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Arnie

1970 · 2 seasons · 48 episodes · Ended · CBS

Comedy

TMDB 5.3 · 3 votes

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Arnie (Pilot Episode)1970-09-19
  • S01E02Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow1970-10-26

    Arnie's first executive paycheck brings a sinking stomach, thanks to a premature spending binge (TV Guide)

  • S01E03Change of a Lifetime1970-10-03

    New executive Arnie kindles resentment among his old blue-collar buddies (TV Guide)

  • S01E04Wife vs. Secretary1970-11-04

    Arnie's bragging about his secretary nets him a jealous wife (TV Guide)

  • S01E05The Friendship Gap1970-10-10

    Arnie chooses his replacement as loading foreman - from among his old buddies (TV Guide)

  • S01E06An Urge to Splurge1970-10-17

    Arnie helps an elderly couple face compulsory retirement (TV Guide)

  • S01E07Chance of a Lifetime1970-10-03

    Lil heads a picket line to fight pollution - at Arnie's company (TV Guide)

  • S01E08Swinging Sixties1970-10-12

    Arnie's been ordered to shave off his mustache (TV Guide)

  • S01E09Let Them Eat Cookies1970-11-20

    Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)

  • S01E10Trouble in the Air1970-11-16

    Boss Majors' latest pet project: on-the-job exercising for his executives (TV Guide)

  • S01E11One Strike and You're Out1970-10-14

    ""Arnie has no heart for the task at hand: negotiating a new union contract with his loading dock buddies. The new executive is still a union man."" (TV Guide)

  • S01E12For Whom the Whistle Blows1970-11-06

    A swank San Francisco hotel sets the scene for Arnie's first major sales meeting (TV Guide)

  • S01E13Why Spy?1970-10-30

    Office protocol calls for Christmas gifts worth $100; the Nuvos are giving homemade cookies (TV Guide)

  • S01E14To Buy or Not to Buy?1970-12-03

    Boss Majors has a new housing development, and the Nuvos feel pressure to buy a home (TV Guide)

  • S01E15Second Honeymoon1970-12-15
  • S01E16You Can't Lose for Winning1970-12-20

    Lady Luck visits Arnie in a poker game - the big loser is his boss Majors (TV Guide)

  • S01E17Hello, Holly1971-01-07

    The executive Arnie replaced is in town; rumor is he wants his old job back (TV Guide)

  • S01E18Father Meets Daughter1971-01-13

    Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.

  • S01E19Citizen Pain1971-01-21

    Arnie must be in Nassau on the same day the Nuvos have planned a second wedding for Julius and his wife (TV Guide)

  • S01E20Stand Up for Julius1971-01-21

    Arnie gets symptoms of an ulcer on the eve of his bowling league semifinals (TV Guide)

  • S01E21Strangeness in the Night1971-02-09

    Arnie's involved in an office feud (TV Guide)

  • S01E22Feud for Thought1971-02-02

    Arnie's furtive behavior causes suspicion at the office (TV Guide)

  • S01E23My Sister's Keeper1971-02-19

    Arnie canvasses the company to find dates for his attractive sister (TV Guide)

  • S01E24No Harmony in Trying1971-02-19

    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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