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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Episode 1 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
Release Date: 1979-09-23Telly 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.
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Episode 2 - Mona Lisa Alice
Release Date: 1979-09-30Alice'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.
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Episode 3 - Mel Loves Marie
Release Date: 1979-10-07Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
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Episode 4 - Vera Robs the Cradle
Release Date: 1979-10-21Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
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Episode 5 - Flo's Chili Reception
Release Date: 1979-10-28Mel 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.""
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Episode 6 - Little Alice Bluenose
Release Date: 1979-11-04Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
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Episode 7 - Carrie Sharples Strikes Again
Release Date: 1979-11-11The 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.
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Episode 8 - Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
Release Date: 1979-11-18Things 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.
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Episode 9 - Cabin Fever
Release Date: 1979-12-02Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
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Episode 10 - My Cousin, Art Carney
Release Date: 1979-12-09Vera 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.
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Episode 11 - Mel, the Magi
Release Date: 1979-12-23A 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.
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Episode 12 - Good Buddy Flo
Release Date: 1980-01-06Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
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Episode 13 - Alice in TV Land
Release Date: 1980-01-13Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
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Episode 14 - Alice Beats the Clock
Release Date: 1980-01-27Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
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Episode 15 - Carrie's Wedding
Release Date: 1980-02-03Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
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Episode 16 - My Funny Valentine Tux
Release Date: 1980-02-10Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
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Episode 17 - Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
Release Date: 1980-02-17Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
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Episode 18 - Flo's Farewell
Release Date: 1980-02-24A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
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Episode 19 - For Whom the Belle Toils
Release Date: 1980-03-02Mel 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.
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Episode 20 - One Too Many Girls
Release Date: 1980-03-09The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
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Episode 21 - Vera, the Vamp
Release Date: 1980-03-16Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
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Episode 22 - Profit Without Honor
Release Date: 1980-03-23Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.
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Episode 23 - Cook's Tour
Release Date: 1980-03-30Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
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Episode 24 - Here Comes Alice Cottontail
Release Date: 1980-04-06Alice 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.