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Laverne & Shirley
1976 - 1983 7.3 (64 votes) 8 Seasons
Genres
Comedy Family
Networks
ABC
Created By
Lowell Ganz
Garry Marshall
Mark Rothman

Laverne & Shirley

Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

Overview

Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1976)

No overview available.

15 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Society Party
1976-01-27

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.

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Episode 2: The Bachelor Party
1976-02-03

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.

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Episode 3: Bowling for Razzberries
1976-02-10

During the annual Shotz bowling tournament, Laverne decides to get even with her bowling rival, Karen from the past 5 years. However, on the big night, Laverne falls ills and takes heavy medication, leaving Laverne ""jerky"" during the tournament.

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Episode 4: A Nun's Story
1976-02-24

While Laverne & Shirley await their yearly high school reunion, they reminisce about their old crazy friend, Anne-Marie, who shows up at the reunion a nun.

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Episode 5: Falter at the Altar
1976-03-02

Laverne suddenly decides to marry her boyfriend of only two months before he is sent away by the Navy.

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Episode 6: Dog Day Blind Dates
1976-03-09

Laverne & Shirley double date with two criminals who secretly intend on robbing the bank next to the Pizza Bowl.

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Episode 7: Once Upon a Rumor
1976-03-16

Shirley's stuck zipper on her skirt leaves for a sticky situation when Lenny witnesses Squiggy with Shirley, half-dressed, leading to rumors around the Shotz Brewery that Shirley is a ""fun date.""

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Episode 8: One Flew Over Milwaukee
1976-03-23

Shirley drives everyone she knows crazy when she loses her pet canary.

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Episode 9: Dating Slump
1976-03-30

Shirley becomes reclusive and refuses to date after learning that Carmine has a new girlfriend, which drives Laverne crazy.

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Episode 10: It's the Water
1976-04-06

Laverne & Shirley try to earn promotions by trying out for the new beer tasting position.

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Episode 11: Fakeout at the Stakeout
1976-04-13

Laverne & Shirley falls victims to a peculiar robber, known as the ""Milwaukee Masher.""

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Episode 12: Hi, Neighbor
1976-04-27

Lenny & Squiggy drive Laverne & Shirley crazy when they move into the girls' apartment building.

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Episode 13: How Do You Say 'Are You Dead' in German?
1976-05-04

Laverne & Shirley panic when a German delivery guy faints in their living room.

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Episode 14: From Suds to Stardom
1976-05-11

After losing four talent contests, Laverne & Shirley decide to do something about it. This has Laverne and Shirley doing the 'Cabana' act.

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Episode 15: Mother Knows Worst
1976-05-18

Shirley's domineering mother comes for a visit, and finds fault with Shirley, her friends, and everything else about Shirley's life, until Laverne sets her straight.

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Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1976)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Drive! She Said
1976-09-28

Shirley offers Laverne free driving lessons in exchange for some money to buy a new car.

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Episode 2: Angels of Mercy
1976-10-05

Laverne & Shirley become hospital volunteers.

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Episode 3: Bachelor Mothers
1976-10-19

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. When the girls return to the apartment they find Lenny and Squiggy there but the baby is gone. Lenny and Squiggy gave it back to a guy who claimed to be it's father, the girls go berserk thinking all manners of horrible things has happened only to find out in the end it was indeed the father that they gave the baby to.

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Episode 4: Excuse Me, May I Cut In?
1976-10-26

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, who happens to be the school's best dancer, 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.

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Episode 5: Bridal Shower
1976-11-09

Laverne & Shirley get an invitation to a bridal shower, but are afraid to go because they're the only ones left unmarried.

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Episode 6: Look Before You Leap
1976-11-16

After a party at the brewery, Laverne comes home to find she's wearing a pair of men's boxer shorts. She starts to feel ill in the mornings but was so drunk the night before that she can't remember what happened. She fears that she's pregnant. So Lenny and Squiggy have a contest to see which of them will ask Laverne to marry them, Lenny wins and in a touching scene proposes to Laverne, of course in the end we discover that Laverne is not pregnant and that she was wearing the boxer shorts because she had been made an honorary guy at the brewery.

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Episode 7: Dear Future Model
1976-11-23

Laverne & Shirley decide to become high fashion models and take a home modelling course.

