Laverne & Shirley
Laverne and Shirley is another good example of a successful spinoff and mid-season replacement. It debuted in January of 1976 and was an instant hit. Ranking number 3 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1975-1976 season. On Happy Days Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney were two girls who were love interests for Richie Cunningham and Fonzie. Their occasional appearances led to their own series, which took place in the same city as Happy Days, Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the 1950's. Laverne and Shirley were lower class girls who shared an apartment and worked together at Shotz Brewery as bottlecappers. Laverne and Shirley were also quite different. Laverne was feisty, quick-tempered and manhungry while Shirley was more naive and trusting and quite inexperienced when it came to romance. Others in the cast included, Laverne's gruff father, Frank De Fazio who ran the Pizza Bowl, where Laverne and Shirley worked on occasions and Edna Babish was the girls landlady who later ma
Shirley wants to buy a car but needs half of Laverne's money to afford it. Laverne refuses to help buy the car and Shirley reveals Laverne's secret fear: she's scared to drive.
Shirley talks Laverne into volunteering with her at the hospital.
One Saturday night when the girls have no dates, Fonzie drops by and asks them to babysit his godson and they agree. But when a date opportunity materializes, they play odds-and-evens to see who stays with the baby, and Shirley--who usually wins--loses. After she leaves, the guy calls to say he can't keep the date after all, so Shirley asks Lenny and Squiggy to go catch Laverne, but they refuse. Shirley goes and asks them to watch the baby. When she returns to find the baby gone, the guys say someone came, said he was the father, and took the baby. Then the mother shows up.
The girls get Richie and Potsie as partners for a dance contest.
The girls have trouble fitting in at a bridal shower.
Laverne tries to remember the events of a wild night when she wakes up with morning sickness and fears she may be pregnant.
The girls decide to start a new career in modeling.
The girls end up getting phone calls after Hector scribbles their number in a men's room.
Lenny and Squiggy vanish without a trace.
Carmine talks the girls into singing at a Christmas show.
Laverne gets arrested for stealing.
The girls remember experiences from the past year.
Laverne and Shirley call in sick to take a day off of work and have fun; they go on a bike ride, go to the park and meet two men who they have a great time with, until they're arrested for solicitation.
In order to raise the money to go to a cocktail party, the girls sign up to be paid volunteers for scientific experiments.
A temporary layoff at work forces the girls to take jobs as taxi dancers. They earn money by dancing with men for ten cents a dance.
As the girls rush to get ready for a big date, they face wardrobe and hair problems, as well as complications from a house fire raging across the street.
Shirley goes looking for her missing down-and-out father at a sleazy bar on the waterfront.
Shirley wins a honeymoon vacation in a fancy hotel and she and Laverne decide to take advantage of it. Carmine poses as Shirley's husband and they sneak Laverne in, but after Carmine leaves, the girls quickly find out the hotel is intent on getting as many publicity photos of the married couple as possible throughout the vacation.
When Lenny and Squiggy get stood up, Laverne and Shirley take pity on them.
The girls conspire to get rid of Frank's girlfriend.
Laverne and Shirley want to buy a new couch and find out about a furniture sale in a house Shirley says is haunted. When they and Lenny and Squiggy go to buy the couch, they find out she may be right.
Shirley gets promoted to head of the bottle-labelers division at the brewery.
The girls are headlined in a musical extravaganza by an impresario who promises them fame and fortune.
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Penny Marshall | Laverne DeFazio |
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Cindy Williams | Shirley Feeney |
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Michael McKean | Lenny Kosnowski |
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David L. Lander | Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman |
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Eddie Mekka | Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa |
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Phil Foster | Frank DeFazio |
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Betty Garrett | Edna Babish |
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Carole White | Rosie Greenbaum |
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Bo Kaprall | Officer Norman Hughes |
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Sandy Wirth | Lucille |
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Michael Mann | Lackey |
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Jack Perkins | Patient |
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Fred Willard | Man in Bathroom |
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Harry Shearer | Harold |
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Geoffrey Lewis | Mr. Gunther |
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Larry Hankin | Tall Dancer |
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Henry Winkler | Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli |
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Lynne Marie Stewart | Barbara Tedesco |
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Howard Hesseman | Dr. Grayson |
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Stephanie Faracy | Debra Lee |
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Gino Conforti | Waiter |
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Archie Hahn III | Bob |
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Garry Marshall | Drummer |
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Ron Howard | Richie Cunningham |
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Paddi Edwards | Receptionist |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Distributor | Paramount |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 3602 |
| Added Date | Mar 08, 2016 07:22:18 |
| Modified Date | Jan 24, 2025 08:05:13 |