Alice s pilot aired on august 31, 1976, with the season one premiere airing sept. The staff of mel s diner brace themselves for a busload of customers. An autographed photo from the tv show alice hangs on the wall at mels diner in phoenix in 2010. The inimitable vic tayback plays mel, the gruff owner of the diner, while. Martha raye was an early television star and briefly had her own program, the martha raye show. Based on the classic 1974 film alice doesnt live here anymore, the justasclassic alice shows us that the road of life can be full of laughs, even if we end up off course. Alice actress linda lavin is heartbroken over the loss of her former costar, philip mckeon. Television favorites, featuring six of the more popular alice episodes. Alice takes her boyfriend s kids trick or treating and brings home the wrong kid. In 1985, the series came to an end with mel selling the diner, a married vera, was now pregnant, jolene was planning to open a beauty shop and alice s dream was finally coming true, she became a. Alice is hired at a diner owned by mel sharples, a gravelvoiced, malechauvinist fry. Season 7 22 full episodes season 6 24 full episodes. Mel thinks theres money stashed in his diner by the builder of his building. In the 1960 s and 70 s, she did a series of guest appearances on television shows, and it was during this time she landed the part of mels mother, carrie, on alice.
Alice s dream was to become a singer but for the time being she got work as a waitress in a greasy spoon, mels diner after her car breaks down in phoenix. The setting was mel s diner, a truck stop diner situated in phoenix, arizona. Polly dean holliday is best known for her portrayal of the sassy waitress flo. Watch alice 1976 online full episodes of season 9 to 1. Watch all 24 alice episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. As the second season of the breakout hit alice graced the nation s airwaves, mel s diner soon became the nation s dining destination of choice. Hazzard county s boss hogg sorrell booke pays a visit to mel s diner and tricks mel vic tayback into signing away his diner for one dollar. Alice tv show retrospective containing information, cast news, pictures, sounds and dvd. Meanwhile, mels cousin wendell shows up for a visit and mel persuades him to pose as a woman and apply for a job as a burger baby in an attempt to steal the sauce recipe. Vera announces she is pregnant and decides to be a fulltime mother, elliott having been promoted from officer to detective. Thanks to its hearty combination of downhome eccentrics, sweet sentiment, bluecollar ethos, and the spice of edgy topicality, alice proved a dish the nation could not resist. Alice s dream was to become a singer but for the time being she got work as a waitress in a greasy spoon, mel s diner after her car breaks down in phoenix.
Alice is a classic sitcom from that started in the late seventies and continued strong well into the mid eighties. Alice season 3 full episodes watch online guide by msn. Alice tv series 2009 episode 1 scenes starring philip winchester by philip winchester obsessed. The actual restaurant that this show is based on is located in phoenix, arizina, at 1747 nw grand ave. Alice is an american sitcom television series that aired on cbs from august 31, 1976, to march. Mel s diner was actually based upon a reallife diner. Alice is an american sitcom that aired on cbs from august 31, 1976, to march 19, 1985. See more ideas about alice tv, classic tv and tv shows. Linda lavin as alice hyatt vic tayback as mel sharples tayback reprised his role from the film philip mckeon as tommy hyatt alfred lutter had initially reprised his role from the film but was replaced after the. Apr 02, 2008 alice 1976 vera tommy mel flo jolene dingy diner chili torrent download.
When tommy was twelve, don passed away in a motor vehicle accident. The third season saw alice gets its sitcom service down to a science, delivering. It seems boss hogg is planning on opening a chain of restaurants in the southwest and he is up to his usual low tricks, boss makes an offer to lease the diner that mel cant refuse jolene is surprised when she gets a visit from. His wonderful sense of humor, kindness and loyalty will be remembered by all who crossed his path in life. 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. Mel thinks there s money stashed in his diner by the builder of his building. While mel is on vacation, alice takes charge of the diner and almost succeeds in burying the business. Walden stops by mels diner for a bite to eat and instantly becomes disgusted with mels. The restaurant where alice becomes a waitress was called mel s diner and located in phoenix. As the second season of the breakout hit alice graced the nations airwaves, mels diner soon became the nations dining destination of choice. The series was itself based on the 1974 feature film alice doesnt live here anymore starring ellen burstyn. Alice is an american sitcom television series that ran from august 31, 1976 to march 19, 1985 on cbs, during which a total of 202 episodes were produced spanning nine seasons. The later seasons exterior shots were of a real diner, named mel s, still in operation in phoenix. Mel insists he does not want a party for his fiftieth birthday.
