Penny Marshall
Laverne De Fazio
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- 1. The Society Party Jan 27, 1976
- The roommates wear stolen gowns to a posh party at the Shotz Brewery, boss's house.
- 2. The Bachelor Party Feb 8, 1976
- The girls agree to let Fonzie (guest star Henry Winkler) throw a party at the Pizza Bowl.
- 3. Bowling for Razzberries Feb 10, 1976
- Laverne challenges a wisecracking Shotz tour guide to a bowling championship.
Laverne & Shirley: Created by Lowell Ganz, Garry Marshall, Mark Rothman. With Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, David L. Lander, Eddie Mekka. The misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.
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Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney mingle at a dinner party...
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Laverne & Shirley (TV Series 1976–1983) cast and crew...
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Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, and Squiggy become justifiably...
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The series is a spin-off from Happy Days, as the two lead characters were introduced on that series as acquaintances of Fonzie (Henry Winkler). The characters were originally "two girls who date the fleet", but for family hour, they had to be changed and mellowed down, which, in Cindy Williams' opinion, gave the show more depth. Set in roughly the ...
Seasons 1–5
In the opening credits, Laverne and Shirley recite "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated," a Yiddish-American hopscotch chant, which then leads into the series' theme song, "Making Our Dreams Come True" performed by Cyndi Grecco. In the final season without Cindy Williams, the chant is recited by a group of schoolchildren. The hopscotch chant is from Penny Marshall's childhood. For the first five seasons, from 1976 to 1980, the show was set in Milwaukee (exe...
Seasons 6–8
For the sixth season in 1980, Laverne and Shirley and their friends all moved from Milwaukee to Burbank, California. Laverne and Shirley took jobs at Bardwell's department store as gift wrappers. Frank and Edna managed a Texas barbecue restaurant called Cowboy Bill's, Carmine delivered singing telegrams and sought work as an actor, and Lenny and Squiggy started a talent agency called Squignowski Talent Agency. From this point until the end of the series' run, Laverne & Shirley was set in the...
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1. Laverne Marie DeFazio (Penny Marshall) is known for being a tough-talking tomboy. She grew up in Brooklyn, with her Italian immigrant parents. Laverne's parents moved to Milwaukee, where her mother died. Laverne works alongside best friend and roommate Shirley. Milk and Pepsi is Laverne's favorite drink. Her trademark is the script letter "L" monogrammed on her shirts and sweaters, an idea Marshall got from seeing a vintage sweater in the wardrobe department with an initial sewn in the upp...
Recurring
1. (Big) Rosie Greenbaum (Carole Ita White) is Laverne and Shirley's childhood nemesis. She married a rich doctor and rubs this in the ladies' faces, though they make fun of the fact that he is a proctologist. She is Laverne's rival and upsets her by calling her a "bimbo". Big Rosie and fellow Milwaukee classmate Terri Buttefuco both return in the season-seven episode "Class of '56". 2. Terri Buttefuco (Judy Pioli) is a former classmate of Laverne and Shirley. She is tough and athletic and ha...
Laverne & Shirley debuted in the 1975–76 TV season, with its first episode airing in January 1976, in the Tuesday night time slot after Happy Days. By its third season, it had become the most-watched American television program according to Nielsen ratings. In August 1979, before the start of its fifth season, Laverne & Shirley was moved to Thursda...
During the run of the main show, an animated spin-off called Laverne & Shirley in the Army began airing on Saturday mornings. The first program was aired on October 10, 1981, and featured the voices of Marshall and Williams playing Laverne and Shirley in the Army with a talking piglet drill sergeant named "Squealy" (voiced by Ron Palillo). The show...
The program was so successful at the time that it spawned a merchandise franchise. Mego released two models of Laverne and Shirley dolls, and one model of Lenny and Squiggy dolls. Matchbox created a Shotz Brewery delivery van, and several novelty toys were sold such as Halloween costumes, a board game, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, video slot mac...
Paramount Home Entertainment and (starting with season 2) CBS DVD have released the entire series of Laverne and Shirley on DVD in Region 1, albeit with music substitutions and scene deletions. On June 16, 2015, CBS DVD released Laverne & Shirley – The Complete Serieson DVD in Region 1. Season 1 has also been released on DVD in Region 2. The first ...
Laverne & Shirley at IMDbLaverne & Shirley at The Interviews: An Oral History of TelevisionJan 27, 2016 · 7 Facts About Laverne and Shirley. While Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams played best friends on TV, in real life, their friendship fell apart when Williams abruptly left the show during its...
Laverne & Shirley. Watch Laverne & Shirley with a subscription on Prime Video. Best friends, roommates and polar opposites Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz...
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Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a fictitious Milwaukee brewery called "Shotz Brewery."
