Arnie

5.320m19702 seasons

Comedy

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.

Cast

Sue Ane Langdon

Charles Nelson Reilly

Randy Robinson

Herschel Bernardi

Roger Bowen

Herb Voland

Del Russel

Elaine Shore

Tom Pedi

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Arnie (Pilot Episode)

1970-09-19

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

1970-10-26

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

Change of a Lifetime

1970-10-03

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

Wife vs. Secretary

1970-11-04

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

The Friendship Gap

1970-10-10

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

An Urge to Splurge

1970-10-17

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

Chance of a Lifetime

1970-10-03

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

Swinging Sixties

1970-10-12

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

Let Them Eat Cookies

1970-11-20

Arnie becomes involved in industrial espionage (TV Guide)

Trouble in the Air

1970-11-16

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

One Strike and You're Out

1970-10-14

""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)

For Whom the Whistle Blows

1970-11-06

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

Why Spy?

1970-10-30

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

To Buy or Not to Buy?

1970-12-03

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

Second Honeymoon

1970-12-15

You Can't Lose for Winning