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Archive - US Comedy Series
Mama 1/5 (1955)
Mama 2/5 (1955)
Mama 3/5 (1955)
Mama 4/5 (1955)
Mama 5/5 (1955)
Mama
a.k.a. I Remember Mama
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
(Season 9 added)
with contributions by:
Jim Brent, R.B. Huggins, Tom Alger, Robert
P.Alexander, Randy Watts
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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MAMA (a.k.a. I Remember Mama")
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CBS Television Production
for
CBS (1949-56)(live) (01Jul49-27Jul56) (Fridays 8:00pm EST)
CBS (1956-57)(filmed)(13 episodes)(16Dec56-17Mar57)
Produced & Directed by Ralph Nelson (early eps)
Produced by Carol Irwin (middle eps)
Produced by Don Richardson (later eps ?)
Based on Kathryn Forbes book "Mama's Bank Account"
also
Based on John Van Druten's play "I Remember Mama"
and the 1948 RKO film of the same name
which starred Irene Dunne and Barbara Bel Geddes
Starring:
Peggy Wood as "Mama" Marta Hansen (1949-1957)
Judson Laire as "Papa" Lars Hansen, carpenter (1949-1957)
*
Rosemary Rice as Katrin Hansen, eldest daughter (1949-1957)
*
Iris Mann as Dagmar Hansen #1, younger daughter (1949-50)
Robin Morgan as Dagmar Hansen #2, younger daughter (1950-1956)
Toni Campbell as Dagmar Hansen #3, younger daughter (1957)
*
Dick Van Patten as Nels Hansen, son (1949-1957)
Ruth Gates as Aunt Jenny, Mama's older sister (1949-1956)
Kevin Coughlin as T.R. Ryan (1952-1956) OR (1954-57)?
*
Malcolm Keen as Uncle Chris #1 (1949-1951)
Roland Winters as Uncle Chris #2 (1951-1952)
*
Carl Frank as Uncle Gunnar Gunnerson (1949-1956)
Alice Frost as Aunt Trina Gunnerson (1949-1956)
Patricia McCormack as Ingeborg (1953-1956)
Premise:
Sitcom based on the lives of the Hansens, a Norweigan family living
on Steiner Street, San Francisco around 1917, as seen through the eyes of
Katrin, the eldest daughter, an aspiring writer who records their daily
activities in her diary, and whose off screen voice is heard at the
start of each episode.
Music by Billy Nalle
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 1 1949-50 ##############
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CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
x.xx [--] Mama: THE PIANO TEACHER (1950)
[UCLA]
airdate not known
1.xx [--] Mama. MAMA'S BAD DAY [UCLA]
06Jan50 [UCLA]
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 2 1950-51 ##############
#################### (live) ##################
CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
[--] I REMEMBER MAMA (no title card, but the show’s title is announced)
Source: Cascadia Entertainment DVD – Catalog # CCE-546 - “Comedy, Vol. 2”
[RBH]
Note: The following episode did not have an episode title;
it was presented live and the transfer on the DVD
was taken from a kinescope (or a tape transfer of a kinescope). [RBH]
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Written by Frank Gabrielson
Suggested by Kathryn Forbes’ Novel “Mama’s Bank Account”
Produced for CBS by Carol Irwin
Regular Cast:
Peggy Wood ............... Mama
Judson Laire ............. Papa
Rosemary Rice ............ Katrin
Dick Van Patten .......... Nels
Robin Morgan ............. Dagmar
Ruth Gates ............... Aunt Jenny
Guest Cast:
Ellen Maher .............. Mrs. Lindquist
Abby Lewis ............... Mrs. Riestrum
Synopsis:
Mama is having a bad day; she feels unappreciated by her family and
leaves the house to play cards with her friends. [RBH]
2.xx [--] Mama: ALONG CAME A SPIDER
[UCLA]
Prod. no. 501103-07
03Nov50 [UCLA]
2.xx [--] Mama: KATRIN AND THE COUNTESS
[UCLA]
09Mar51 [UCLA]
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 3 1951-52 ##############
#################### (live) ##################
CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
3.01 [--] Mama: PAPA MAKES A SPEACH
07Sep51 CBS Fri
Returns for first show of the season. [JB]
3.02 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
14Sep51 CBS Fri
Katrin is skipped a class in high school on trial, contingent on
whether she can master the advanced work and makes the grade
with flying colors. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
21Sep51 CBS Fri
Dagmar goes into business. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
18Jan52 CBS Fri
Far-Eastern missionary talks in church. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
01Feb52 CBS Fri
Mama and Papa decide to take a vacation. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
15Feb52 CBS Fri
Nels wants to join a fraternity and is turned down. He blames his
father. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
22Feb52 CBS Fri
Dagmar decides to turn danseuse. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE CARPENTER [UCLA]
29Feb52 CBS Fri
Papa accepts a position as foreman in order to make more money.
