Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Season 1
Season 2
Honey, I'm Sorry But... Nuvo Riche Well There Goes the Neighborhood Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blew Boom or Bust Pushing Pinky Out of the Treehouse The Maid A Poem for Guess Who Welcome to the Club The Return of Fingers Ferguson Et tu Arnie This Land is My Land Let Ham Put You in the Driver's Seat The Gift of the Majors The Only Way to Go Guess Who's Coming to Our House? What's Up Doc? The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth Room at the Top Surprise, Surprise! Uncle Nikko Wilson Tastes Good Like a Candidate Should Now You Take Teddy Roosevelt Star Trekking
Honey, I'm Sorry But... Nuvo Riche Well There Goes the Neighborhood Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blew Boom or Bust Pushing Pinky Out of the Treehouse The Maid A Poem for Guess Who Welcome to the Club The Return of Fingers Ferguson Et tu Arnie This Land is My Land Let Ham Put You in the Driver's Seat The Gift of the Majors The Only Way to Go Guess Who's Coming to Our House? What's Up Doc? The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth Room at the Top Surprise, Surprise! Uncle Nikko Wilson Tastes Good Like a Candidate Should Now You Take Teddy Roosevelt Star Trekking