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Episode 8: Good Time Girls
1976-11-30

The girls get plenty of offers for dates after Icky Hector puts their names and phone number on several men's room walls.

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Episode 9: Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing
1976-12-07

Lenny and Squiggy disappear after Laverne & Shirley decide not to go to the circus with them. The girls phone around and find that they've gone to join the circus. When they get to the circus they discover that the ringmaster doesn't want to hire them, the girls find Lenny and Squiggy rehearsing and tell them they're fired from the circus. They then offer to help them out of all their problems and it all ends happily with the girls showing that they do care about their friends.

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Episode 10: Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch (aka Oh, Hear the Angel Voices)
1976-12-21

Carmine calls the gang together at the Pizzabowl and asks them all if they're willing to help him put on a Christmas show for the local hospital. Carmine and none of the others know that it's a mental hospital. When they get there they're greeted by one of the patients pretending to be a doctor. The real doctor enters and tells the group that it is a mental hospital. Shirley immediately becomes anxious as her parents always used to threaten her when she was a little girl that she would be placed in such a place along with her dotty aunt. The shows starts with Edna doing a song and playing a small guitar, followed by Carmine singing ""Jingle Bell Rock"" and tap dancing, then Lenny and Squiggy sing ""The Jolliest Fat Man"" and finished off with Laverne and Shirley baton twirling and singing. The show ends on a warm note getting the message to the viewer that they shouldn't forget the poor people who are on their own at Christmas.

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Episode 11: Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent
1977-01-04

Laverne is arrested for shoplifting, so Shirley tries to get her released.

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Episode 12: Anniversary Show
1977-01-10

While the girls are stuck at a train station in Canada, the rest of the gang is waiting for them to have a surprise party at the Pizzabowl. To pass the time they sit around and reminisce through flashbacks of scenes from previous episodes.

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Episode 13: Playing Hooky
1977-01-11

The girls both call in sick to Shotz and decide to have 'fun' instead. They go to the movies where they see a couple of guys and Laverne waves at them throughout the picture. Later in the children's play park, Shirley goes to get fudgecicles. One of the guys from the movie theater comes over and talk to Shirley, then goes back to his friend. Later, while at their apartment, the guys, who have followed them home invite themselves in. They play a game of charades and one of the guys goes out to buy pink champagne. The other guy offers the girls $100 to buy something for themselves. When they take it, he handcuffs them and arrests them for being ""pros"". His friend comes back to find the girls upset and crying. When he finds out his new rookie partner, who's on his first case, offered the girls money, he tells him that's not allowed because it's entrapment and orders him to free Laverne and Shirley. To try to make it up to them, they offer to take them out to dinner and show them a good

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Episode 14: Guinea Pigs
1977-01-18

The girls become guinea pigs in order to raise money to go to a cocktail party. Laverne is allowed to sleep for a few minutes at a time, and Shirley has to eat dirt.

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Episode 15: Call Me a Taxi
1977-02-01

The girls take jobs as taxi dancers when they get laid off.

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Episode 16: Steppin' Out
1977-02-08

The girls have big dates now if only they can get themselves together in time.

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Episode 17: Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?
1977-02-15

Shirley goes to a sleazy bar to look for her father.

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Episode 18: Honeymoon Hotel
1977-02-22

Shirley wins a vacation at a newlywed hotel. Laverne and Shirley plan to use Carmine to fool the hotel staff into letting them in, thinking they'll be left alone after the inital photos. Unfortunately they never get a moments peace and a mass party ensues.

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Episode 19: Hi, Neighbor Book 2
1977-03-01

Laverne & Shirley come to the rescue when Lenny and Squiggy get stood up.

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Episode 20: Frank's Fling
1977-03-08

Laverne asks Lenny, Squiggy and Carmine to dress up as gangsters in order to scare away a golddigger who wants to marry her father.

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Episode 21: Haunted House
1977-03-22

The girls want new furniture and go looking for a used couch, in a haunted house. Lenny and Squiggy go with Laverne and Shirley to the haunted house to help them remove a couch if they buy one. Of course, the cast start to disappear one by one until there's only the girls left, they can't get out. In the end discover that it is the owners of the house who are trying to scare people away so they don't have to move. Shirley discovers that Abe Lincoln once slept in the house and suggests they have the house marked as a piece of history which saves the building.

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Episode 22: Lonely at the Middle
1977-03-29

Shirley is promoted to supervisor and has the other workers hating her for it.

