Laverne & Shirley

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Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley cast. Clockwise from top left: Michael McKean, David Lander, Eddie Mekka, Phil Foster, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, and Betty Garrett.
Genre	Sitcom
Running time	approx. 0:24 (per episode)
Creator(s)	Garry Marshall Lowell Ganz Mark Rothman
Starring	Penny Marshall Cindy Williams Michael McKean David Lander Eddie Mekka Phil Foster Betty Garrett
Opening theme	Making Our Dreams Come True
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	ABC
Original run	January 27, 1976–May 10, 1983
No. of episodes	178
IMDb profile

Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, roommates who, as the series began, worked in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin brewery.

It was a spinoff of Happy Days, as the two lead characters were originally introduced on that show as acquaintances of Fonzie. Set in roughly the same time period as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley started in approximately 1959, and when the series ended, it was 1968.

Laverne & Shirley was the longest-running television series with female leads until the supernatural comedy-drama Charmed broke that record in its eighth season in January 2006.

Contents 1 Opening sequence 2 Characters 2.1 Full character list 3 Timeline of show 3.1 Setting: Milwaukee 3.2 Setting: Los Angeles 3.3 Laverne without Shirley 3.4 Animated spinoff 4 Ratings & Merchandising 5 Dramatic episodes 6 Backlash 7 Trivia 8 Magazine covers 9 Episode list 10 External links

[edit] Opening sequence

In the beginning, Laverne and Shirley are seen skipping down the street, arm in arm, reciting a German hopscotch chant: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Schlemiel! Schlemazl! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!" The theme song is entitled "Making Our Dreams Come True" and is performed by Cyndi Grecco.

The opening sequence is very popular and has been parodied in many pop culture outlets, including the movie Wayne's World, where Garth and Wayne perform the theme song while visiting Milwaukee. The sequence has also been parodied in other languages, on Friends in a Spanish-language track under the title Laverne y Shirley and on Saturday Night Live, in faux Japanese, under the name Rabun to Shuri.

[edit] Characters

In addition to the title characters, Michael McKean and David Lander portrayed Laverne and Shirley's obnoxious yet lovable greaser neighbors, Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squigmont. Betty Garrett played Edna Babish, the girls' landlady. She eventually fell in love with Laverne's father, Frank De Fazio (played by Phil Foster), and married him. Edna later left Frank after she met a Texan named "Big Ed". In many episodes, Shirley's singing and dancing boyfriend, Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa (played by Eddie Mekka) provided a little romance and a strong right arm for the gang. The Big Ragu was also the former Golden Gloves boxing champion of Milwaukee.

[edit] Full character list

• Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall) Laverne is known for being a tough-talking tomboy. As a child Laverne lived in Brooklyn; with her Italian immigrant parents and grandmother. Laverne and her father later moved to Milwaukee after her mother's death. Laverne works along side best friend and roommate Shirley. Laverne is known for being the cynic of the pair. Laverne enjoys picking up sailors at the dock with old lady neighbor Mrs. Colchek. Laverne is also a fan of the TV show Sea Hunt and enjoys 3-D Monster Movies, like The Bride of Bwana Devil. Milk & Pepsi was Laverne's infamous favorite drink (Penny drank Milk & Pepsi in real life and added it to Laverne's character). A famous trait of Laverne's style was the letter "L" monogrammed on her sweaters (this idea was also introduced by Penny).

• Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) is the perky positive one with apple cheeks to match her personality. Shirley is the one that never "lets her balloon land". Another of Shirley's personality traits is that tends to be a meek little girly-girl where as Laverne is an outspoken, athletic, tomboy. One of Shirley's most prized possessions is Boo boo kitty, a large stuffed cat doll which sits next to her bed. Her favorite song is Frank Sinatra's "High Hopes" and the song is featured in a few of the show's episodes. Shirley is later a huge fan of teen-idol Fabian. Shirley has an over-bearing mother named Lily (Pat Carroll) who had moved to California, and an alcoholic sailor brother Bobby (Ed Begley Jr.). Shirley dotes on her never-seen nieces and nephews and adores her Feeney Family Photo Album. Shirley is also famous for being a prude. "I don't vodeo-doe-doe" was an early catchphrase. In the series' earliest episodes, Cindy Williams used a coarse accent for her Shirley character which was soon dropped. (This speech pattern had been previously used by Williams in a Foster Grant sunglasses commercial.)

