"Laverne & Shirley" (1976) TV series 1976-1983

Creators:

Lowell Ganz
Garry Marshall
Mark Rothman

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

27 January 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

The misadventures of two single women in the 1950's and '60's.

Plot Keywords:

Roommate | 1950s | Brewery | 1960s | Bottle Cappers

Awards:

Nominated for 6 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 94)

Penny Marshall	...	Laverne DeFazio (178 episodes, 1976-1983)
Cindy Williams	...	Shirley Feeney (159 episodes, 1976-1983)
David L. Lander	...	Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman (155 episodes, 1976-1983)
Michael McKean	...	Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski / ... (149 episodes, 1976-1983)
Eddie Mekka	...	Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa (147 episodes, 1976-1983)
Phil Foster	...	Frank DeFazio (147 episodes, 1976-1983)
Betty Garrett	...	Edna Babish / ... (96 episodes, 1976-1981)
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Rhonda Lee (50 episodes, 1980-1983)

Also Known As:

Laverne & Shirley & Company (USA) (syndication title)
Laverne & Shirley & Friends (USA) (syndication title)
Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney (USA) (first season title)

Runtime:

30 min (178 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:TV-G | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Miller-Milkis Productions

Trivia:

The name of the club that Laverne and Shirley belonged to as teenagers was called the Angora Debs.

Quotes:

Shirley Feeney: Laverne! The only kinda parties we've ever been to are bring your own!
Laverne De Fazio: I like bringin' my own... then I know what I'm gettin'.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Undergrads: Roommates (#1.6)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Making Our Dreams Come True

Good show until it moved the locale to California

When this show started out, it was hilarious and stayed that way for many years, but when the show moved to setting to California, it lost that special magic that it had. Also, what hurt the show is when Cindy Williams left the show--it just was not funny with Penny Marshall trying to carry the show alone. Phil Foster was one of, if not the worst, actor ever on a regular television show. He talked as he had a mouthful of mush!! Whoever said that he was funny or could even act?? Heck, anyone can act like him--all you have to do is say "What, Who, Where" in a loud voice with your tongue hanging out of your mouth!! There!! You have just done an inpersonation of Frank De Fazio--lol