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Alice season 8

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Alice
Season 8
No. of episodes23
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 2, 1983 (1983-10-02) –
May 20, 1984 (1984-05-20)
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List of episodes

This is a list of episodes from the eighth season of Alice.

Episodes

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1641"Mel is Hogg-Tied"John PasquinMark Egan & Mark SolomonOctober 2, 1983 (1983-10-02)185206
Boss Hogg (special guest star Sorrell Booke), who's a distant cousin of Jolene's, arrives from Hazzard County and tries to swindle Mel into selling his diner to him for $1. Sonny Shroyer also guest stars as Deputy Enos Strate.
1652"Vera's Secret Lover"Marc DanielsGail HonigbergOctober 9, 1983 (1983-10-09)167624
Presents and love poems come Vera's way and everyone's trying to find out who's sending them.
1663"Jolene Gets Her Wings"Marc DanielsLinda Morris & Vic RauseoOctober 16, 1983 (1983-10-16)185204
Jolene realizes her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant.
1674"Alice's Blind Date"Dolores FerraroBob StevensOctober 23, 1983 (1983-10-23)185203
Alice's social life gets a lift when she makes a date with her old high-school flame (Dennis Holahan), who's in town on a business trip, and, as she then discovers, is now blind.
1685"It Had to Be Mel"Marc DanielsLindsay HarrisonOctober 30, 1983 (1983-10-30)185205
Mel falls for a famous singer (special guest star Florence Henderson) who stops in for directions. When she proposes, Mel accepts and prepares to move to Los Angeles.
1696"The Over-the-Hill Girls"Tom TrbovichMark Egan & Mark SolomonNovember 6, 1983 (1983-11-06)185208
Alice tries to help Mel's mother fight the tedium of old age by suggesting that she start a singing career.
1707"Vera Gets Engaged"Marc DanielsBob Bendetson & Howard BendetsonNovember 20, 1983 (1983-11-20)185210
Vera falls for Eliott Novak (Charles Levin), a police officer who she met after jaywalking and within two weeks they are engaged and planning a wedding.
1718"Vera's Wedding"Marc DanielsStory by : Mark Solomon
Teleplay by : Gail Honigberg
November 20, 1983 (1983-11-20)185211
Vera's marriage plans take a detour when she and Mel mistakenly exchange wedding vows.
1729"The Robot Wore Pink"Marc DanielsPeter NoahDecember 18, 1983 (1983-12-18)185212
When Alice quits, Mel replaces her with a robot that wins the customers' approval.
17310"'Tis the Season to Be Jealous"Don Corbin & Linda LavinBob Bendetson & Howard BendetsonDecember 25, 1983 (1983-12-25)185214
Vera's former boyfriend Steve (Kip Niven) stops by the diner and sparks Elliot's jealousy.
17411"Tommy Goes Overboard"Oz ScottNick Gore & Jerry JacobiusJanuary 1, 1984 (1984-01-01)185201
Tommy's home from college feeling down,due to bad grades and a failed romance. Also,Mel gets a visit,his old Navy buddy Frank (Donnelly Rhodes), who's a recruiter, who ends up inspiring Tommy to consider joining the Navy, which Alice isn't to thrilled about.
17512"Vera, the Horse Thief"John PasquinBob Bendetson & Howard BendetsonJanuary 8, 1984 (1984-01-08)185202
Vera kidnaps a circus horse when she believes it is being mistreated by its owner (Robert Englund).
17613"Jolene Throws a Curve"Marc DanielsSid Dorfman & Harvey WeitzmanJanuary 15, 1984 (1984-01-15)185213
Jolene's loyalty is put to the test when she pitches for the diner's softball team.
17714"Lies My Mother Told Me"Marc DanielsSid Dorfman & Harvey WeitzmanJanuary 29, 1984 (1984-01-29)185216
Mel's enraged when he learns that his mother Carrie told a white lie about his childhood pet.
17815"Alice and the Devoted Dentist"Marc DanielsDuncan Scott McGibbonFebruary 12, 1984 (1984-02-12)185209
Mel's dentist (James Coco) falls for Alice when she goes to have a chipped tooth repaired.
17916"Alice's Hot Air Romance"Marc DanielsMichael CassuttMarch 4, 1984 (1984-03-04)185220
Alice's date with Zack (Jed Allan), a balloonist friend of Mel's, gets out of hand when she and the gang become trapped in a runaway balloon.
18017"Dollars to Donuts"Oz ScottDavid Silverman & Stephen SustarsicMarch 11, 1984 (1984-03-11)185207
Tommy catches gambling fever when Mel's mother takes him to the race track.
18118"My Dinner with Debbie"Marc DanielsMark Egan & Mark SolomonMarch 18, 1984 (1984-03-18)185218
Ms. Walden (Linda Lavin in dual role), Vera and Elliott's landlady, falls in love with Mel after she invites him to her apartment for dinner.
18219"Vera's Fine Feathered Friends"Marc DanielsDavid Silverman & Stephen SustarsicMarch 25, 1984 (1984-03-25)185215
Vera ends up in the hospital when she attempts to save some baby birds.
18320"Jolene is Stuck on Mel"Don Corvan & Linda LavinGail HonigbergApril 1, 1984 (1984-04-01)185219
Jolene's whirlwind plans to marry a TV game show host come unglued when she becomes stuck to Mel, which may threaten her impending nuptials, as she then begins to have second thoughts.
18421"Don't Play it Again, Elliott"Marc Daniels & Nancy WalkerLarry BalmagiaApril 15, 1984 (1984-04-15)185221
Elliott ignores an already annoyed Vera when he becomes glued to the piano that his parents give them as a wedding gift all day and night, as he then tries to play it for his friends.
18522"Mel Spins His Wheels"Marc DanielsRichard Marcus & Michael PoryesMay 13, 1984 (1984-05-13)185217
Mel has always disliked the idea of providing handicap access, until he ends up in a wheelchair himself with two sprained ankles.
18623"Be It Ever So Crowded"Marc DanielsDavid Silverman & Stephen SustarsicMay 20, 1984 (1984-05-20)185222
Vera and Elliott buy a charming old house that comes complete with fireplace, furniture, antiques and a border, Rev. Bragg, the forgetful old minister who married them. Vera and Elliot soon must work up the nerve to kick him out.

Broadcast history

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Alice began the season airing Sunday nights at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) from October 6 to October 2, 1983,[1] before being moved to the 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) time slot on February 12, 1984,[2] where it remained for the remainder of the TV season.[3]

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