The Mama of Invention
Episode 22 · 1989-05-06
- Comedy
Episode overview
Iola meets a man that is interested in one of her inventions.But as it turns out Vint,Naomi and Bubba have an invention of their own,the Petlocks.When Mr. Wheeler arrives he barely glances at Iola's invention before noticing Vints' invention and saying he thinks it's a brilliant idea.He asks for 800 dollars in Good faith money to start,with which he will match with 800 of his own. Mama is skeptical and refuses to let Vint have the money.That's when Detective Sneed shows up and drops the news that Wheeler is a con artist.He enlists Mama and Iola in a plot to catch Wheeler red-handed. Sneed gives Mama 800 dollars in marked money and has her wear a wire to record the conversation. Vint decides at the last minute that Mama is right and the lock idea is dumb,and Mama has to talk him out of it.
25 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. Ladies Choice1988-11-05
2. Baby Talk1988-11-12
3. Naomi's New Position1988-11-19
4. The Really Loud Family1988-11-26
5. Many Unhappy Returns1988-12-03
6. Found Money1988-12-03
7. My Mama, Myself1988-12-17
8. Full House1989-01-07
9. Bedtime for Bubba1989-01-14
10. What a Dump1989-01-21
11. Mama Bell1989-01-28
12. Very Dirty Dancing1989-02-04
13. Mama's Layaway Plan1989-02-11
14. My Phony Valentine1989-02-18
15. The Big Wheel1989-02-25
16. More Power to You1989-03-04
17. Mama in One1989-03-11
18. There's No Place Like...No Place1989-03-25
19. April Fools1989-04-01
20. Reading the Riot Act1989-04-15
21. A Taxing Situation1989-04-22
22. The Mama of Invention1989-05-06
23. Hate Thy Neighbor1989-05-13
24. Dependence Day1989-05-20
25. Mama Makes Three1989-05-27
