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Arnie
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Rick Mittleman
Top Cast
Sue Ane Langdon
Charles Nelson Reilly
Randy Robinson
Herschel Bernardi
Roger Bowen
Herb Voland
Del Russel
Elaine Shore
Tom Pedi
Seasons
Season 1 (1970)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Arnie (Pilot Episode)
1970-09-19Episode 2: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
1970-10-26Arnie's first executive paycheck brings a sinking stomach, thanks to a premature spending binge (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Change of a Lifetime
1970-10-03New executive Arnie kindles resentment among his old blue-collar buddies (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Wife vs. Secretary
1970-11-04Arnie's bragging about his secretary nets him a jealous wife (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: The Friendship Gap
1970-10-10Arnie chooses his replacement as loading foreman - from among his old buddies (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: An Urge to Splurge
1970-10-17Arnie helps an elderly couple face compulsory retirement (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: Chance of a Lifetime
1970-10-03Lil heads a picket line to fight pollution - at Arnie's company (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: Swinging Sixties
1970-10-12Arnie's been ordered to shave off his mustache (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Let Them Eat Cookies
1970-11-20Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: Trouble in the Air
1970-11-16Boss Majors' latest pet project: on-the-job exercising for his executives (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 11: One Strike and You're Out
1970-10-14""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)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 12: For Whom the Whistle Blows
1970-11-06A swank San Francisco hotel sets the scene for Arnie's first major sales meeting (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 13: Why Spy?
1970-10-30Office protocol calls for Christmas gifts worth $100; the Nuvos are giving homemade cookies (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 14: To Buy or Not to Buy?
1970-12-03Boss Majors has a new housing development, and the Nuvos feel pressure to buy a home (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 15: Second Honeymoon
1970-12-15Episode 16: You Can't Lose for Winning
1970-12-20Lady Luck visits Arnie in a poker game - the big loser is his boss Majors (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 17: Hello, Holly
1971-01-07The executive Arnie replaced is in town; rumor is he wants his old job back (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 18: Father Meets Daughter
1971-01-13Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 19: Citizen Pain
1971-01-21Arnie must be in Nassau on the same day the Nuvos have planned a second wedding for Julius and his wife (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 20: Stand Up for Julius
1971-01-21Arnie gets symptoms of an ulcer on the eve of his bowling league semifinals (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 21: Strangeness in the Night
1971-02-09Arnie's involved in an office feud (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 22: Feud for Thought
1971-02-02Arnie's furtive behavior causes suspicion at the office (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 23: My Sister's Keeper
1971-02-19Arnie canvasses the company to find dates for his attractive sister (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 24: No Harmony in Trying
1971-02-19An audition for the fourth voice in the company's all-male quartet produces a winner who's a surprise to all (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minSeason 2 (1971)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Honey, I'm Sorry But...
1971-09-13Arnie endangers his position, by giving a share of company stock to his son.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Nuvo Riche
1971-09-07Charles Nelson Reilly joins the cast as Arnie's new neighbor, a gourmet chef.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Well There Goes the Neighborhood
1971-09-14Lil is tired of waiting for her late hubby and she comes up with a solution.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blew
1971-09-22Reta Shaw plays a maid who takes over the Nuvo home - lock, stock, and barrel (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Boom or Bust
1971-10-13Snobbery is the target as Arnie tries to join his boss' polo club (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: Pushing Pinky Out of the Treehouse
1971-10-19Arnie tries to make Majors' wedding perfect (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: The Maid
1971-09-29Arnie anonymously sends a poem to Felicia.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: A Poem for Guess Who
1971-10-19Episode 9: Welcome to the Club
1971-10-12Arnie wins an award Majors wanted.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: The Return of Fingers Ferguson
1971-10-27Episode 11: Et tu Arnie
1971-11-08Episode 12: This Land is My Land
1971-11-18Episode 13: Let Ham Put You in the Driver's Seat
1971-11-30Episode 14: The Gift of the Majors
1971-12-02The no-bra look leads Arnie into a research project to save a faltering company (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 15: The Only Way to Go
1971-12-31Choosing a final resting place can be a downer. Majors wants the Nuvos as roommates in his Taj Mahal-like mausoleum.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 16: Guess Who's Coming to Our House?
1972-01-07Arnie's boss stays at his house.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 17: What's Up Doc?
1972-01-17Arnie is in trouble when he persuades boss Majors to hire a drunken doctor.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 18: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
1972-01-21Attorney Melvin Belli plays a flamboyant lawyer defending Majors for a speeding ticket (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 19: Room at the Top
1972-01-31A toupee for Arnie, as the corporation tries to impress a mod young executive (TV Guide)
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 20: Surprise, Surprise!
1972-02-12Boss Majors wants Arnie to arrange a surprise party for him.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 21: Uncle Nikko
1972-02-11Arnie's uncle may upset Majors' dinner party.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 22: Wilson Tastes Good Like a Candidate Should
1972-02-21Local politics create a dilemma for Arnie.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 23: Now You Take Teddy Roosevelt
1972-02-28Majors tries to prove that he is as good a salesman as his employees.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 24: Star Trekking
1972-03-06A story about Arnie's frustrating attempt to get the comic for an awards ceremony.
Runtime: N/A min
