Arnie (1970) — 2 Seasons

Name: Arnie
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Sue Ane Langdon, Charles Nelson Reilly, Herschel Bernardi, Roger Bowen, Herb Voland

Seasons & episodes

2 seasons · 48 episodes

Episode 01

Arnie (Pilot Episode)

Sep 19, 1970

No description available.

Episode 02

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Oct 26, 1970

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

Episode 03

Change of a Lifetime

Oct 3, 1970

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

Episode 04

Wife vs. Secretary

Nov 4, 1970

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

Episode 05

The Friendship Gap

Oct 10, 1970

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

Episode 06

An Urge to Splurge

Oct 17, 1970

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

Episode 07

Chance of a Lifetime

Oct 3, 1970

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

Episode 08

Swinging Sixties

Oct 12, 1970

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

Episode 09

Let Them Eat Cookies

Nov 20, 1970

Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)

Episode 10

Trouble in the Air

Nov 16, 1970

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

Episode 11

One Strike and You're Out

Oct 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 12

For Whom the Whistle Blows

Nov 6, 1970

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

Episode 13

Why Spy?

Oct 30, 1970

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

Episode 14

To Buy or Not to Buy?

Dec 3, 1970

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

Episode 15

Second Honeymoon

Dec 15, 1970

No description available.

Episode 16

You Can't Lose for Winning

Dec 20, 1970

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

Episode 17

Hello, Holly

Jan 7, 1971

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

Episode 18

Father Meets Daughter

Jan 13, 1971

Arnie tries to pay more attention to Andrea.

Episode 19

Citizen Pain

Jan 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 20

Stand Up for Julius

Jan 21, 1971

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

Episode 21

Strangeness in the Night

Feb 9, 1971

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

Episode 22

Feud for Thought

Feb 2, 1971

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

Episode 23

My Sister's Keeper

Feb 19, 1971

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

Episode 24

No Harmony in Trying

Feb 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)

About the series

Audience score

★ 5.3 /10

based on 3 votes

Synopsis

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.

Comedy

Cast

8 principal cast

Sue Ane Langdon

Charles Nelson Reilly

Randy Robinson

Herschel Bernardi

Roger Bowen

Herb Voland

Del Russel

Elaine Shore

Tom Pedi

Where to watch Arnie

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