ALICE, based on the movie, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," ran from 1976 to 1985 and won many Golden Globes and Emmys. The series had several cast changes but the show was still incredibly popular throughout it's entire nine-year run.

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Alice Hyatt is a widowed mother with a teenage son, Tommy, who leaves New Jersey after her husband's death to move, and her car breaks down in Phoenix, Arizona. Her aspirations to be a singer, which would be hard without a backup job, require her to do something... anything. She becomes a waitress at Mel's Diner, a truck stop, where Mel is the cook and her boss. Mel is from Brooklyn, and has many stories from his childhood and his stint as Navy fry cook.

Mel has two other waitresses... Flo, from Texas, who's slew of favorite expressions includes "Kiss my grits!!!" and "When donkeys fly!", and Vera, from New England, who is slightly ditzy, as Mel's nickname for her, "Dingy," exhibits. Besides the regulars, several recurring characters are remembered warmly by fans, such as the telephone man, Henry (Marvin Kaplan), and Earl (Dave Madden).

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At the end of the fourth year, Polly Holliday leaves to star in the spin-off, FLO, where Flo moves back to Texas. The spin-off lasts one season, sadly, and Flo never returns to ALICE. In her space, we are introduced to Belle Dupree. Mel tells everyone how she was his first waitress when he first established his business in Phoenix.