Flo (1980–1981)

A former Arizona waitress buys a rundown Texas bar.

Stars:

Polly Holliday, Geoffrey Lewis, Jim Baker

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Polly Holliday	...	Florence Jean 'Flo' Castleberry (29 episodes, 1980-1981)
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Earl Tucker (29 episodes, 1980-1981)
Jim Baker	...	Farley Waters (28 episodes, 1980-1981)
Leo Burmester	...	Randy Stumphill (28 episodes, 1980-1981)
Stephen Keep Mills	...	Les Kincaid (27 episodes, 1980-1981)
Sudie Bond	...	Mama Velma Castleberry (25 episodes, 1980-1981)
Lucy Lee Flippin	...	Fran Castleberry (23 episodes, 1980-1981)
Joyce Bulifant	...	Miriam Willoughby (20 episodes, 1980-1981)

Storyline

In this spinoff of "Alice", ex-Mel's Diner waitress Florence Castleberry returns to her hometown of Cowtown, Texas, and, on a dare, buys a dilapidated roadhouse. Renaming the place Flo's Yellow Rose, Flo attempts to fix the place up, turn a profit and deal with the somewhat mixed-up and burned-out customers and employees, including bartender Earl, pianist Les, greedy banker Farley and customer Chester.

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Plot Keywords:

short lived | spin off | sitcom | tv show

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 March 1980 (USA)

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sudie Bond and Polly Holliday, despite playing mother and daughter, only have a nine year age difference.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhthym Aces/Bruce Cockburn (1980)

User Reviews

A Pretty Decent Attempt

This was a pretty decent attempt to spin off one of the more popular sitcom characters in television history into her own show. This to me could be seen as almost a redneck hybrid of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and a show that came out a few years later, "Cheers". You pretty much got a look into Flo's world as she dealt with not only the crazies at her roadhouse, but with her domineering mother and her much more reserved little sister. The only thing that might have hurt it was the fact that the show didn't feature characters who were closer in personality to the "Alice" cast to help balance out Flo's wilder personality, much like Alice and Vera did. However, this still was a decent effort and its too bad it was so short lived and was never really given a chance to develop.