• Lenny Kosnowski (Michael McKean) A lovable goof who pesters Laverne and Shirley along side best friend and roommate Squiggy. Lenny works as a truck driver at the Shotz brewery. Lenny was raised by his father, after his mother abandoned them. Lenny is 89th in line to the Polish Throne. Lenny attempted to have the words "Lone Wolf" on the back of his red jacket, but a mistake left him with "One Wolf." Laverne was kind enough to sew on one of her own "L's" to complete the phrase. Lenny says that he's not completely sure, but he thinks Kosnowski is Polish for "Help, there's a hog in my kitchen!"

• Andrew "Sguiggy" Squigmon (David Lander) The most obnoxious of the bunch and the greasiest. Squiggy also works and lives with childhood friend Lenny. Squiggy grew up with neglectful parents. For some reason, he collects moths, and prizes a stuffed Iguana named Jeffrey. Squiggy, like Lenny, loves the chocolate flavoring: Bosco, and making entrances with their famous line of "Hello!".

• Frank De Fazio (Phil Foster) Laverne's Italian born father who runs the Pizza Bowl; a local hang out that serves Italian pizza, beer, and of course bowling. As a running joke, it was made so you couldn't understand him because of his thick accent; which came off sounding more like mumbling.

• Edna Babish (Betty Garrett) The landlady who eventually marries Laverne's father. Edna occasionally sings and dances in the local Brewery talent show. Edna is known for having 8 divorces, and later divorces Frank towards the end of the show.

• Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka) Shirley's on and off again boyfriend, and high school sweetheart. Carmine's occasional lady companion was wealthy divorcee Lucille Lockwash, which made Shirley jealous. "The Big Ragu" is a part-time boxer who owns a dance studio and dreams of making it big as a dancer/singer. In the final episode of the series, he auditions for the Broadway musical Hair and wins a major role.

• Big Rosie Greenbaum (Carole Ita White) a snobby childhood friend of Laverne & Shirley's. She married a rich doctor and rubs it in the girls' faces, though they sometimes make fun of the fact that he is proctologist. She is known for being Laverne's rival and upsets her frequently by calling her a "bimbo". Big Rosie and fellow Milwaukee classmate Terri Buttefuco both return in the 7th season episode Class of '56.

• Rhonda Lee (Leslie Easterbrook) a ditzy blonde actress/singer/dancer/ model trying to make it big. Is Laverne and Shirley's Burbank neighbor.

• Sonny St. Jacques (Ed Marinaro) A stuntman and Laverne and Shirley's building manager when they moved to Burbank.

[edit] Timeline of show

[edit] Setting: Milwaukee

For the first five seasons, from 1976 to 1980, the show was set in Milwaukee from 1959 (one early episode involves the girl's 3rd year highschool reunion of the Fillmore High Class of 1956) to early 1960s. Shotz brewery bottlecappers Laverne and Shirley lived in a basement apartment on Knapp Street, and visible from their window were the feet of street pedestrians. The two women could communicate with upstairs neighbors Lenny and Squiggy by screaming up the dumbwaiter shaft connecting their apartments. Also appearing were Laverne's father, Frank, proprietor of the Pizza Bowl, and landlady Edna Babish. Shirley maintained an on-again, off-again romance with dancer/singer Carmine Ragusa. ("I can date other men and Carmine can date ugly women", she once told Laverne.)

[edit] Setting: Los Angeles

In 1980, all of the remaining characters in Laverne & Shirley, and therefore the setting of the show, moved from Milwaukee to Los Angeles. Laverne and Shirley took jobs as gift-wrappers at Bardwell's, a Burbank department store. Frank and Edna opened a country and western restaurant called Cowboy Bill's, and Carmine started doing singing telegrams and working as an actor. From this point until the end of the show's run, Laverne & Shirley was set in the mid-1960s. The girls are seen kissing a 1964 Beatles poster in the new opening credits. With each season, a new year passed in the timeline of the show, starting with 1965 in the 1980-81 season, and ending in 1968 in 1983. The opening credits of the California seasons features the cast toasting at New Year's, and visible on a large banner is the year depicted in that season.

