Kiss my grits!
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.
Oct 6, 1982 - 30m
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
Oct 13, 1982 - 30m
Mel 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.
Oct 20, 1982 - 30m
There'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.
Oct 27, 1982 - 30m
Joel 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.
Nov 3, 1982 - 30m
Joel 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.""
Nov 10, 1982 - 30m
Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
Jan 9, 1983 - 30m
Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
Jan 16, 1983 - 30m
Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
Feb 28, 1983 - 30m
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
Mar 7, 1983 - 30m
Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
Mar 14, 1983 - 30m
The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
Mar 21, 1983 - 30m
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
Mar 28, 1983 - 30m
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
Apr 11, 1983 - 30m
Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
Apr 17, 1983 - 30m
Mel 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.
Apr 24, 1983 - 30m
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
May 1, 1983 - 30m
In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.
May 15, 1983 - 30m
Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
May 22, 1983 - 30m
After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
May 29, 1983 - 30m
To 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.
Jun 5, 1983 - 30m
Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
Jun 12, 1983 - 30m
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
Sep 18, 1983 - 30m
Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.
