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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'It's A Living' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'It's A Living':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

October 30, 1980: Pilot
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.

November 6, 1980: The Intruder
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.

November 13, 1980: Roomies
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.

November 27, 1980: Fallen Idol
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.

December 11, 1980: The Lois Affair
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.

December 18, 1980: Super-Mom
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.

January 1, 1981: Cassie's Punctured Romance
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.

January 8, 1981: Up On The Roof
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.

January 15, 1981: Making The Grade
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.

January 22, 1981: Our Man Barry
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.

January 29, 1981: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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.

July 21, 1981: Kids
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.

August 4, 1981: You're Not Old, You're Fired
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.

October 31, 1981: All My Son
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.

November 7, 1981: Of Mace And Men
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.

November 14, 1981: The Wedding
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.

November 28, 1981: Second Time Around, Almost
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.

December 5, 1981: Off The Top
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.

December 12, 1981: Mann Is Mann
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.

January 2, 1982: Jealousy Or Mildred Fierce
Season 2, episode 8
W: Gloria Banta   D: John Bowab
Everyone rallies to keep Dennis from falling apart when his wife leaves him.

January 9, 1982: Young Love
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.

February 12, 1982: The Garden Of Countess Natasha
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.

February 19, 1982: Falling In Love Again
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.

February 26, 1982: Horsing Around
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.

June 4, 1982: Strange Bedfellows
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.

June 11, 1982: A Farewell To Arm
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.


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