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Desperately Seeking Anyone

Comedy

20

Jan 9, 1987

Mama and Naomi's plan to find a date for Iola backfires when the date is more interested in Mama.

Full Episodes

Season 3, 25 episodes

Farewell, Frannie,

Mama's sister, Frannie, has just passed away, and she is determined to give her late sister something she never had a "perfect day." But things soon turn from perfect to terrible as one disaster after another strikes.

20m Sep 26, 1986

Where There's a Will,

Mama discovers Fran is worth $35,000 and stipulates that a portion would be split evenly between Mama, Vint, and Naomi. One stipulation stands between Mama and the money, she has to keep from losing her temper for 2 weeks.

20m Oct 3, 1986

Best Medicine,

Ellen stops by with a gift for Mama and to attempt to once again apologize for missing her Aunt Fran's funeral. Mama refuses to forgive her and throws her out. Later, the family learns that Ellen is in the hospital.

20m Oct 10, 1986

National Mama,

When Mama's dreams start providing the names of winning horses, the family figures they're in the money.

20m Oct 17, 1986

Soup to Nuts,

Mama, Iola and Naomi decide to have a chili cook-off with the winner getting her recipe in the church bazaar cookbook. Vint is choosen, against his will, as the judge of the contest.

20m Oct 24, 1986

Mama and Dr. Brothers,

When Vint and Naomi are having trouble in the bedroom, Mama and Iola soon discover exactly what it is when they turn on Good Morning Raytown, and special guest Dr. Joyce Brothers agrees to take a few phone calls live on-air.

20m Oct 31, 1986

Cat's Meow,

Iola is distraught when her cat Midnight dies, although everyone else is thankful. But Iola refuses to let go and nothing can console her---until she decides to have it freeze-dried.

20m Nov 7, 1986

The Love Letter,

When Naomi gives Bubba and Vint a love test to see how romantic they are, it turns out Vint is a "cold fish" and Bubba is a "Red Hot Romeo." Vint decides to be more romantic and talks Bubba into writing her a love letter.

20m Nov 14, 1986

An Ill Wind,

In this Thanksgiving episode, Mama, Bubba, Vinton, Naomi, Iola, and Aunt Effie (Dorothy Van) all go for cover in the basement when an unexpected tornado passes by Raytown.

20m Nov 21, 1986

Steal One, Pearl Two,

When Iola's beloved pearls have mysteriously disappeared, she is quick to accuse Bubba, who comes in with a brand new drum set.

20m Nov 28, 1986

Where There's Smoke,

Mama wants to be named President of the Church Ladies League, so she invites the Reverend and Alberta Meechum to dinner. It's just then that Bubba sees in the newspaper that one of his former inmates at Juvenile Hall has escaped

20m Dec 5, 1986

Fly Naomi,

Unhappy with the rut she's gotten into, Naomi decides to make a change and arrives home with the news that, after seeing an ad in the paper, she's decided to attend school to train as a flight attendant.

20m Dec 12, 1986

Santa Mama,

Vinton is chosen to play Santa at the Raytown Mall. However, with too much practice, he loses his voice! So Mama fills in the last second as Santa Claus.

20m Dec 19, 1986

Desperately Seeking Anyone,

Mama and Naomi's plan to find a date for Iola backfires when the date is more interested in Mama.

20m Jan 9, 1987

Porn Again,

Mama is appalled when she finds a girlie magazine under Bubba's bed while cleaning. When it's revealed that Naomi sold it to him, Iola, Mama, Aunt Effie, and Pearl form MOP (Mothers Opposing Pornography), and set out to boycott.

20m Jan 16, 1987

Have It Mama's Way,

Attempting to raise money for a trip to Hawaii, Mama talks her way into working at the same burger joint where Bubba has recently been hired.

20m Jan 23, 1987

Birthright,

An anonymous letter convinces Vinton that he's adopted, so he sets out to find his biological mother... on Mother's Day.

20m Jan 30, 1987

Grandma USA,

Mama is surprised to learn she was entered in the Grandma USA contest by Bubba. She is reluctant to compete but changes her mind when she finds out the grand prize is a dream kitchen, complete with a self-cleaning oven.

20m Feb 6, 1987

Buck Private Bubba,

Vint's former Army sergeant comes to town on a recruiting trip and he and Vint go out for a night of beers. Taking some advice from the Sargent he enlists in the military after being dumped by his girlfriend, to Mama's dismay.

20m Feb 13, 1987

Mama's Cousin,

Mama's worldly cousin (Vicki Lawrence in a dual role) annoys Mama with her lifestyle and her never-ending stories. (Note: Dorothy Lyman does not appear in this episode.)

20m Feb 20, 1987

Mama with the Golden Arm,

Mama emerges as a contender in an arm-wrestling competition and goes up against a biker's equally tough mother.

20m Feb 27, 1987

It Takes Two to Watusi,

Naomi's best friend Luann has just been divorced and Naomi wants to set her up with a friend of hers for a double date with her and Vint. When Luann's date cancels, Naomi suggests Bubba stand in, much to Mama's chagrin.

20m Mar 6, 1987

Fangs a Lot, Mama,

Vint announces he's been invited to join The Mystical Order of the Cobra, a local Men's club. Mama, not wanting Vint to make it in, sabotages him, leaving it up to her to save him from humiliation during the ceremony.

20m Mar 13, 1987

The Best Policy,

Vint announces that Naomi is the sole beneficiary of his $20,000 life insuracne policy, much to Mama's dismay. Following the announcment, Vint starts having a number of suspicious accidents.

20m Mar 20, 1987

After the Fall,

Aunt Effie is in the hospital, after she falls re-shingling the roof of her house. Mama thinks she's is just in shock, and needs to be around the family.

20m Mar 27, 1987