I will never forget this episode. I cried like a baby. I was just a kid but I LOVED Alice and the thought of it going off was very sad to me so I cried when they cried.
Great show and cast from the golden era of sitcoms. Loved watching this show growing up with all the other great American and British classics. Too many comic legends gone, may they all rest in peace.
Saying goodbye to these shows was actually an emotional experience back 40 years ago! We grew up with these unforgettable characters. TV was awesome back in those days!
These shows were such a part of my childhood growing up late 70's. Never thought these shows would end. But, then they all ended and us kids realized that we all had to grow up and move on!
I was 12 when their show ended but I vividly remember watching it on CBS. I grew up in the inner city of Birmingham, Alabama and I’m sure I was the only kid in my hood that watched this religiously. This was a great show and it’s one of the reasons why I was always intrigued by Phoenix.
I am sure there are still many restaurants and other businesses today, where everyone is like family. Many more than usual could be shutting their doors for good this year. But life goes on...
For some reason I didn't remember watching this finall episode until they were exiting the diner. Loved this show watched every Sunday night. Linda Lavin is definately the best TV Mom. She helped me through tough times with my dysfunctional family.
Just watched it how dad. R.I.P. Beth Howland aka Vera. & Phillip McKeon aka Tommy Hyatt & Vic Tay back aka Mel. I'm glad I.have them all on dvd. I still like this show.
Don't forget Charles Levin. He was found dead at the bottom of a steep hill in June of 2019 in OR. He had been missing for 2 weeks and his partially decomposed body was found. He had apparently fallen down the steep hill and died down there. :(
I own the first three seasons and watch it everyday’ Flo was the best. After she left It was never the same. As long as i can watch it life is as it was.
One of my favorite shows of all time. Very underrated. They made a mistake spinning off Flo. The show was still good but never quite the same. Belle and Jolene couldn’t replace her. One of my favorite episodes is when all of them Agreed to give up a vice. Mel was betting, Alice was chocolate, Vera was smoking and flo was coffee. When deciding to bet...flo..ok I’m willing to give up something important to me..mel...flo that’s bad news for half the guys in Phx 😂😂😂
@@b.u.dmusic9424 It was pretty much an ensemble show by season 5. In the later years there quite a number of episodes Lavin only had a small part in because she was directing the episodes.
Rest in Peace to Phillip McKeon 55 is too young. This show doesn't get the shine that other shows get especially considering it lasted 9 seasons but I loved it. Rest in peace to all the actors who are no longer with us on this show.
For some reason I always remember... MEL: "That's it! Mel's Diner will never serve another bowl of chili!" JOLENE: "There's gon' be some dancin' in the streets tonight..."
I wish the sitcom Alice was still on funny reruns I watch him every night just about but the majority of that cast is gone but I still like watching them and reruns
@@ochsj1971 If I'm not mistaken it was 1978 or 1979 and I was in my early high school years. I got myself into a lot of trouble back then because I loved this show so much I wanted to work there. It was on at 10:30 am on re-runs. I skipped school or came home early just so I could watch it many more times than I wish to remember. At the risk of trouble at home and school. Terrible judgement I'll admit but wanted to share that story anyway
Philip became close to Vic's son Chris, who's now an L.A. criminal defence lawyer. Chris's clients included Bill Cosby for part of his sexual assault trial.
Without a doubt, one of the best finales of all time, right up there with Mary Tyler Moore and The Golden Girls. The lamest endings were Cheers, Facts Of Life, and Newhart.
Family Ties with Michael J. Fox now that show's finale was pretty good after the final scene faded to black it came back with the cast being introduced
@@GoLakers3900 You don't have to agree with me. Just look up "Best Series finales" and include "Cheers" in the search. You'll see several websites that include Cheers among the best.
This was a show that was so popular from 1977-1985, but as soon as it went off the air, it was soon forgotten. I loved it. It was based off an unpleasantly realistic 1974 movie beforehand set entirely in New Mexico and Arizona about an unhappy working-class housewife widowed from her husband that dies in an accident on the job and she’s broke and moves west. In the movie, Alice is an ordinary woman just trying to put her life back together as a singer, Tommy is a bored and obnoxious 12 year old, Mel is the owner of a highly successful greasy spoon diner who’s wife died from overwork years before, Flo is a brassy loudmouth, and Vera is an eccentric basket case with a dark sense of humor who’s motorcycle riding father drives her to work and from home.
