Alice - Season 4
1 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
Air Date: September 23, 1979
Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
2 - Mona Lisa Alice
Air Date: September 30, 1979
Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.
3 - Mel Loves Marie
Air Date: October 7, 1979
Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
4 - Vera Robs the Cradle
Air Date: October 21, 1979
Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
5 - Flo's Chili Reception
Air Date: October 28, 1979
Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""
6 - Little Alice Bluenose
Air Date: November 4, 1979
Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
7 - Carrie Sharples Strikes Again
Air Date: November 11, 1979
The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.
8 - Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
Air Date: November 18, 1979
Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.
9 - Cabin Fever
Air Date: December 2, 1979
Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
10 - My Cousin, Art Carney
Air Date: December 9, 1979
Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.
11 - Mel, the Magi
Air Date: December 23, 1979
A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
12 - Good Buddy Flo
Air Date: January 6, 1980
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
13 - Alice in TV Land
Air Date: January 13, 1980
Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
14 - Alice Beats the Clock
Air Date: January 27, 1980
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
15 - Carrie's Wedding
Air Date: February 3, 1980
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
16 - My Funny Valentine Tux
Air Date: February 10, 1980
Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
17 - Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
Air Date: February 17, 1980
Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
18 - Flo's Farewell
Air Date: February 24, 1980
A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
19 - For Whom the Belle Toils
Air Date: March 2, 1980
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.
20 - One Too Many Girls
Air Date: March 9, 1980
The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
21 - Vera, the Vamp
Air Date: March 16, 1980
Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
22 - Profit Without Honor
Air Date: March 23, 1980
Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.
23 - Cook's Tour
Air Date: March 30, 1980
Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
24 - Here Comes Alice Cottontail
Air Date: April 6, 1980
Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.