History YMMV / Alice1976

* MagnificentBastard ("Jolene Lets the Cat out of the Bag"): [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Roger Harris]] is the neighbor and new boyfriend of Jolene, apparently protecting her from a local cat burglar robbing apartments. In truth, Roger himself [[ActuallyIAmHim is the criminal]], having a years-long career of crime in which he has made fortunes for himself through "expertise, intelligence, and a modicum of good taste." Roger takes Jolene and her friends at gunpoint to rob them all, being [[AffablyEvil immensely affable and accommodating]] even while threatening them, and continues to rob various strangers who stumble into the apartment, expressing his pride in being a successful breed of criminal and not a common crook. Promising Jolene that he genuinely cared for her and even offering her a chance to run away with him, Roger [[NearVillainVictory nearly escapes scot-free]], intending to scale down the side of the building just to delight the excitable Vera.

* MagnificentBastard: "Jolene Lets the Cat out of the Bag": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Roger Harris]] is the neighbor and new boyfriend of Jolene, apparently protecting her from a local cat burglar robbing apartments. In truth, Roger himself [[ActuallyIAmHim is the criminal]], having a years-long career of crime in which he has made fortunes for himself through "expertise, intelligence, and a modicum of good taste." Roger takes Jolene and her friends at gunpoint to rob them all, being [[AffablyEvil immensely affable and accommodating]] even while threatening them, and continues to rob various strangers who stumble into the apartment, expressing his pride in being a successful breed of criminal and not a common crook. Promising Jolene that he genuinely cared for her and even offering her a chance to run away with him, Roger [[NearVillainVictory nearly escapes scot-free]], intending to scale down the side of the building just to delight the excitable Vera.

** Vic Tayback (Mel) was the lone actor to make the transition, although Diane Ladd (Flo in the movie) eventually joined the series as an entirely different character (Belle).

* GrowingTheBeard: The first dozen episodes of ''Alice'' were almost an attempt to recycle ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' in a Phoenix diner (with the notable exception of "The Last Review"). The characters were more serious, and almost every single episode was a VerySpecialEpisode dealing with a finger-wagging moral of the day.

* ReferencedBy:
** The Frantics, on their comedy album ''Boot to the Head'', in the song "Tai Kwan Leep." The actual song is preceded by a sketch in which a guru is leading a class in meditation; he's repeatedly interrupted by an impatient man named Ed Gruberman, who wants to get on to the part where they learn to use the eponymous martial art to "start trashing bozos."
-->'''Guru:''' The only use of ''tai kwan leep'' is self-defense. Do you know who said that? Kee Ro Nee, the great teacher.
-->'''Ed Gruberman:''' Well, the best defense is a good offense. You know who said that? Mel, the cook on ''Alice.''
** A late 1990s/early 2000s Ad Council commercial on lung cancer and secondhand smoke, where a waitress develops lung cancer from a(n ironically courteous and good) customer who smoked at the restaurant. The other customers are either rude or harass the waitress, including a group of frat boys who sexually harass the waitress by calling her "Flo" (referencing Polly Holiday's character).

* ReferencedBy: The Frantics, on their comedy album ''Boot to the Head'', in the song "Tai Kwan Leep." The actual song is preceded by a sketch in which a guru is leading a class in meditation; he's repeatedly interrupted by an impatient man named Ed Gruberman, who wants to get on to the part where they learn to use the eponymous martial art to "start trashing bozos."

-->'''Ed Gruberman:''' Well, the best defense is a good offense. You know who said that? Mel, the cook on ''Alice.''

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* MemeticMutation: Flo's catchphrase "Kiss my Grits!"

** Vic Tayback (Mel) was the lone actor to make the transition, although Diane Ladd (Flo in the movie) eventually joined the series as an entirely different character (Belle).

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few people today are aware that the show was based on a movie (and a MartinScorsese movie, at that).

** Vic Tayback (Mel) was the lone actor to make the transition, although Diane Ladd (Flo in the movie) eventually joined the series as an entirely different character (Belle).
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