The Family sketch

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recurring sketch television comedy sketch

The Family sketch is a recurring comedy sketch from The Carol Burnett Show that introduced the dysfunctional Harper family, later expanded into the sitcom Mama’s Family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf recurring sketch ⓘ
television comedy sketch ⓘ
basedOn original material written for The Carol Burnett Show ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Dick Clair ⓘ
Jenna McMahon ⓘ
depicts dysfunctional family relationships ⓘ
working-class American family ⓘ
featuresCharacter Carl Harper ⓘ
Ed Higgins ⓘ
Ellen Harper Jackson ⓘ
Eunice Harper Higgins ⓘ
Mickey Hart ⓘ
Thelma Harper ⓘ
Vinton Harper ⓘ
firstBroadcastOn CBS ⓘ
genre family comedy ⓘ
sketch comedy ⓘ
hasFormat ensemble sketch ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Ed Higgins ⓘ
Eunice Harper Higgins ⓘ
Thelma Harper ⓘ
hasTheme family conflict ⓘ
generational tension ⓘ
southern small-town life ⓘ
influenced characterization in Mama’s Family ⓘ
introducedFranchise Mama’s Family ⓘ
mediaType television ⓘ
notableFor darkly comic tone compared to other show sketches ⓘ
portrayal of Thelma "Mama" Harper ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredIn 1970s ⓘ
partOf The Carol Burnett Show ⓘ
portrayedBy Carol Burnett ⓘ
Harvey Korman ⓘ
Vicki Lawrence ⓘ
producedFor The Carol Burnett Show ⓘ
settingLocation Harper family home ⓘ
Raytown ⓘ
spinOff Mama’s Family ⓘ
stars Betty White ⓘ
Carol Burnett ⓘ
Harvey Korman ⓘ
Ken Berry ⓘ
Roddy McDowall ⓘ
Vicki Lawrence ⓘ

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Mama’s Family → basedOn → The Family sketch ⓘ