That and M*A*S*H are the only ones I know that had sitcoms based on movies and were successful. Not an easy feat to turn a dramatic movie into a sitcom. Alice has been shown in reruns over the years on E!, TBS, TNN, IOn, and is currently on LOGO and Antenna TV. In the Alice series pilot, the kid who played Tommy in the movie version (Alfred Lutter) was cast, but after that was recast with Philip McKeon. And Belle was played by Diane Ladd, the original Flo in the movie. Vic Tayback (Mel) was the only one playing the same character in the movie and sitcom.
@@tammylewis2408I’m late on my response, but thank you! MASH was a somewhat strange and unconventional movie that turned into a successful TV series and Alice sure did. I thought the pill from the movie made a great Tommy for the TV series, but for some strange reason, he was only in the pilot. And I think Diane Ladd would have been a more realistic Flo like the movie, not some hee hee ha ha not a care in the world “kiss my grits” chasing after every other man. And of course Alice went from a codependent country girl from Monterey, Ca. to chirpy Jewish woman from New Jersey.
I think this was the year CBS 1983-85( One day at a time, Jeffersons, Alice ) was cleaning house similiar to when they did in 1977-78 (Maude, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhona, Carol Burnett).
I grew up watching this show and other 70s and 80s shows, i remember watching and eating sloppy joes tater tots and drinking kool aid, now im 53 thinking of my child hood makes me smile and my heart ache
The ending of shows like Alice, were endings of eras. People couldn't believe the end was there and they would prepare for the night, like it was a family event. Alice was to myself, and I suspect to many others a kind warm place, where for a while real issues were set aside for a bit. TV in the 70s and 80s was far more then entertainment, it was a family gathering. The TV shows of this Era - MASH Little House on the Prairie All in the Family Barney Miller
Interesting how during the flashbacks, no clips of "Belle", (Diana Ladd's character) were shown---I read where Ladd had difficulty with the rest of the cast during production.
I'm surprised Flo's (Polly Holiday) was shown since Linda Evan felt insecure about her and caused Polly to leave the show. I suppose after years have gone by, Linda felt comfortable enough to show a clip of Flo on the last episode.
@@GoLakers3900 Flo was such a huge part of the show, it'd be hard not to include her. Belle was only there barely one season, though there should have been at least one clip of her
If made into a movie, Mandy Moore plays Alice "Alicia" Hyatt Emma Stone as Tamara Hyatt Rhea Pearlman as Melanie Sharples Lucy DeVito as Maxine Sharples (Melanie's Daughter) Blake Lively as Florence Castleberry Natalie Portman as Vera Louise Gorman Eva Amurri as Joline Hunnicutt Cameo Appearance Beau Bridges as Thomas Hyatt (Alicia's and Tamara's dad)
There was something wonderful about Vic Tayback. He was so funny when he was antagonizing the others and getting ribbed, but he really moved me when he was a softy.
Pretty sure those were real tears. Good show.
dirkbogarde44 was just gonna comment the same thing. SO sad.
I hate saying goodbye when everyone just goes their own way and you'll most likely never see that person again.
Me too
I know that sucks but its part of life,🥲🤧 Just have good memories
I will never forget this episode. I cried like a baby. I was just a kid but I LOVED Alice and the thought of it going off was very sad to me so I cried when they cried.
Me too; I'm crying again right now.
@@brendatrump5163Me too
I sure loved Vic Tayback.
One of my favorite shows of all time, along with Facts of Life, Gimme A Break, Three's Company, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, etc...
Them were the days.
@@rcnelson
You're telling me.
I saw those programs as well when I was much younger and boy did I enjoy seeing them very much.
Do you remember "It's A Living" and "Fantasy Island"?
The 80's.....A Great Era
When shows actually ended and emotions were real.
Yes Indeed They Surely Were.
R.I.P. Vic Tayback, Charles Levin, Beth Howland, & Phillip McKeon.😞
Rightv
@@jasonmatney8025And R.I.P.Marvin Kaplan and Dave Madden
Reruns of this show still funny in 2019.
I"m watching in 2021, Flo in particular has a truly timeless comedic style. Mel too.
And in 2024. ❤️
This brings back plenty of fond memories of when I was much younger and now I realize that most of the actors or actresses are no longer with us like Vic Tayback who played Mel.
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I loved Flo and it was funny when she used to say Mel, kiss my grits
I think it was, KISS MY ASS, MEL...but whatevah
She definitely stole the show.