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Episode 23: Citizen Crane
1977-04-05

Milwaukee's most prominent citizen, Charles Feister Crane, decides to make Laverne and Shirley his newest singing discovery, a singing duet called ""The Rosebuds"".

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Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1977)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Airport '59
1977-09-20

Laverne & Shirley go on their first plane trip and end up flying it when their pilot faints at the controls.

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Episode 2: Tag Team Wrestling
1977-09-27

Laverne starts off by telling Shirley how a driver had cut her off so she had shouted back to her that she was a 'banana face'. Later on, Laverne's big tag team partner from the brewery can't compete due to injury and Shirley has to take her place. Once in the ring, they discover that the professional wrestlers their facing are the ladies Laverne insulted that morning and the match is now on for real.

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Episode 3: The Pact
1977-10-04

Laverne and Shirley get into a huge fight after Shirley's new boyfriend asks Laverne out. The girls agree to make a pact swearing never to let a guy come between them again.

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Episode 4: Robot Lawsuit
1977-10-25

A giant robot attacks Laverne in a toy store this leads her to sue the toy company.

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Episode 5: Laverne's Arranged Marriage
1977-11-01

Laverne's father arranges a marriage for her to a wealthy cheese manufacturer who happens to be in the mob.

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Episode 6: Cruise (1)
1977-11-08

Shirley is waiting anxiously for Laverne to come back from the bank with their savings for their cruise holiday that they have been planning on for weeks. When Laverne comes in, she tells Shirley that they have $50 less than they thought, and now they're not going to be able to take the cruise as they only have two days until the ship sets sail. The girls get depressed until Laverne says that they shouldn't give up hope, that they still have two days left and that they'll think of something to come up with the money. The girls go see Carmine who gets them a job at J&J Shoes. Carmine tells the owner he'll bring all his tap dance students over to his store to buy their shoes if he hires Laverne and Shirley for the weekend. The guy hires the girls and tells them to go and get changed into their uniforms. When we see Laverne and Shirley again, Shirley is dressed as Jack and Laverne is dressed as Jill from the nursery rhyme. The store owner tells them they'll get $2 for every pair of shoes

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Episode 7: Cruise (2)
1977-11-15

Lenny and Squiggy begs Laverne and Shirley not to squeal on them. Shirley succumbs to their pitiful begging faces and warns them that if they're caught they don't know them, they've never known them etc.. Next Laverne is seen feeling sickly as she's battling with sea-sickness while trying to chat up the sailors. The boys are pretending to be part of the band and are scrounging bits of food here and there, when Ensign Benson walks by. The boys jump over the rail and are holding on with their fingertips. They're going to get away with it until a sailor empties the mess hall garbage over the side on top of them. Now the boys are caught and are air-lifted via helicopter back to Milwaukee harbor. The girls come clean about helping the boys, however Shirley has caught the eye of Ensign Gary Benson and they get let off. We see Laverne hooting it up in the sailor's mess, spinning the anchor and kissing the sailors while Shirley is out gazing across the ocean and into the stars with Ensign B

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Episode 8: Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian
1977-11-22

Fabian's concert is sold out, but the girls still want to see him. The girls bet Rosie that they can not only meet Fabian but that they will have their pictures taken with him. Rosie agrees to the bet, and says that if she should lose she'll clean the girls flat with her toothbrush. Needless to say, Rosie is soon scrubbing the floors, toothbrush and all.

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Episode 9: The Stakeout
1977-11-29

Carmine is suspected of being a counterfeiter, so the F.B.I. use Laverne and Shirley's flat as a stakeout to catch him in the act.

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Episode 10: Shirley's Operation
1977-12-06

The gang is rehearsing the play ""Alice In Wonderland"" so they're all in costume: Shirley is Alice, Laverne is the Mad Hatter, Lenny and Squiggy are Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee. Shirley faints on the couch and is taken to hospital where it is discovered that her appendix is about to burst. Fearful that she is going to lose her hair for the operation, Shirley hides while everyone else tries to find her before her appendix bursts.

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Episode 11: Take My Plants, Please
1977-12-13

The girls get laid off so they go to work for themselves selling flowers and plants door to door.

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Episode 12: New Years Eve 1959
1977-12-27

It is New Years Eve and Laverne is dumped by her date and Shirley has a cold. Squiggy does his human fly stunt as the countdown to the new year, 1960, arrives.

