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"Laverne & Shirley" (1976) More at IMDbPro »

• After "The Odd Couple" (1970) ceased production, the apartment set on that show was modified to become Laverne and Shirley's apartment.
  
  
• For several years there was a certain amount of interplay between the characters of this show and "Happy Days" (1974), especially when both shows were set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  
  
• "The Big Ragoo" was a dance instructor.
  
  
• Carmine was a Golden Gloves champion before becoming a dance instructor.
  
  
• Frank DeFazio, Laverne's father, worked at The Pizza Bowl, a combination pizza parlor and bowling alley.
  
  
• Shirley's good luck charm was Boo-Boo Kitty, a cloth cat.
  
  
• Squiggy's real first name was Andrew.
  
  
• Shirley's middle name was Wilhemina, after her dead grandmother.
  
  
• When Cindy Williams departed during the 1982-1983 season, due to pregnancy, her absence was explained by having Shirley moving out of the apartment to be with her husband Walter after he was transferred out of the country.
  
  
• Laverne's favorite drink was milk and Pepsi.
  
  
• The name of the club that Laverne and Shirley belonged to as teenagers was called the Angora Debs.
  
  
• Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, Squiggy and Carmine all went to Filmore High School,
  
  
• Virtually all the scripts of the unsuccessful sitcom "Hey, Landlord" (1966) were eventually rewritten as scripts for this show
  
  
• While still a defensive end with the L.A. Rams, actor Fred Dryer made his television debut in a 30 second spot as a lifeguard in Laverne's dream sequence in the 6th season premiere "Not Quite New York".
  
  
• Laverne always wears the letter "L". Sometimes she has one "L" on her skirt and another "L" on her blouse.
  
  
• In 1976 Cindy Williams briefly walked off the show to protest Penny Marshall getting all the good lines. She returned two days later.
  
  
• David L. Lander and Michael McKean were originally hired as writers/consultants. They wrote themselves into the show as Squiggy and Lenny, two characters they created in college.
  
  

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