# Help needed identifying a 70's Sitcom **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-identifying-a-70s-sitcom/442375 "2008-03-22T21:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-identifying-a-70s-sitcom/442375/1 "2008-03-22T21:47:36Z")
Perhaps someone will remember the name of this show from the 70’s. The premise was a blue collar man taking a stab at being an executive for a company. The opening credits showed him in work clothes throwing his lunch pail into the air where it was transformed into a briefcase and he was in a suite. The name of this show has been eluding me for years. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-identifying-a-70s-sitcom/442375/2 "2008-03-22T21:58:21Z")
I think you’re talking about [Arnie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065274/) which starred the original voice of Charlie the Star Kist tuna, Herschel Bernardi. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-identifying-a-70s-sitcom/442375/3 "2008-03-22T22:08:29Z")
Yes, that sounds like it, I knew the title was a man’s name but I could not remember. Thanks, the people of the SDMB come through again.