Vicki Lawrence brings Mama to town: ‘She’s got her ideas — but they aren’t quite right’

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Vicki Lawrence brings Mama to town: ‘She’s got her ideas — but they aren’t quite right’

Vicki Lawrence was at an airport when she was recognized as the portrayer of Thelma Harper, the no-nonsense sharp-tongued matriarch who debuted in the “Family” sketches of “The Carol Burnett Show” and later headlined the sitcom “Mama’s Family.” The fan was trying — without success — to convince her young daughter that the chic woman in front of her was actually dowdy Mama from the TV. So Lawrence provided the proof. In that distinctive Mama voic…