That's My Mama

9/11/1974

Business falls off and private lives suffer, all because the family decides to embark on a day of total honesty.

9/18/1974

Clifton falls for an attractive young woman and then has second thoughts when he finds out about her past.

9/25/1974

Mama wants Clifton to be successful like his Cousin Albert. What she doesn't know is that her nephew's money comes from dealing in drugs.

10/2/1974

A calculating three-time widow has come to see Mama, but she only has eyes for Clifton.

10/9/1974

Clifton samples freedom when he moves in with his pleasure-seeking Army Buddy.

10/16/1974

Mama is being swept off her feet by a widower with a brood of unruly brats.

10/23/1974

10/30/1974

Clifton infuriates Mama by hiring an old Army buddy who recently served time in prison.

11/6/1974

Clifton becomes the latest target in the efforts of a young minister to bring young members into the church.

11/13/1974

Naming a Sunday-school wing after Clifton's late father may become a reality, provided that no hidden skeletons turn up in the Curtises' closet.

11/20/1974

Tracy's three-month marriage is on the rocks after she and Leonard have their first major spat, causing her to leave and head home to Mama.

12/4/1974

Despite Mama's vehement objections, Clifton buys a gun to protect his household from burglars.

12/11/1974

Comic Slappy White plays a vaudevillian nightclub performer touring with his voluptuous foil McBee.

12/25/1974

Clifton's plans for a weekend fishing trip run aground because of Mama, who is bedridden with a broken leg and cannot be left alone.

1/8/1975

Clifton and Earl debate what to do with the body of Loanshark Louie, who quietly expired in the barber's chair while waiting for a shave and a haircut.

1/15/1975

After cosigning a loan for Earl, Clifton learns that the contract was prepared by a loan shark.

1/22/1975

When Clifton is hit by a taxi, he is perfectly willing to settle the damages out of court, until Earl and a shady lawyer persuade him to sue.

1/29/1975

Earl is in love and dreaming of marriage, but his girl friend is more interested in playing the field.

2/5/1975

After Earl testifies against an armed robbery suspect, he becomes terrified that the burly criminal will seek revenge.

2/12/1975

Clifton has no trouble ending his affair with a divorcee. The problem is ending his relationship with her son, who would rather live with Clifton than with his mother.

2/19/1975

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2/26/1975

Clifton triggers a new wave of excitement among his friends when he announces that a TV Producer is considering him as the subject of a documentary about middle-class blacks.

3/5/1975

Mild-mannered Leonard shocks everyone by winding up in jail, accused of visiting a brothel.

3/12/1975

Clifton incurs the wrath of Mama when he backs a radical political candidate who has served numerous jail terms.

3/26/1975

Clifton rekindles a romance with his former fiancee to the consertation of her jealous boyfriend.