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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 436667" data-attributes="member: 7">For me, ALICE is one of those sitcoms that is entirely carried by its supporting cast.* I do not find Linda Lavin the least bit funny, nor do I necessarily even &quot;like&quot; her or her character of Alice Hyatt. Of the original cast, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, and Polly Holliday are far funnier actors and characters. Yes, I understand that Alice was supposed to be the straight-woman to all the chaos, just like Mary on MARY TYLER MOORE. The sole difference is I like Mary, but I don&#039;t like Alice.*Interestingly, my parents both called the show &quot;Mel&#039;s Diner&quot; (the name of the diner everybody worked at) instead of &quot;Alice&quot;. They were both actually a little taken for a bit of a surprise when I told them the show was actually called ALICE. My dad even said, &quot;Well, they should&#039;ve called it &#039;Mel&#039;s Diner&#039;.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 436667, member: 7"] For me, ALICE is one of those sitcoms that is [I]entirely[/I] carried by its supporting cast.* I do not find Linda Lavin the least bit funny, nor do I necessarily even "like" her or her character of Alice Hyatt. Of the original cast, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, and Polly Holliday are far funnier actors and characters. Yes, I understand that Alice was supposed to be the straight-woman to all the chaos, just like Mary on MARY TYLER MOORE. The sole difference is I like Mary, but I don't like Alice. *Interestingly, my parents both called the show "Mel's Diner" (the name of the diner everybody worked at) instead of "Alice". They were both actually a little taken for a bit of a surprise when I told them the show was actually called ALICE. My dad even said, "Well, they should've called it 'Mel's Diner'." [/QUOTE]

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