When the show moved to California, Ed Marinaro was cast as Sonny, a stunt man and love interest for Laverne. He had previously been cast years earlier as Laverne's cousin during an episode where the cast visited Frank's mother. Leslie Easterbrook was cast in the role of Rhonda, a bubble-headed bleach blonde who usually started sentences with the words "Rhonda says...". The move to Los Angeles is largely considered to be the show's "shark-jumping" moment. Marinaro left after one season in California, Betty Garrett left by 1981, and Michael McKean was missing from the final episodes.

[edit] Laverne without Shirley

Near the end of the show's run, Cindy Williams was unhappy because she believed that the studio favored Marshall over her. Williams ultimately decided to leave due to pregnancy, and by that time Laverne & Shirley's ratings had already declined considerably. In the final season, Shirley fell in love with and married Army medic Walter Meany (making her Shirley Feeney-Meany), and discovered one episode later that she was pregnant (though she had been visibly pregnant for some time). This was to be Williams' last appearance. With Shirley gone (leaving Laverne a note and quickly leaving town to join her husband overseas), Laverne tried to go it alone, and a new opening was shot with Laverne watching children singing the famous "Schlemiel! Schlemazl!" lines. Laverne began working in an aerospace testing facility and did not need another roommate. Several guest stars were featured in the final season of 1982-83, including Carrie Fisher and Louise Lasser, but the series did not survive the loss of one of the title leads, and was subsequently canceled. The final episode dealt with Carmine moving away to New York to star in the Broadway show Hair, and Laverne was seen simply in book-end scenes.

[edit] Animated spinoff

During the run of the main show, an animated spin-off called Laverne and Shirley in the Army began airing on Saturday mornings. The first program was aired on October 10, 1981. The show featured the voices of Marshall and Williams playing Laverne & Shirley in the Army (much like they had been during their 1979-1980 season) with a talking piglet Drill Sergeant named "Squealy" (voiced by Welcome Back Kotter alum Ron Palillo). The show was renamed Laverne and Shirley with the Fonz when the Fonz began working in the motorpool as the chief mechanic. The series ran until September 3, 1983.

[edit] Ratings & Merchandising

Soon after Laverne & Shirley premiered in 1976, it became the most-watched American television program, even surpassing Happy Days' television ratings. At the time Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams were among television's best-paid actresses. Laverne & Shirley kept the top spot for quite some time but many believe nepotism between Garry and Penny Marshall had a negative influence the last few seasons of the show, and also was one of the main reasons Cindy Williams left the show. Other observers believed that the show should never have "moved" to California, and instead should have found better writers.

The program was so successful at the time that it spawned a merchandise franchise. Mattel released two models of Laverne & Shirley dolls, and one model of Lenny & Squiggy dolls. Hot Wheels created a Shotz Brewery delivery van, and several novelty toys were sold such as Halloween costumes, a board game, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, and other toys.

[edit] Dramatic episodes

Though generally viewed as a slapstick comedy, the cast proved their dramatic acting ability in several episodes.

• In Episode #104, Why Did The Fireman..?, Laverne mourned her boyfriend's death. The episode guest starred Ted Danson as Randy, a firefighter and Laverne's steady boyfriend who is killed on duty. Laverne, completely in shock, refuses to accept his death and waits up all night for him to come home. The father-daughter scene between Penny Marshall (Laverne) and Phil Foster (Frank De Fazio) in which he consoles his daughter is an example of the dramatic acting uncharacteristic for the series yet evident in this episode. This episode was directed by Joel Zwick and was written by Roger Garrett.
• In the Season Three episode The Slow Child, the girls befriend Mrs. Babish's 'slow' daughter, Amy. Mrs. Babish does not care for how they treat her daughter as one of the girls, especially when Amy and Lenny begin to date.
• In the episode Once Upon a Rumor, Laverne (Penny Marshall) stated "It isn't fair, a guy with a reputation is a hero. A girl with reputation is a "bimbo".
• In the episode The Bully Show, a blind date traps Laverne in her apartment and attempts to rape her.
• The show took on other serious subjects, such as class differences in The Society Party, Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent, The Debutante Ball, and Testing Testing. * Another issue the show focused on was how women were treated in the 1950s. Often women were expected to be forever virgins, and were unwelcome in the work place.

