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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has clearly left a far greater cultural impact, be it for nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away or the iconic Fonzie. Not to mention the fact that ''Happy Days'' was quite widely exported abroad, ''Laverne & Shirley'' [[NoExportForYou not so much]].

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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the domestic ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has clearly left a far greater cultural impact, be it for nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away or the iconic Fonzie. Not to mention the fact that ''Happy Days'' was quite widely exported abroad, ''Laverne & Shirley'' [[NoExportForYou not so much]].
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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has made a far greater cultural impact, be it for the iconic Fonzie or nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away. Not to mention the fact that ''Happy Days'' was exported abroad and n

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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has made clearly left a far greater cultural impact, be it for the iconic Fonzie or nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away. away or the iconic Fonzie. Not to mention the fact that ''Happy Days'' was quite widely exported abroad and nabroad, ''Laverne & Shirley'' [[NoExportForYou not so much]].
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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has made a far greater cultural impact, be it for the iconic Fonzie or nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away.

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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has made a far greater cultural impact, be it for the iconic Fonzie or nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away. Not to mention the fact that ''Happy Days'' was exported abroad and n
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* MorePopularSpinOff: The series blew past ''Series/HappyDays'' in the ratings almost from episode 1. In the long run however, ''Happy Days'' has made a far greater cultural impact, be it for the iconic Fonzie or nostalgia of The50s (which ''Laverne & Shirley'' didn't really exploit) never quite fading away.

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* HoYay: Laverne and Shirley kissed in "Airport '59."

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Laverne and Shirley kissed in "Airport '59."
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** In "Look Before You Leap", Laverne thinks she might be pregnant. However, because the girls are supposed to be virgins, the writers didn't want Laverne willingly having sex. So instead, they had her ''think'' she got pregnant because she was taken advantage of while black-out drunk. Yes, really. And the whole development is played for laughs.

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** In "Look Before You Leap", Laverne thinks she might be pregnant. However, because the girls are supposed to be virgins, the writers didn't want Laverne willingly having sex. So instead, they had her ''think'' she got pregnant because she was taken advantage of while black-out drunk. Yes, really. It turns out that she wasn't really taken advantage of, but she still ''thought'' she was. And the whole development is played for laughs.
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** The utterly creepy and forceful antics and behavior of Lenny and Squiggy in particular are also played for comedy.
** In "Look Before You Leap", Laverne thinks she might be pregnant. However, because the girls are supposed to be virgins, the writers didn't want Laverne having sex willingly so instead they had her think she got pregnant because she was taken advantage of while black-out drunk. Yes, really. And the whole development is played for laughs.

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** The utterly creepy and forceful antics and behavior of Lenny and Squiggy in particular are also played for comedy.
** In "Look Before You Leap", Laverne thinks she might be pregnant. However, because the girls are supposed to be virgins, the writers didn't want Laverne having sex willingly so instead having sex. So instead, they had her think ''think'' she got pregnant because she was taken advantage of while black-out drunk. Yes, really. And the whole development is played for laughs.
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** In "Look Before You Leap", Laverne thinks she might be pregnant. However, because the girls are supposed to be virgins, the writers didn't want Laverne having sex willingly so instead they had her think she got pregnant because she was taken advantage of while black-out drunk. Yes, really. And the whole development is played for laughs.
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Probably not necessary to have that since the Funny Moments already have their tab


* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: See [[Funny/LaverneAndShirley here]].
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* StockParodyJokes:
** The titular characters are lesbians and/or [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]].
** People also joke about neighbors Lenny and Squiggy being gay. Creator/DavidLander's appearance on ''Series/TheNanny'' played with this.
** Laverne's "L" [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS she wears on her shirts]] actually stands for "lesbian".
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* TheScrappy: Walter Meany gets a fair amount of hate because he was the one who married (and impregnated) Shirley and led to her moving away, something which most people agree was a bad move on the writers' part (true, Shirley's actress was pregnant but they could have simply put the show on hold for a while). Even though there are some who don't blame Walter, he has very few actual fans.

