with Betty White

Another ninth-season episode, this show marks Betty White's first appearance in a "Family" skit as Eunice's self-centered sister, Ellen. It's Mama's birthday, and Eunice (Carol) is not only furious about Ellen arriving late, but also because Mama (Vicki Lawrence) continues to treat Ellen as the favorite. At the time this episode aired, Betty White had one more season to go in her acclaimed four-year-run (1973-77) on another celebrated CBS comedy series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Two months after this episode aired, she picked up her second Emmy for playing "Happy Homemaker" Sue Anne Nivens on Mary Tyler Moore's esteemed situation comedy. Also featured in Carol's comic take on the song "By The time I Get to Phoenix" (she tries to leave husband Harvey, but, as she sings, everything from the car to a tricycle gives her trouble).