| "The Happy Hoofers" | |
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| Season 3, Episode # 10 #58 in series (202 episodes) | |
| Episode Information | |
| Series: | Alice (TV series) |
| Network/Country: | CBS-TV |
| Air date: | November 26, 1978 |
| Written by: | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx |
| Directed by | William Asher |
| Guest stars: | Duane R. Campbell Bob McClurg |
| Production code: | 166812 |
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The Happy Hoofers was the tenth episode of Season 3 of Alice, also the 58th overall episode in the series. Written by Robert Fisher and Arthur Marx, the episode, which was directed by William Asher, premiered on CBS-TV on November 26, 1978.
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Synopsis[]
Alice gets a second job delivering singing telegrams, but it's making her late for the diner.
Storyline[]
Tommy's straight A's in school has Alice thinking about having enough money to send him to college. She takes a part time job with a singing telegram company. Mel finds out and threatens to fire her. When she is 4 hours late to work the next day, Mel does fire her. Vera and Flo's attempt to reconcile them just makes things worse. Mel's Diner 20th anniversary party is the setting for the gang to patch things up.
Cast (in credits order)[]
Starring[]
- Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt
- Vic Tayback as Mel Sharples
- Polly Holliday as Florence Jean Castleberry
- Beth Howland as Vera Louise Gorman
- Philip McKeon as Tommy Hyatt
Guest starring/Recurring cast[]
- Duane R. Campbell as Chuck
- Bob McClurg as Cecil