Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'It's A Living' from 1970-1982:
- Barrie Youngfellow as Jan Hoffmeyer Gray (1980-1989)
- Gail Edwards as Dot Higgins (1980-1989)
- Marian Mercer as Nancy Beebe (1980-1989)
- Paul Kreppel as Sonny Mann (1980-1989)
- Ann Jillian as Cassie Cranston (1980-1986)
- Bert Remsen as Mario (1980-1981)
- Susan Sullivan as Lois Adams (1980-1981)
- Wendy Schaal as Vicki Allen (1980-1981)
- Earl Boen as Dennis Hubner (1981-1982)
- Louise Lasser as Maggie McBurney (1981-1982)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'It's A Living':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Stu Silver D: John Tracy Debut of a comedy series about five attractive waitresses in a posh club. In the series premiere, innocent Vicky falls for a dashing pilot, and would-be actress Dot loses a spot in a commercial -- to a puppy.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Joel Zwick
With Robert Phalen (Burglar), Ray Laska (Officer Julia). Lois' slumber party for the staff is interrupted by a burglar.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Sheldon Bull D: Joel Zwick During an unexpected sojourn as roommates, Cassie is driven up the wall by Vicki's nonstop domesticity as she prepares for a visit from her father.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Sheldon Bull D: Joel Zwick
With Richard Schaal (Emmitt Allen), John Wheeler (Customer). Vicki's father pays his daughter a visit and is disappointed about her menial job. Then it's Vicki's turn to be disappointed when her father ends up sleeping with Nancy.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Joel Zwick
With Granville Van Dusen (Frank Ryan), Phil DeCarlo (Customer). After a fight with her husband, Lois is delighted to accept an invitation from her high school sweetheart to have a drink in his hotel room.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Sheldon Bull D: Jay Sandrich
With Lili Haydn (Ellen Hoffmeyer), Greg Lewis (Customer). With the other waitresses covering for her, Jan operates her own small business on the side and undertakes a crushing workload to pay for her daughter's ballet lessons.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Sheldon Bull, Mark Rothman D: Joel Zwick
With Aharon Ipale (Ricardo), Martin Azarow (Man). Cassie refuses to get serious about her latest -- and eminently eligible -- admirer because she's afraid to reveal to him that she can't cook.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Greg Antonacci D: Jay Sandrich
With Helen Page Camp (Catherine), Graham Jarvis (Rev. Worthington), Mark Lonow (Herb), Beverly Sanders (Barbara), Philip Sterling (John), Eda Zahl (Molly). The staff must set a good example when a fire alarm prompts an excruciatingly slow evacuation of the restaurant.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Kimberly Hill D: Joel Zwick
With Priscilla Morrill (Dean Pressman), Terry Kiser (Larry Wilson), Maxine Elliott (Lady at Piano). Jan's grade in her economics course may depend on how she reacts to her professor's advances.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Sheldon Bull D: Joel Zwick
With Kale Browne (Barry), Susan Ruttan (Waitress). Vicki is on cloud nine because of the exciting new man in her life -- until she discovers he is also the exciting new man in Dot's life; Nancy imposes a crash diet on Jan and Cassie.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Gloria Banta D: Joel Zwick
With Tricia Cast (Amy), Emily Yancy (Mrs. Wilson). Lois learns that an invitation to speak on careers was prompted by her child's essay describing her as a bank officer, then she struggles through a defense of waitresses in front of her daughter's class.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Greg Antonacci D: Joel Zwick
With Lili Haydn (Ellen Hoffmeyer), Keith Coogan (Joey Adams), Lynda Costanzo (Betty). Lois and Jan's debate on child rearing focuses on a girlie magazine that is found in Jan's daughter's book bag -- and Lois' son is accused of giving it to her.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Joel Zwick
With Pat Cooper (Harry), Richard Milholland (Mr. Steadman), Greg Finley (Customer), Robert Lesser (Customer). Nancy's dismissal is accepted philosophically by her staff until they discover the reason behind it.
October 24, 1981: Boys Of Summer
Season 2, episode 1
W: Sheldon Bull D: John Bowab
With Luis Avalos (Skippy), Rod McCary (Charlie), Larry Breeding (Stan), Warren Berlinger (Duke Blakely), Joyce Cohen (Kathy). A minor-league team infects the staff with baseball fever when the players decide to hang out at the restaurant during their playoff series.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Greg Antonacci D: Jay Sandrich
With Kate Zentall (Missy), Kourosh Dawoodi (Arthur). Sonny is presented with a 10-year-old son -- from a woman he hasn't seen in years and can't even remember.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Barbara Benedek D: John Bowab
With Gregory Sierra (Officer Wilson), Joe Mantegna (Mugger). Instructed in the use of tear gas, the waitresses repel a mugger -- who threatens to sue.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Deborah Leschin, Barbara Benedek D: John Bowab
With John de Lancie (Tom Morton), Devon Ericson (Jane Foley), Gretchen Wyler (Peg Foley), Jennifer Salt (Maureen Foley), Jane Kean (Estelle Morton), Jay Garner (Andrew Foley), Ian Wolfe (Judge Wilson). At a wedding rehearsal, the groom spots Cassie -- his former flame -- across the crowded room and announces that he is still in love with her.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Sheldon Bull D: John Bowab
With Dennis Dugan (Lloyd Hoffmeyer), Dan Frischman (Frankie). Jan's ex becomes reacquainted with his estranged family.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Barbara Benedek D: John Bowab
With Richard McKenzie (Mr. Mackinaw), Dan Frischman (Frankie). The new owner of the restaurant fires the staff in preparation for coverting it into a health club.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Greg Antonacci D: John Bowab
With Donnelly Rhodes (Buddy Manischewitz), Nancy Dolman (Suzy), Dan Frischman (Frankie). Sonny is petrified by advances from the fiancee of his intimidating brother.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Gloria Banta D: John Bowab Everyone rallies to keep Dennis from falling apart when his wife leaves him.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Larry Balmagia D: Jay Sandrich
With Sandy Simpson (Bobby). Romance develops between 32-year old Jan and Maggie's 21-year-old brother.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Greg Antonacci, Gloria Banta D: Greg Antonacci When Dot lands the lead in a play, her work suffers -- but not as much as the audience -- and her friends don't know how to break the news to her.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Sheldon Bull D: John Bowab
With Alan Oppenheimer (Guthrie), Walter Olkewicz (Dan), Frank Stallone (Policeman), John Herzog (Robber), Connie D'Agnese (Robber). Maggie feels guilty over her first affair since widowhood; a police stakeout invades the restaurant.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Greg Antonacci D: Jay Sandrich
With Pat Cooper (Clerk), Joel Brooks (Tout), Robert Costanzo (Vinnie the Hat). Horse-racing fever grips the staff after Maggie and Jan win a bundle on a hot tip.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Deborah Leschin D: John Bowab
With Fred Stuthman (General Crane), Regis Toomey (Samuel), Pat Cranshaw (Louis), Constance Forslund (Cindy), Sandy Sprung (Nurse). In the hospital, Dot learns a lesson from a relentlessly cheery roommate; at work, the staff copes with a gaggle of bickering World War I veterans.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Deborah Leschin D: John Bowab
With Greg Finley (Fireman), Sam Freed (Richard Garth). Jan gets her hand stuck in a wall at Maggie's garage sale on the afternoon of the greatest date of her life.