Robert Getchell
Director
Alice (1976)
Season 7
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.
Released Aug. 31, 1976
Episode 30 min
10+
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Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S7E1 - Sorry, Wrong Lips
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
Oct. 6, 1982, midnight
S7E2 - Do You Take . . . ?
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. 13, 1982, midnight
S7E3 - The Secret of Mel's Diner
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. 20, 1982, midnight
S7E4 - Alice at the Palace
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.
Oct. 27, 1982, midnight
S7E5 - Joel Grey Saves the Day
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. 3, 1982, midnight
S7E6 - Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving
Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
Nov. 10, 1982, midnight
S7E7 - Carrie on the Rebound
Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
Jan. 9, 1983, midnight
S7E8 - Jolene's Brother Jonas
Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
Jan. 16, 1983, midnight
S7E9 - Alice Sees the Light
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
Feb. 28, 1983, midnight
S7E10 - Vera the Virtuoso
Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
March 7, 1983, midnight
S7E11 - Alice Faces the Music
The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
March 14, 1983, midnight
S7E12 - Tommy, the Jailbird
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
March 21, 1983, midnight
S7E13 - Jolene and the Night Watchman
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
March 28, 1983, midnight
S7E14 - Mel's Dream Car
Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
April 11, 1983, midnight
S7E15 - Come Back Little Sharples
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.
April 17, 1983, midnight
S7E16 - Vera, the Torch
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
April 24, 1983, midnight
S7E17 - The Grass is Always Greener
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 1, 1983, midnight
S7E18 - Tommy Fouls Out
Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
May 15, 1983, midnight
S7E19 - Vera on the Lam
After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
May 22, 1983, midnight
S7E20 - Mel's Cousin Wendy?
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.
May 29, 1983, midnight
S7E21 - Sweet Erasable Mel
Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
June 5, 1983, midnight
S7E22 - Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
June 12, 1983, midnight
S7E23 - Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.
Sept. 18, 1983, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 31, 1976
Last Air Date: March 19, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 10+
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