- (React) I know that you have a mom who's appeared
in some of the videos in the past.
- I'm afraid. I am so afraid.
♪ (upbeat techno intro) ♪
- (React) So, today is a very special Mother's Day episode.
- Oh! That's kind of fun. That's pretty fun. Yeah.
- Oh! How sweet. (laughs)
- (React) We are going to be taking a look at the role
of mom has been portrayed and evolved in television
over the years. - Good. Okay. Hopefully,
it features my mom, 'cause I love my mom.
- Oh, wow. Nice. - Interesting. I like this.
- (React) When you think of TV moms, what are some stereotypes
you think of? - I'ma say Blackish
with Tracee Ellis Ross, 'cause she does so much.
She's a doctor. She takes care of her kids.
But it just really goes unnoticed. And then, whenever she brings it up,
she's like, "Don't forget. I am a doctor."
But it's like, "Ah, whatever." - They get mad when you come home
too late kind of thing. And they're just like--
they have a lamp right there that (clicks) "Where have you been?
Oh, you've been partying, haven't you, huh?"
- Let me tell you, if June Cleaver is not in here,
I am outta here! (laughs) - Well, I think of
the mom on the Cosby Show, Phylicia Rashad.
I think of Roseanne Barr (laughs) on Roseanne.
- I don't think anyone reminds me of my mom.
My mom is so unique, and she's just her own person.
- In the shows that I had watched when I was younger,
you could see that the mom was the person
who kept the household together. The mom had more of a breadwinner
type of decision maker, not many restraints
put on the character, I guess you could say.
- (React) This episode was inspired by the hit series WandaVision.
- Okay. - (React) Here's a clip.
- (Agnes) I know what you are. - Yes! Yes, I love...
- (boy) MOM! - (boys grunting)
- (Wanda pants) It's okay, baby. It's okay.
- (Agnes) You have no idea how dangerous you are.
- She loves them so much. - (Agnes) Here you are,
using it to make breakfast for dinner.
- Breakfast for dinner's a great thing. Come on.
That's great. - (Agnes) This whole little life
you've made. This is chaos magic, Wanda.
And that makes you...
the Scarlet Witch.
- (React) Do you think your mom has any super powers?
- I think my mom's super power would be yelling.
- I don't know. I think so. I think she does,
because she's always said that she's had this sixth sense.
Maybe it's mother's intuition or women's intuition,
but it's so interesting. She can predict when something bad
is about to happen. (chuckles) - (React) Have you ever used
dark magic to be the perfect mom? - 1,000%!
You know, it's this stupid thing of, like, "Okay, I'm gonna time you
and see how fast you can change clothes."
- (Carol) I told those kids not to leave the door open.
- (chuckles) - (Alice) What on earth?
- (Carol) Oh my goodness! Where are all the suds coming from?
- (Alice) Well, the washing machine must be on.
- I remember this episode. - (Carol) Oh! Alice,
the washing machine's gone crazy! - Oh my gosh.
- (child) Mom! Mom! - (Alice) Mrs. Brady,
the suds are calling you! - (Carol) Bobby?!
- (Bobby) Yeah, it's me! - (Carol) Where?! Oh, Bobby!
- (Alice) Here he is. Here. - (Carol) Where are you?!
- (Alice) Here is he. - (Carol) What in the world happened?
Are you all right? - (Bobby) I think so.
- (Carol) What were you doing? - (Bobby) Washing my clothes.
- (Alice) You're supposed to take your clothes off
before you wash 'em! - That's like a dream of mine.
- (React) Carol's often referred to as a perfect mom,
but do you think she should've gotten that status pulled away,
because she had Alice around all day? - Yeah, I don't know what--
I mean, okay, as a joke, I don't know what Mrs. Brady
necessarily did around the house. Alice pretty much did it all.
I mean, you saw Alice cleaning, vacuuming,
you know, dusting, what-have-you. I don't recall-- I mean,
just on the spot, but I don't recall Mrs. Brady
in the show doing any of that stuff. - (React) Up next was the '80s answer
to the perfect mom stereotype. - (Clair) What are you doing
with this magazine? - (Theo) I like to read the articles.
- (Clair) Which articles were you reading?