[edit] Backlash

In recent years, the City of Milwaukee and many of its residents have been (officially and unofficially) downplaying its connections to Laverne & Shirley. They feel that the image the show has given the city is outdated and inaccurate [1], even for the time-period it was supposed to represent. Amongst the more common reasons are the lack of racial diversity on the show (brewery jobs were a big reason why many minorities, especially Blacks moved to Milwaukee after World War II) as well as the accents of the characters sounding more like Brooklyn than Milwaukee.

[edit] Trivia

• During the first season, the on-screen title was given as Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney, though in ads and promos, it was always referred to as Laverne & Shirley.
• While still producing new episodes, older episodes of Laverne & Shirley went into syndication. The syndicated episodes had the title Laverne and Shirley and Company.
• ABC also found a place for it on its daytime schedule; at 11:00am (EST), replacing reruns of Happy Days with L&S beginning in April 1979, with megahit Family Feud following at 11:30. When $20,000 Pyramid was cancelled in June 1980, ABC moved Family Feud to noon and replaced L&S with reruns of The Love Boat.
• In 1976, Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams released an album titled "Laverne and Shirley Sing", which contained some original songs and some 1950's and 1960's standards.The album was released on Atlantic Records.
• In 1979, Michael McKean and David Lander followed suit with the album "Lenny and the Squigtones", featuring mainly original songs by Michael McKean.The album was released on Casablanca Records.
• During the show's filming, Cindy Williams and David Lander dated each other for a short period of time. David Lander later commented on the Laverne & Shirley Reunion that he received hate mail from fans for dating Williams.
• Ed Marinaro, who played Sonny St. Jacques (Laverne & Shirley's California landlord and Laverne's boyfriend) was originally cast as Antonio, Laverne's Italian cousin who came to America to make a living. For unknown reasons, Ed Marinaro never appeared again as Antonio. Some thought it was unusual that the same actor who played Laverne's cousin was re-cast as her boyfriend.
• Eddie Mekka, who played Carmine Rugusa, stated that his favorite episode of the series is The Dance Studio. In this episode Carmine was planning to run away because he thought he was going to lose his dance studio. Eddie Mekka's favorite scene was when he performed a dance number to a photo of Gene Kelly.
• The Baby Show was the 3rd episode planned for season 8 filming, and was to be used later to feature the birth of Shirley's baby. After Cindy Williams' abrupt departure from the production, the role of expectant mother was re-written for Laverne's guest Sgt. Alvinia T. Plout (Vicki Lawrence).
• The series often referenced the wealthy Milwaukee Pfister family as the owners of many Milwaukee establishments, ie: Chez Pfister, The Hotel Pfister, Pfister Fong's.

[edit] Magazine covers

The show's success led to its characters appearing on the covers of several entertainment and popular-culture magazines. Laverne and Shirley were featured on the cover of TV Guide a total of five times. Penny Marshall was featured twice on the cover of People magazine, and Cindy Williams was featured once. Characters from the show also appeared on the covers of Redbook, Star, PhotoPlay, TV Times, Super Mag, Cracked and many others (some of which are no longer in print).

