Arnie(1970)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1970-09-19
Average Runtime: 20m
Rating: 5.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 48
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Keywords
sitcomworkplace comedy
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 24E01
Arnie (Pilot Episode)
Air Date: 1970-09-19
No episode overview available.
E02
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Air Date: 1970-10-26
Arnie's first executive paycheck brings a sinking stomach, thanks to a premature spending binge (TV Guide)
E03
Change of a Lifetime
Air Date: 1970-10-03
New executive Arnie kindles resentment among his old blue-collar buddies (TV Guide)
E04
Wife vs. Secretary
Air Date: 1970-11-04
Arnie's bragging about his secretary nets him a jealous wife (TV Guide)
E05
The Friendship Gap
Air Date: 1970-10-10
Arnie chooses his replacement as loading foreman - from among his old buddies (TV Guide)
E06
An Urge to Splurge
Air Date: 1970-10-17
Arnie helps an elderly couple face compulsory retirement (TV Guide)
E07
Chance of a Lifetime
Air Date: 1970-10-03
Lil heads a picket line to fight pollution - at Arnie's company (TV Guide)
E08
Swinging Sixties
Air Date: 1970-10-12
Arnie's been ordered to shave off his mustache (TV Guide)
E09
Let Them Eat Cookies
Air Date: 1970-11-20
Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)
E10
Trouble in the Air
Air Date: 1970-11-16
Boss Majors' latest pet project: on-the-job exercising for his executives (TV Guide)
E11
One Strike and You're Out
Air Date: 1970-10-14
""Arnie has no heart for the task at hand: negotiating a new union contract with his loading dock buddies. The new ex...
E12
For Whom the Whistle Blows
Air Date: 1970-11-06
A swank San Francisco hotel sets the scene for Arnie's first major sales meeting (TV Guide)
E13
Why Spy?
Air Date: 1970-10-30
Office protocol calls for Christmas gifts worth $100; the Nuvos are giving homemade cookies (TV Guide)
E14
To Buy or Not to Buy?
Air Date: 1970-12-03
Boss Majors has a new housing development, and the Nuvos feel pressure to buy a home (TV Guide)
E15
Second Honeymoon
Air Date: 1970-12-15
No episode overview available.
E16
You Can't Lose for Winning
Air Date: 1970-12-20
Lady Luck visits Arnie in a poker game - the big loser is his boss Majors (TV Guide)
E17
Hello, Holly
Air Date: 1971-01-07
The executive Arnie replaced is in town; rumor is he wants his old job back (TV Guide)
E18
Father Meets Daughter
Air Date: 1971-01-13
Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.
E19
Citizen Pain
Air Date: 1971-01-21
Arnie must be in Nassau on the same day the Nuvos have planned a second wedding for Julius and his wife (TV Guide)
E20
Stand Up for Julius
Air Date: 1971-01-21
Arnie gets symptoms of an ulcer on the eve of his bowling league semifinals (TV Guide)
E21
Strangeness in the Night
Air Date: 1971-02-09
Arnie's involved in an office feud (TV Guide)
E22
Feud for Thought
Air Date: 1971-02-02
Arnie's furtive behavior causes suspicion at the office (TV Guide)
E23
My Sister's Keeper
Air Date: 1971-02-19
Arnie canvasses the company to find dates for his attractive sister (TV Guide)
E24
No Harmony in Trying
Air Date: 1971-02-19
An audition for the fourth voice in the company's all-male quartet produces a winner who's a surprise to all (TV Guide)
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