like with the objects of their affections.
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#26 - Farewell, Frannie
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 1
Mama's sister, Frannie, has passed away; and Mama is determined to give her the perfect day for her funeral.
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#27 - Mama Goes Hawaiian (2)
Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 21
Vinton plays a round of golf with three men who mistakenly believe that he is a stock market insider, and his "advice" actually causes them to triple their money. To thank him, they invite him and his family to a farewell party given by their corporate boss - the "beach bum" Mama has been trying to avoid.
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#28 - Mama Cries Uncle
Mama's Family - Season 2 - Episode 20
When Carl's long-lost brother shows up, Mama is afraid there might be a love connection.
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#29 - Mama's Silver
Mama's Family - Season 1 - Episode 13
Vint pawns Mama's silver to bail out his friend Claude Cainmaker (whom Mama can't stand).
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#30 - Reading the Riot Act
Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 20
When it is decided that Lollie Purdue is doing a terrible job as President of the Church Ladies's League, Mama tries to have her impeached.
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#31 - The Goodbye Guy
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 16
Mr. Woodman's niece Kelly is babysitting for the Kotters when Juan drops by the apartment. The two abruptly fall in love and decide to move in together, but the romance begins to crumble when it seems that they can't respect one another's interests.
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Soul Food - Season 2 - Episode 13
Musical guest: Deborah Cox Lem's delinquent cousin, Jack, comes to town to make amends. Teri fails in her efforts to keep a distance between herself and Damon. Bird's marriage is threatened when she gets a chance to go on tour with Deborah Cox and her band.
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#33 - The Wedding (Part 1)
Mama's Family - Season 1 - Episode 3
The boys party and the girls decorate as Vint and Naomi's marriage looms.
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The Wayans Bros. - Season 2 - Episode 1
When Cliff, the owner of the newsstand in the same New York office building as Pops' diner, dies, Shawn borrows money from Pops to buy the business, and hires Marlon to help out. But Marlon would rather help himself to a down-on-her-luck heiress named Monique, who struts into their lives with rich tastes and empty pockets.
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#35 - Baby Talk
Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 2
Naomi decides that she wants to have a baby. Mama, who is determined to prevent this, arranges for a neighbor's constantly screaming baby to spend the day with Naomi and Vinton.
#36 - After the Fall
Mama's Family - Season 3 - Episode 25
Mama brings Aunt Effie home to nurse her back to health after she falls off the roof while reshingling her house.
#37 - Pomp and Circumstance
Mama's Family - Season 4 - Episode 25
Bubba and Mama are graduating from high school, but devastating news for Bubba forces Valedictorian Mama to ensure that she and Bubba and make it to the graduation ceremony in time.
#38 - Shoeless
Sister, Sister - Season 5 - Episode 21
In a parody of "Cinderella," Tamara's left at home to clean house while Tia and the gang attend Jordan's party - until her grandfather plays fairy godfather to make the impossible possible.
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#39 - My Phony Valentine
Mama's Family - Season 5 - Episode 14
It's Valentine's Day, and Mama falsely says she has a date so that Iola will feel free to go out. To support her lie, Mama orders an escort from "Rent-a-Gent."
#40 - For Better or for Worse
Mama's Family - Season 1 - Episode 2
Vint and Naomi get together, much to Mama's chagrin.
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#41 - with Betty White and Steve Martin
The Carol Burnett Show - Season 11 - Episode 21
an installment of "As the Stomach Turns" with a close encounter of a different kind; guest Steve Martin attempts to perform a comic act for dogs; a deranged bag lady (Carol) gets an older middle-class man (Tim) into trouble; Mama and Eunice visit Ellen (guest Betty White) and wreak havoc there in another "Family" sketch; and a "Late, Late Movie" presentation of "Beach Blanket Boo-Boo" (a spoof of 1960's "Beach Party" movies with Steve in the Frankie Avalon role and Carol as Annette Funicello).