Alice

Season 4

1979 · 24 episodes · 12h 0m in all · 9.5/10

Episodes

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   1. Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

   23 Sept 1979 · 30 min

   Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.

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   2. Mona Lisa Alice

   30 Sept 1979 · 30 min

   Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.

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   3. Mel Loves Marie

   7 Oct 1979 · 30 min

   Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.

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   4. Vera Robs the Cradle

   21 Oct 1979 · 30 min

   Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.

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   5. Flo's Chili Reception

   28 Oct 1979 · 30 min

   Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""

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   6. Little Alice Bluenose

   4 Nov 1979 · 30 min

   Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.

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   7. Carrie Sharples Strikes Again

   11 Nov 1979 · 30 min

   The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.

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   8. Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah

   18 Nov 1979 · 30 min

   Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.

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   9. Cabin Fever

   2 Dec 1979 · 30 min

   Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.

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    10. My Cousin, Art Carney

    9 Dec 1979 · 30 min

    Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

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    11. Mel, the Magi

    23 Dec 1979 · 30 min · 9.0/10

    A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.

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    12. Good Buddy Flo

    6 Jan 1980 · 30 min

    Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.

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    13. Alice in TV Land

    13 Jan 1980 · 30 min · 10.0/10

    Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.

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    14. Alice Beats the Clock

    27 Jan 1980 · 30 min

    Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.

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    15. Carrie's Wedding

    3 Feb 1980 · 30 min

    Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.

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    16. My Funny Valentine Tux

    10 Feb 1980 · 30 min

    Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.

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    17. Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot

    17 Feb 1980 · 30 min

    Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.

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    18. Flo's Farewell

    24 Feb 1980 · 30 min

    A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.

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    19. For Whom the Belle Toils

    2 Mar 1980 · 30 min

    Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.

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    20. One Too Many Girls

    9 Mar 1980 · 30 min

    The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.

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    21. Vera, the Vamp

    16 Mar 1980 · 30 min

    Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.

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    22. Profit Without Honor

    23 Mar 1980 · 30 min

    Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.

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    23. Cook's Tour

    30 Mar 1980 · 30 min

    Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.

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    24. Here Comes Alice Cottontail

    6 Apr 1980 · 30 min

    Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.