@@gardenvarietypenisIt was KISS MY GRITS
Great show and cast from the golden era of sitcoms. Loved watching this show growing up with all the other great American and British classics. Too many comic legends gone, may they all rest in peace.
Saying goodbye to these shows was actually an emotional experience back 40 years ago! We grew up with these unforgettable characters. TV was awesome back in those days!
Alice and her son really changed by the end of the show. The boy sure grew up...
So sad when it ended...
Kinda looks like kerry von erch
R.I.P. Phillip McKeon
And we saw Linda's clip "Th..th..th..That's all folks!" 😭
Heartfelt ending for a wonderful TV Show.
I still watch in 2020 Great show from my childhood
Those were the Good Old days , Wish we could watch on TH-cam .
I grew up in the 70s, and this was such a great show!!
They don’t make shows like this no more
You are exactly right completely and totally different now
They Sure Don't, Good Classic Clean Fun Entertainment From Back In The Day
R.I.P. Vic Tayback,Charles Levin,Beth Howland, & Phillip McKeon.
I was 19 when I saw this. Great finale. I need the whole episode.
Wow. What do you remember most about the early 80’s?
These shows were such a part of my childhood growing up late 70's. Never thought these shows would end. But, then they all ended and us kids realized that we all had to grow up and move on!
I was 12 when their show ended but I vividly remember watching it on CBS. I grew up in the inner city of Birmingham, Alabama and I’m sure I was the only kid in my hood that watched this religiously.
This was a great show and it’s one of the reasons why I was always intrigued by Phoenix.
Tears for an awesome finale
I really enjoyed this growing up and still watch the reruns...thank you and God bless you all in Jesus name
And God Bless you and yours in Jesus name fond memories of my childhood🙏
So sad that Vic Tyback died just 5 years later. Linda Lavin still looks good.
Yep. I remember that. Just before I graduated from high school.
RIP mel and Vera
@@Biggdoom344 Tommy (Phillip McKeon) died also
Stephen Border yep. Forgot about him
I am sure there are still many restaurants and other businesses today, where everyone is like family. Many more than usual could be shutting their doors for good this year. But life goes on...
This show still rocks in 2021.
Great series finale.
RIP Philip McKeon
what a great show from a great time pretty sure those were real tears.
A very good show with a great cast all the way around...from beginning to end
Started watching this again several months ago since it's on when I come home from work. My 27 year old son likes it now too.
Rare that Mel given last camera angle
This was my favorite show and sadly this is the first time I have seen the ending to this show. Thanks warnerarchive for the upload.
For some reason I didn't remember watching this finall episode until they were exiting the diner. Loved this show watched every Sunday night. Linda Lavin is definately the best TV Mom. She helped me through tough times with my dysfunctional family.
I'm so glad that they had flashbacks of Flo included in the final episode! They never should have had Flo written out of the series!
That's Life when all good shows comes to an end.
Just watched it how dad. R.I.P. Beth Howland aka Vera. & Phillip McKeon aka Tommy Hyatt & Vic Tay back aka Mel. I'm glad I.have them all on dvd. I still like this show.
How sad--
Don't forget Charles Levin. He was found dead at the bottom of a steep hill in June of 2019 in OR. He had been missing for 2 weeks and his partially decomposed body was found. He had apparently fallen down the steep hill and died down there. :(
i will never forget this episode.. Beast show of all. I cryed like a baby........
I didn't see this. But I still watch it at night. Love the old show's. ❤
I own the first three seasons and watch it everyday’ Flo was the best. After she left It was never the same. As long as i can watch it life is as it was.
Reminds me of the Mary Tyler Moore Show finale when they had a group hug, tears and Mary turned out the lights.
I grew up watching this TV show
Great show great memories thanks
My childhood. I loved this show.
I Loved the theme song, it was iconic!👍😄 sung in several different styles over the course of the series. Definitely my favorite tv series..
Well, Jesus. This just made me cry.
One of mine, too,. The last episode was my favorite. Good luck Alice & the gang at Mel's Diner!!
One of my favorite shows of all time. Very underrated. They made a mistake spinning off Flo. The show was still good but never quite the same. Belle and Jolene couldn’t replace her. One of my favorite episodes is when all of them Agreed to give up a vice. Mel was betting, Alice was chocolate, Vera was smoking and flo was coffee. When deciding to bet...flo..ok I’m willing to give up something important to me..mel...flo that’s bad news for half the guys in Phx 😂😂😂
I liked Jolene because she was funny in her own way and didn't try to imitate Flo, other than her being southern
The fact was that they should've had flo back for the final goodbye
@@b.u.dmusic9424 definitely. They didn’t invite Diane Ladd either. She was rumored to be very difficult to work with.
