The show really worked well, and it all ended with laughter and smiles. In the movie, Flo was played by actress Diane Ladd (who would later play Flo's replacement, Belle Dupree on the Alice TV series The Flo character was vital to the show and it's overall chemistry, and was more popular than any other character. Flo was the old-hand waitress and took on a motherly role when Alice Hyatt came to Phoenix and began to work for Mel. She was jealous of her boyfriend, Sy, working with a female trucker named Toni, so she tried to learn to drive a semi herself, with the unwilling help of Alice, whose late husband, Donald, was a semi-driver. She played Belle, the waitress who replaced Flo. She was nominated for a Tony award for her starring role on Broadway as Big Mama in "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" in 1990. Other expressions she used most often were, "When donkeys fly!!!" Jimmie Joe fell madly in love with Alice in the episode of "Alice", "Love Me, Love My Horse". Title: Her scene with Vic Taybac was especially good. She also liked Alice's son, Tommy Hyatt, whom she called "Tiger". In the beginning, producers of Alice were not out to flaunt her trademark phrase. This website is not affiliated with any television network, and the former ALICE cast and crew are not associated with it. https://alice-tv-series.fandom.com/wiki/Florence_Jean_Castleberry?oldid=4325, Sassy type who knows how to put Mel in his place with comments such as "Kiss My grits!" Florence Jean Castleberry was born in Talladega, Alabama and raised in the small community of Cowtown, Texas, to Edsel Jarvis (Forrest Tucker) and Velma Castleberry (Sudie Bond). Then, of course, they wanted to use it in every show." Alice and Flo were best friends. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. This set the stage for her spin-off series, Flo. "They can probably say it pretty well themselves. Examples would include Vivian Vance from "The Lucy Show" and William Frawley from "My Three Sons"...those were important performers playing important characters , and their sudden absences were explained away in a brief sentence or two. Flo dropped out of school at age 16 to get married. When she gets an opportunity, she watches reruns of the show. She was nominated for a Tony award for her starring role on Broadway as Big Mama in "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" in 1990. After three extremely unsuccessful marriages, (all three were in front of Justices of the Peace, she said that those three quickies didn't seem to take) Flo became a waitress at Mel's Diner in Phoenix, Arizona, a roadside diner run by one Mel Sharples. By this time in the show, the scripts were at their strongest (no Mary Tyler Moore Show, but they were good nonetheless), and the actresses had fine tuned their characters and performances to be the best they could. To get started with Disqus head to the Settings panel. Fran, who worked at the Department of Motor Vehicles, was forever engaged to a feed store worker named Wendell Tubbs. And I just die laughing.". Polly Holliday did such a great job as Flo...perfect coming timing and funny delivery of her lines, balanced with the very real bittersweet feelings that she was moving from her beloved friends in the show. Her best friend in Cowtown was a woman named Miriam Willoughby (Joyce Bulifant). But I liked Diane Ladd. Whenever she was angry at him, which was often, she would often floor him with her famous catchphrase, "Mel, kiss mah grits!!!" But she and Alice didn't get along, so they replaced Belle with Jolene who stayed at Mel's until the show went off the air. Anybody can relate to that.". It was hard to see her leave, but they did so in the best way possible. Sometimes, Flo would get insanely jealous over male attention being given to other people. and "You bet your sweet patoot!". Florence Jean Castleberry, better known as Flo, was a character in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and on the long-running CBS-TV situation comedy Alice as well as the CBS-TV series spin-off, Flo. Use the HTML below. They are not for sale and no challenge to ownership is implied. Lonnie and Rhett appeared in an episode of "Flo", "A Castleberry Thanksgiving". Says Polly, "there are a lot of people who relate to waitresses, because, well, they're just regular people, working away every day at making a living and dreaming of one day getting ahead. She was played on the TV series by actress Polly Holliday. [1] In the movie, Flo was played by actress Diane Ladd (who would later play Flo's replacement, Belle Dupree on the Alice TV series. "Will the popularity of Alice live on? Bailey), Rhett Castleberry (Robert Ayers), and a younger sister named Fran Castleberry(Lucy Lee Flippin). "I've watched a few of them. This FAQ is empty. Holliday with "Kiss My Grits" sign on door, She admits, though, that she hasn't uttered her trademark "kiss my grits" since Alice ceased production. Fran and Flo were opposites in every way. All Rights Reserved. The phrase "kiss my grits" invoked a lot of thoughts in people's minds in the early days of the sitcom Alice, yet despite it's odd expressiveness, the catchy phrase thrust Polly Holliday into a realm of fame previously unknown to her. She also flirted with many of the male customers, mostly to annoy Mel. They mutually despised one another, although Flo usually got the better of him, much as she did to Mel. The only others whom she did easily get on well with, was Les Kincaid, the learned piano player; Miriam, who worked at the Yellow Rose with her friend; and Randy, the mechanic from the garage across the street from the Yellow Rose. Polly's mother, who has since passed away, was once on a seniors bus tour to the Grand Canyon, and everywhere she went, everyone pointed to her said, "she's Flo's mother!" All they had handy were pencils, and Polly's mother arrived home with a bag full of pencils from restaurants all over the country as a testament to her immense popularity. All the waitresses in the various restaurants would get excited and say, "Oh, I want to send her something. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Alice TV series Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. After leaving Alice, and after a brief period playing Flo in a spin-off series of the same name, Polly went on to perform in numerous stage productions, films and television roles. (24 Feb 1980). Polly, born in Jasper, Alabama, on July 2, 1937, is an accomplished stage actress. In one of the later episodes of Flo, Mel himself made a visit to Cowtown, to see how Flo was getting on running her own business and to meet her family and friends. She also co-starred in a revival of William Inge's "Picnic" on Broadway in 1994 and most recently starred in the Horton Foote play "Death of Papa." Flo and Mel had an adversarial relationship. Many sitcoms of the 60s - 90s didn't do a good job of writing out characters, even ones that were instrumental to the success of the show. Flo's Farewell They respected one another, but Flo wouldn't stand for Mel's sexism and greed. Looking for something to watch? Other Broadway credits include "All Over Town" in 1975 and a revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 1986. Talladega, Alabama, U.S., raised in Cowton, Texas, U.S. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Flo gets a wonderful job offer in Houston and says goodbye to Mel's Diner. Not cool. In time, she gained notoriety but found she was immensely popular among waitresses. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Luckily, the powers that be at "Alice" didn't follow that bad practice. The writers wisely gave her scenes with each of the main characters throughout the episode, where they had special moments before her departure. When Polly Holliday left the series, her absence was explained by having Flo take a job as a hostess at a restaurant in Houston.
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