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Victor Tayback (January 6, 1930 – May 25, 1990) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples on the television sitcom Alice (1976–1985), as well as his multiple guest appearances on The Love Boat (1977–1987).
The Mel's Diner set made changes over the years; in the pilot the diner contained a blue refrigerator, but in the series the refrigerator was a dirty stainless steel, then later was changed to clean and shiny stainless steel in 1979–81 and much later the set featured an even shinier stainless steel refrigerator and better appliances. The rest ...
Diane Ladd as Florence Jean ("Flo") Castleberry, a hardened, sharp-tongued waitress at Mel and Ruby's Cafe; Valerie Curtin as Vera Gorman, a shy, awkward waitress at Mel and Ruby's Cafe; Lelia Goldoni as Bea, Alice's friend and neighbor in Socorro; Vic Tayback as Mel Sharples, a short order cook who owns a diner in Tucson
The first Mel's Drive-In was founded in 1947 by Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs in San Francisco, California.It later expanded to several other locations. After the last of the original restaurants closed in the 1970s, Weiss's son Steven Weiss and partner Donald Wagstaff opened the first of a new generation of Mel's Drive-In restaurants in 1985. [1]
The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner .
Mel is offered a bundle from a land developer to sell the diner and he decides to jump at the chance, even though Mel's Diner will be demolished. After the diner is sold, in a series of flashbacks the characters reflect on old times.
Mel's may refer to: Mel's Diner, the setting for the 1976–1985 TV series Alice; Mel's Drive-In, ... MEL (disambiguation) Mells (disambiguation) Mels; St. Mel's
Mel is unable to move out of Alice's place when his bad back gets worse. 32: 8 ... The staff of Mel's Diner brace themselves for a busload of customers. References