Mama's Family Black Belt Mama (1983–1990) Online

Naomi is taking a self-defense class and gets Aunt Fran and Sonja to join her there on the following night. When Thelma goes to bingo, she gets mugged at the bus stop. Traumatized, she returns home to Vint and Buzz who are making dinner. She calls the police but they are useless. Rather she goes to the self-defense class late and partners up with the best student who happens to be her daughter-in-law. I liked this episode with the women fighting back. It was like one of those special episodes that was popular in the time about women defending themselves. Crime happens even in fictitious Raytown. I love seeing Mama and the old lady at the bus stop after they have shopped at Niedermeyer and Mama says that her mother and her mother's mother all shopped at Niedermeyer's department store.

It's obvious the first 2 seasons of Mama's Family where less then satisfying, but Black Belt Mama was a tired excuse for an episode.

Mama gets robbed of her purse while walking down the street, and it just so happens Naomi has just become a karate expert, so she suggests to Mama, to take karate classes.

The entire episode is on one note. How Mama will be able to fight people in a ridiculous manner. Especially when she sees her attacker and that whole scene feels like a ball of hot air. Vicki Lawrence, who usually steals every episode, is not very good here. But, not as bad as Karin Argould, who was terrible...as usual.