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 - Sorry, Wrong Lips
Release Date: 1982-10-06Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
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Episode 2 - Do You Take . . . ?
Release Date: 1982-10-13Mel tries to outdo an old buddy who shows up boasting a track record of fast living and sporting a blonde on his arm as proof.
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Episode 3 - The Secret of Mel's Diner
Release Date: 1982-10-20There's gold in them there walls, or so Mel reckons after learning that the eccentric who built his diner left $20,000 stashed in another building.
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Episode 4 - Alice at the Palace
Release Date: 1982-10-27Joel Grey offers his services gratis as the leading man in a musical revue bankrolled by Mel and featuring Alice. Mel, however, has never heard of Grey and gives the role to his bookie.
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Episode 5 - Joel Grey Saves the Day
Release Date: 1982-11-03Joel Grey walks out after producer Mel turns a revue about New York into a desert musical with tunes like ""Two Tootsies from Tucson"" and ""Ramona from Arizona.""
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Episode 6 - Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving
Release Date: 1982-11-10Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
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Episode 7 - Carrie on the Rebound
Release Date: 1983-01-09Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
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Episode 8 - Jolene's Brother Jonas
Release Date: 1983-01-16Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
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Episode 9 - Alice Sees the Light
Release Date: 1983-02-28Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
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Episode 10 - Vera the Virtuoso
Release Date: 1983-03-07Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
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Episode 11 - Alice Faces the Music
Release Date: 1983-03-14The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
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Episode 12 - Tommy, the Jailbird
Release Date: 1983-03-21Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
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Episode 13 - Jolene and the Night Watchman
Release Date: 1983-03-28Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
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Episode 14 - Mel's Dream Car
Release Date: 1983-04-11Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
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Episode 15 - Come Back Little Sharples
Release Date: 1983-04-17Mel has had it up to his keister with the way things are going so he absconds to his apartment for a beer and pizza binge.
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Episode 16 - Vera, the Torch
Release Date: 1983-04-24Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
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Episode 17 - The Grass is Always Greener
Release Date: 1983-05-01In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.
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Episode 18 - Tommy Fouls Out
Release Date: 1983-05-15Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
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Episode 19 - Vera on the Lam
Release Date: 1983-05-22After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
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Episode 20 - Mel's Cousin Wendy?
Release Date: 1983-05-29To steal a competitor's secret sauce recipe, Mel persuades his cousin to pose as a woman and apply for a job as a Burger Baby.
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Episode 21 - Sweet Erasable Mel
Release Date: 1983-06-05Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
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Episode 22 - Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant
Release Date: 1983-06-12Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
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Episode 23 - Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
Release Date: 1983-09-18Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.