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Arnie

20min

Comedy

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

Cast

Season 1

Arnie (Pilot Episode)

1. Arnie (Pilot Episode)

19th Sep 1970

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

2. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

26th Oct 1970

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

Change of a Lifetime

3. Change of a Lifetime

3rd Oct 1970

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

Wife vs. Secretary

4. Wife vs. Secretary

4th Nov 1970

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

The Friendship Gap

5. The Friendship Gap

10th Oct 1970

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

An Urge to Splurge

6. An Urge to Splurge

17th Oct 1970

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

Chance of a Lifetime

7. Chance of a Lifetime

3rd Oct 1970

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

Swinging Sixties

8. Swinging Sixties

12th Oct 1970

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

Let Them Eat Cookies

9. Let Them Eat Cookies

20th Nov 1970

Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)

Trouble in the Air

10. Trouble in the Air

16th Nov 1970

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

One Strike and You're Out

11. One Strike and You're Out

14th Oct 1970

""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)

For Whom the Whistle Blows

12. For Whom the Whistle Blows

6th Nov 1970

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

Why Spy?

13. Why Spy?

30th Oct 1970

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

To Buy or Not to Buy?

14. To Buy or Not to Buy?

3rd Dec 1970

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

Second Honeymoon

15. Second Honeymoon

15th Dec 1970

You Can't Lose for Winning

16. You Can't Lose for Winning

20th Dec 1970

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

Hello, Holly

17. Hello, Holly

7th Jan 1971

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

Father Meets Daughter

18. Father Meets Daughter

13th Jan 1971

Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.

Citizen Pain

19. Citizen Pain

21st Jan 1971

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

Stand Up for Julius

20. Stand Up for Julius

21st Jan 1971

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

Strangeness in the Night

21. Strangeness in the Night

9th Feb 1971

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

Feud for Thought

22. Feud for Thought

2nd Feb 1971

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

My Sister's Keeper

23. My Sister's Keeper

19th Feb 1971

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

No Harmony in Trying

24. No Harmony in Trying

19th Feb 1971

An audition for the fourth voice in the company's all-male quartet produces a winner who's a surprise to all (TV Guide)

First air date

19th Sep 1970

Last air date

6th Mar 1972

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks