Mama’s Family - Season 1 Episode 11

Vinton Harper Ken Berry's scheming buddy Claude Cainmaker Geoffrey Lewis talks Vint into a marriage scheme involving a woman from Portugal who hasn't registered as a citizen. The Electric Company (2006) alum Luis Avalos plays her brother, who has offered to pay both Vint and Claude for their participation. Since immigration checks up on marriages between U.S. citizens and people from other countries, Vint's bride-to-be has to be moved into Mama Vicki Lawrence's house. Thelma (Mama) is outraged that her son is being taken for a fool and reminds him that 60 Minutes (1968) did a show on how what he's doing is illegal and he could wind up in jail. Will Vinton go through with it? (Clearly, this episode was produced before The Wedding: Part 1 (1983), since Naomi is still seen living next door and Vint is single.)