Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)

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

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Nominated for 6 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards »
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Cast

Series cast summary:
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 Laverne DeFazio (178 episodes, 1976-1983)
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 Shirley Feeney (159 episodes, 1976-1983)
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 Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman (155 episodes, 1976-1983)
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 Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski (149 episodes, 1976-1983)
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 Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa (147 episodes, 1976-1983)
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 Frank DeFazio (145 episodes, 1976-1983)
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 Edna Babish (96 episodes, 1976-1981)
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 Rhonda Lee (50 episodes, 1980-1983)
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Storyline

Best friends and roommates Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney are single, working girls in late 1950s Milwaukee (later early 1960s Los Angeles) coping with dates, neighbours, and each other. Written by Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>

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Comedy | Family

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Release Date:

27 January 1976 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Laverne & Shirley & Company  »

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4:3
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Trivia

Virtually all the scripts of the unsuccessful sitcom Hey, Landlord were eventually rewritten as scripts for this show See more »

Goofs

The show was originally set in Milwaukee, famed for its brewing history. The title characters were bottlecappers in the fictional Schotz Brewery, so they are shown working along a brewery's bottling line during the opening titles. However, this sequence was obviously shot in an Anheuser-Busch facility, as the bottles shown streaming along the conveyor are the iconic 'teardrop' bottles used for Michelob beer in the 1970s. Anheuser-Busch, the St. Louis-based maker of Budweiser, never had a facility in Milwaukee. See more »

Quotes

Squiggy: I woulda worn my tuxedo but my polo pony ate it!
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Connections

Referenced in Mork & Mindy: The Mork Syndrome (1979) See more »

Soundtracks

"Making Our Dreams Come True"
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Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Music by Charles Fox
Sung by Cyndi Grecco
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Excellent series
26 June 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Here is an example of an excellent television program. This show is a show that can be enjoyed by all without nonsense about sex, drugs, and violence. It's also way funnier than the some of the shows we have on television today. It's a shame that this wonderful program cannot be found in syndication these days. This show also had some great characters even beyond the title characters such as Lenny, Squiggy, Big Rosie Greenbaum, and more. In my eyes, Laverne & Shirley is a classic that will never die and that will be cherished for years to come. If the opportunity ever comes along for you to see this great television show, don't let it pass you by. See Laverne & Shirley if you haven't, you'll be glad you did.


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