Obscene Call

Any of the episodes centering around Naomi's job at Food Circus are hilarious, but this one is especially sharp. While wooing her customers with good tidings, in an attempt to win Friendly Employee of the Month, Naomi inadvertently attracts an admirer who makes obscene phone calls to Mama's house. At first, everyone blames Naomi's innate good nature and appeal as the cause of the calls, until Mama, Aunt Fran and even Vint get propositioned too. There are some great family dynamics in this one, with scenes involving everyone and lots of side-splitting, snide comments from Thelma. I usually prefer the later, better-produced shows featuring neighbor Iola and Bubba, yet this early episode is as good as any from the series.

Naomi Harper is doing her best to win as most friendly checker at Food Circus where she works. She might be too friendly to receive such an award. Anyway with the good news, she receives obscene telephone calls asking for her. The family's happiness is short-lived with these interrupting phone calls. She doesn't know would be calling her with such filth. Of course, the family including Mama and Aunt Fran and even Vint criticize her manner of dressing and friendliness like she warranted such vile phone calls. Buzz and Sonja suggest that they record but they get the wrong button and out comes Willie Nelson's On the Road Again. While everybody is blaming Naomi for the phone calls, the caller appears to be turning the same filth on Mama, Aunt Fran, and Vint.