Ellen Shows up and announces she’s been given the ””Woman of the Year”” award at the Raytown Country Club that night.But what she doesn’t know is Mayor Tutwiller has invited Mama and the family along as a surprise for Ellen. In a side plot Vint thinks Mama’s lost his bowling ball after she says she put it in a ””Safe Place””.As expected the family arrives at the country club and Ellen is mortified.They ofcourse embarass her with the way they act. Finally after dinner,which Mama complains wasn’t done.Mayor Tutwiller starts the ceremony by letting Mama say a few words.It turns out to be more than few as she basically brings the house down with comments.