Acropolis Now(1989)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1989-08-09
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 63
Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek cafe in Melbourne of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series. They were already quite well known for their comedy stage show, Wogs out of Work. The title is a play on the film Apocalypse Now. Each episode was 30 minutes in length and filmed in front of a live audience. Jim's father asks him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. The series centres around the activities of the cafe staff. Greek Jim Stephanidis, is the immature owner and his best friend, Spaniard Ricky Martinez is the sensible manager. Memo is the traditional Greek waiter, Liz is the liberated Australian waitress. Skip is the naïve new cook from the bush and Manolis is the stubborn cook from the old cafe. 'Hilarity' prevails from the clash of cultures and beliefs. Jim's hairdresser cousin Effie, played by Mary Coustas, became a hugely popular and enduring character during the run of the show. Coustas later reprised the role for several TV specials and series including Effie, Just Quietly, an SBS comedy / interview show, and Greeks on the Roof, a short-lived Greek-Australian version of the British talk show The Kumars at No. 42.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 11E01
Old Bar, New Bar
Air Date: 1989-08-09
Kostas leaves Cafe neo acropolis in his son Jim's hands and heads home to Greece after 23 years in Australia for a we...
E02
The Proxy Blues
Air Date: 1989-08-16
Manolis the chef doesn't like the new chef Gavin 'Skippy ' Farrell. Memo is still being rude to the customers,& Jim i...
E03
The Martinez Inquiry
Air Date: 1989-09-27
Rick puts a stop to Jim's 'freebies'. He's giving away too much free coffee and the business is suffering.
E04
The Trouble With Mothers
Air Date: 1989-10-04
It's the day of the prestigiuos Waiters' Race, the one day of the year Memo has been looking forward to. In the past ...
E05
It's Academic
Air Date: 1989-09-20
Jim tries to arrange a double date with Ricky, but he's not interested, Jim thinks Uni has ruined Ricky. A lady cus...
E06
It's Not Unusual
Air Date: 1989-09-13
Jim books famous Greek heart throb Con Jones to perform at the cafe.Memo recalls the time when there were 2 singing w...
E07
The Key to Her Heart
Air Date: 1989-09-06
Liz is going to a Fabien society meeting & Jim wants to come because he's a big fan of Fabian. After embarasing Liz...
E08
Easter Greek Style
Air Date: 1989-08-23
Easter is coming up & the time of fasting is upon them.That means no meat, cheese, alcohol,sex. Memo is finding it di...
E09
Three Skips and a Joey
Air Date: 1989-10-11
Liz bets Jim $10 he can't 'pick up' a girl in the cafe. Jim tries the first girl he sees & starts to 'chat her up'. W...
E10
Bucklovers
Air Date: 1989-08-30
Jim has to organise a buck's night for his cousin but has never done it before. He doesn't recognise him when he & hi...
E11
Writers Block
Air Date: 1989-10-18
Jim gets his picture in Vibrations Discos magazine & Liz wants to go there to see what it's like. Epsilon walks in ...
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