Acropolis Now 2
1990-08-30 | Comedy | 13 episodes5 Seasons
Episode
Cappuchino Catastrophe (1990)
Rick takes a week off for a quick holiday to the Whitsunday Islands. He comes back to find things are not as he left them. Jim had an accident with the cappuchino machine, the cash register is not working & neither is the phone.! Rick's stressed out all over again! Memo asks Rick about his trip, did he meet any nice girls while he was away? Rick says he did meet a lady he'd like to get to know better & is surprised when she walks into the cafe. Memo convinces Rick to 'hit on her' and Rick is embarrased to discover she is the new bank manager come to discuss the loan for the new coffee machine. Also she's married to ""The Strangulator"" Jim's Wrestling Hero.
Directed By
- Pino Amenta
Double Or Nothing (1990)
Effie bets Liz $10 she won't go out with Jim. Liz asks Jim if he wants to go out with her & he thinks his luck has changed! They go to see a movie at the Drive-In & Jim makes a move on Liz. Liz tells him she wants to watch the picture & Jim falls asleep. Memo wants to get into the "Guinea pigs book of records" by holding more than thirty coffee cups & saucers in his arms. Liz wins her bet & wants to collect her $10, but Effie says she bet Rick $10 that Liz wouldn't ask Jim,so he should pay the money.
Black Ain't Black (1990)
Liz goes away for the weekend & Ula a Koori girl stands in for her. Memo thinks Koori is an island somewhere & tries to find it on a map of the world. Jim thinks Ula is African/American & dresses like a 'brother from the 'hood'to make her feel at home. Rick tells Jim Ula is a Koori Aboriginal Australian. Jim invites Ula to Vibrations nightclub & when Liz returns & finds out about this,she's worried for Ula's sake. Liz has nothing to worry about, Jim didn't make a move on Ula & they parted friends.
Directed By
- Pino Amenta
Olives Ain't Olives (1990)
Jim gets a chain-letter in the mail & rips it up when Liz & Rick tell him they are rubbish & should be ignored. Shortly after, Jim's father rings from Greece to tell Jim he has to sell the cafe because there's an olive glut on the common market & he needs to raise some capital. Jim tapes the letter back together so nothing else bad can happen. Then he remembers his father's friend Mr Kasamedes & wants to ask him for a loan. There's just one problem, Mr Kasamedes third daughter Debbie, is single & looking for a man. Jim has to take Debbie to a disco so her father will lend Jim's father the money.! Luckily for Jim, Debbie meets the man of her dreams at the disco & Jim is ""off the hook."" Jim tells Liz & Rick that the chain letters he wrote & sent out to his friends brought him good luck. Then the 'postie' arrives with mail for Liz & Rick, Jim sneaks away silently before they read the letters.!
St. Memo's Fire (1990)
Memo becomes a Greek Orthodox priest after attending a Greek religious festival. While on his Priest 'P plates' he has to abstain from sex, drink & losing his temper for 40 days & 40 nights. In the cafe watching the soccer replay, Memo argues with a soccer referee who 'red cards' him & wants to settle the argument outside. What Memo doesn't know is that the soccer ref is Liz's uncle. Later Memo has given up his idea of being a priest & Liz phones her uncle to tell him the plan worked.
Directed By
- Peter Andrikidis