Arnie Season 1
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.
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Arnie Season 1 Full Episode Guide
An audition for the fourth voice in the company's all-male quartet produces a winner who's a surprise to all (TV Guide)
Arnie canvasses the company to find dates for his attractive sister (TV Guide)
Arnie's furtive behavior causes suspicion at the office (TV Guide)
Arnie's involved in an office feud (TV Guide)
Arnie gets symptoms of an ulcer on the eve of his bowling league semifinals (TV Guide)
Arnie must be in Nassau on the same day the Nuvos have planned a second wedding for Julius and his wife (TV Guide)
Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.
The executive Arnie replaced is in town; rumor is he wants his old job back (TV Guide)
Lady Luck visits Arnie in a poker game - the big loser is his boss Majors (TV Guide)
Boss Majors has a new housing development, and the Nuvos feel pressure to buy a home (TV Guide)
Office protocol calls for Christmas gifts worth $100; the Nuvos are giving homemade cookies (TV Guide)
A swank San Francisco hotel sets the scene for Arnie's first major sales meeting (TV Guide)
""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)
Boss Majors' latest pet project: on-the-job exercising for his executives (TV Guide)
Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)
Arnie's been ordered to shave off his mustache (TV Guide)
Lil heads a picket line to fight pollution - at Arnie's company (TV Guide)
Arnie helps an elderly couple face compulsory retirement (TV Guide)
Arnie chooses his replacement as loading foreman - from among his old buddies (TV Guide)
Arnie's bragging about his secretary nets him a jealous wife (TV Guide)
New executive Arnie kindles resentment among his old blue-collar buddies (TV Guide)
Arnie's first executive paycheck brings a sinking stomach, thanks to a premature spending binge (TV Guide)
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