Written by James M. Tate / 9/18/2012 / No comments / alfred lutter , linda lavin , polly holliday , seventies , TV , vic tayback
ALICE SERIES PILOT FEATURING MOVIE-TOMMY ALFRED LUTTER
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| year: 1976 starring: Linda Lavin, Alfred Lutter rating: ***1/2 |
Although the movie can get pretty serious, by the mid-way point, Alice and her son Tommy... after surviving a really scary guy (Harvey Keitel) and bouts of highway boredom.. find a home in Tucson, Arizona on the way to Monterey, California where Alice dreams of becoming a singer… By the time Alice finds her waitressing gig she puts her dreams on hold. Here we begin the sitcom’s pilot (written by the novel's author Robert Getchell), where Alice, played by Linda Lavin, waits tables in Phoenix, Arizona and meets a young smitten customer who pretends to be an agent.
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| Different opening showing only Alice and Tommy |
It's as if she were testing it out on the studio audience. Vic Tayback’s Mel (the only actor from the motion picture to remain for the entire series) and Beth Howland’s kooky Vera take the backseat – it’s all about Alice thinking she, like Burstyn in the movie, has a shot at fame. The biggest difference of the pilot is the character Tommy... Played by Alfred Lutter from the film, by the second episode he's replaced by the more TV-fitting blonde kid Philip McKeon. Perhaps Lutter was a bit too glib for TV audiences… but fans of the movie know he was
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| Alfred Lutter's opening credit that's only seen in the pilot |
BONUS TRIVIA: After Alice and Tommy realize they're not going to Hollywood, Tommy says under his breath, "Now I'm never going to meet Tatum O'Neal..." Which is ironic because that same year he co-starred with Tatum in THE BAD NEWS BEARS.
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