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ALICE
Situation Comedy (1976-1985)

Episodes Known To Be In Existence
(listed in alphabetical order):

THE ACCIDENT
Air Date: 1-22-77
Writers: Harvey Bullock & Roy Kammerman
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guests: Hamilton Camp, Leonard Stone
Synopsis: Flo borrows Mel's car and then wrecks it in an accident.

AFTER MEL'S GONE
Air Date: 11-1-81
Writers: Ken Hecht & Bob Brunner
Director: Stockton Briggle
Guests: Hector Elias, Jerry Potter
Synopsis: Fights break out after Mel reveals the contents of his will.

ALICE AND THE ACORNS
Air Date: 12-6-81
Writer: Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: James Callahan, Marilyn Cooper
Synopsis: Alice tries to convince her shy high school friend to sing at a local dance.

ALICE BEATS THE CLOCK
Air Date: 1-27-80
Writer: Katherine Green
Director: Marc Daniels
Synopsis: The girls get upset when Mel installs a time clock and then begins to dock them when they're late.

ALICE CALLS THE SHOTS
Air Date: 11-29-81
Writer: Gail Honigberg
Director: Marc Daniels
Synopsis: Against his mother's orders, Tommy sneaks out of the house to play in a championship basketball game.

ALICE IN TV LAND
Air Date: 1-13-80
Writers: Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest: Eve Arden
Synopsis: Alice gets upset when Tommy appears on a TV show and announces that he likes Flo better than her.

ALICE LOCKS BELLE OUT
Air Date: 1-11-81
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Nick Havings
Guest: John Sylvester White
Synopsis: Alice finds that she has to lock Belle out of her apartment when she is made the new manager of the apartment building.

ALICE STRIKES UP THE BAND
Air Date: 3-29-81
Writers: Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Marc Daniels
Synopsis: Problems arise when Alice has to decide to go on the road as a band singer or to continue working at the diner.

ALICE'S BIG FOUR-OH!
Air Date: 10-18-81
Writers: Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: Doris Roberts
Synopsis: Alice receives a visit from her bossy mother on her 40th birthday.

ALICE'S SON THE DROP-OUT
Air Date: 1-25-81
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Synopsis: Tommy takes a night job to help pay for college, but then finds he is too tired to attend school during the day.

AULD ACQUAINTANCES SHOULD BE FORGOT
Air Date: 2-17-80
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Ed Barth, Reva Rose
Synopsis: Mel's old Navy friend comes for a visit after he breaks up with his wife.

BABY MAKES FIVE
Air Date: 4-12-81
Writers: Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs
Directors: Linda Lavin & Christine Ballard
Guests: James Murtaugh, Irene Arranga
Synopsis: Vera finds an abandoned baby in a Laundromat and decides to keep it.

BEST LITTLE WAITRESS IN THE WORLD
Air Date: 12-13-81
Writers: Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
Director: Mel Ferber
Guests: Arthur Albelson, Richard Andert, Jerry Hausner
Synopsis: Vera almost wrecks the diner after Mel puts her in charge.

BET A MILLION MEL
Air Date: 10-11-81
Writers: Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
Director: Nick Havings
Guest: Hamilton Camp
Synopsis: Mel almost loses the diner when he borrows ten thousand dollars and can't pay it back.

CARRIE CHICKENS OUT
Air Date: 2-22-81
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Martha Raye, Jack Kruschen
Synopsis: Mel has a fight with his mother, causing her to get a job cooking for his competition.

CARRIE'S WEDDING
Air Date: 2-3-80
Writers: Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Guests: Martha Raye, Howard Witt, Phil Leeds, Vernon Weddle
Synopsis: Mel gets upset when he learns that his mother is planning to marry a man who is three years younger than he.

CITIZEN MEL
Air Date: 10-8-78
Writer: Charles Isaacs
Director: William Asher
Guest: William Pierson
Synopsis: Mel becomes afraid for his life after he witnesses a robbery and believes the thief is coming to get him.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE WORST KIND
Air Date: 1-22-78
Writers: Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx
Director: William Asher
Guests: Boyd Bodwell, Charles Cyphers, Larry Hovis, Barbara Sharma
Synopsis: After a big fight at the diner, Alice invites Mel, Vera, and Flo over to her apartment for an encounter session.

COMRADE MEL
Air Date: 11-8-81
Writers: Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Robert Peirce, Allan Rich
Synopsis: A towel boy for a visiting Russian ballet, planning to defect, hides out at the diner.

THE CUBAN CONNECTION
Air Date: 2-26-78
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: William Asher
Guests: Desi Arnaz, Janis Paige
Synopsis: Alice tries to prevent her playboy fashion photographer friend from leaving his wife.

