David Swift
Director
Arnie (1970)
Season 1
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Released Sept. 20, 1970
Episode 20 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
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Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Arnie (Pilot Episode)
Sept. 19, 1970, midnight
S1E2 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Arnie's first executive paycheck brings a sinking stomach, thanks to a premature spending binge (TV Guide)
Oct. 26, 1970, midnight
S1E3 - Change of a Lifetime
New executive Arnie kindles resentment among his old blue-collar buddies (TV Guide)
Oct. 3, 1970, midnight
S1E4 - Wife vs. Secretary
Arnie's bragging about his secretary nets him a jealous wife (TV Guide)
Nov. 4, 1970, midnight
S1E5 - The Friendship Gap
Arnie chooses his replacement as loading foreman - from among his old buddies (TV Guide)
Oct. 10, 1970, midnight
S1E6 - An Urge to Splurge
Arnie helps an elderly couple face compulsory retirement (TV Guide)
Oct. 17, 1970, midnight
S1E7 - Chance of a Lifetime
Lil heads a picket line to fight pollution - at Arnie's company (TV Guide)
Oct. 3, 1970, midnight
S1E8 - Swinging Sixties
Arnie's been ordered to shave off his mustache (TV Guide)
Oct. 12, 1970, midnight
S1E9 - Let Them Eat Cookies
Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)
Nov. 20, 1970, midnight
S1E10 - Trouble in the Air
Boss Majors' latest pet project: on-the-job exercising for his executives (TV Guide)
Nov. 16, 1970, midnight
S1E11 - One Strike and You're Out
""Arnie has no heart for the task at hand: negotiating a new union contract with his loading dock buddies. The new executive is still a union man."" (TV Guide)
Oct. 14, 1970, midnight
S1E12 - For Whom the Whistle Blows
A swank San Francisco hotel sets the scene for Arnie's first major sales meeting (TV Guide)
Nov. 6, 1970, midnight
S1E13 - Why Spy?
Office protocol calls for Christmas gifts worth $100; the Nuvos are giving homemade cookies (TV Guide)
Oct. 30, 1970, midnight
S1E14 - To Buy or Not to Buy?
Boss Majors has a new housing development, and the Nuvos feel pressure to buy a home (TV Guide)
Dec. 3, 1970, midnight
S1E15 - Second Honeymoon
Dec. 15, 1970, midnight
S1E16 - You Can't Lose for Winning
Lady Luck visits Arnie in a poker game - the big loser is his boss Majors (TV Guide)
Dec. 20, 1970, midnight
S1E17 - Hello, Holly
The executive Arnie replaced is in town; rumor is he wants his old job back (TV Guide)
Jan. 7, 1971, midnight
S1E18 - Father Meets Daughter
Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.
Jan. 13, 1971, midnight
S1E19 - Citizen Pain
Arnie must be in Nassau on the same day the Nuvos have planned a second wedding for Julius and his wife (TV Guide)
Jan. 21, 1971, midnight
S1E20 - Stand Up for Julius
Arnie gets symptoms of an ulcer on the eve of his bowling league semifinals (TV Guide)
Jan. 21, 1971, midnight
S1E21 - Strangeness in the Night
Arnie's involved in an office feud (TV Guide)
Feb. 9, 1971, midnight
S1E22 - Feud for Thought
Arnie's furtive behavior causes suspicion at the office (TV Guide)
Feb. 2, 1971, midnight
S1E23 - My Sister's Keeper
Arnie canvasses the company to find dates for his attractive sister (TV Guide)
Feb. 19, 1971, midnight
S1E24 - No Harmony in Trying
An audition for the fourth voice in the company's all-male quartet produces a winner who's a surprise to all (TV Guide)
Feb. 19, 1971, midnight
CBS
20 min/ep
20 min
Sept. 20, 1970
March 6, 1972, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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