What was the title character of a 90th birthday special participated in by Thelma Mae Harper made honorary mayor of?
Thelma Harper Thelma Mae Harper (nee Crowley), also known as Mama, is a fictional character played by American actress Vicki Lawrence. She is a senior citizen who has lived in an unspecified part in the Southern United States for her entire life which is evident by the southern drawl of her speech and her customs. She is an exaggerated version of a prototype middle twentieth century lower middle class grandmother in the southern United States. Vicki Lawrence, the actress who originated Mama, born April 14, 1949, created Mama in the mid-seventies and undoubtedly based Mama on actual grandmother figures she knew while growing up in the '50s and '60s. Mama first appeared as a supporting character in "The Family" sketches on "The Carol Burnett Show" which aired on CBS from 1967 until 1978. In 1982, "Eunice" was a made-for-TV movie based on "The Family" sketches characters. "Mama's Family" (first on NBC, then revolutionized in first-run syndication), and finally in the ongoing "Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show". With Lawrence continuing to play the role into the present day, the "Mama" character has made numerous other post-television show appearances, such as on "Hollywood Squares"; "The Talk"; ""Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular"" (2007); ""Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday"" (February 5, 2013); "The Queen Latifah Show" (May 20, 2014) etc.
Vincent C. Gray Vincent Condol "Vince" Gray (born November 8, 1942) is an American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term, from 2011 to 2015, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary to D.C. City Council member Muriel Bowser. Bowser would go on to win the 2014 election. Prior to his inauguration as mayor in January 2011, Gray served as Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and as Councilmember for Ward 7. In the 1990s he also served as director of the DC Department of Human Services. In June 2016, he defeated incumbent Yvette Alexander in the Democratic primary for the council seat he previously held in Ward 7.