Faced with the problem of coping with a young Norwegian
immigrant who lacks carpentry ability. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
07Mar52 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
Dagmar ridicules a neighbor's nationality. Mama gives her and the rest of
the Hansen family a lesson in tolerance. [JB]
Synopsis two:
A Chinese laundryman is invited to dinner and saves the
day for Katrin. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
14Mar52
The contemplated publication of a Norwegian “Who’s Who” in America upsets the
calm of the Hanson family. [JM]
[--] 21Mar52 - no details
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
28Mar52 CBS Fri
Dagmar wishes she could get rid of older sister, Katrine. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
04Apr52 CBS Fri
Nels gets leading role in a college Shakespearean production. Complications
result
when it turns out to be a feminine part. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
11Apr52 CBS Fri
A movie company wants to photograph the Hanson household and feature Mama.
[JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
18Apr52 CBS Fri
Mama nixes Dagmar's new chum. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
25Apr52 CBS Fri
Aunt Trina and Katrin go to the movies and become romantically inclined, they
decide Aunt Trina should have a beau. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
02May52 CBS Fri
Katrin learns to treat her fellow human beings with more respect after Mama
points out some of her selfish actions. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: THE PARTY LINE
09May52 CBS Fri
Mama gives some advice over the phone to a person with family difficulties. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
16May52 CBS Fri
Mama becomes involved in the struggle of daughter Katrine to win presidency
of the Athena Society. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
23May52 CBS Fri
Nels spends his last week as a pledge of the Alpha Fraternity. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
30May52 CBS Fri
Uncle Cliff journeys to Norway, but returns very suddenly. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
06Jun52 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
Nels is introduced to a new girl in town and Mama goes into action against it. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Nels meets an older girl who works at the music counter in the dime store. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
13Jun52 CBS Fri
Mama decides to provide more fun in their home, because she thinks they are out
too much. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: PAPA THE TYRANT
27Jun52 CBS Fri
Katrin resents Papa waiting up at night for her return home from a date. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: NELS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
04Jul52
Nels discovers that a person can be loved and respected even without a
college degree. [JB]
3.xx [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE MINISTER
05Sep52 CBS Fri
The iceman's son becomes a clergyman. Due to a personality difficulty,
he's not too well liked, until Mama steps in. [JB]
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 4 1952-53 ##############
#################### (live) ##################
CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
(10/03/52-07/03/53)
4.01 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
03Oct52 CBS Fri
Returns for new season, no information available.
4.02 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
10Oct52 CBS Fri
When Gunnar Gunnerson has a help shortage in his store, Mama and Aunt Jenny
try to promote a romance for Trina. [JB]
4.03 [--] Mama: MAMA BORROWS A BABY
17Oct52 CBS Fri
When Mama takes a friend's baby into the house for a week, the family takes
a spin down a dream world of memory. [JB]
4.04 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
24Oct52 CBS Fri
Nels becomes infatuated with a girl whom he thinks likes music. In order to
impress her he tries to lean to play the mandolin. [JB]
4.05 [--] Mama: KATRIN FIXES THINGS UP
31Oct52 CBS Fri
Katrin fixes things up and takes it upon herself to break the friendship
between her girlfriend and the boy she feels is unworthy. [JB]
4.06 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
07Nov52 CBS Fri
Dagmar, competing for the grand prize in a magazine contest, peddles perfume.
[JB]
4.07 [--] Mama: VICE PRESIDENT MAMA
14Nov52 CBS Fri
Mama is elected vice president of the mothers' Club at school.
4.xx [--] Mama: THE SHOW MUST GO ON
[UCLA]
17Nov52 ? [UCLA]
4.08 [--] Mama: MAMA AND PEER GYNT
21Nov52 CBS Fri
After planning for many years to see "Peer Gynt," Mama and Papa obtain
expensive tickets but Katrin develops a sore throat on the day of the
performance. [JB]
4.09 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
28Nov52 CBS Fri
Katrin has a crush on a snobbish college friend of her brother's and decides
her family is quite middleclass, compared to him. [JB]
4.10 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
05Dec52 CBS Fri
Aunt Jenny takes a gentleman boarder and accepts charm instead of cash for
rent. [JB]
4.11 [--] Mama; NELS GETS KNOW-HOW
12Dec52 CBS Fri
Nels gets a Christmas vacation job selling toys in a department store, but
finds he has lost the child's knack for handling the complexities of
mechanical trains and other complicated items. Luckily, a little boy next
door is able to give him a hand. [JB]
x.xx [--]
19Dec52 CBS Fri
Dagmar learns that miracles do happen.
Note: Most likely this was the annual Christmas episode "The Night the
Animals Talked."
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
26Dec52 CBS Fri
Aunt Jenny insists that Trina's fiancé, Gunnar Gunnerson, produce an
engagement ring before he is allowed to pose with the family for a portrait.
[JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
02Jan53 CBS Fri
Teddy Roosevelt Ryan, the new little boy next door to the Hansen's again
becomes involved with Mama's family. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: PAPA'S VISITOR
09Jan53 CBS Fri
An old friend of Papa's, whom he thinks is down and out, comes to visit. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
16Jan53 CBS Fri
When a young biology professor becomes a frequent visitor, the Hansens assume
that he has a crush on Katrin. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
23Jan53 CBS Fri
Dagmar feels neglected because of T.R. Ryan. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: PAPA'S DAY IN COURT
30Jan53 CBS Fri
Papa receives a call to serve his term on the jury. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: THE SKELETON IN NELS' CLOSET
06Feb53 CBS Fri
Nels teaches little T.R. Ryan the manly art of self-defense and in so doing
reveals a boyhood secret. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
13Feb53 CBS Fri
No information available
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
20Feb53 CBS Fri
Trina decides that mother doesn't always know best. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: PAPA AT THE CHILDREN'S PARTY
27Feb53 CBS Fri
Papa wants to plan Dagmar's party his way. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: KATRIN KNOWS BEST
06Mar53 CBS Fri
Katrin learns to judge people not by their position in life, but by what
they are. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
13Mar53 CBS Fri
Nels becomes involved with a man who is building a race car. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
20Mar53 CBS Fri
Dagmar finds a new friend when a little vaudeville actress and her aunt come
to stay with Aunt Jenny. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
27Mar53 CBS Fri
Papa invents a two-headed nail for use in temporary construction, only to
find someone has beaten him to the patent. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
03Apr53 CBS Fri
Dagmar enters someone else's drawing in a contest.
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
10Apr53 CBS Fri
When one of Katrin's classmates becomes engaged, Katrin decides she, too,
should be betrothed. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
17Apr53 CBS Fri
Mama tries to keep Dagmar's school from being torn down. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
24Apr53 CBS Fri
Excitement is at a high pitch in the Hansen household when Aunt Trina gets
married. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
01May53 CBS Fri
Little T.R. Ryan goes on his first fishing trip. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: NELS ON KNOB HILL
08May53 CBS Fri
Nels is invited to a fancy ball and meets a wealthy girl from Knob Hill in
San Francisco. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
15May53 CBS Fri
The Hansens help a newly-arrived Norwegian singer.
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
22May53 CBS Fri
Dagmar corresponds with a little boy who writes that he is part Indian.
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
29May53 CBS Fri
Nels takes a girl to a school prom in spite of financial difficulties.
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
05Jun53 CBS Fri
Katrin has a series of misadventures trying to get a letter of recommendation.
[JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: DAGMAR'S FIRST DATE
12Jun53 CBS Fri
Dagmar's father fixes her up with a date for a school boat ride. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
19Jun53 CBS Fri
Katrin finds that summer resorts, aren't always fun for people working there,
but she learns a valuable lesson from Mama about jobs and responsibilities.
[JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
26Jun53 CBS Fri
When Trina and Gunnar have a marital misunderstanding, Trina decides to move
in with the Hansen family. [JB]
4.xx [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
03Jul53 CBS Fri
Aunt Jenny and her star boarder have a tiff over the forthcoming Fireman's
Ball. [JB]
(Last show of season 4)
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############## season 5 1953-54 ##############
#################### (live) ##################
CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
(09/04/53-07/02/54)
5.01 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
04Sep53
Katrin decides to become a breadwinner during her summer vacation. [JB]
5.02 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
11Sep53
Dagmar envies a schoolmate whose father is a glamorous, well-traveled
engineer, but it's Mama who finally helps her daughter's little friend. [JB]
5.03 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
18Sep53
Nels opens a charge account at the local department store and stocks up on
a too generous supply of clothing in order to impress the girls at school.
