Laverne Shirley

Originally aired: Tuesday January 27, 1976 on ABC Writer: Bob Brunner Director: Garry Marshall Guest Stars: Henry Winkler (Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli) , Kathryn Ish (Mrs. Stewart) , Mary Treen (Nana) , Richard Stahl (Marshall Stewart) , Bobby Ball (butler) , Lyman Ward (Tom Schotz) Production Code: 001 Shotz brewery bottle-cappers and best friends, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, are invited by the boss' nephew, Tad Shotz, to the Shotz formal society party. Shirley is excited about going while Laverne finds it insulting. Originally aired: Tuesday May 4, 1976 on ABC Writer: Bob Brunner Director: John Thomas Lenox Guest Stars: Brenda Verrett (Hildie) , Harold Oblong (Eric) Production Code: 013 Laverne & Shirley panic when a German delivery guy faints in their living room Originally aired: Tuesday September 28, 1976 on ABC Writer: Jack Winter Director: Howard Storm Guest Stars: Bo Kaprall (Policeman) Production Code: 016 Shirley offers Laverne free driving lessons in exchange for some money to buy a new car. Originally aired: Tuesday November 28, 1978 on ABC Writer: Paula A. Roth Director: Joel Zwick Production Code: 072 Shirley recalls how she and Laverne first moved in together.

17. Angels of Mercy Laverne & Shirley become hospital volunteers. 70. The Bully Show First aired: 10/31/1978 Writer: Chris Thompson Director: Dennis Klein Guest star: Larry Hankin (Man) Lenny and Squiggy are forced to make a date between Laverne and their foreman. After fighting feelings of guilt since they know that the guy is a real jerk, they come to Laverne's rescue just in time. 143. Friendly Persuasion First aired: 12/15/1981 Writer: Wally Dalton Director: Tom Trbovich Guest star: Charles Grodin (Himself), Robin Bach (Mr. Pennington) While wrapping in Bardwell's one day, Charles Grodin comes in and chats to the girls. Laverne mistakingly thinks he's asking her out and she invites him over for dinner. That night at dinner all the gang are there and Charles arrives. Shirley thinks he's after their gift wrapping jobs at Bardwell's so she is mean to him, and Lenny and Squiggy are there arguing with Laverne and Shirley becuase there was no water to rinse Squiggy's hair. Shirley and Carmine are arguing because she's tired of Carmine taking her out to eat on coupon dinners. Everybody is arguing and Charles tries to turn it around, but ends up hurting Laverne's feelings when it's declared that he didn't ask her out. This prompts the guys to ask him to leave, after that they all start being nice to each other and feel guilty as this was what Charles was preaching earlier. Charles comes back in to try to clear the air, and is forgiven by Laverne and the gang and they all head out to eat. 171. The Fashion Show First aired: 2/1/1983 Writer: Roger Garrett, Al Aidekman, Mark Sotkin Director: Tom Trbovich Guest star: Michael Pataki (man), Kit McDonough (woman), Joanna Kerns (woman), Anjelica Huston (Model), Larry Breeding (man) Jealous of all the beautiful girls her new photographer boyfriend has to take pictures of, Laverne goes to a fashion show where he is working and ends up being one of the models in the show

