Kiss mah Grits!

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:15am

Season 1 &2

Early to rise, early to bed.
In and between I cooked and cleaned and went out of my head.
Going through life with blinders on, it's tough to see.
I had to get up, get out from under and look for me.
*There's a new girl in town and she's looking good.
*There's a fresh freckled face, in the neighborhoood.
There's a new girl in town, with a brand new style.
She was just passing through,
but if things work out she's gonna stay awhile....ba ba bum bum bummmm
(the two short versions omitted the lines marked with a *)

Season 3 & 5
Used to be sad, used to be shy
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why...
Kickin' myself for nothin' was my favorite sport
I had to get out and start enjoyin' 'cause life's too short
There's a new girl in town, 'cause I'm feelin good.
Get a smile, get a song, for the neighborhood
there's a new girl in town on her own two feet
and this girl's here to say
with some luck and love life's gonna be
so sweeeeeeeeeet!

Season 4
I used to be sad, I used to be shy
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why...
Kickin' myself for nothin' was my favorite sport
I had to take off, start enjoyin' 'cause life's too short
There's a new girl in town, 'cause I'm feelin good.
Get a smile, get a song, for the neighborhood
Things are great when you stand on your own two feet
and this girl's here to say
with some luck and love life's gonna be
so sweeeeeeeeeet!

Season 6-9
I used to be sad, I used to be shy
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why...
Kickin' myself for nothin' was my favorite sport
I had to take off, start enjoyin' 'cause life's too short
There's a new girl in town, 'cause I'm feelin good.
Get a smile, get a song, for the neighborhood
Things are great when you stand on your own two feet
and this girl's here to say
with some luck and love life's gonna be
so sweeeeeeeeeet!

[pab]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:34am

Lyrics in the song from the movie on which the TV show is based:

Corrected lyrics below

Updated On: 7/22/06 at 09:34 AM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:39am

The TV show was based on the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:40am

do you remember when Vera's hamster died & she locked herself in the bathroom?
Flo recited the poem MY BUDDY, MY BUDDY ("mah buddee...mah buddee...") to her thru the bathroom door.
that is one of my favorite teevee memories & still makes me laugh/cry thinkin about it.

[pab]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:44am

Rathnait62, totally correct:

Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail and the sun burns hot on the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Bradford City to the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Liverpool docks to the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll and your name gets hot as your
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Bradford City to the
old steel rails and you act like a bum and crawl like a snail
and the Oreole and you look like a star and your still on the dole
Holywood bowl and you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
heart grows cold and you gotta stay young you can never grow old
Oreole and you look like a star but you're really out on parole
All the way from Memphis

Other songs also featured were "You'll Never Know", "Cuddle Up a Litle Closer, Lovey Mine", "You'll Never Know" and "I Will Always Love You" (yes the Dolly Parton song).

Updated On: 7/22/06 at 09:44 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:54am

The freakiest thing about seeing the film and seeing the sitcom which is SO different in almost every way possible is that they share "Mels." Vic Tayback played the part in both... and it's like watching this disturbing and bizarre parallel universe.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:52am

I loved "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" but hated "Alice". Also hated "One Day At A Time" except for Valerie.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:54am

The same holds true with MASH. Gary Burghoff played Radar in both film & TV series & both were radically different

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:08pm

Just released on DVD - best of compilation.
New Girl in Town

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:20pm

Alice was one of the best TV shows ever. It was gritty and real long before Roseanne hit TV. The entire cast was exceptional. As a grown man recently watching the episodes, I kinda did wonder why all those men thought Flo was hot. As a boy, I thought Flo was hot-even though I was gay. Now she looks kinda beat. She must have been really easy. Anyhow, Linda Lavin was incredible and I wish they'd release the entire series on DVD. They've released everything else. Polly Holliday rocks my world. :)

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:21pm

I watched for Flo. Linda Lavin's whine got on my nerves.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:26pm

Rait-you raise a good point. Sometimes Lavin did a kinda scream/sing. Like she would yell, but you could tell she was a singer and she would float some angry notes. I don't know if that makes any sense but it would annoy me. Alice was angry alot too. But I still adore Linda Lavin and would kill to see her live.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:26pm

There is a episode on this disc that I totally forgot about! The one where Mel's college football star buddy comes out of the closet and Alice does not want her son Tommy to go on a fishing trip with them afterward. It was written REALLY well.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:33pm

Cheez-it really was. I was concerned at first because Alice and Flo were really closed minded and spouting awful things. Then I realized that Alice came around and learned a lesson. It was a great episode and clearly ahead of its time.