Henry stops by the diner one morning with news that he recently made out his will. Vera tries to break the world s record for nonstop tap dancing, then becomes addicted to soap operas. Alice s car breaks down on the way in phoenix from a presumed engine fire, as seen in the opening credits, and we meet her soon after she has taken a job as a waitress at mel s diner, on the outskirts of phoenix. The actor, best known for playing tommy hyatt in the series, passed away on tuesday at age 55. I love the truck episode and flo drives into the dinner. Jolene is surprised when she gets a visit from a relative boss hogg, a distant cousin who has come to phoenix with deputy enos both of the dukes of hazzard. It has a counter, two large booths and a couple of tables. She finds employment at mels diner, alongside the sassy flo castleberry polly holliday and the lightheaded vera gorman beth howland. Alice the snail girl episode 3 the law 2019 english. Learning this, flo becomes surprisingly overjoyed by the fact that she is still married.
Watch alice online full episodes of season 4 to 1 yidio. Not available on any commercial release, fans ask me about the final episode regularly. Someone s stealing food and making longdistance calls from the diner. It is a fictional roadside diner on the outskirts of phoenix, arizona, that serves locals and truckers. Meanwhile, alice encounters a flasher flo gets an unexpected visit from her third exhusband who stops by mel s diner with shocking news, it seems the man who gave him and flo their divorce was a fraud and technically him and flo are still married. Most of the episodes revolve around events at mels diner, where. Alice is an american sitcom television series that ran from august 31, 1976 to march 19, 1985 on cbs. When her car broke down in phoenix, arizona she rented an apartment and got a job at mels diner. Although one of the three waitresses, alice, is the main character, the show revolves around all of the waitresses and mel sharples, the owner and cook. Alice s1 ep24 mels happy burger by classic comedy nation. Here viewers watched the comical antics of mel, the diner s owner and cook, and his waitresses, alice, vera, flo, belle, and jolene. Most of the episodes revolve around events at mels diner, where alice is employed.
Alice was always the most practical waitress, and she really was the one everyone called on to do. 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. That name was also used in the first episode of the tv show. The hardworking women of mels diner alice tv, hard. Tommy is a charming, self proclaimed, precocious 12 year old and though his on screen appearances arent as numerous as the other four main characters, he makes an indelible mark on the series. This threedisc set contains all 24 episodes from the. However, mel quickly becomes despondent when he realizes he has no heirs so he decides to divide up all of his possessions to the diner customers and staff, but soon everyone henry stops by the diner one morning with news.
Dec 06, 2014 the final episode of alice features mel selling the diner and all the characters going their separate ways. Oct 16, 2018 alice ran for nine seasons and over 200 episodes on cbs from 1976 to 1985. The staff of mels diner brace themselves for a busload of customers. This is a list of episodes for the second season of the cbs tv series alice. I also love seeing art carney and dinah shore in thise. The three disc set compiles all 24 episodes of the 19781979 season into one collection. The long days serving customers are never dull and over time, the folks at the diner become part of alice and tommy s extended family, developing a bond so strong that. May 25, 2016 the boston native played vera, the shy, impressionable waitress at mels diner, for the entire nineseason run of alice. Mels diner from the sitcom alice being made into a. Prepared for tv as a teleplay by erik tarloff from a story written by chris hayward, the episode was directed by marc daniels. Alice doesnt live here anymore is a 1974 american dramedy film directed by martin scorsese and written by robert getchell. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music.