2. The Bachelor Party First aired: 2/3/1976 Director: Jerry Paris Guest star: Henry Winkler While Mr. DeFazio is away for a few days, Laverne and Shirley take over running the Pizza Bowl for him. Later, The Fonz convinces the girls to let him host a wild bachelor party at the Pizza Bowl - it goes against Shirley's better judgement, but Laverne doesn't see any problem with it. When the party gets started, however, the girls both begin to realize just how much of a mess they've gotten themselves into. 18. Bachelor Mothers First aired: 10/19/1976 Writer: Barry Rubinowitz Director: Howard Storm Since the girls have no dates that night, they agree to babysit Fonzie's godson. When they get a call for a big date only one of them can go, the other has to stay home and watch the baby. Laverne gets to go but when the date gets cancelled, Shirley has to stop Laverne from getting on a bus and going to Chicago to meet her date. Shirley asks Lenny and Squiggy to watch the baby while she goes to get Laverne. 19. Excuse Me, May I Cut In? First aired: 10/26/1976 Writer: Fred Fox, Jr. Director: John Thomas Lenox Guest star: Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Anson Williams (Warren "Potsie" Weber), Stephanie Faracy (Debra Lee) Laverne and Shirley's tv breaks down, and when the contest offering a prize of a new color set arises Shirley acts nice to Richie Cunningham so that he'll ask her and Laverne to the dance, but also the real reason is that they want Richie to ask his friend Potsie Weber, to partner Laverne. Potsie gets injured and can't dance so Laverne teams up with Richie at the last minute to win the TV. When back at the flat, the girls have to come clean about them just wanting the TV, but the guys are so nice about it that they get a little of what they were hoping for anyways 87. Shotgun Wedding First aired: 9/13/1979 Writer: Judy Pioli Director: Joel Zwick

All 26 episodes from the fifth season--including "Shotgun Wedding, Part 2," "Fat City Holiday," the two-part "We're in the Army Now," "The Survival Test," and "Separate Tables"--are collected in a four-disc set. 10 3/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); bonus crossover "Happy Days" episode; TV spots. **26 episodes on 4 discs. 10 3/4 hrs.**

All 15 episodes from the debut season--including "The Society Party," "Bowling for Razzberries," "One Flew Over Milwaukee," "Fakeout at the Stakeout," and "Mother Knows Worst"--are collected in a three-disc set. 6 1/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. **15 episodes on 3 discs. 6 1/4 hrs.**

As a spin-off from Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley was an instant hit and one of the most popular sitcoms of the '70s. It's a bit quaint by contemporary standards, and its light-hearted sentiment is strictly old-school, due to the crowd-pleasing influence of producer and cocreator Garry Marshall, a veteran of The Dick Van Dyke Show whose subsequent film career peaked early with Pretty Woman. As working-class roommates in mid-1950s Milwaukee, Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall, future director and Garry's sister) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) were a classic case of opposites: Laverne was relatively saucy and cynical, while Shirley was cheerfully naive and eternally optimistic. As bottle-cappers at the Shotz brewery, they regularly associated with colleagues (and eventual neighbors) Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander), and as an inaugural ratings-booster, Happy Days superstar Henry Winkler (as "Fonzie") appears in the first three episodes including "Bowling for Razzberries," later named by TV Guide as a classic episode. As Shirley's crooning would-be beau, Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Rugusa (Eddie Mekka) provided a touch of romance to Shirley's otherwise lackluster love life. Despite personal rancor that later erupted between its energetic costars, Laverne & Shirley was always a showcase for polished, professional comedy and effortless chemistry between characters, giving it the same widespread appeal later enjoyed by Friends. A mid-season replacement with a prime time-slot (following Happy Days at 8:30 Tuesdays on ABC) the show placed its good-natured characters in a variety of standard sitcom predicaments, typically set in L&S's apartment, the "Pizza Bowl" diner run by Laverne's father Frank (Phil Foster), or the Shotz brewery, where some of the show's funniest slapstick humor emerged. These 15 episodes are guaranteed to please longtime fans on a stroll down memory lane, but bonus features are nonexistent, and newcomers may not relate to the clean-cut humor of a bygone era. Still, Laverne & Shirley started strong and continued to improve, at least for another season or two, with a variety of popular guest stars. This three-disc set represents the best of times for everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon

All 23 episodes from the second season--including "Drive! She Said," "Good Time Girls," "Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing," "Call Me a Taxi," and "Citizen Krane"--are collected in a four-disc set. 9 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. **23 episodes on 4 discs. 9 1/2 hrs.**