@@Biggdoom344 the fact is: the show tanked after Flo left. The who vibe was completely off Linda couldn't carry the show
@@b.u.dmusic9424 It was pretty much an ensemble show by season 5. In the later years there quite a number of episodes Lavin only had a small part in because she was directing the episodes.
That was such a bittersweet ending .
Real tears there for sure !!
I enjoyed watching that episode very much along with the last "Stow It" moment.
Rest in Peace to Phillip McKeon 55 is too young. This show doesn't get the shine that other shows get especially considering it lasted 9 seasons but I loved it. Rest in peace to all the actors who are no longer with us on this show.
Vic passed at 60 and Beth at 74. She died New Year's Eve 2015, but her death wasn't announced until May on what would have been her 75th birthday.
For some reason I always remember... MEL: "That's it! Mel's Diner will never serve another bowl of chili!" JOLENE: "There's gon'
be some dancin' in the streets tonight..."
Wow so thats how charles levin looked when he was younger. RIP
real emotion there. What a great series that was.
I wish the sitcom Alice was still on funny reruns I watch him every night just about but the majority of that cast is gone but I still like watching them and reruns
I grew up watching this I cried!!!!
I loved this show
When I first started watching this I was 10 years old back in 1988
I got you beat. I started watching this show in 1978 when I was 7 years old. ;)
I was Melsturbating, Vera carefully, in the Woods, letting the good times Flo. Alice i did not impregnate anybody. ("Alice"= "At least")
@@ochsj1971 If I'm not mistaken it was 1978 or 1979 and I was in my early high school years. I got myself into a lot of trouble back then because I loved this show so much I wanted to work there. It was on at 10:30 am on re-runs. I skipped school or came home early just so I could watch it many more times than I wish to remember. At the risk of trouble at home and school. Terrible judgement I'll admit but wanted to share that story anyway
Great show!! Always made me feel good!
That was a sad last episode... It seemed like they real loved each other
That kid (Philip McKeon) grew up on that show ..12 yr old to 21 year old. ALICE was a great series.
Philip became close to Vic's son Chris, who's now an L.A. criminal defence lawyer. Chris's clients included Bill Cosby for part of his sexual assault trial.
I loved that show!!
Without a doubt, one of the best finales of all time, right up there with Mary Tyler Moore and The Golden Girls. The lamest endings were Cheers, Facts Of Life, and Newhart.
Family Ties with Michael J. Fox now that show's finale was pretty good after the final scene faded to black it came back with the cast being introduced
@@TheKippykangaroo I agree. Family Ties' ending was done right. There was definitely closure for the viewers.
Funny. Newhart often lands on series with the best finale....as does Cheers.
@@kwebster62 Cheers? No way.
@@GoLakers3900 You don't have to agree with me. Just look up "Best Series finales" and include "Cheers" in the search. You'll see several websites that include Cheers among the best.
I just heard that Philip Mckeon passed away yesterday he was a good actor and will be mssed
Yes. Very sad. So young.
Wow, didnt kniw that. How sad.
Sad ending to a great great show
RIP Vic & Philip....1 of the greatest sitcoms evver!! 💞😥
And Beth.
I remember seeing this scene of Alice because de it touched my heart.
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How i loved this show
That's a good thing that they ended like this ...unlike most tv shows that just cancel without any notice.
This was such a fun show
I’m addictive to this show
RIP phillip
Pure legend. Love from Italy ❤️
Great show .... thanks for the post
i remember growing up and seeing the real Mel's diner sign on Grand Ave in Phx.. going once and expecting to see the cast ..lol
This was a show that was so popular from 1977-1985, but as soon as it went off the air, it was soon forgotten. I loved it. It was based off an unpleasantly realistic 1974 movie beforehand set entirely in New Mexico and Arizona about an unhappy working-class housewife widowed from her husband that dies in an accident on the job and she’s broke and moves west. In the movie, Alice is an ordinary woman just trying to put her life back together as a singer, Tommy is a bored and obnoxious 12 year old, Mel is the owner of a highly successful greasy spoon diner who’s wife died from overwork years before, Flo is a brassy loudmouth, and Vera is an eccentric basket case with a dark sense of humor who’s motorcycle riding father drives her to work and from home.