- (Theo) Um...
Let's see...
Here we go. Right here, the one on the V8 engine.
- (Clair) Oh, this one with this woman, Tammy,
leaning across the engine. - (Theo) Oh, I didn't
even see Tammy there! - (Clair) Theo, this magazine
is demeaning to women! - (Theo) No, Mom, it's not!
This magazine makes women look great! And it shows that they can
be mechanically inclined. - He's got a damn good point,
you know? - (Clair) So, this woman, Tammy,
this is the kind of woman you wanna end up with?
- (Theo) No! I would like to date a few girls like Tammy.
But later on, I'd like to settle down with someone like you.
(canned laughter)
- Wha-- - (Clair) Really? What am I like?
- (Theo) You're smart, you make a lot of money,
and you look good for your age! - (laughs)
(canned laughter) - (Clair) If those are the kind
of lines that you use, you're gonna need every car
in that magazine. Now, you get rid of this thing.
- I really liked that she was her own person.
She was the mom that she chose to be. - She seemed to be a good balance
of everything. You know, you'd see her cleaning her house,
taking care of responsibilities around the house,
interacting with her children, and then also cultivating
her relationship with her husband and working,
so she had a lot going on. She got things done.
- (React) Up next is Lois Malcolm from Malcolm in the Middle,
who is known as one of the most savage moms of all time.
- I feel like my mom is most like her. (laughs)
- (boys laughing) (glass shattering)
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Lois gasps) (music stops)
- (Reese) Mom, how nice to see you home.
- (Lois) I have had it!
- (Malcolm) What are you doing?!
- (Lois) I am taking everything! Every present!
Every decoration! Every treat! - Yup. Been there.
- (Lois) I am locking it in the garage!
Every single Christmas, you scream or burn or break or destroy,
and I am putting a stop to it! - (Dewey) She's stealing Christmas!
- (Malcolm) Mom, you can't do this! - (Reese) Yeah, this is the last year
Dewey will be believe in Santa Claus! - (Dewey) What?!
- (Lois) If you boys behave until Christmas morning,
there will be a Christmas morning! Otherwise, these are going back
to the store, and Christmas will be canceled!
- (Reese) You wouldn't cancel Christmas! You're bluffing!
(sobbing)
- There's only one person that can make Reese cry.
I stand corrected. My mom isn't entirely like her, no.
- I've done partly that before. I've canceled Christmas,
but I didn't put it in the fireplace. (laughs)
- My mom, like her, really stands her ground
when she says no on something. And my mom doesn't really ground
or take away stuff. I mean, she used to
when I was back in middle school, that kind of stuff,
but since I'm more like a nice, well-behaved kid, you know,
she doesn't really ground me on that kind of stuff,
'cause she knows what kind of a kid I am,
and hardly ever does she set limits on stuff.
But when getting down to brass tacks,
she really, really does stand her ground.
- I feel like this episode is pretty relatable to moms,
because I think there is a time in every mom's life
where the children are misbehaving, they're disrespectful.
I bet every mom has wanted to explode on the children
and wanted to take everything away before,
because they just have had it. ♪ (soft guitar music) ♪
- (Lorelai) One of us has gotta do laundry tonight.
- (Rory) Why? - (Lorelai) Because I haven't had
any clean underwear for three days. - (Rory) So, right now,
under your skirt, you're wearing...?
- (Lorelai) Not underwear. - (Rory) Mom!
- (Lorelai) It's kind of nice actually. Breezy.
- (Rory) My role model, ladies and gentlemen.
- (Lorelai) How come you haven't run out yet?
- (Rory) I don't know. I guess I have more underwear
than you. - (Lorelai) That's not true.
You have less. Have you been doing laundry without me?
- (Rory) No. - (Lorelai) Rory?
- (Rory) Okay! One load. - (Lorelai) Ugh! And you didn't even
ask if I had stuff to throw in? - (Rory) It was a big load!
There wasn't any room. - (Lorelai) I'm crushed.
I'm bleeding. Get me a tourniquet.
Oh no, they're dirty, 'cause Rory wouldn't wash them
with her stuff. - That probably seems like me,
because I'm pretty irresponsible. - I told my daughter
before I came today that I wanted her to mop,
because I don't wanna do it. - When it comes to my parents,
I would like a boundary. I can't sta-- I-- oh my god.