[JB]
5.04 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
25Sep53
Katrin enters business college and meets an interesting man. [JB]
5.05 [--] Mama: GUNNAR'S AUNT
02Oct53
Confusion reigns when Mama's brother-in-law Gunnar promises to care for
his Aunt Ingeborg, who is due to arrive from Norway. [JB]
5.06 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
09Oct53
Papa, who sometimes thinks his family is ashamed of his being a carpenter,
is invited to join an exclusive businessmen's lodge. [JB]
5.07 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
16Oct53
Dagmar goes to her first military Ball after much preparation. [JB]
5.08 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
23Oct53
Aunt Jenny is certain that she is not long for this world. [JB]
5.09 [--] Mama: SPEEDING UP PAPA
30Oct53
Papa is worried about his job when an efficiency expert visits his company.
[JB]
5.10 [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE MATINEE IDOL
06Nov53
Katrin, Trina and Aunt Jenny go to the theater to see a popular idol but
Mama meets him on a shopping trip. [JB]
5.11 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
13Nov53
No information available
5.12 [--] Mama: PAPA'S SPEECH
20Nov53
5.13 [--] Mama: MAMA AND KELSO'S SILVER SHEENO
27Nov53
Pap's old friend, Kelso, turns up with a new scheme and wants Mama to help
him promote it. [JB]
5.14 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
04Dec53
Dagmar becomes an ardent stamp collector and financier. [JB]
5.15 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
11Dec53
Katrin attempts to "systematize" her boss and winds up looking at her
walking papers. [JB]
5.16 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
18Dec53
Mama tells a tale of Christmas in Norway to Dagmar.
Note: Most likely this was the annual Christmas episode
"The Night the Animals Talked." [JB]
5.17 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
25Dec53
Papa helps the Sons of Norway celebrate the holiday season.
5.18 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
01Jan54
Katrin faces her first broken romance. [JB]
5.19 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
08Jan54
Ingeborg has trouble collecting a prize she believes she has won. [JB]
5.20 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
15Jan54
T.R.'s teacher insists that he play a buttercup in the school play, but
T.T. wants to talk about striped zebras. [JB]
5.21 [--] Mama: NELS AND THE NOB HILL BALL
22Jan54
No other information available
5.22 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
29Jan54
Katrin plays mother while mama is away visiting Aunt Sigrid. [JB]
5.23 [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE WILD MAN
05Feb54
An exuberant lumberjack cousin from Norway introduces the Hansens to the
police. [JB]
5.24 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
12Feb54
Dagmar must have braces on her teeth. [JB]
5.25 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
19Feb54
Katrin takes a job at the San Francisco Exposition. [JB]
5.26 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
26Feb54
Dagmar plans her future with a man twice her age when she misinterprets
is interest to be a romantic one. [JB]
5.27 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
05Mar54
Papa decides to augment his income by selling insurance in his spare time.
[JB]
5.28 [--] Mama: AUNT JENNY AND THE STREETS OF PARIS
12Mar54
Mama turns to blackmail when Aunt Jenny makes her angry. [JB]
5.29 [--] Mama: THE 23RD PSALM
19Mar54
Mama talks bluntly to the mother of one of daughter Dagmar's friends. The
discussion centers on the problem of developing confidence in a teenage
boy. [JB]
5.30 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
26Mar54
Dagmar is chosen schoolgirl queen of the San Francisco fair. [JB]
5.31 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
02Apr54
An old beau of Mama's jogs the family into the realization that Mama likes
to dance. [JB]
5.32 [--] Mama: PAPA AND THE GREAT MAN
09Apr54
Nels comes to admire a famous surgeon's skill and tends to underestimate
his father's carpentry abilities. [JB]
5.33 [--] Mama: MAMA IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
16Apr54
When Mama is recruited to teach Sunday school, her story on miracles has
lasting effect on little Ingeborg. [JB]
5.34 [--] Mama: PAPA AND SERSEN
23Apr54
Guest Cast:
Glenn Burris as Sersen
The Sons of Norway give a citation to Papa but he becomes annoyed when
Sersen is not on hand to congratulate him. [JB]
5.35 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
30Apr54
When her children suggest that she find a creative outlet, Mama revives
her interest in concert singing. [JB]
5.36 [--] Mama: PAPA'S GUILY SECRET
07May54
Mama does not know that Papa has cosigned a bank note for a friend. A
summons arrives demanding that Papa make good his signature. [JB]
5.37 [--] Mama: NELS AND THE SUNDAY SCHOLAR
14May54
Nels tutors a girl who wants to become a doctor. When her father discovers
that Nels' visits concern medicine instead of marriage, there is trouble
for all. [JB]
5.38 [--] Mama: THE FAMILY FEUD
21May54
Mama's daughters, Katrin and Dagmar, cause family discord when their aunts,
Jenny and Trina, give them lessons in sisterly love. Uncle Gunnar tries
his best to restore harmony. [JB]
5.39 [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE MAGICIAN
28May54
Mama befriends a hungry man who turns out to be a magician who can make
things disappear. When he performs at a church benefit, it's hard to tell
where magic ends and robbery begins. [JB]
5.40 [--] Mama: (episode title not known)
04Jun54
Katrin's boss asks her to model the latest style in swimsuits in a fashion show. Aunts
Trina and Jenny attend the showing and are shocked by Katrin's daring performance.