[edit] Episode list

Episode # Prod # Air Date Title

• Season 1

• 1. 1- 1 001 27 January 1976 The Society Party
• 2. 1- 2 002 3 February 1976 The Bachelor Party
• 3. 1- 3 003 10 February 1976 Bowling For Razzberries
• 4. 1- 4 005 24 February 1976 A Nun's Story
• 5. 1- 5 004 2 March 1976 Falter at the Altar
• 6. 1- 6 007 9 March 1976 Dog Day Blind Dates
• 7. 1- 7 008 16 March 1976 Once Upon a Rumor
• 8. 1- 8 006 23 March 1976 One Flew Over Milwaukee
• 9. 1- 9 010 30 March 1976 Dating Slump
• 10. 1-10 009 6 April 1976 It's the Water
• 11. 1-11 011 13 April 1976 Fakeout at the Stakeout
• 13. 1-13 013 4 May 1976 How Do You Say 'Are You Dead' in German?
• 14. 1-14 014 11 May 1976 From Suds to Stardom
• 15. 1-15 015 18 May 1976 Mother Knows Worst

• Season 2

• 16. 2- 1 016 28 September 1976 Drive! She Said
• 17. 2- 2 017 5 October 1976 Angels of Mercy
• 18. 2- 3 020 19 October 1976 Bachelor Mothers
• 19. 2- 4 023 26 October 1976 Excuse Me, May I Cut In?
• 20. 2- 5 021 9 November 1976 Bridal Shower
• 21. 2- 6 024 16 November 1976 Look Before You Leap
• 22. 2- 7 025 23 November 1976 Dear Future Model
• 23. 2- 8 019 30 November 1976 Good Time Girls
• 24. 2- 9 018 7 December 1976 Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing
• 25. 2-10 026 21 December 1976 Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch (aka Oh, Hear the Angel Voices)
• 26. 2-11 027 4 January 1977 Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent
• 27. 2-12 038 10 January 1977 Anniversary Show
• 28. 2-13 028 11 January 1977 Playing Hooky
• 29. 2-14 029 18 January 1977 Guinea Pigs
• 30. 2-15 031 1 February 1977 Call Me a Taxi
• 31. 2-16 022 8 February 1977 Steppin' Out
• 32. 2-17 032 15 February 1977 Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?
• 33. 2-18 033 22 February 1977 Honeymoon Hotel
• 34. 2-19 034 1 March 1977 Hi, Neighbor Book 2
• 35. 2-20 035 8 March 1977 Frank's Fling
• 36. 2-21 036 22 March 1977 Haunted House
• 37. 2-22 030 29 March 1977 Lonely at the Middle
• 38. 2-23 037 5 April 1977 Citizen Crane

• Season 3

• 39. 3- 1 042 20 September 1977 Airport '59
• 40. 3- 2 043 27 September 1977 Tag Team Wrestling
• 41. 3- 3 044 4 October 1977 The Pact
• 42. 3- 4 045 25 October 1977 Robot Lawsuit
• 43. 3- 5 047 1 November 1977 Laverne's Arranged Marriage
• 44. 3- 6 040 8 November 1977 Cruise (1)
• 45. 3- 7 041 15 November 1977 Cruise (2)
• 46. 3- 8 046 22 November 1977 Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian
• 47. 3- 9 049 29 November 1977 The Stakeout
• 48. 3-10 048 6 December 1977 Shirley's Operation
• 49. 3-11 039 13 December 1977 Take My Plants, Please
• 50. 3-12 052 27 December 1977 New Years Eve 1959
• 51. 3-13 050 10 January 1978 The Mortician
• 52. 3-14 053 17 January 1978 The Horse Show
• 53. 3-15 051 24 January 1978 The Slow Child
• 54. 3-16 055 31 January 1978 The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show
• 55. 3-17 054 7 February 1978 The Dentist
• 56. 3-18 056 14 February 1978 Bus Stop
• 57. 3-19 057 21 February 1978 The Driving Test
• 58. 3-20 058 28 February 1978 The Obstacle Course
• 59. 3-21 059 9 May 1978 The Debutante Ball
• 61. 3-23 060 23 May 1978 The Dance Studio
• 62. 3-24 062 30 May 1978 Breaking Up and Making Up