That and M*A*S*H are the only ones I know that had sitcoms based on movies and were successful. Not an easy feat to turn a dramatic movie into a sitcom. Alice has been shown in reruns over the years on E!, TBS, TNN, IOn, and is currently on LOGO and Antenna TV. In the Alice series pilot, the kid who played Tommy in the movie version (Alfred Lutter) was cast, but after that was recast with Philip McKeon. And Belle was played by Diane Ladd, the original Flo in the movie. Vic Tayback (Mel) was the only one playing the same character in the movie and sitcom.
@@tammylewis2408I’m late on my response, but thank you! MASH was a somewhat strange and unconventional movie that turned into a successful TV series and Alice sure did. I thought the pill from the movie made a great Tommy for the TV series, but for some strange reason, he was only in the pilot. And I think Diane Ladd would have been a more realistic Flo like the movie, not some hee hee ha ha not a care in the world “kiss my grits” chasing after every other man. And of course Alice went from a codependent country girl from Monterey, Ca. to chirpy Jewish woman from New Jersey.
In Memoriam:
_Alice_
1976-1985
I still watch it! Love alice
I think this was the year CBS 1983-85( One day at a time, Jeffersons, Alice ) was cleaning house similiar to when they did in 1977-78 (Maude, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhona, Carol Burnett).
And Archie Bunkers Place, Bob Newhart, Good Times
I grew up watching this show and other 70s and 80s shows, i remember watching and eating sloppy joes tater tots and drinking kool aid, now im 53 thinking of my child hood makes me smile and my heart ache
The ending of shows like Alice, were endings of eras. People couldn't believe the end was there and they would prepare for the night, like it was a family event. Alice was to myself, and I suspect to many others a kind warm place, where for a while real issues were set aside for a bit. TV in the 70s and 80s was far more then entertainment, it was a family gathering.
The TV shows of this Era -
MASH
Little House on the Prairie
All in the Family
Barney Miller
Of the six actors shown in this clip, only two of them-Linda Lavin (Alice), and Celia Weston (Jolene) are still with us.
Polly Holliday is still living. I think
DEBBIE DICKERSON she is. Actually Linda Lavin is older than Polly.
@@JAMESMOM1989 Diane Ladd, though not featured, is also still with us.
Great show.
The kid's first words will be "STOW IT"!! (Vera's child)
Great show and there is a real Mel's diner here in Phoenix
WATCHING THIS NOW
Thank you!
Great show
There's a real Mel's dinner here in Phoenix
Interesting how during the flashbacks, no clips of "Belle", (Diana Ladd's character) were shown---I read where Ladd had difficulty with the rest of the cast during production.
I'm surprised Flo's (Polly Holiday) was shown since Linda Evan felt insecure about her and caused Polly to leave the show. I suppose after years have gone by, Linda felt comfortable enough to show a clip of Flo on the last episode.
@@GoLakers3900 Flo was such a huge part of the show, it'd be hard not to include her. Belle was only there barely one season, though there should have been at least one clip of her
@@jonnaking3054 Yah I think if Flo wasn't on the show, it probably wouldn't have made it. It's easy to see why she was a fan favorite.
If made into a movie, Mandy Moore plays Alice "Alicia" Hyatt
Emma Stone as Tamara Hyatt
Rhea Pearlman as Melanie Sharples
Lucy DeVito as Maxine Sharples (Melanie's Daughter)
Blake Lively as Florence Castleberry
Natalie Portman as Vera Louise Gorman
Eva Amurri as Joline Hunnicutt
Cameo Appearance Beau Bridges as Thomas Hyatt (Alicia's and Tamara's dad)
Alice was the greatest
Sweet scene. Mel was all heart. RiP Toms
Wow that was sad!
I remember this episode!!!!!
This is the life.
I’m surprised they showed Holliday because of the enmity that was between her and Lavin. Diane Ladd isn’t even referred to as Belle.
Happy Birthday Celia December 14,1951..XD
There was something wonderful about Vic Tayback. He was so funny when he was antagonizing the others and getting ribbed, but he really moved me when he was a softy.
He wasn't much better a cook than Mel.
No Diane Ladd clips?
Not even in the end credits.
@@tsntana I heard that Ms. Ladd and Lavin hated one another!!
Such a shame they couldn't get Polly Holiday to come back for the last episode. I think Henry should have been in the last scene.
16 people who thumbs downed this can kiss my grits!
They can also stow it!