Alice dvd s alice is now available in all 9 seasons. The namesake of the show is a widowed waitress named alice hyatt who is singlehandedly raising her son. With linda lavin, vic tayback, beth howland, celia weston. Carrie this season mels mom takes over in the dinner when mels back goes out. Alice suggests to mel that perhaps he should think about making one out himself. Alice season 8 full episodes watch online guide by msn. A work com on cbs that straddled the 70s and the 80s, set in a diner and starring linda lavin as alice hyatt. Situations found in this 3disc, 24episode collection include used car. Alice is the story of alice hyatt linda lavin, a recently widowed single mom who finds herself working as a waitress at an arizona diner while caring for her preteen son, tommy philip mckeon. Alice s1 ep15 mel s in love by classic comedy nation. It stars ellen burstyn as a widow who travels with her preteen son across the southwestern united states in search of a better life.
The eatery was the setting for the 1970s cbs television show alice. It s time to do some more grit kissing over at mel s diner as warner archive releases alice the complete third season on dvd. With linda lavin, beth howland, vic tayback, philip mckeon. Alice star linda lavin reacts to tv son philip mckeons. The shot of the station wagon during the show s opening credits is from alice doesnt live here anymore 1974. Alice the secret of mels diner tv episode 1982 imdb. This 3 disc, 24 episode collection collects the entire first season of. Loosely adapted from martin scorseses 1973 dramedy film alice doesnt live here anymore no, really. It was even named mel s diner but later changed to pat s family restaurant. This 3disc, 24 episode collection collects the entire first season of the bicentennialera breakout hit, including the rarely seen pilot episode featuring alfred lutter from alice doesnt live. Mels business has gone down the tubes and he blames barney s burger barn for taking away all of his customers and mel dreams of getting a hold of barney s secret sauce recipe. Most of the episodes revolve around events at mel s diner, where alice is employed. Great episodes when mel puts in a time clock and the girls go on strike. Season 7, episode 3 the secret of mels diner first aired.
See more ideas about classic tv, alice tv and alice. Alice gets a one bedroom apartment and then finds a waitressing job at mel s diner. Alice was a halfhour comedy series which ran for nine seasons between 19761985, with 202 episodes being produced. In the movie, the diner was located in tucson, arizona. It was an important, if final, part of alice history that should be available to dedicated fans of the show.
Alice is an american sitcom television series that aired on cbs from august 31, 1976, to march 19, 1985. The series is based on the 1974 film alice doesnt live here anymore. The series starring linda lavin as a recently widowed mother who relocates. Carrie this season mel s mom takes over in the dinner when mel s back goes out. Veras exfianca, steve marsh has a country singer cousin, travis marsh who shows up in town and stops by mels diner for a visit. Phoenix jordan the lion daily travel vlog 51519 by daze.
May 05, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series alice. It was one of the biggest hits on cbs, airing nine seasons from august 31, 1976 to march 19, 1985, totaling 202 episodes. The setting was mels diner, a truck stop diner situated in phoenix, arizona. In the movie, the diner was named, mel and ruby s diner. Alice is a classic american situation comedy that aired in prime time for nine seasons. The misadventures and trials of an aspiring singer and her coworkers at a greasyspoon diner. Mel s diner is a greasy spoon type of eatery that is owned by a man named mel sharples. Here viewers watched the comical antics of mel, the diners owner and cook, and his waitresses, alice, vera, flo, belle, and jolene, as well as alice. Alice tommys first love thursday may 24, 2018 youtube. Mel gets an unexpected visitor in the diner, a food critic who begins testing various mels diner specialties. Alice tv series 19761985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The bus was the 22nd episode in season 2 of alice, and the 46th overall series episode.
The show stars linda lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner in phoenix, arizona. This 3disc, 24 episode collection collects the entire first season of. Alice works at a restaurant near phoenix, arizona named mel s diner. In the first episode, we met alice hyatt linda lavin, an aspiring singer who stops in arizona with her preteen son, tommy philip mckeon. The first season of alice consists of 24 episodes on three discs.
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