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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.

Arnie Season 1

September. 19,1970
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Arnie

1970

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

Episode 24 - No Harmony in Trying
First Aired: February. 19,1971

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

Episode 23 - My Sister's Keeper
Episode 22 - Feud for Thought
Episode 20 - Stand Up for Julius
Episode 19 - Citizen Pain
First Aired: January. 21,1971

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

Episode 17 - Hello, Holly
Episode 16 - You Can't Lose for Winning
Episode 14 - To Buy or Not to Buy?
First Aired: December. 03,1970

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

Episode 13 - Why Spy?
First Aired: October. 30,1970

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

Episode 12 - For Whom the Whistle Blows
Episode 11 - One Strike and You're Out
First Aired: October. 14,1970

""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)

Episode 10 - Trouble in the Air
Episode 7 - Chance of a Lifetime
Episode 6 - An Urge to Splurge
Episode 5 - The Friendship Gap
Episode 4 - Wife vs. Secretary
Episode 3 - Change of a Lifetime
Episode 2 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
First Aired: October. 26,1970

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

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