After its first half-season as a 1976 mid-season replacement, Laverne & Shirley entered its first complete season with a well-deserved place at the top of the ratings. The show's connection to Happy Days remained essential to its success, and after its first two episodes, the second season boosted its profile with back-to-back episodes ("Bachelor Mothers" and "Excuse Me, May I Cut In?") featuring appearances by Happy Days stars Henry Winkler ("Fonzie"), Ron Howard ("Richie Cunningham") and Anson Williams ("Potsie"). After that, Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) were on their own, and the best friends and Shotz Brewery bottle-cappers settled into a popular season of sitcom highlights. As these 23 episodes make abundantly clear, L&S was steeped in the primarily Jewish traditions of Vaudeville humor, by way of I Love Lucy and other vintage sitcoms, and much of the show's charm comes from the unspoken fact that Laverne and Shirley are virginally pure, eager for fun but clearly saving themselves for the elusive men of their dreams. Sex--which is to say, dating--is a common theme in these episodes, but most of them deal with the girls protecting their virtue, as in the hilarious "Good Time Girls" (from November 30, 1976), in which L&S cope with would-be suitors who found the girls' phone number etched on the wall of a men's public restroom. Like several other episodes this season, it's a prime showcase for slapstick humor, with Marshall and Williams clearly taking their cue from the legacy of Lucille Ball, and matching Lucy's lunacy with truly inspired bits of their own. Season 2 is also highlighted by the regular appearances of Laverne and Shirley's underachieving neighbors Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander) who continue to make priceless, well-timed entrances, with Squiggy's trademark "Hello!" as one of the series' most crowd-pleasing running gags. The show's supporting cast members are all given moments to shine, and this season is further enriched by the hilarious rivalry between Laverne and her social-climbing nemesis Rosie Greenbaum (Carol Ita White) who appears in four episodes to taunt the girls with belittling insults. Fun-loving music is also a common factor here, and the season finale "Citizen Krane" takes its cue from Orson Welles' classic Citizen Kane, with the girls making their dubious show-biz debut as a singing duo, promoted by a Milwaukee impresario named "Charles Pfister Krane" (played with ham 'n' relish by character actor Severn Darden) who dubs them "The Rosebuds." It's a good example of the season's consistently high quality, owing mostly to the charms of its stars. And for those looking for a bit of pop-cultural perspective, consider this: Six weeks after Laverne & Shirley's second-season finale, Star Wars made its theatrical debut, and the world of entertainment would never be the same. (Note: There are no bonus features in this 4-disc set, and for legal and licensing reasons, some song performances and/or background music have been edited out or changed from the original TV broadcasts.) --Jeff Shannon

From 1976-1983, legions of TV viewers followed the weekly adventures of Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney, best friends and roommates who worked in Milwaukee's Shotz Brewery during the late '50's and early '60's. This ornament, which plays part of the catchy theme song from the series, is a must have for the many fans of this popular comedy.

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Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Michael McKean, and David Lander have personally hand signed this 8x10 Photo with Sharpie pens. The Black custom wood frame measures 13x16 inches, and includes white over black double matting. Conservation Clear glass was used on this fine piece to protect the autograph from fading due to UltraViolet (UV) Rays. This custom made frame is ready to hang on the wall, and would look great in any office, bedroom, or man cave! The date and location of where this photo was signed will be on the REAL DEAL Memorabilia Certificate of Authenticity. There is also a tamper proof REAL DEAL authenticity Hologram on the photo. Get The REAL DEAL!

Penny Marshall has personally hand signed this 8x10 photo. The Mahogany custom wood frame measures 14x17 inches, and includes white over black double matting. Conservation Clear glass was used on this fine piece to protect the autograph from fading due to UltraViolet (UV) Rays. This item comes with The Real Deal Memorabilia authenticity sticker on the photo and a Certificate of Authenticity. Get The REAL DEAL!

Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Michael McKean, and David Lander have personally hand signed this 8x10 Photo with Sharpie pens. The date and location of where this photo was signed will be on the REAL DEAL Memorabilia Certificate of Authenticity. There is also a tamper proof REAL DEAL authenticity Hologram on the photo. Get The REAL DEAL!