- I'm more of a people pleaser. Yes, there's a disciplinary factor
in terms of parenting, but I think you get more done
being kind rather than being mean. - (Eddie) Domino! Straight As, Mom!
One good thing about moving here is I have no friends
and no distractions. That's why I got a...
Grandma, what does Fonzie say? - (Jenny) Ayyy!
- (chuckles)
- That's funny.
Uh-huh. What's wrong? - (Jessica) School is too easy.
- Uh-huh. - (Eddie) Just when you think
you've won the game, this trick
done change the rules. - Oh my gosh.
- (Jessica) Eddie, don't call your mother a trick.
- (amused) A trick! This trick. - (Jessica) You need to make school
more challenging, or else my son will fall behind.
- (principal) I'm sorry. There's not much I can do
about a straight A student. - (Jessica) Well,
is there extra school?
Where is the closet CLC? - Oh my god.
- (Eddie) Oh, no. - (principal) What's CLC?
- Oh, no. - (React) Is it wrong for wanting
the best out of your kids? - No, it's not wrong to want
the best out of your kids, but you want the best effort.
And sometimes, even your best effort doesn't get the result that you want.
- You want them to do better than you did, or, you know,
go further than you. - I think there's a limit to that.
Obviously, you want your kid to do the best.
You want your kid to have the best kind of future.
But forcing them to do stuff that they're already good at
is a little bit much. - Growing up in my household,
they were a version of tiger parenting,
and I had to sort of rebel against that philosophy.
And I used to be like, "I will never be like my parents."
But now that I'm an adult and I'm in a relationship,
I can see so much of my parents in me.
- (React) We haven't shown you any reality TV moms.
Any guesses who I might be showing you?
- 16 and Pregnant? - (React) Our last TV mom
is Kris Kardashian, the matriarch of the Kardashian clan.
- Hit me with it. Hit me with it. Go ahead.
- Oh my god. Playboy. - (Kris) Do you have a lot of diamond
fake necklaces? We could bring these. Wait, look. We could bring these.
- (Kim) I come up with this idea that I am totally comfortable
being nude if I'm draped in diamonds and pearls.
- (woman) Damn. - (Kris) Kim, you're doing
amazing, sweetie. - (photographer) Put this knee out.
Push, push, push. - (Kris) Oh god, Kim,
they're beautiful. - Oh.
- (Kris) They're really, really cool.
- (Kendra) Hot. That one's the one! - (Kris) Kim, you're gonna die
when you see these.
- (Kim) They're amazing. - (Kris) I like the shoes.
- I forgot about that.
- (React) What do you think about Kris's parenting style?
- Very supportive.
- Talk about capitalizing on your kids! Wow! (laughs)
- Like, if your daughter's gonna do Playboy,
who am I to judge somebody who's gonna do that, right?
- I think parenting has to adjust towards your kids' aspirations
and their personality. You can't parent each kid
the same way, because every kid is different.
- Just give me like a sec. Can you go back a little bit?
Like... (chuckles)
- (React) Which of these moms reminded you of your mom the most?
- Obviously, there's huge differences, but the Malcolm in the Middle clip
reminded me of my mom, because it just reminded me
of this one time where I was misbehaving or disrespectful
and she just exploded. - I'd say the one
from Malcolm in the Middle for the most part.
I mean, not to that extent, but being aggressive,
knowing when to set boundaries, but also being there
when you need her. - I think it might have
to be the Cosby Show. I think it-- between--
what was the Christmas episode one? What was that show called?
- (React) That was Malcolm in the Middle.
- Okay, yeah, I think between those two.
- I think that I relate most-- Phylicia Rashad from the Cosby Show
and then also the mom from Malcolm in the Middle,
because I don't claim to be perfect.
I have my moments, where I'm just like, "Ahhhh,"
you know? Like, "Sit down and shut up!"
- (React) Has television over the years help you
with being a mom at all? - Well, it's funny, because...
because not until this very moment watching this did I maybe think
that part of my conversations with my kid came from these shows.
- Thanks for watching this episode of React.
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