BOUGHT AS a job lot by cash-strapped infant Channel 4 and flung out after COUNTDOWN, here was the heroine of Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore demoted to the small screen, still with her irritating pre-pubescent son, hoping to bring her musical talents into fruition. Having washed up in Phoenix, Arizona and taken a job at greasehouse cafe Mel’s Diner, everyone proceeded to stay put for over 200 bloody episodes. LINDA LAVIN was the titular tunesmith.