EARTHQUAKE
Air Date: 4-9-78
Writers: Chris Hayward & Gary Markowitz
Director: Noam Pitlik
Guests: Edward Binns, J.J. Barry, Ancel Cook, Gordon Hurst
Synopsis: Vera tries to convince everyone that an old Indian's earthquake prediction is about to come true.

EYES OF TEXAS
Air Date: 1-8-78
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Kim Friedman
Guests: Ron Masak, John Myhers
Synopsis: Alice tries to convince Flo that she needs glasses.

FLO FINDS HER FATHER
Air Date: 3-18-79
Writers: Marion Freeman & Dawn Aldredge
Director: William Asher
Guests: Forrest Tucker, Hamilton Camp
Synopsis: Flo receives a visit from her father whom she hasn't seen in 30 years.

FLO'S CHILI RECEPTION
Air Date: 10-28-79
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Richard B. Shull, Med Flory, Ted Gehring, Claude Stroud
Synopsis: Flo's new boyfriend turns out to be Mel's competition and is only using her to get Mel's chili recipe.

FLO'S FAREWELL
Air Date: 2-24-80
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Synopsis: Flo prepares to leave his friends at the diner when she gets a new job in another city.

GREAT ESCAPE
Air Date: 3-15-81
Writers: Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Marc Daniels
Synopsis: Problems arise when Alice has to decide to go on the road as a band singer or to continue working at the diner.

GUINNESS ON TAP
Air Date: 11-15-81
Writers: Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: Donald O'Connor, Byron Webster, Manuel Padilla, Jr.
Synopsis: Vera tries to break the world's record for nonstop tap dancing.

HAS ANYONE HERE SEEN TELLY?
Air Date: 9-23-79
Writers: Charles Isaacs, Tom Whedon, Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Telly Savalas, George Savalas
Synopsis: Mel and the girls are surprised when Telly and George Savalas pay a visit to the diner.

HELLO VEGAS, GOODBYE DINER, PART 1
Air Date: 11-16-80
Writers: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon, Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Robert Goulet, Lou Crisuolo, Michael Tucii, Nedra Volz
Synopsis: Mel tells the girls that he gambled away the diner.

HENRY'S BITTER HALF
Air Date: 1-4-81
Writers: Mak Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Lee Lochhead
Guest: Ruth Buzzi
Synopsis: Alice comes to the rescue when Henry believes his wife is having an affair.

HERE COMES ALICE COTTONTAIL
Air Date: 4-6-80
Writer: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: John Crawford, Hector Elias, John Hawker, Christopher Tayback
Synopsis: While dressed as a rabbit, Alice pays a visit to Tommy who is staying at Mel's apartment.

IF THE SHOE FITS
Air Date: 2-4-79
Writers: Charles Isaacs & Tom Whedon
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Fred McCarren, Danny Goldman
Synopsis: Alice falls in love with the 25-year-old theatrical director.

THE JERRY REED FISH STORY
Air Date: 2-1-81
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: Jerry Reed
Synopsis: Mel and Jerry Reed are shocked when they learn that the girls chopped up the fish they had just caught.

THE LAST STOW IT, PART 1
Air Date: 3-25-79
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: William Asher
Guests: Hans Conried, Bob Hastings
Synopsis: Mel sells the diner to a pushy perfectionist who proceeds to fire the girls.

LITTLE ALICE BLUENOSE
Air Date: 11-4-79
Writers: Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Spencer Milligan, Alan Haufrect, Susan Campbell, Terry Wills
Synopsis: Alice is shocked when she learns that her new boyfriend works as a nude model.

MACHO MACHO MEL
Air Date: 3-1-81
Writers: Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Andy Romano, Florence Halop
Synopsis: Mel tries to prove he is a man after he's mugged by a little old lady.

MEL GROWS UP
Air Date: 3-4-79
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: William Asher
Guests: Martha Raye, Robert Hogan
Synopsis: Mel's bossy mother comes for a visit and takes over the diner.

MEL'S CUP
Air Date: 3-12-77
Writers: Harvey Bullock & Roy Kammerman
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest: Billy Sands
Synopsis: Alice unknowingly donates Mel's treasured silver cup to a charity.

MEL'S IN A FAMILY WAY
Air Date: 12-3-78
Writer: Jerry Winnick
Director: William Asher
Guests: Michael Pataki, Shirley Mithcell, Dave Shelley
Synopsis: Mel gets the wrong idea when Alice invites him over to her apartment.

MEL'S IN LOVE
Air Date: 1-15-77
Writer: Gary David Goldberg
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guests: Susan Lanier, Maureen Arthur
Synopsis: Mel falls in love with Alice's beautiful houseguest.

MONTY FALLS FOR ALICE
Air Date: 11-22-81
Writers: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo, Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: George Wendt
Synopsis: A busboy threatens to kill himself by jumping off the top of the diner after Alice rejects him.