5.41 [--] Mama: T.R.'s NEW HOME [UCLA]
11Jun54
When T.R. Ryan's father is scheduled for a two-year stay in South America,
he makes plans to put his son in a children's home. The Hansens are
disturbed by T.R.'s grief and make their own plans for his future. [JB]
5.42 [--] Mama: DAGMAR'S DIARY
18Jun54
When T.R. Ryan picks up Dagmar's diary to practice his reading Mama
discovers that the youngest Hansen dislikes her English teacher. Mama tries
to find out why. [JB]
5.43 [--] Mama: KATRIN THE BOHEMIAN
25Jun54
Katrin grows bored with the quiet life at home. She goes off for a trial
visit to the bohemian life of her friend Babette and the others on
Telegraphy Hill. [JB]
5.44 [--] Mama: NELS AND THE SUMMER CAMP -aka- NEL'S SUMMER CAMP
[UCLA]
02Jul54
There's confusion for the Hansen household when Nels tries to organize the
little boys for whom he will be a summer camp counselor. T.R. Ryan is one
of the charges who must be sent off safely. Mama tries to lend a hand. [JB]
(Last Show of the Season)
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 6 1954-55 ##############
#################### (live) ##################
CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
6.1 [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
03Sep54 CBS Fri (Returns for new season)
Synopsis:
Katrin's romance with a young actor. [TA]
6.2 [--] Mama: MAMA'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT
10Sep54 CBS Fri
The Hansen children save their pennies to buy Mama a fireless cooker.
Complications arise when Papa, unaware of the plan, decides to make the
cooker as his birthday surprise. [JB]
6.3 [--] Mama: T.R. GOES TO THE DENTIST
17Sep54 CBS Fri
Mama and the family try to coax T.R. Ryan into visiting the dentist. T.R.
says he'll go only if Papa Hansen accompanies him. [JB]
6.4 [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
24Sep54 CBS Fri
Nels has assembled some of the neighborhood lads into a dance band, and
rehearsals are held in the Hansen home. This upsets Katrin who wants to
hear her new beau play classical music. [JB]
6.5 [--] Mama: THE ORGANDY BLUES
01Oct54 CBS Fri
Dagmar's got "the organdy blues." She's tired of wearing Katrin's hand-me-
downs. Somehow Dagmar's determined to have a new dress of her very own for
graduation time. [JB]
6.6 [--] Mama: THE MAGNETIC EYE
08Oct54 CBS Fri
"The Magnet Eye" finds T.R. and Ingeborg in possession of a book on
hypnotism and personal magnetism. They try out the suggestions with
amazing results. [JB]
6.7 [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
15Oct54
Synopsis (NY Times):
Mama has to crush rumors that she's flirting with the neighbor. [TA]
6.8 [--] Mama: T.R. AND AUNT JENNY
22Oct54 CBS Fri
Aunt Jenny tries to bring culture to the life of T.R. Ryan. He takes her
teachings like a man-until she tries to dress him up like Little Lord
Fauntleroy. [JB]
6.9 [--] Mama: THE WORST MAN
29Oct54 CBS Fri
Nels promises to be the best man for a friend. At the wedding rehearsal,
the groom-to-be has to calm the nervous Nels. Mama also tries to sooth her
son. [JB]
6.10 [--] Mama: DAGMAR'S DANCING SCHOOL
05Nov54 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1
Dagmar petitions her father for a raise in allowance. When he refuses,
Dagmar, the business woman, goes about getting the extra money by opening
her own dance school. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Peggy Wood and Judson Laire, as Mama and Papa, enroll at a dancing school. [TA]
6.11 [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
12Nov54 CBS Fri
Synopsis (NY Times):
Mama organizes a literary club. [TA]
19Nov54
No information available
26Nov54
No information available
03Dec54
No information available
10Dec54
No information available
17Dec54
No information available
6.xx [--] Mama: BLESS THIS HOUSE
24Dec54 CBS Fri
Papa Hansen gives a young Norwegian boy a job as carpenter's assistant.
