Episode 1
Sorry, Wrong Lips
1982-10-06 • 30 min
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
TV season
1982-10-06
Episode 1
1982-10-06 • 30 min
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
Episode 2
1982-10-13 • 30 min
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.
Episode 3
1982-10-20 • 30 min
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.
Episode 4
1982-10-27 • 30 min
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.
Episode 5
1982-11-03 • 30 min
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.""
Episode 6
1982-11-10 • 30 min
Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
Episode 7
1983-01-09 • 30 min
Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
Episode 8
1983-01-16 • 30 min
Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
Episode 9
1983-02-28 • 30 min
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
Episode 10
1983-03-07 • 30 min
Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
Episode 11
1983-03-14 • 30 min
The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
Episode 12
1983-03-21 • 30 min
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
Episode 13
1983-03-28 • 30 min
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
Episode 14
1983-04-11 • 30 min
Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
Episode 15
1983-04-17 • 30 min
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.
Episode 16
1983-04-24 • 30 min
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
Episode 17
1983-05-01 • 30 min
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.
Episode 18
1983-05-15 • 30 min
Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
Episode 19
1983-05-22 • 30 min
After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
Episode 20
1983-05-29 • 30 min
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.
Episode 21
1983-06-05 • 30 min
Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
Episode 22
1983-06-12 • 30 min
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
Episode 23
1983-09-18 • 30 min
Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.