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Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)

TV Series  -  TV_G 30 min  -  Comedy | Family
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The misadventures of two single women in the 1950's and '60's.

Creators:

Garry Marshall, Lowell Ganz, Mark Rothman

Stars:

Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams and David L. Lander
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Season:

8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1

Year:

1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976
Nominated for 6 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination See more awards »

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Cast

Series cast summary:
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 Eddie Mekka ...
Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Ragusa (147 episodes, 1976-1983)
Phil Foster ...
Frank DeFazio (146 episodes, 1976-1983)
Betty Garrett ...
Edna Babish (96 episodes, 1976-1981)
Leslie Easterbrook ...
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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Plot Keywords:

Brewery | 1950s | Roommate | 1960s | Bottle Cappers  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Laverne & Shirley & Company See more »

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miller-Milkis Productions, Henderson Productions, Paramount Television See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(178 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color
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Trivia

Shirley's middle name was Wilhemina, after her dead grandmother. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: 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: Wanda Titlebaum...
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Connections

Spoofed in "Family Guy: Road to Rupert (#5.9)" (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

"Making Our Dreams Come True"
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Music by Charles Fox
Sung by Cyndi Grecco See more »