Mama's Family: Bubba's Double Date (1988)
Season 4, Episode 22
8/10
Perfect casting of Vernette
12 March 2023
Ironically the story starts out with Thelma reading about a psychic reader. Vicky Lawrence was a regular on late night infomercials plugging psychic readers during that time period. Episode tugs at your heartstrings with the awkward situation poor Vernette (Penelope Sudrow) is put into. Some fine acting on her part. Karen Lynn Scott as Wanda Lynn Mahoney plays the beautiful self absorbed arrogant part to the hilt overacting as Bubba's girlfriend. Funniest scenes are Vernette's ridiculous prom dress and Mama Thelma Harper (Vicki Lawrence) pulling Iola (Beverly Archer) from the living room into the kitchen by her camera that's around her neck.

Bubba (Allen Kayser) eventually making the right moral decision is a recurrent theme that always seems to work well. Episode not a let down after the two stellar Hawaiian ones.
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