i will start with the history since no one else do . marilyn kentz and caryl kristensen be two comedienne who perform together . part of their routine on stage be to do a piece call the mommy in which they would portray two woman fold clothes at a table and complain about their husband and child . not my cup of tea but it be cute . clearly they be well write joke in a dialogue than in stand up monologue style and and a two actual mother they certainly draw from real life experience . enter hollywood . let turn the mommy into a network sitcom . on stage it be funny to hear about the nuisance of invisible child and complaint about off screen husband . on a tv show you have to actually cast real people to play these role . suddenly dad n the brat be human and sympathetic character and the joke about them become mean spirited and the woman become b how do i say this nicely . mean woman . they still do a segment every episode in which they fold laundry and trade one liner . but now they be just miserable whine pig . the joke have become bitter complaint and their once weary persona be now downright hostile . clearly something be lose in development . the show start out nasty and never get on track . i remember comedian and friend at the time make joke about the mommy and always with the implication that it be the type of show and they the type of woman that would send men scream in the opposite direction . they weren not wrong . grade represent d .