Just called Rose Marie and asked her about the song, "Mama Says No-No." Rose has some of the best, most interesting anecdotes about her career but there doesn't seem to be one about this tune. She heard it somewhere — she doesn't recall where — and used it in her act for about ten years…until she got tired of it. She thinks she was the first — and maybe only — person to record it. And that's about all there is to that.
If you're in Southern California on Saturday, January 24 and want to meet Rose yourself, she'll be appearing at the Hollywood Show out at the Westin Hotel by LAX airport. Around 80 celebrities will be there selling photos and autographs including much of the casts of Dynasty, Good Times, Lassie, Lost in Space, Laverne & Shirley and the movie, A League of Their Own. Rose will be there along with her co-star from The Dick Van Dyke Show, Larry Matthews.
And, oh yes, Dick Van Dyke will be there. That's pretty impressive.