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Subject: Re: R.I.P. Linda Lavin (US sitcom "Alice", stage show, etc.)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:46:38 +1300
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On 2024-12-30 13:26:21 +0000, super70s said:

> 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.

A single set makes it much cheaper.

I only saw a few episodes (the usual loud and unfunny American 
"comedy"), but I seem to recall occasional scenes at her home. They 
certainly spent almost the entire time at the diner discussing and 
dealing with their personal life rather than actually serving customers.



>> 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.

Polly Holliday is still alive. She has done quite a few roles, mainly 
small ones, since "Alice" and her own short-lived spin-off series 
"Flo". "Fair Game" in 2010 is her most recent role according to 
IMDB.com.
<https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391072/>

Vic Tayback died in 1990.