MOTHER-IN-LAW, PART 1
Air Date: 12-11-76
Writer: Martin Donovan
Director: William Asher
Guests: Eileen Heckart, Clyde Kusatsu
Synopsis: Alice's mother-in-law moves in when she announces that she is leaving her husband.

MOTHER-IN-LAW, PART 2
Air Date: 12-18-76
Writers: Arnold Kane, Bruce Johnson & Ray Allen
Director: William D'Angelo
Guests: Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton
Synopsis: Alice sends for her father-in-law in order to get her in-laws back together.

MY FAIR VERA
Air Date: 3-11-79
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: William Asher
Guests: Bobby Ramsen, Larry Breeding, Bryan O'Byrne
Synopsis: Vera gets a job as an actress in a TV commercial.

MY FUNNY VALENTINE TUX
Air Date: 2-10-80
Writers: Charles Isaacs & Tom Whedon
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Kelly Parsons, Raleigh Bond, Wayne Storm, Terry Wills
Synopsis: Flo tries to find a tuxedo for Tommy to wear to a school dance

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Air Date: 3-5-77
Writers: Arnold Kane & Ray Allen
Director: Alan Rafkin
Synopsis: Flo and Alice fix Vera up with a blind date.

OH, GEORGE BURNS
Air Date: 1-1-78
Writers: Fred S. Fox & Seamon Jacobs
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: George Burns
Synopsis: After George Burns pays a visit to the diner, Vera who has seen Burns' film "Oh God" three times, is convinced that she has been visited by God himself.

THE PHARMACIST
Air Date: 1-29-78
Writers: Michael Loman & Chris Hayward
Director: Noam Pitlik
Guest: Bob Dishy
Synopsis: A crazed pharmacist threatens to commit suicide in the diner unless he can speak to the President about the harmful additives being put in the country's food supply.

A PIECE OF THE ROCK
Air Date: 10-6-76
Writers: Ben Joelson & Art Baer
Director: Bill Persky
Guests: Lurene Tuttle, Jennifer Billingsley, John Myhers
Synopsis: Alice is shocked when she finds her husband's insurance policy and learns that the beneficiary is another woman.

SINGLE BELLES
Air Date: 11-6-77
Writer: Bruce Howard
Director: Kim Friedman
Guest: Robert Hogan
Synopsis: The girls unknowingly date the same man.

STAR IN THE STOREROOM
Air Date: 3-19-78
Writers: Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Jerry Reed, Graham Jarvis
Synopsis: Jerry Reed pays a visit to the diner and finds himself covered with ketchup two hours before he is to perform a concert.

TOMMY'S FIRST LOVE
Air Date: 1-7-79
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: William Asher
Guests: Olivia Barash, Bruce Kirby
Synopsis: Tommy and his girlfriend run away from home after Alice disapproves of the way they have been carrying on.

VERA GOES OUT ON A LIMB
Air Date: 1-18-81
Writers: Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: Walter Olkewicz
Synopsis: Vera chains herself to a tree in order to prevent it from being cut down.

VERA ROBS THE CRADLE
Air Date: 10-21-79
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Howard Platt, Michael Ballard, Annrae Walterhouse
Synopsis: Tommy develops a crush on Vera after she takes him to the movies.

VERA'S BROKEN HEART
Air Date: 12-24-78
Writers: Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher & Tom Whedon
Director: Lee Lochhead
Guests: Dawson Mays, Michael Keenan, Michael Ballard
Synopsis: Vera becomes depressed when her boyfriend dumps her for another woman.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE?
Air Date: 1-14-79
Writers: Marion Freeman & Dawn Aldredge
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Victoria Carroll, Ted Lehman, Randy Doney, Will Hunt.
Synopsis: On New Year's Eve, Flo announces on a radio show that she is spending the night alone at the diner and soon finds that has more company than she can handle.

WHO'S KISSING THE GREAT CHEF OF PHOENIX?
Air Date: 4-5-81
Writers: Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
Director: Marc Daniels
Guest: Victoria Carroll
Synopsis: After Vera is dumped by her boyfriend and Mel is dumped by his girlfriend, Alice decides to play matchmaker and fixes them up with each other.

WHO ORDERED THE HOT TURKEY?
Air Date: 11-19-78
Writer: Tom Whedon
Director: William Asher
Guests: Joyce Bulifant, James Cromwell, Peter Leeds, Owen Bush, Nancy McKeon.
Synopsis: On Thanksgiving, Mel unknowingly buys some live turkeys which turn out to be stolen.

THE WILD ONE
Air Date: 10-4-81
Writers: Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
Director: Marc Daniels
Guests: Jay Leno, Ron Palillo, Susan Wolf
Synopsis: The leader of a motorcycle gang falls in love with Alice.

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