History Series / LaverneAndShirley

Created by Creator/GarryMarshall with former ''Happy Days'' writers Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman, the show starred Creator/PennyMarshall (Garry's sister) as Laverne [=DeFazio=] and Cindy Williams as her roommate Shirley Feeney. The most popular supporting characters were their zany upstairs neighbors, [[ThoseTwoGuys Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman]] (played by the underrated Creator/MichaelMcKean and Creator/DavidLander); also in the regular cast were Laverne's widowed father Frank (Phil Foster), the girls' friendly landlady Edna Babish (Betty Garrett), and Shirley's on-again, off-again boyfriend Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka).

* ClassReunion: Season 7's "Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?" has the girls and Carmine going back to Milwaukee to attend one of these with Lenny and Squiggy, who spread the lie that the former trio have all become big Hollywood stars.

* YourCheatingHeart: Carmine cheats on Shirley by kissing Laverne when they were alone in the apartment in season 5's "One Heckuva Note," with the titular note written by Carmine thanking Laverne for the session being found by a furious Shirley at the episode's start.

* TitleByYear: There's an episode called "New Year's Eve 1960".

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Season five's "One Heckuva Note", in which Shirley finds the titular note that reveals that Carmine cheated on her by kissing Laverne in the apartment and thanking the latter for such a session. Laverne then tells a pissed and hurt Shirley what had happened, leading to the note. The episode also reintroduced Edna as the gang's landlady and Frank's love interest.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Season five's "One Heckuva Note", in which Shirley finds the titular note that reveals that Carmine cheated on her by kissing Laverne in the apartment and thanking the latter for such a session. Laverne then tells Shirley what had happened, leading to the note. The episode also reintroduced Edna as the gang's landlady and Frank's love interest.

* YourCheatingHeart: Carmine cheats on Shirley by kissing Laverne when they were alone in the apartment in "One Heckuva Note," with the titular note written by Carmine thanking Laverne for the session being found by a furious Shirley at the episode's start.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Season five's "One Heckuva Note", in which Shirley finds the titular note that reveals that Carmine cheated on her with Laverne by kissing in the apartment.

* YourCheatingHeart: Carmine cheats on Shirley by kissing Laverne when they were alone in the apartment in "One Heckuva Note," with the titular note being found by a furious Shirley at the episode's start.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The girls' Milwaukee landlady Edna Babish, later Laverne's stepmother and Frank's wife, just kind of vanished sometime after their move out to California. Sadly, it's revealed later in season 8's "Short on Time" that she left Frank.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The girls' Milwaukee landlady Edna, later Laverne's stepmother, just kind of vanished sometime after their move out to California.

* CommutingOnABus: Lenny didn't appear in many episodes during the final season, as Creator/MichaelMcKean was busy preparing ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''. With Squiggy appearing alone in many episodes and Shirley gone from the show entirely, some joked that it should have been re-titled "Laverne and Squiggy."

* CommutingOnABus: Lenny didn't appear in many episodes during the final season, as Michael McKean was busy preparing ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''. With Squiggy appearing alone in many episodes and Shirley gone from the show entirely, some joked that it should have been re-titled "Laverne and Squiggy."

* AccidentalMurder: Not of a person, but in "One Flew Over Milwaukee", Shirley mentions accidentally stepping on someone's goldfish when it jumped out of the tank.

* CommutingOnABus: Lenny didn't appear in many episodes during the final season, as [[AbsenteeActor Michael McKean]] was busy preparing ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''. With Squiggy appearing alone in many episodes and Shirley gone from the show entirely, some joked that it should have been re-titled "Laverne and Squiggy."

* PantyShot:
** Shirley in the cartoon, which had her and Laverne as cheerleaders in a football game in an episode. She drops to the ground doing a split and her skirt goes up.
** An earlier episode of the prime time show had Shirley's skirt riding up as Carmine lifted her sideways while they were dancing, exposing her panties for a few frames. It was later reformatted to eliminate the panty shot.