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* TheScrappy: Walter Meany gets a fair amount of hate because he was the one who married (and impregnated) Shirley and led to her moving away, something which most people agree was a bad move on the writers' part (true, Shirley's actress was pregnant but they could have simply put the show on hold for a while).while -- or even cancelled it right then and there, since it was clearly on the way out anyway). Even though there are some who don't blame Walter, he has very few actual fans.



** People also joke about neighbors Lenny and Squiggy being gay.

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** People also joke about neighbors Lenny and Squiggy being gay. Creator/DavidLander's appearance on ''Series/TheNanny'' played with this.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Some people think the show got better when Shirley didn't have the earlier accent that she had for the first few episodes.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Some people viewers think the show got better when Shirley didn't have the earlier accent that she had spoke with for the first few episodes.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In "One Flew Over Milwaukee", was Shirley lying about Duane the canary having bronchitis (making her line "Would I ever lie to you?" a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial), was she just paranoid (since Laverne did mention a NoodleIncident involving Shirley thinking a hamster had a headache), or did Duane actually have bronchitis?
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** They have yet another unintentional kiss thanks to their former classmate Terry Buttafuco shouldering them way too close in "Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?"
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** Shirley kisses a reluctant Laverne at the end as part of her disaster of a Mother Goose fairytale-based play in "Child's Play". Laverne was impressed.
---> '''Laverne:''' Not bad.
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** People also joke about their neighbours Lenny and Squiggy being gay?
** Laverne's "L" [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS she wears on her shirt]] actually stands for "lesbian".

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** People also joke about their neighbours neighbors Lenny and Squiggy being gay?
gay.
** Laverne's "L" [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS she wears on her shirt]] shirts]] actually stands for "lesbian".
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* ValuesDissonance: In various episodes Laverne and Shirley have to physically fend off unwanted, and rather violent, sexual advances from male co-workers, superiors and employers. These incidents are mostly played for comedy and, in many cases, treated as an ordinary part of the characters' lives.

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* ValuesDissonance: In various episodes Laverne and Shirley have to physically fend off unwanted, and rather violent, violent sexual advances from male co-workers, superiors and employers. These incidents are mostly played for comedy and, in many cases, treated as an ordinary part of the characters' lives.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Some people think the show got better when Shirley didn't have her earlier accent that she had for the first few episodes.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Some people think the show got better when Shirley didn't have her the earlier accent that she had for the first few episodes.




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** The utterly creepy and forceful antics and behavior of Lenny and Squiggy in particular are also played for comedy.

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Unrelated but LMAO, who writes Laverne and Shirley Dark Fic


* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In [[WholeEpisodeFlashback "Laverne and Shirley Move In"]], Shirley is expected to move to California to be with her mother. At Shirley's going away party, the devastated Lenny and Squiggy say goodbye to her. They then say goodbye to Laverne, leading to an exchange that had new meaning after the last, Shirley-less season.
-->'''Laverne:''' I ain't goin' nowheres.\\
'''Squiggy:''' Yeah, I know. But without her, what good are you?


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* HarsherInHindsight: In [[WholeEpisodeFlashback "Laverne and Shirley Move In"]], Shirley is expected to move to California to be with her mother. At Shirley's going away party, the devastated Lenny and Squiggy say goodbye to her. They then say goodbye to Laverne, leading to an exchange that had new meaning after the last, Shirley-less season.
-->'''Laverne:''' I ain't goin' nowheres.\\
'''Squiggy:''' Yeah, I know. But without her, what good are you?
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** '''Creator/JeffGoldblum''' appeared in the Burbank-era episode "Watch the Fur Fly" as one of Laverne's boyfriends.

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** '''Creator/JeffGoldblum''' appeared Creator/JeffGoldblum appears in the Burbank-era episode "Watch the Fur Fly" as one of Laverne's boyfriends.

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