"Well, I'll bet the neighbors are just lovin' this!" Kicking off the announcements for Rewind Washington in 2027 is none other than a television icon, Emmy award winner, and a perfect guest to start the Year Two announcements. Please welcome Vicki Lawrence to our nostalgia celebration next year at Rewind Washington on March 13th and 14th in 2027.
Vicki Lawrence began her television career in 1967 as a regular on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show. She stayed for all eleven seasons, playing a wide range of sketch characters opposite Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, and Tim Conway. Among those roles was Thelma Harper, the sharp-tongued mother in "The Family" sketches. Lawrence won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1976 for her work on the series and received several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations during the run.
That Mama character carried over into the 1982 television movie Eunice and then into Mama's Family, which aired on NBC from 1983 to 1985 and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1990. Lawrence starred as Thelma Harper for 130 episodes. Outside of sitcoms, she hosted the daytime game show Win, Lose or Draw from 1987 to 1990 and her own talk show, Vicki!, from 1992 to 1994. Later guest and series work has included Disney's Hannah Montana, as Mamaw Ruthie Stewart, and the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids.
In 1972 she recorded "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," written by her then-husband Bobby Russell. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, earned an RIAA gold certification, and sold more than two million copies. She followed it with further chart singles, including "He Did with Me," which topped the Australian charts, and released albums on Bell Records. On stage she has appeared in productions of Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Annie Get Your Gun, No, No, Nanette, and Nunsense. She continues to tour with Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show.
Meet Vicki Lawrence both days at the show. She will be with us signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for Rewind Washington will go on sale soon at rewindWA.com
@vickilawrence
Vicki Lawrence began her television career in 1967 as a regular on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show. She stayed for all eleven seasons, playing a wide range of sketch characters opposite Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, and Tim Conway. Among those roles was Thelma Harper, the sharp-tongued mother in "The Family" sketches. Lawrence won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1976 for her work on the series and received several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations during the run.
That Mama character carried over into the 1982 television movie Eunice and then into Mama's Family, which aired on NBC from 1983 to 1985 and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1990. Lawrence starred as Thelma Harper for 130 episodes. Outside of sitcoms, she hosted the daytime game show Win, Lose or Draw from 1987 to 1990 and her own talk show, Vicki!, from 1992 to 1994. Later guest and series work has included Disney's Hannah Montana, as Mamaw Ruthie Stewart, and the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids.
In 1972 she recorded "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," written by her then-husband Bobby Russell. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, earned an RIAA gold certification, and sold more than two million copies. She followed it with further chart singles, including "He Did with Me," which topped the Australian charts, and released albums on Bell Records. On stage she has appeared in productions of Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Annie Get Your Gun, No, No, Nanette, and Nunsense. She continues to tour with Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show.
Meet Vicki Lawrence both days at the show. She will be with us signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for Rewind Washington will go on sale soon at rewindWA.com
@vickilawrence