• Season 4

• 63. 4- 1 064 5 September 1978 Festival (1)
• 64. 4- 2 065 12 September 1978 Festival (2)
• 65. 4- 3 068 19 September 1978 Playing the Roxy
• 66. 4- 4 067 26 September 1978 The Robbery
• 67. 4- 5 066 10 October 1978 The Quiz Show
• 68. 4- 6 069 17 October 1978 Laverne and Shirley Go to Night School
• 69. 4- 7 063 24 October 1978 Date With Eraserhead
• 70. 4- 8 070 31 October 1978 The Bully Show
• 71. 4- 9 073 14 November 1978 A Visit to the Cemetery
• 72. 4-10 071 21 November 1978 Chorus Line
• 73. 4-11 072 28 November 1978 Laverne and Shirley Move In
• 74. 4-12 074 5 December 1978 Dinner For Four
• 75. 4-13 075 12 December 1978 It's a Dog's Life
• 76. 4-14 076 19 December 1978 Oh, Come All Ye Burns
• 77. 4-15 078 16 January 1979 Who's Papa?
• 78. 4-16 080 30 January 1979 The Third Annual Shotz Talent Show
• 79. 4-17 077 6 February 1979 Supermarket Sweep
• 80. 4-18 079 13 February 1979 Lenny's Crush
• 81. 4-19 081 20 February 1979 Fire Show
• 82. 4-20 083 27 February 1979 Squiggy in Love
• 83. 4-21 082 6 March 1979 The Feminine Mistake
• 84. 4-22 084 13 March 1979 The Tenants Are Revolting
• 85. 4-23 086 8 May 1979 Spy in My Beer
• 86. 4-24 085 15 May 1979 Shirley and the Older Man

• Season 5

• 87. 5- 1 089 13 September 1979 Shotgun Wedding Part 2
• 88. 5- 2 090 20 September 1979 One Heckuva Note
• 89. 5- 3 088 27 September 1979 Fat City Holiday
• 90. 5- 4 087 4 October 1979 Upstairs, Downstairs
• 91. 5- 5 092 18 October 1979 What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?
• 92. 5- 6 094 25 October 1979 You've Pushed Me Too Far
• 93. 5- 7 093 1 November 1979 The Wedding
• 94. 5- 8 091 8 November 1979 Bad Girls
• 95. 5- 9 097 15 November 1979 You're in the Army, Now (1)
• 96. 5-10 098 15 November 1979 You're in the Army, Now (2)
• 97. 5-11 099 22 November 1979 Take Two, They're Small
• 98. 5-12 096 6 December 1979 The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show
• 99. 5-13 095 13 December 1979 Testing, Testing
• 100. 5-14 100 7 January 1980 Not Quite South of the Border
• 101. 5-15 101 14 January 1980 You Oughta Be in Pictures
• 102. 5-16 102 21 January 1980 The Beatnik Show
• 103. 5-17 104 28 January 1980 The Right to Light
• 104. 5-18 103 4 February 1980 Why Did the Fireman . . .
• 105. 5-19 107 11 February 1980 The Collector
• 106. 5-20 105 26 February 1980 Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)
• 107. 5-21 106 4 March 1980 Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)
• 108. 5-22 109 11 March 1980 Survival Test
• 109. 5-23 108 25 March 1980 The Duke of Squiggmann
• 110. 5-24 110 1 April 1980 Antonio, the Amazing
• 111. 5-25 112 6 May 1980 The Diner
• 112. 5-26 111 13 May 1980 Separate Tables

• Season 6

• 113. 6- 1 113 18 November 1980 Not Quite New York
• 114. 6- 2 114 25 November 1980 Welcome to Burbank
• 115. 6- 3 115 2 December 1980 Studio City
• 116. 6- 4 116 9 December 1980 Grand Opening
• 117. 6- 5 117 16 December 1980 Candy is Dandy
• 118. 6- 6 118 30 December 1980 The Dating Game
• 119. 6- 7 119 6 January 1981 The Other Woman
• 120. 6- 8 120 13 January 1981 The Road to Burbank
• 121. 6- 9 121 27 January 1981 Born Too Late
• 122. 6-10 123 3 February 1981 Love Out the Window
• 123. 6-11 124 10 February 1981 Malibu Mansion
• 124. 6-12 125 17 February 1981 To Tell the Truth
• 125. 6-13 126 24 February 1981 I Do, I Do
• 126. 6-14 127 3 March 1981 But Seriously, Folks . . .
• 127. 6-15 128 10 March 1981 The Bardwell Caper (1)
• 128. 6-16 129 17 March 1981 The Bardwell Caper (2)
• 129. 6-17 130 7 April 1981 High Priced Dates
• 130. 6-18 131 14 April 1981 Fifth Anniversary
• 131. 6-19 132 5 May 1981 Out, Out Damned Plout
• 132. 6-20 122 12 May 1981 Laverne's Broken Leg
• 133. 6-21 133 19 May 1981 Sing, Sing, Sing
• 134. 6-22 134 26 May 1981 Child's Play

