Mama Learns to Drive

Mama Learns To Drive is the 11th episode of the 2nd season of Mama's Family.

Plot Summary
Mama desperately wants to go to the mall to purchase a blue hat, but she is unable to drive and no one is willing to drive her. Fran encourages Mama to learn to drive, but Mama refuses saying she is too old.

The family takes it upon themselves to teach Mama how to drive. Vinton makes an attempt giving her a thorough lesson on the design and function of keys. Mama becomes rather frustrated. Then Sonja and Buzz attempt to teach her by quizzing Mama on the meaning of each phase of the traffic signal. Mama incorrectly answers their questions using truthful but irrelevant responses in respect to each signal phase.

Mama tries to get Fran to drive her to the mall, but instead Fran requires that Mama drives. She agrees, but it quickly becomes a disaster when Mama incorrectly operates the car and causes a minor traffic incident. Mama gets out and leaves in frustration.

Ellen believes she will be effective in teaching Mama how to drive. She emphasizes how her car is far more luxurious and easier to drive. She takes them driving to the mall parking lot on Sunday, a day in which the mall is closed and the parking lot is empty. Time elapses and then we see a nervous Mama rushing into the house telling the family not to ask what happened. Mama had crashed into a parking lot planter at a relatively high rate of speed. Ellen angrily shows up at the front door saying "Stand your ground old lady! There is not one place on Earth you can hide where I won't find you".

Mama receives a call from the store saying the blue hat will be sold to another customer if Mama does not come purchase it within 45 minutes. Mama reluctantly takes Fran's car and successfully drives to the store. She then makes it to the DMV in order to obtain her learner's permit. She finds she made minor mistakes on her application and is ordered to go to the back of the long line a few times, to which she becomes very agitated. She finally makes it back home and is proud of her newfound driving ability.