Description: The show is set in the city of Raytown, which later revealed to be Raytown, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. The television series revolves around the wacky misadventures of the Harper family, extended non-Harper family members and neighbor friend. Always at the center of all the trouble, turmoil and misunderstandings is head of the clan and matriarch Thelma Harper (Mama), a thickset, gray-haired, purse-lipped, mid-to-late 60s widow who is portrayed as explosively quick tempered, abrasive, and brash.
