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Subject: Re: R.I.P. Linda Lavin (US sitcom "Alice", stage show, etc.)
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:26:21 -0600
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On 2024-12-30 06:54:35 +0000, Your Name said:

>     Lavin established herself as a beloved character actor with her
>     decade-long stint on "Alice," the CBS comedy series adapted from�
>     Martin Scorsese's 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,"
>     with Ellen Burstyn in the title role.

I was always curious why the series, unlike the movie, didn't get into 
Alice's personal and home life, it seemed to center exclusively on 
happenings at the diner. That must have tested better.

>     The series, which ran from
>     1976-85, starred Lavin as Alice Hyatt, a widow with a young son
>     (played by Philip McKeon) who starts life again in Arizona,
>     where she works at Mel's Diner (whose eponymous owner was played
>     by Vic Tayback), alongside fellow waitresses Flo (Polly Holliday)

"Kiss my grits" was always funny no matter how many times you heard it. 
Wonder if she's still around.