The meteoric rise of the most successful American comedy team of the 20th century is colorfully chronicled in the made for...
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2002
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In the opening episode of Alice's sixth season, diner owner Mel (Vic Tayback) once again allows his judgment to be clouded by...
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1981
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The original TV Guide ad for this episode posed the question "Is Mel Centerfold Material?" Well, not quite, but Mel (Vic...
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1981
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Mel (Vic Tayback) is none too happy when his mom Carrie (Martha Raye) takes over the kitchen and starts turning out her...
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1981
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Country singer Jerry Reed makes a return appearance to Mel's diner in this episode. At the invitation of Mel (Vic Tayback),...
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1981
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Alice (Linda Lavin) is honored when she is made the new manager of her apartment building. But it's hardly an honor when her...
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1981
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In order to pay for college, Tommy (Philip McKeon) takes a night job as a singer in a non-alcoholic bar. Unfortunately,...
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1981
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TV sitcom icon Eve Arden appears as a pscyhologist who runs a TV talk show for teenagers. Everyone at the diner is delighted...
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1980
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Mildred Natwick guest stars as Agatha, the elderly, freewheeling aunt of waitress Vera (Beth Howland). While motorcycling her...
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1980
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In a semi-remake of the third-season episode "Take Him, He's Yours"--which, appropriately, is referenced in this...
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1980
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Polly Holliday makes her final regular Alice appearance in this episode, designed as a lead-in for the actress' new spinoff...
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1980
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Mel (Vic Tayback) couldn't be happier to have his favorite waitress Belle (Diane Ladd) working for him again. Alice (Linda...
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1980
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With the help of local legal expert Earl Hicks (Dave Madden), Mel (Vic Tayback) signs a profit-sharing agreement with...
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1980
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Eddie Barth guest stars as "Rocky" Rockwell, an old buddy of diner owner Mel (Vic Tayback). Paying Mel and extended visit,...
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1980
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Mel (Vic Tayback) is so intent upon wedding his girlfriend Marie (Victoria Carroll) that he purchases a very expensive...
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1979
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Carmine Ciardi appears as Al Sharples, the brother of diner owner Mel and an old flame of waitress Flo (Polly Holliday)....
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1979
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Alice's date Whizzer (Clifford A. Pellow) manages to get hold of two extra tickets to an upcoming celebirty charity ball....
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1979
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Telly Savalas takes time off from his Kojak duties to appear as himself in this first episode of Alice's fourth season. All...
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1979
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Richard B. Schull appears as Barney of Barney's Burger Barn, the much-maligned (but hitherto unseen) chief competitor of...
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1979
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As indicated by the title, Art Carney is the guest star in this episode. And yes, Carney is someone's cousin--actually the...
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1979
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Having been rejected by his "dream girl" Debbie (Annrae Walterhouse), Tommy (Philip McKeon) tries to polish up his social...
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1979
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It looks as though Alice's lifelong dream of a big show-business break is about to come true. A popular travelling trio of...
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1979
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, Mel (Vic Tayback) has come to regreat his decision to sell his diner to the imperious...
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1979
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In the first episode of a two-part story, Mel (Vic Tayback) finally gives up the restaurant business and sells his diner. The...
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1979
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Evidently still working for the same children's-theater company depicted in the previous episode "If the Shoe Fits", Vera...
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1979
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Alice's 14-year-old son Tommy (Philip McKeon) is in the throes of his first case of puppy love. Not that there's been any...
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1979
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The title of this episode succinctly sums up the situation when Vera (Beth Howland) gets some bad news from her boyfriend...
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1979
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The inimitable Martha Raye makes her first series appearance as Carrie Sharples, the overbearing mother of diner owner Mel...
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1979
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Desi Arnaz and Janis Paige respectively guest-star as a philandering Cuban photographer and his long-suffering wife. When the...
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1978
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This episode is founded upon the barely plausible premise that when she was ten years old, Flo (Polly Holliday) babysat a...
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1978
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The problem: the overhead at Mel's diner is exceeding the profits. The solution: Mel (Vic Tayback) must fire one of the three...
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1978
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Once again, Alice (Linda Lavin) finds a second job in a show-business vein; this time, she is hired to deliver singing...
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1978
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Alice (Linda Lavin) begins dating Jim Thornton (Gary Collins), principal of the high school attended by her son Tommy (Philip...
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1978
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In this classic episode, Alice (Linda Lavin) is willing to make a profound sacrifice to cure Mel (Vic Tayback) of his...
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1978
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Alice (Linda Lavin) and Flo (Polly Holliday) need "wheels", so Mel (Vic Tayback) offers to sell them his battered old...
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1978
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The focus in this first episode of Alice's third season is on Tommy (Patrick McKeon), the 14-year-old son of single...
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1978
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After an argument at the diner, Alice (Linda Lavin) suggests a psychological experiment that will allow the employees to air...
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1978
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Brad Gorman appears as Stretch Parker, a high school basketball star whom Tommy idolizes. Unfortunately, Stretch takes...
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1978
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Vain Flo (Beth Howland) refuses to wear eyeglasses, concerned that everyone will call her Old Four Eyes. But after a few days...
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1978
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What would a 1970s sitcom be without the obligatory "Man Who Came to Dinner" episode? In this case, it is Mel (Vic Tayback)...
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1977
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The Jeffersons' wedding anniversary gets off on the wrong foot when overbearing Mother Jefferson (Zara Cully) pays the couple...
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1975
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Edith is in a panic when she loses a valuable locket. Archie, however, is less concerned about the locket than in its...
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1972
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The title of this Bob Hope vehicle Cancel My Reservation is a multiple pun, referring to elements in the story. The...
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1972
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This situation comedy comes from a Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx play. Jonathan Kingsley (David Niven) is the teaching...
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1968
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In this comedy, a widower, his seven children, and their maid find themselves on the lam, after he is falsely accused of...
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1967
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Tired of tripping over the toys that the twins (Anissa Jones, Johnnie Whitaker) have left lying around the apartment, Bill...
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1967
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This episode is the first of many Petticoat Junction-Green Acres crossovers, with Eddie Albert appearing in his familiar...
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1965
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Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope) is a widower who worries about his teenage daughter JoJo (Tuesday Weld) in this light romantic comedy....
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1965
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Bobbie Jo (Lori Saunders) wants to win a school spelling bee, and is pinning her hopes on the "good luck" ring in her...
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1965
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In this comedy, the head of a United Nations department suddenly becomes a father when he stumbles across an abandoned baby...
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1963
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Blondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy...
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1947
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Though Republic's Winter Wonderland sounds like a vehicle for the studio's resident skating star Vera Hruba Ralston, she's...
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1947
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