Mama Malone

TV Series
1984
30m

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Don Amendolia, Randee Heller, Lila Kaye, Evan Richards, and Richard Yniguez in Mama Malone (1984)

Italian-American homemaker Renate Malone hosts a live cooking show from her home in a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn. The action is constantly interrupted by a procession of zany friends... Read allItalian-American homemaker Renate Malone hosts a live cooking show from her home in a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn. The action is constantly interrupted by a procession of zany friends, relatives, and neighbors who stream in and out of the apartment.Italian-American homemaker Renate Malone hosts a live cooking show from her home in a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn. The action is constantly interrupted by a procession of zany friends, relatives, and neighbors who stream in and out of the apartment.

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Lila Kaye

Mama Renate Malone

• 1984

Randee Heller

Connie Malone Karamakopoulos

• 1984

Evan Richards

Frankie Karamakopoulos

• 1984

Don Amendolia

Dino Forresti

• 1984

Raymond Singer

Austin

• 1984

Ralph Manza

Padre Guardiano

• 1984

Richard Yniguez

Father Jose Silva

• 1984

Joey Jupiter-Levin

Jackie

• 1984

Mitchell Group

Harry

• 1984

Sam Anderson

Stanley, the announcer…

• 1984

Pendleton Brown

Ken…

• 1984

Alice Ghostley

Nedda…

• 1984

Paul Benedict

Calvin Klinger

• 1984

Melora Hardin

Kathleen Foley

• 1984

Candice Azzara

Rosa

• 1984

Robert Costanzo

Albert

• 1984

Stephanie Faracy

Gina

• 1984

Beverly Archer

Iris

• 1984

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gjempty

Memorable if only for its song

My best friend and I were in our early twenties that summer. I worked on Friday or Saturday nights, I can't remember which night the show aired. Needless to say it was busy though because it was a restaurant.

My friend told me about this show and it's hilarious song: "That's Mama Malone, she's the best-a bake-a, pizza-maka, taste-uh-take-uh, mama in the world" or some nonsense like that. He insisted it was so funny I had to arrange for the night off one week before it went off the air.

We were smokin a little too much weed then I think ;)

budikavlan

Multi-ethnic sitcom plus cooking show

The story of an Italian/Irish/Greek family and the cooking show hosted by the matriarch of the family, well played by Lila Kaye. The show was filmed in the family's home, and much of the screen time was devoted to the filming of the show. The ethnic humor made the show old-fashioned in a way, but wasn't particularly offensive (and often quite funny). The "show-within-a-show," on the other hand, was fairly innovative. Had this premiered on a better network or better era for sitcoms, there's every chance it could've had a long and happy life. But CBS in 1984 was not a good place for shows like this.

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Produced for the 1982-83 season, but CBS bumped it off the schedule to provide a space for Filthy Rich (1982), which was an unexpected hit when its two pilots were broadcast in the summer of 1982. The show finally began airing in March 1984.