Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'That's My Mama' from 1970-1982:
- Clifton Davis as Clifton Curtis (1974-1975)
- DeForest Covan as Josh (1974-1975)
- Jester Hairston as Wildcat (1974-1975)
- Lisle Wilson as Leonard Taylor (1974-1975)
- Lynne Moody as Tracy Curtis Taylor (1974-1975)
- Ted Lange as Junior (1974-1975)
- Teddy Wilson as Earl Chambers (1974-1975)
- Theresa Merritt as Eloise 'Mama' Curtis (1974-1975)
- Joan Pringle as Tracy Curtis Taylor (1975)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'That's My Mama':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Judy Pace (Judy Wilson), Teddy Wilson (Andrew Carruthers).
Series concerning a black family living in Washington, D.C. where the son, Clifton, runs the family barbershop inherited from his father. Tonight, Clifton is presented with a baby boy and a marriage proposal when a former Army romance returns to haunt him, claiming that he is the father of her child.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Tom Tenowich, Ed Scharlach D: Bob Lahendro
With llunga Adell (Leonard Taylor), Fuddle Bagley (Customer).
When Clifton, Mama and Tracy decide to be entirely truthful for one day, they end up at each other's throats.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Berlinda Tolbert (Polly Carstairs), Paulene Myers (Mrs. Carstairs).
Clifton turns down Mama's recommendation to meet a church-going young lady from Baltimore until he sees how pretty she is.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon D: Bob Lahendro
With Gordon Jump (Officer O'Reilly), William Elliott (Albert).
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.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Ron Friedman D: Bob Lahendro
With Kim Hamilton (Melvina), Ernestine Wade (Augusta), Lillian Randolph (Mrs. Birdie).
An old friend of Mama's returns to Washington, D.C., both wealthy and glamorous, and makes a play for Clifton.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Ray Vitte (Freddie Hampton), Jeannie Bell (Ginger).
Clifton gets talked into moving out of his home and into a bachelor apartment with an old Army buddy to enjoy the swinging single life.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Charles Lampkin (Will Harrington), Dorothy Meyer (Ruby Lester), Angela Satterwhite (Harrington's Daughter).
Clifton is worried because Mama is dating a widower and the romance looks serious.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Bob Shayne D: Bob Lahendro
Clifton has a loan out to Earl, who isn't paying it back.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox D: Bob Lahendro
With Ron Gist (Floyd).
Mama fumes when Clifton gives a job to a friend, an ex-convict, in spite of the family economic pinch.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Tim Reid (Rev. Armbruster).
Clifton, picked by the new minister to lead in Sunday prayers, is more interested in a high stakes game of pool.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Larry Siegel, Jerry Ross D: Bob Lahendro
With Hilda Haynes (Lenore Wilton), Dorothy Meyer (Ruby Lester).
Mama finds out inadvertently that Oscar had a "dalliance" many years ago.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon D: Bob Lahendro
With Esther McCarroll (Welinda).
Tracy comes home to Mama when she and Leonard fight about something they can't discuss, and Clifton lends Mama a hand in bringing them together.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan D: Bob Lahendro
With Ray Vitte (Freddie Hampton), Ernest Williams (Customer), Cal Gibson (Burglar).
Clifton buys a gun, over the protests of Mama, so he can protect the house after Earl's apartment is robbed.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Ron Friedman D: Bob Lahendro
With Rosanne Katon (Lola MacBee), Slappy White (Blainey Carter).
Clifton becomes the third person in an open marriage arrangement between an old friend and his young wife.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Dorothy Meyer (Ruby Lester).
After Mama is confined to a wheelchair because of a broken leg, she is afraid Clifton and Tracy will decide they don't need her and upset her position in the family.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro
With Gordon Jump (Officer O'Reilly).
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.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Rick Mittleman D: Stan Lathan
With Lonny Stevens (Nate Pritchart), George Reynolds (Pig Iron Brooks), Ella Mae Brown (Martha Pritchart), Dave Turner (Big Jelly), Alfonso Williams (Red Dog).
Loan sharks turn Clifton's barbershop into a bookie joint after he co-signs a loan for Earl.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Simon Muntner D: Stan Lathan
With Richard Stahl (A.C. Barr), Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez (Martinez), Ken Sansom (Dr. Fairfax), Lance Taylor (Judge).
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.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Jerry Ross D: Bob Lahendro
With Chelsea Brown (Joanne Roberts), Stephanie Faulkner (Cindy Finch), Harvey Ellington (Customer).
Earl believes he has found the girl of his dreams, but she turns out to have eyes for Clifton.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon D: Bob Lahendro
With Gordon Jump (Officer O'Reilly), Sidney Clute (Police Captain), Lee Kolima (Croaker).
