Steve Harvey asked the contestants on Family Feud, “Tell me another way people say Mother?” It started off good, but then he got to a contestant that made him wish he could say Mother followed by a curse word on the show. You know that expression I am talking about.
With Mom/Mommy and Mama already on the board, guessing the other two answers up there proved to be very hard for the Patterson Family. Yolanda went first with Nanny. I thought that was just a Beverly Hills thing, but I guess other people consider their nannies their moms too.
Anyways, next up was Cecilia who said, “Nana,” like na-na and it was not there.
Now, is when we get to the trouble contestant. When the host asked Shelia the question she said, “Nanna,” like Anna. Which she thought was different than Nana because of the way she said it. The producers told her no, that is the same thing. So he asked her again and she guessed, “Ma-me,” which is another way to pronounce Mommy.
At this point, Harvey asked the Pattersons, “Are y’all crazy?” He was referring them to saying the same thing but with different pronunciations. They laughed because what else could they do at this point.
The producers wanted to get back to the show, so Harvey again asked Shelia the question. This time she went with, “Mommy.” You can tell he was getting frustrated, so he went on one of his funny rants where he said the word Mommy as many ways as possible, so she would not guess that answer again.
What did she do when he asked her this time, she proudly yelled out, “Nana!” He was delirious at this point, so he went straight to the audience to talk to them about it. But before he came back to Shelia, he broke out into song. What song? Appropriately, it is Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.
And now he was ready to say goodbye to all of Shelia’s guesses, but he had to ask her one more time. This time she responded with, “Well Steve, I would say Mom but the answer Mom is already up there.” To which, the defeated host told everyone, “Let’s just flip that sh!t over!”
With that the Patterson got their third strike and a place in Harvey’s memory box for the Mother or is it Mommy or is it Mame or is it Nanna or is it Nana of all answers ever given on the show.
On a positive note, at least she never once guessed, “Mother!”