When the lad sings at the Hansen house, he thrills them so with his
rendition of "Bless This House" that mama and papa want him to forsake the
workshop for a musical career. [JB]
Alternate title for "Bless this House" ??
6.xx [--] Mama: CINDERELLA BOY (New York Times title)
24Dec54 CBS Fri
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
The Hansen's Christmas Party. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
31Dec54 CBS Fri
Katrin's middle-aged employer takes a fancy to her and invites her to go
out with him. Poor Katrin fears that she will lose her job should she
refuse. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: NELS AND THE WEDNESDAYS WOES
07Jan55 CBS Fri
When Nels wins the college boxing title, his fraternity pals decide that
Nels' fighting skills could be used to earn money to revamp the frat house.
[JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
14Jan55 CBS Fri
Ingeborg wants a dog. Her method of getting one: she'll present one to
Aunt Trina and Uncle Gunner for their wedding anniversary. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: CLOUD OF SUSPICION
21Jan55 CBS Fri
With:
Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Ruth Gates
Synopsis:
Mama attempts to raise the "cloud of suspicion" from Papa's burdened
shoulders when he is accused of stealing money from the woman he is working
for. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
28Jan55 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Patty McCormick
Synopsis 1:
Ingeborg's problems with penny candy throw the Hansen household into an
uproar. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Ingeborg's sweet tooth becomes a hazard. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
04Feb55 CBS Fri
Nels and some of his college friends are chosen as extras in the play being
staged by a traveling stock company. Mama has a budding thespian on her
hands! [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
11Feb55 CBS Fri
Ingeborg and T.R. Ryan compete in the Sunday School Bible contest. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
18Feb55 CBS Fri
A schoolmate invites Dagmar to the Friday night show at the local movie
palace. Dagmar's willing but the rest of the family has divided opinions
on the subject. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
25Feb55 CBS Fri
An excited cousin Karsten arrives unexpectedly at the Hansens' with the
announcement that a large sum of money has been mysteriously deposited at
the bank in his name. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: T.R. AND THE AFGHAN
04Mar55 CBS Fri
The boys and girls in T.R.'s class are each required to knit a square for
an Afghan to be sent to Belgian war refugees. T.R. asks mama to help him
out. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: DAGMAR AND THE GIRL SCOUTS
11Mar55 CBS Fri
As soon as Dagmar receives her Girl Scout pin, she sets out to prove that
she's the best "Scout" in town. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
18Mar55 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
School politics threaten the job security of a teacher. Mama uses her own
methods to combat the opposition. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Mama is aroused when politics threaten the job of Dagmar's teacher at the
Steiner School. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
25Mar55 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
Nels goes to all sorts of trouble to get out of a date with a visitor from
Minnesota. Too late, he discovers that she's a raving beauty. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Aunt Jenny gets Nels to promise he will go on a blind date. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
01Apr55 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
A talent scout signs Ingeborg for a series of lessons at a drama school. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Aunt Trina prepares her young daughter for a theatrical career. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: T.R. AND THE SHINING SECRET
08Apr55 CBS Fri
T.R. becomes a bootblack to earn money to buy Aunt Jenny a gift.
6.xx [--] Mama: DAGMAR'S GRADUATION
15Apr55 CBS Fri
As Mama gets Dagmar ready for her grammar school graduation, she reminisces
about the highlights in her littlest one's growing up. Through a film
montage, we relive with Mama the times when Dagmar: lost her first tooth;
got her first spanking; made her first fun-house visit; hung her first
Christmas stocking; and baked her first cake. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
22Apr55 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
G. Albert Smith
Synopsis 1:
Aunt Jenny is certain that one of her male boarders is planning to propose. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Aunt Jenny's romantic hopes meet competition. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
29Apr55 CBS Fri
A former girl friend of Katrin's comes to work in her office. She's lazy
and inclined to take advantage of the good-natured Katrin. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
06May55 CBS Fri
No information available
6.xx [--] Mama: PAPA AND HIS CARPENTER'S CONSCIENCE
13May55 CBS Fri
Papa's boss has been losing building contracts because a new firm in town
has been underbidding him. He urges Pap to take a job with the rival firm.
[JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
20May55 CBS Fri
Synopsis (NY Times):
Dagmar takes mother's broach without permission and loses it. She is taught
a lesson. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: NEL'S GRADUATION
27May55 CBS Fri
The Hansen family is elated about Nels' coming college graduation. Then,
at the last minute, they receive a bill for Nels' back lab fees. It must
be paid or he can't graduate. And Mama's bank account is down to zero. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
03Jun55 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
T.R. and Ingeborg join in a business venture. They're going to make
pushmobiles with roller skates and wooden boxes. [JB]
Synopsis 2 (NY Times):
Ingeborg and T.R. decide to go into business so they can buy roller
skates. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: BIG BROTHER NELS
10Jun55 CBS Fri
Synopsis 1:
The usual brother and sister squabbles are forgotten when Nels comes to
Katrin's aid in a difficult situation. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Katrin and "Big Brother Nels" improve their relationship after she has
had a disillusioning date. [TA]
6.xx [--] Mama: PAPA, THE VIKING CHIEF
17Jun55 CBS Fri
The Hansen family waits with baited breath to see if Papa is selected for
the prize part of Eric the Red in the Sons of Norway annual pageant. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: T.R., THE DEMON DETECTIVE
24Jun55 CBS Fri
T.R., armed with his trusty detective kit, sets out to prove that Dagmar
is innocent of the theft of which she's been accused by members of a rival
sorority. [JB]
6.xx [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE MELTING POT
01Jul55 CBS Fri
Ingeborg comes home with a story about the boy in her class who calls her
a "foreigner." Mama goes to school, determined to give both the boy and
the teacher a lesson in "Americanism." [JB]
(Final Show of Season 6)
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 7 1955-56 ##############
#################### (live) ##################
CBS Fridays 8:00 pm EST
7.xx [--] Mama: DR. NELS (live?)
14Oct55 CBS Fri
Nels subscribes strongly to the theory that the human body is merely a
complicated machine. His professor assigns him to a case designed to shake
Nels' firm belief. [JB]
Note: Postponed from 07Oct55
7.xx [--] Mama: THE RIGHT GIRL (live?)
21Oct55 CBS Fri
Katrin's girl friend Gwen announces her forthcoming marriage. She insists
that Katrin meet the groom-to-be, with surprising results. [JB]
7.xx [--] Mama: T.R.'s FATHER (live?)
28Oct55 CBS Fri
Aunt Jenny is upset when she learns that T.R.'s father is returning. [JB]
7.xx [--] Mama: THE TANGLED WEB (live?)
18Nov55 CBS Fri
Mama is selected as chaperone for Dagmar's outing. [JB]
7.xx [--] Mama: CRISIS AND THE HANSEN HOUSEHOLD (live?)
02Dec55 CBS Fri
An unexpected and shattering event in Katrin's life upsets the entire
household. [JB]
16Dec55 Pre-empted for "Christmas with the Greatest Show on Earth"
7.xx [--] Mama: THE NIGHT THE ANIMALS TALKED (version 1)(live?)
23Dec55 CBS Fri
Mama tells Ingeborg one of her favorite night-before-Christmas stories. It's
about Mama when she was a little girl in Norway and of the miraculous
Christmas Eve when, at the stroke of midnight, the animals in the barn began
to talk. In the flashback scenes, Patty McCormack (Ingeborg) also plays Mama
as a little girl. [JB]
Note:
This is the same title as 16Dec56 and basically the same story but with
obvious changes in the storyline.
7.xx [--] Mama: (episode title unknown)
04May56 CBS Fri
Mama tries her hand at painting some old sardine tins for Katrin to use for
buttons, etc. She is very much surprised when it develops that there is a
market for her work. [JB]
7.xx [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE PRIZEFIGHTER (live?)
11May56 CBS Fri
Mama permits Ingeborg to earn some extra money by helping out at the livery
stable. She doesn't count on her becoming good luck charm for a superstitious
prizefighter. [JB]
7.xx [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE FIREMAN (live?)
06Jul56 CBS Fri
Guest Cast:
G. Albert Smith as Mr. Westwater.
Ingeborg sympathizes with her friend, fireman Westwater, when he objects to
the proposed changes in fire fighting. The city plans to replace the old
horse-drawn fire carts with modern engine. [JB]
Note: postponed from 29Jun56
7.xx [--] Mama: MAMA AND THE WARTIME PROSPERITY (live?)
20Jul56 CBS Fri
With the First World War come rising salaries and more money in the Hansen
household. [JB]
7.xx [--] Mama: KATRIN'S WEDDING
[UCLA] (final live episode)
27Jul56 CBS Fri 8pm ET
Note: This episode available for viewing at the Museum of Television and Radio.
