Alice (1976)
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
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4x01 Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
24 September, 1979 5:30 am
Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
4x02 Mona Lisa Alice
01 October, 1979 5:30 am
Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.
4x03 Mel Loves Marie
08 October, 1979 5:30 am
Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
4x04 Vera Robs the Cradle
22 October, 1979 5:30 am
Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
4x05 Flo's Chili Reception
29 October, 1979 5:30 am
Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""
4x06 Little Alice Bluenose
05 November, 1979 5:30 am
Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
4x07 Carrie Sharples Strikes Again
12 November, 1979 5:30 am
The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.
4x08 Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
19 November, 1979 5:30 am
Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.
4x09 Cabin Fever
03 December, 1979 5:30 am
Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
4x10 My Cousin, Art Carney
10 December, 1979 5:30 am
Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.
4x11 Mel, the Magi
24 December, 1979 5:30 am
A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
4x12 Good Buddy Flo
07 January, 1980 5:30 am
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
4x13 Alice in TV Land
14 January, 1980 5:30 am
Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
4x14 Alice Beats the Clock
28 January, 1980 5:30 am
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
4x15 Carrie's Wedding
04 February, 1980 5:30 am
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
4x16 My Funny Valentine Tux
11 February, 1980 5:30 am
Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
4x17 Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
18 February, 1980 5:30 am
Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
4x18 Flo's Farewell
25 February, 1980 5:30 am
A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
4x19 For Whom the Belle Toils
03 March, 1980 5:30 am
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.
4x20 One Too Many Girls
10 March, 1980 5:30 am
The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
4x21 Vera, the Vamp
17 March, 1980 6:30 am
Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
4x22 Profit Without Honor
24 March, 1980 6:30 am
Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.
4x23 Cook's Tour
31 March, 1980 6:30 am
Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
4x24 Here Comes Alice Cottontail
07 April, 1980 6:30 am
Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.
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