Mama's Family (TV Series)
The Wedding: Part 1 (1983)
Dorothy Lyman: Naomi Oates Harper
Quotes
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Naomi Oates Harper : [Vint comes in drunk] Honey, will you tell your big mouth sister that she cannot sing at our wedding?
Vinton Harper : Big mouth sister, you cannot sing at our wedding.
Eunice Higgins : Who you callin' a big mouth?... You bleach blonde bimbo!
Naomi Oates Harper : I am not a bleach blonde... This hair is completely natural!
Eunice Higgins : I've seen more natural hair on a dime store dummy.
Naomi Oates Harper : I was wondering where you bought your clothes.
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Ellen Harper Jackson : [the women are sitting around drinking] Mama, you remember that Christmas pagent when I was chosen as an angel of the lord?
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : [Looking to Aunt Fran] Franny, you remember?
[Aunt Fran laughs]
Ellen Harper Jackson : Eunice was one of many little lambs.
Naomi Oates Harper : What'd she do?
Ellen Harper Jackson : Everytime I had a line to speak, she'd start baaing in the background.
Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper : [Imitating Eunice] Baa,baa
Ellen Harper Jackson : It got so bad that one of the camels had to sit on her.
[All laughing]
Naomi Oates Harper : That settles it... Eunice cannot sing at my wedding because I don't know a single camel to invite.
[All laugh again]
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Naomi Oates Harper : [When she hears that Eunice is planning to sing at the wedding] Oh, come on!... Who wants to hear Eunice caterwauling at my wedding?