[RPA]
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 8 1956-57 ##############
################## (filmed) ##################
13 episodes / 11? aired (16Dec56-17Mar57)
CBS Sundays 5pm
8.01 Mama: THE NIGHT THE ANIMALS TALKED (version 2) (filmed)
16Dec56 CBS Sun
The series returns with Mama's traditional Christmas story about her great-
grandmother Hedvig, "The Night the Animals Talked." Hedvig, a child of old
Norway, believes that animals talk on Christmas Eve. Though her family
ridicules her, and a witch gives her warning, Hedvig slips out to the barn
to hear a conversation between Hilda the cow and Olaf the donkey. There,
ready to take advantage of Hedvig's credulity, are a burglar and his wife.
[JB]
Note:
This is the same title as 23Dec55 and basically the same story but with
obvious changes in the storyline.
8.02 Mama: MAMA AND THE NURSERY SCHOOL (filmed)
23Dec56 CBS Sun
Guest Cast:
Ruth Hammond as Miss Jessie
Marilyn Siegel as Edna
Gigi Gerow as Lucille
Orrin Joels as Claud
When Miss Jessie, who runs a nursery school, has to move, Mama offers the
Hansen living room as a temporary meeting place. But complications arise
and Mama is shortly running a nursery school herself. [JB]
*
30Dec56 Pre-empted-Year of Crisis
*
8.03 [--] 06Jan57
No information available
*
8.04 [--] 13Jan57
No information available
*
8.05 [--] Mama: T.R.'s TREASURE TROVE (filmed)
20Jan57 CBS Sun
While digging around in the remains of a building which is being razed, T.R.
and his friend Mickey find a number of gold pieces. [JB]
8.06 [--] Mama: ARMY WIFE (filmed)
27Jan57 CBS Sun
While Philip is overseas, Katrin has been doing work at the Army Canteen.
There she meets Lt. Ellis, who tells her he met Philip in France. At the
lieutenant's insistence, Katrin breaks her rule of never going out, and
agrees to go to dinner with him. [JB]
*
03Feb57 Pre-empted-See It Now
*
8.07 [--] Mama: T.R.'s GLASSES (filmed)
10Feb57 CBS Sun
Mama has double trouble, with T.R. making an all-out effort to avoid wearing
glasses, and Papa unexpectedly discovering that he, too, should be joining
the bespectacled class. [JB]
*
8.08 [--] Mama: THE HANSENS RISE IN THE WORLD (filmed)
17Feb57 CBS Sun
Papa feels that his work as a carpenter does not bring enough prestige for
his family, so he becomes a lace salesman. [JB]
*
8.09
24Feb57
No information available
*
03Mar57 Pre-empted-See It Now
*
8.10 Mama: A MAN'S HAND (filmed)
10Mar57 CBS Sun
After Katrin's conference with T.R.'s school principal in which "a man's
hand" is the suggested remedy, Papa decides that he should spend more time
with T.R. [JB]
8.11 Mama: THE SEVENTH AGE (filmed)
17Mar57 CBS Sun 5:00pm
J. Sanford Carlysle, an old Shakespearean actor who rooms with Aunt Jenny,
begins taking his meal with the Hansens, and intimates that he is "between
engagements." [JB]
##################### Mama ###################
############## season 9 1957-58 ##############
########## (filmed for syndication) ##########
After "Mama" ended its network run, CBS Films released 26 episodes of the
series into syndication.
The syndication package comprised of the 10 episodes that had aired between
December 1956 and March 1957, plus 16 new episodes filmed especially for
syndication.
The titles of these new-to-syndication episodes are listed alphabetically below.
[RW]
9.1 [--] Mama: "Chairman Jenny." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.2 [--] Mama: "Dagmar's Campaign." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.3 [--] Mama: "Jenny and the Art Contest." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.4 [--] Mama: "Katrin and the Dictaphone." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.5 [--] Mama: "Love for Sale." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.6 [--] Mama: "Mama and the Barbary Coast." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.7 [--] Mama: "Mama and the Fashion Show." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.8 [--] Mama: "Mama and the Public Library Book" [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.9 [--] Mama: "Mama and the Schoolhouse." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.10 [--] Mama: MAMA'S DAY IN COURT [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
Synopsis:
Although Aunt Trina started adoption proceedings for Ingeborg before her husband
died, the papers were lost. [TA]
(Syndicated repeat: 2Aug59 WITI-6, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sunday 2:00pm)
9.11 [--] Mama: "Mr. Freud and Mama." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.12 [--] Mama: "Papa and His Invention." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.13 [--] Mama: "Papa's Wallet." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.14 [--] Mama: "The Petitions." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.15 [--] Mama: "Small Town Girl." [RW]
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
9.16 [--] Mama: "Tricycles Last." [RW] (final episode)
1957 CBS Films, Inc. (filmed new-to-syndication)
##################### Mama ###################
################## the end #################
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