Laverne and Shirley
Laverne & Shirley was a sitcom that was made from 1976 to 1983.
It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney. The pair were roommates, who worked in a Milwaukee brewery. They moved to California later in the run to take jobs as gift wrappers.
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The show was a spin-off from Happy Days, as the two lead characters were originally introduced on that show as acquaintances of Fonzie.
Set in roughly the same time period as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley started in approximately 1959, and when the series ended, it was 1967.
At the start of each episode, Laverne and Shirley are seen skipping down the street, arm in arm, reciting a Yiddish-American hopscotch chant:
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!"
This then leads into the series' theme song which is entitled "Making Our Dreams Come True" and is performed by Cyndi Grecco.
The main cast
- Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall) - Known for being a tough-talking tomboy
- Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) - Shirley Wilhelmina Feeney is the perky, positive one.
- Lenny Kosnowski (Michael McKean) - a lovable goof
- Andrew "Squiggy" Squigman (David Lander) - The most obnoxious of the bunch