Earl sees Croaker Connelly hold up Weiss's delicatessen but is afraid to report it for fear of reprisals.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan D: Alan Rafkin
With Lillian Lehman (Jill), Tierre Turner (Jimmy).
Clifton has difficulty resolving a friendship with a youngster after he decides to break up with the boy's divorced mother.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Erik Tarloff D: Norman Abbott
With Hilly Hicks (Hank Craig), Roger E. Mosley (Doc Green), Ray Vitte (Freddie Hampton), Jayne Kennedy (Girl).
Earl talks Clifton into sheltering his cousin Hank overnight when he returns to town for his father's funeral, even though a vengeance-bent dope gang is after Hank.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Ron Friedman D: Stan Lathan
With Sam Laws (Uncle Gus Hotchkiss), Dennis Robertson (Roland Ellis), John Milton Kennedy (Mr. Johnson).
Clifton becomes one of the subjects of a news documentary on modern black businessmen and is embarrassed when his old fashioned relatives come for a visit during the filming.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Rick Mittleman D: Norman Abbott
With Ray Vitte (Freddie Hampton), Susanne Zenor (Foxy Flo), Jack Perkins (Blotto), Marcus J. Grapes (Turner).
Mild-mannered Leonard shocks everyone by winding up in jail, accused of visiting a brothel.
Season 1, episode 25
W: Ilunga Adell D: Bob Lahendro
With Stack Pierce (Phil Fleming), Davis Roberts (Dr. Jessup), Wonderful Smith (Childs), Ford Lile (Eustace).
Clifton incurs the wrath of Mama when he backs a radical city council candidate who has served numerous jail terms.
Season 1, episode 26
W: Ron Friedman D: Bob Lahendro
With Emily Yancy (Stephanie Roland), Ronald Warden (Neville Ewing III), Brunetta Barnett (Lucille Roland).
Clifton is presented with a baby boy and a marriage proposal when a former romance returns to haunt him.
September 10, 1975: The Birthday Party
Season 2, episode 1
W: Lloyd Garver D: Arnold Margolin
With Ernestine Wade (Laura).
The series begins its second season. Mama receives a practical but bizarre birthday present from son-in-law Leonard -- a burial plot. The ghoulish gift sends the household, particularly Clifton, into a dither.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Walter Bien, Gene Farmer D: Noam Pitlik
With Mel Stewart (Laforche).
Earl is the stumbling block between Clifton and a lucrative business opportunity.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Charlie Hauck D: Herbert Kenwith
With Helen Martin (Laura).
Uptight Leonard is pressured into hiring Mama as the receptionist at the accounting firm where he works.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Milton R.F. Brown D: Arnold Margolin
With Helen Martin (Laura), Vernee Watson (Thelma), Ray Vitte (Freddie Hampton).
Clifton and Earl have a falling out when Earl, left in charge of the barbershop, is duped by a pretty girl who empties the cash register.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Larry Siegel D: Burt Brinckerhoff
With Ray Vitte (Freddie), Tamu Blackwell (Judy).
Clifton worries about what his friends will think when he falls for a plain-looking chick.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Lloyd Garver D: Arnold Margolin
With Fuddle Bagley (Buster), Lee Weaver (Sammy Chambers).
Clifton introduces Mama to Earl's visiting dad who, on their first evening together, tries to interest her in a business venture.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Bud Wiser D: Arnold Margolin
With Helen Martin (Laura), Kristoff St. John (Andy), Joseph Stachowski (Policeman).
Leonard joins a Weekend Fathers program and "loses" the boy he's assigned to take care of.
Season 2, episode 8
W: David Pollock, Elias Davis D: Arnold Margolin
With Sylvia Mackey (Denise).
Clifton agonizes over telling the truth about a heavy date he had with a French-speaking girl, when he learns that his friend is in love with her.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Bud Wiser D: Arnold Margolin
With Janear Hines (Pamela), Helen Martin (Laura).
When Clifton's date tells him he is "mother-dominated" he wants to move out, but Mama beats him to it.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Jim Parker D: Mort Lachman
With Tracy Reed (Wynona), David Downing (Quincy).
Earl alienates his friends except for Leonard when he begins to act like a refined phony to impress a girl.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Charlie Hauck D: Burt Brinckerhoff
With Ray Vitte (Freddie Hampton), Bernie Hamilton (Jake).
Clifton is stunned to learn that his unusual allergy is shared only by his mother's old flame, whose problem is hereditary.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Winston Moss D: Mort Lachman
With Helen Martin (Laura), Richard Foronjy (Hotel Manager).
It's storming inside and out as Clifton and Earl feud during a snowbound night in a motel with five miserable companions.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Lloyd Garver, Winston Moss, Thad Mumford D: Jerry Markus
With Dee Timberlake (Sharon), Helen Martin (Laura), Sarina Grant (Diane).
Mama is elated when Clifton begins going steady with a girl who meets her approval. (Last show of the series.)