IF YOU GOWhat: Life: Boomers & Seniors Expo.When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27; Vicki Lawrence stage show at 1 p.m.Where: Chattanooga Convention Center, 1 Carter Plaza.Tickets: $5 senior adults, $10 all others.For tickets: Click here or visit the Times Free Press cashiers’ counter, 400 E. 11th St.
Thelma Harper’s got something to say about FEMA, illegal immigration and even Tom Cruise, and TV’s opinionated old lady won’t hesitate to share it.
Harper — aka “Mama” to decades of television fans — is the blue-haired, sharp-tongued, senior citizen created by actress Vicki Lawrence in the late 1960s while on “The Carol Burnett Show.”
Lawrence will share the stage with her alter ego when the actress brings “Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show” to town on Aug. 27. The 90-minute comedy act will highlight the senior-adult Life expo at the Chattanooga Convention Center. The expo is sponsored by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
“Mama stays topical,” Lawrence said in a telephone interview.