''Laverne & Shirley'' was a {{sitcom}}, [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/HappyDays'' and airing for 8 seasons (1976–83) on Creator/{{ABC}}, centering on two acquaintances of the Fonz who, when the series began, worked at a UsefulNotes/{{Milwaukee}} brewery in the late [[TheFifties '50s]].

* TheFifties / TheSixties: With TheSeventies and [[TheEighties Eighties]] often [[AnachronismStew bleeding through]].

''Laverne & Shirley'' was a {{sitcom}}, [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/HappyDays'' and airing for 8 seasons (1976–83) on Creator/{{ABC}}, centering on two acquaintances of the Fonz who, when the series began, worked at a UsefulNotes/{{Milwaukee}} brewery.

Created by Creator/GarryMarshall with former ''Happy Days'' writers Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman, the show starred Creator/PennyMarshall (Garry's sister) as Laverne [=DeFazio=] and Cindy Williams as her roommate Shirley Feeney. The most popular supporting characters were neighboring [[ThoseTwoGuys Wacky Guys]] Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman (played by the underrated Creator/MichaelMcKean and Creator/DavidLander); also in the cast were Laverne's widowed father Frank (Phil Foster), the girls' landlady Edna Babish (Betty Garrett), and Shirley's on-again, off-again boyfriend Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka).

Created by Creator/GarryMarshall with former ''Happy Days'' writers Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman, the show starred Creator/PennyMarshall (Garry's sister) as Laverne [=DeFazio=] and Cindy Williams as her roommate Shirley Feeney. The most popular supporting characters were [[ThoseTwoGuys Wacky Guys]] Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman (played by the underrated Creator/MichaelMcKean and Creator/DavidLander); also in the cast were Laverne's widowed father Frank (Phil Foster), the girls' landlady Edna Babish (Betty Garrett), and Shirley's on-again, off-again boyfriend Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka).

Created by Creator/GarryMarshall with former ''Happy Days'' writers Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman, the show starred Creator/PennyMarshall (Garry's sister) as Laverne [=DeFazio=] and Cindy Williams as her roommate Shirley Feeney. The most popular supporting characters were [[ThoseTwoGuys Wacky Guys]] Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman (played by the underrated Creator/MichaelMcKean and David L. Lander); also in the cast were Laverne's widowed father Frank (Phil Foster), the girls' landlady Edna Babish (Betty Garrett), and Shirley's on-again, off-again boyfriend Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka).

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Created by Creator/GarryMarshall with former ''Happy Days'' writers Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman, the show starred his sister Creator/PennyMarshall (Garry's sister) as Laverne [=DeFazio=] and Cindy Williams as her roommate Shirley Feeney. The most popular supporting characters were [[ThoseTwoGuys Wacky Guys]] Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman (played by the underrated Creator/MichaelMcKean and David L. Lander); also in the cast were Laverne's widowed father Frank (Phil Foster), the girls' landlady Edna Babish (Betty Garrett), and Shirley's on-again, off-again boyfriend Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka).

* PantyShot: Shirley in the cartoon, which had her and Laverne as cheerleaders in a football game in an episode. She drops to the ground doing a split and her skirt goes up.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Whenever it's brought up that Shirley's middle name is Willamina, she seems embarrassed by it.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The girls' Milwaukee Landlady Edna, later Laverne's stepmother, just kind of vanished sometime after their move out to California.

* SnowballFight: The opening TitleSequence during the Milwaukee seasons includes a brief clip of Laverne and Shirley engaging in one of these with Lenny and Squiggy.

** Season 7's "Friendly Persuasion" has the girls' boss's cousin, actor Creator/CharlesGrodin (appearing {{as himself}}), drop by around the holidays, with a series of misunderstandings leading Laverne to think he wants to date her and Shirley to think she wants his job.

** Season 7's "Friendly Persuasion" has Pennington's cousin, the actor Creator/CharlesGrodin (appearing {{as himself}}), visiting around the holidays, with a series of misunderstandings leading Laverne to think he wants to date her and Shirley to think she wants his job.

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