They did a poll to find our favorite TV moms, and the results are just irritating. Here’s a hint: number one was June Cleaver, from Leave it to Beaver. There are a few bright spots in the list, but mostly, ”favorite mom” translates to “mom in a deep coma.”
For those who don’t think a good mom needs to be like some cult member, I’m offering my own list of “best” TV moms.
5. Peg Bundy: Katey Sagal’s trashy character in Married with Children. Her homemade raisin bread recipe involves a loaf of bread, a box of raisins and a hammer.
4. Nancy Botwin: In Weeds, Mom sells marijuana to sustain her suburban lifestyle.
3. Atia of the Julii: Evil chick from the Rome series. She’s described as “snobbish, willful, cunning, and sexually voracious,” and those are her good qualities
2. Livia Soprano: Okay, she ordered a hit on her own son. “You’re dead to me, Mommy!”
1. Estelle Costanza: George’s mom from Seinfeld. He might have been better off with Livia Soprano.
Estelle Harris, who played Estelle Costanza, REUTERS photo by Fred Prouser
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Well, I don’t know about t.v., but I do know I’m one of the coolest moms in the world. Yeah. That’s right. I can beat both of my sons in any game from Backgammon to Tribes to Dance Dance Revolution. I always let them make smiley faces in a brand new jar of peanut butter…I give them eggs that have just expired to take outside and smash on things…and we sometimes spend hours on end battling with “Yo Mama” or Chuck Norris jokes.
Yeah. I rock.
- Posted by KMy favorite TV moms are the crazy ones: Sally Field, bipolar mom on ER, Rita Moreno schizophrenic mom on L&O: Criminal Intent, uber-guilt-tripper Doris Roberts on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Karen Walker’s “con-mom” on Will & Grace - was that Suzanne Plechette?
- Posted by FortunaleeYou’re mention of June Cleaver reminds me of a great example of how times, and the meaning of words, change.
On the ‘Leave It To Beaver’ TV show, June and Ward were having breakfast when June said, “Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.”
- Posted by TrampIn case I forget, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, Mom.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksTramp,
I find your naïveté refreshing and delightful.
Your friend in historical screenwriting appreciation,
Shawn
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI love my mom. Especially when she STAYS OUT OF MY ROOM WHEN I HAVE FRIENDS OVER!!!!!
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks