Aunt Effie needs to exercise according to her potbelly chain-smoking doctor. Mama has some suggestions but they don't work until Iola brings by tap-dancing shoes of her mother who can't because the class runs during her soap opera. Effie remind Thelma of her tap dancing days. With interest, they decide to enroll in the tap-dancing class for the senior ladies at the center. They find out that the teacher Bambi offers a few steps and leaves. They learn that insurance companies think tap-dancing senior ladies are a liability. Mama takes over the class and soon it's Mama's Girls on stage. Unfortunately, they learn that the insurance won't cover them tap dancing and wants to close down Mama's Girls. Well, let Mama handle it.
2 Reviews
Cute. But, not many laughs
vitoscotti5 February 2023
Don't know what warrants Aunt Effie (Dorothy Van) having a recurring role is puzzling being such a bland character. Not a lot of sense for "Mama's Girls" apparently meeting to practice without permission, let alone no insurance coverage by the location. The dancing is cute but most of the one time cast is very generic with the exception of knockout dance instructor Bambi (Marguerite Hickey). She had a knack for humor and appeared to be doing an impression of a pouting Skippy (Joyce Jameson) one of the "fun girls" from The Andy Griffith Show. The running gag about the malfunctioning phone shoddily repaired by Vinton (Ken Berry) worked well.
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