The Family

A recurring sketch series that aired from 1973-1978 on The Carol Burnett Show, with 31 total installments. The sketches centered on the dysfunctional relationship between Eunice, her cantankerous mother Mama, and her husband Ed, portrayed as working-class Southerners living in a small town. Later spawned the TV movie "Eunice" in 1982 and the sitcom "Mama's Family" in 1983.