• Season 7

• 135. 7- 1 136 13 October 1981 The Most Important Day Ever
• 136. 7- 2 137 27 October 1981 It Only Hurts When I Breathe
• 137. 7- 3 147 3 November 1981 I Wonder What Became of Sal?
• 138. 7- 4 141 10 November 1981 Teenage Lust
• 139. 7- 5 138 17 November 1981 The Defiant One
• 140. 7- 6 135 24 November 1981 Night at the Awards
• 141. 7- 7 139 1 December 1981 Some Enchanted Earring
• 142. 7- 8 142 8 December 1981 Moving In
• 143. 7- 9 140 15 December 1981 Friendly Persuasion
• 144. 7-10 144 5 January 1982 I Do, I Don't
• 145. 7-11 143 12 January 1982 Love Is the Tar Pits
• 146. 7-12 149 19 January 1982 Watch the Fur Fly
• 147. 7-13 146 26 January 1982 Rocky Ragu
• 148. 7-14 150 2 February 1982 Star Peepers
• 149. 7-15 148 9 February 1982 An Affair to Forget
• 150. 7-16 145 16 February 1982 Class of '56
• 151. 7-17 153 23 February 1982 Ski Show
• 152. 7-18 151 2 March 1982 Helmut Weekend
• 153. 7-19 156 9 March 1982 That's Entertainment
• 154. 7-20 154 16 March 1982 Lightning Man
• 155. 7-21 155 4 May 1982 Crime Isn't Pretty
• 156. 7-22 152 11 May 1982 Perfidy in Blue

• Season 8

• 157. 8- 1 157 28 September 1982 The Mummy's Bride
• 158. 8- 2 158 12 October 1982 Window on Main Street
• 159. 8- 3 169 19 October 1982 The Note
• 160. 8- 4 166 26 October 1982 Lost in Spacesuits
• 161. 8- 5 160 9 November 1982 The Playboy Show
• 162. 8- 6 167 16 November 1982 Death Row (1)
• 163. 8- 7 168 23 November 1982 Death Row (2)
• 164. 8- 8 171 30 November 1982 Jinxed
• 165. 8- 9 170 7 December 1982 Of Mice and Men
• 166. 8-10 173 14 December 1982 The Gymnast
• 167. 8-11 175 4 January 1983 The Monastery Show
• 168. 8-12 165 11 January 1983 Defective Ballet
• 169. 8-13 159 18 January 1983 The Baby Show
• 170. 8-14 172 25 January 1983 Rock 'n' Roll Show
• 171. 8-15 163 1 February 1983 The Fashion Show
• 172. 8-16 161 8 February 1983 Short on Time
• 173. 8-17 176 15 February 1983 Ghost Story
• 174. 8-18 162 22 February 1983 Please Don't Feed the Buzzards
• 175. 8-19 174 1 March 1983 How's Your Sister?
• 176. 8-20 164 15 March 1983 Do the Carmine
• 177. 8-21 177 3 May 1983 Councilman DeFazio
• 178. 8-22 178 10 May 1983 Here Today, Hair Tomorrow

• Special

• S- 1 7 May 2002 Laverne & Shirley Together Again (Reunion)

[edit] External links

• Laverne & Shirley at tv.com
• Laverne & Shirley at Internet Movie Database
• Leslie Easterbrook Yahoo! Group