Laverne & Shirley

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Laverne and Shirley debuted as a mid-season replacement in January of 1976 and was an instant hit ranking number three in the Nielsen ratings for the 1975-1976 season.

On Happy Days,... more »

Laverne and Shirley debuted as a mid-season replacement in January of 1976 and was an instant hit ranking number three 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 takes place in the same city as Happy Days: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the 1950s and 1960s.

Laverne and Shirley are lower-society girls who share an apartment and work together at the Shotz Brewery as bottlecappers. Laverne and Shirley are very different people. Laverne is feisty, quick-tempered, and man-hungry while Shirley is more naive and trusting and quite inexperienced when it comes to romance.

Others in the cast includ Laverne's gruff father, Frank De Fazio, who runs the Pizza Bowl where Laverne and Shirley work on occasion. Edna Babish is the girls' landlady who later marries Frank. Carmine "The Bag Ragu" Ragusa is a singer/dancer who has an on-again, off-again romance with Shirley. The other two main characters of the series are the male counterparts of Laverne and Shirley. Lenny Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman live upstairs in the same apartment building as Laverne and Shirley and, also, work at the brewery. They constantly enter the girls' apartment with an annoying "hello."

In 1980, the series changed scenery. The girls want something new so they decide to move to California. Lenny and Squiggy follow them along with Frank, Edna, and Carmine. The girls want to get into movies while Frank and Edna open a restaurant, Cowboy Bill's. New characters included stuntman and apartment building manager Sonny St. Jacques and neighbor and model Rhonda Lee.

In 1982, Cindy Williams left the series with her character marrying Walter Meany, a military man who was assigned overseas.

Main Title Theme Song
"Making Our Dreams Come True" - written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox; performed by Cyndi Grecco

ABC Broadcast History
January 27, 1976 - July, 1979 ---- Tuesdays ---- 8:30 P.M.
August, 1979 - December, 1979 ---- Thursdays ---- 8:00 P.M.
December, 1979 - February, 1980 ---- Mondays ---- 8:00 P.M.
February, 1980 - May, 1983 ---- Tuesdays ---- 8:30 P.M.

Nielsen Ratings - Top 30
Season 1 (1975-1976) #3 (27.5)
Season 2 (1976-1977) #2 (30.9)
Season 3 (1977-1978) #1 (31.6)
Season 4 (1978-1979) #1 (30.5)
Season 5 (1979-1980) Not In Top 30
Season 6 (1980-1981) #20 (tie) (20.6)
Season 7 (1981-1982) #20 (19.9)
Season 8 (1982-1983) #25 (17.8)

Emmy Awards Nominations
Outstanding Costume Design for a Series
1979 - Alfred E. Lehman

(source: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences)

Golden Globe Awards Nominations
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
1977
1978

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
1978 - Cindy Williams
1978 - Penny Marshall
1979 - Penny Marshall
1980 - Penny Marshall

First Telecast: January 27, 1976
Last Telecast: May 10, 1983
Episodes: 178 color episodes plus one reunion specialless «

• Laverne or Shirley?

  Which one do you like better? Personally, I like Shirley.

  Which one do you like better? Personally, I like Shirley. less «

  FoxRider33 Last online Jan 10, 2009
  14 comments, last one May 24, 2009 + Add Comment

• Shirley/Carmine

  Hey guys, can any of you tell me when Carmine and Shirley started dating on the show and what are their best episodes? Ones that show cute moments between them or anything like that. Thanks!

  Hey guys, can any of you tell me when Carmine and Shirley started dating on the show and what are their best episodes? Ones that show cute moments between them or anything like that. Thanks!less «

  acsgrlie Last online Mar 11, 2009
  1 comments, last one Oct 6, 2008 + Add Comment

• Are you addicted to Laverne and Shirley game

  Let's play a game. Finish the phrase... You know you are addicted to Laverne and Shirley when... Everytime you enter a room and say Hello!

  Let's play a game. Finish the phrase... You know you are addicted to Laverne and Shirley when... Everytime you enter a room and say Hello! less «

  MonicaKeller Last online 12 days ago
  5 comments, last one Oct 6, 2008 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  A wonderful, classic show about two women who can't help but stay out of mischief! They will have you laughing out loud within minutes of the beginning of the show! hide « show »

  I absolutely LOVE this show, although it was long before I was born. I love older shows like this, they entertain me a lot more than some t.v. shows today. This is a classic t.v. show whose comical genius was simply incredible. You just can't replace the comical duo of Laverne and Shirley, who remind me in there antics of Lucy and Ethel! Whether I am feeling down, or I am just in the mood for a good laugh, I can put on a "Laverne and Shirley" and feel great instantly. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams are just hilarious in all of the sticky situations they get themselves into! :D

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  milkandpepsi94 Added Dec 28, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.9 Superb

  Laverne and Shirley--making our dreams come true for me and you hide « show »

  This show was non-stop riotous entertainment for me growing up. I remember I first got hooked on it while in middle school. As most of you know, it chronicled the daily and weekly adventures of two Milwaukee blue-collar working gals living together, as well as their interactions with friends and family. It was just awesome. I don't know what made it so delightful--the brilliant comedic actresses or the plots. Probably both. The producers couldn't have gotten two actresses with better dynamic. Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall shined and I never got bored of following them and their crazy antics. It wasn't just Marshall and Williams, though. Who could forget Lenny and Squiggy? Or Laverne's eccentric Italian father? The entire cast made this show the great caliber of entertainment that it was and I'm sure future generations will be as fond of it as I was as a kid.

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  senor_fritz Added Oct 1, 2007 All my reviews
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  1 Abysmal

  SUCKFEST!!! I wish i could give it a zero!!! hide « show »

  I absolutely hate this show.. I hate how the actresses attempt to act, and the cast, and the whole entire thing is grotesque. It makes me sick it stayed on so long. I guess it may have benn cool back then, but now it is a complete and total embarrassment to the poor people who get the channel that comes on!! My sister is an old soul, and she watches all these old, horrid shows. I may have liked it if it wasn't pushed on me, but I highly doubt it. And what kind of names are LENNY and SQUIGGY?

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  YummyLuvr11 Added Apr 5, 2007 All my reviews
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  7 Good

  A somewhat funny show about two women that work in a brewery and their friends. Another spin-off from Happy Days hide « show »

  I use to watch this show when it was on (when I was a kid). That tells you how old I am I guess. Anyway, the show was pretty good at the time but doesn't real hold up against current day comedies.
  
  Penny Marshall (now a famous movie director) starred as Laverne DeFazio along with Cindy Wiiliams as Shirley Wilhelmina Feeney. Both were pretty good at their roles. There were several other actors that made it big after the show. Ed Marinaro who later went on to star in Hill Street Blues joined the cast in season six. Michael McKean who played Lenny Kosnowski has gone on to make several movies.

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  vicmackey31 Added Apr 8, 2006 All my reviews
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  4.1 Poor

  its classic but i hate it hide « show »

  i dont like any happy day spin off except for mork and mindy. and this crappy spin off even somehow spined off another spin off. i really dont enjoy this show. i wouldn't watch it if my life depended on it. well maybe its not that bad, but i still hate it.
  
  EROK

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  Er0KSeinfeldfan Added Dec 17, 2005 All my reviews