Acropolis Now
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First Air DateAug 09, 1989
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Rotten tomato50%
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Original titleAcropolis Now
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ReleaseAug 09, 1989
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Overview
Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek cafe in Melbourne of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series. They were already quite well known for their comedy stage show, Wogs out of Work. The title is a play on the film Apocalypse Now. Each episode was 30 minutes in length and filmed in front of a live audience. Jim's father asks him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. The series centres around the activities of the cafe staff. Greek Jim Stephanidis, is the immature owner and his best friend, Spaniard Ricky Martinez is the sensible manager. Memo is the traditional Greek waiter, Liz is the liberated Australian waitress. Skip is the naïve new cook from the bush and Manolis is the stubborn cook from the old cafe. 'Hilarity' prevails from the clash of cultures and beliefs. Jim's hairdresser cousin Effie, played by Mary Coustas, became a hugely popular and enduring character during the run of the show. Coustas later reprised the role for several TV specials and series including Effie, Just Quietly, an SBS comedy / interview show, and Greeks on the Roof, a short-lived Greek-Australian version of the British talk show The Kumars at No. 42.
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Casts

Season 1 ( 1989-08-09)

Old Bar, New Bar

The Proxy Blues

The Martinez Inquiry

The Trouble With Mothers

It's Academic

It's Not Unusual

The Key to Her Heart

Easter Greek Style

Three Skips and a Joey

Bucklovers

Writers Block

Season 2 ( 1990-08-30)

Cappuchino Catastrophe

Double Or Nothing

Black Ain't Black

Olives Ain't Olives

St. Memo's Fire

Ms Acropolis

Carmen, I'm Too Bizet

Ring Of Confidence

Jobs For The Girls

Shakespeare Was A Greek

My Sister Aphroula

The Taxman Cometh

Ricky Sings The Blues

Season 3 ( 1991-02-21)

Harry Who Didn't

The Goddess

A Fistful of Cabana

On the Waiter Front

Teenage Mutant Ninja Greeks

The Kid

The Best of Enemies

Throw Memo from a Plane

Snow Job, Part One

Snow Job, Part Two

Midnight Expresso

Back in the USSR

Acropolis Law

Season 4 ( 1992-02-13)

Oh Suzanna

Phantom of the Acropolis

Crimes of Fashion

Twenty One Today

The Letter

Wheel of Shame

Full Metal Jerks

Four Eyes

Devil in Disguise

The King and I

Desperately Seeking Effie

Deaf Jammed

The Last Temptation

Season 5 ( 1992-08-12)

Dream Baby

Love

Hair Razors

The Other Man

The Lars Supper

Mum's the Word

Coward's End

The Battle of the Sexists

Torn Between Two Lovers

Stupidstition

Confessions of a Hair Gel Goddess

Here Come The Brides (Part 1)

Here Come The Brides (Part 2)