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Episode 13: The Mortician
1978-01-10

Laverne has a crush on a mortician who is more interested in her dead than alive. To help her chances of getting to know the mortician better, Laverne asks Shirley to pretend she is dying.

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Episode 14: The Horse Show
1978-01-17

Shirley rescues a horse from a glue factory and put it in her bedroom. The girls try to find a new home for Buttercup before she's turned into glue. In the end it's Lenny and Squiggy who save the day by finding a farm with a nice pasture who's willing to let the horse live out the remainder of its days in contentment.

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Episode 15: The Slow Child
1978-01-24

When Mrs. Babish's mentally slow daughter, Amy, comes to visit, a moving relationship soon develops between her and Lenny - despite the fact that almost everyone believes Lenny just wants to take advantage of ""the slow child"". But to everyone's amazement, Lenny really comes through as a thoughtful, sensitive and caring person toward Amy.

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Episode 16: The Second (Almost) Annual Shotz Talent Show
1978-01-31

Mr. Shotz wants the girls to find a spot in the talent show for his no-talent nephew.

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Episode 17: The Dentist
1978-02-07

Laverne has a chipped tooth and goes to Shirley's dental student cousin Mikey. Laverne, as a favor to Shirley, allows Shirley's dentist cousin to fix her tooth. The only problem is he's a lousy dentist and Laverne can't let on that he's doing a terrible job as Shirley's cousin's professor is watching every move he makes.

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Episode 18: Bus Stop
1978-02-14

The girls take a bus to a distant city to visit two medical students who leave them stranded.

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Episode 19: The Driving Test
1978-02-21

The show starts with Laverne and Shirley chatting away in the Shotz brewery canteen when Lenny and Squiggy come in. Upon opening their pay checks, Squiggy discovers a letter from Max Shotz himself. He reads it aloud and the gang discovers that Squiggy failed his written driving test and he must retake it this Saturday and pass or lose his truck driver's licence and his job. We next see Laverne and Shirley spring cleaning their flat, Shirley is pouring soapy water on the floor while singing ""Twist Again"" as Laverne with sponges on her feet does the twist to clean the floor. Lenny comes in all upset and asking the girls if they'll help him help Squiggy to pass his test as Squiggy is getting very depressed. The girls reluctantly agree as if they don't, Lenny says he'll have to move in with them as he won't be able to afford the rent on his own. Laverne is asking Squiggy some highway code questions in which his answer is ""Here chicky, chicky, chicky"". After a few minutes of this, Laverne j

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Episode 20: The Obstacle Course
1978-02-28

The policeman in charge of testing the recruits thinks Shirley is too puny and weak to do the assault course, so Laverne helps Shirley train to prove him wrong. Laverne's policeman boyfriend is getting women volunteers together to form L.A.M.P. (Ladies' Auxiliary Milwaukee Police). Laverne is naturally selected, but then Shirley wants to try it too. Laverne tries to dissuade her but ends up agreeing as long as Shirley doesn't quit. When Shirley gets there, no sooner does she try the obstacle course than she fails at the first obstacle which happens to be a pool of water. Shirley runs out of the room soaking wet. Laverne finds Shirley at the Pizzabowl in the ladies room, and Shirley now wants to quit. Laverne calls Shirley a cream puff and storms out. Back at the apartment, Shirley apologizes and says she'll keep at it if Laverne will help her become more athletic. Laverne then trains Shirley in all the obstacle course events until the day of the test, Shirley manages all the obstacles

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Episode 21: The Debutante Ball
1978-05-09

Laverne and Lenny go to a debutantes' ball where Lenny learns he is 89th in line for the Polish throne.

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Episode 22: 2001: A Comedy Odyssey
1978-05-16

Laverne dreams she and Shirley are in their 80's still living together and still single. Laverne and Shirley are old and single but so are Lenny and Squiggy which leads to them going to marry each other finally so they can have some fun.

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Episode 23: The Dance Studio
1978-05-23

The girls try and help Carmine get financing so that he can open his own dance studio. Of course, they end up ruining it for Carmine so in the end Frank and Edna lend him the money that the banks won't.

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Episode 24: Breaking Up and Making Up
1978-05-30

Laverne and Shirley try to get Frank and Edna back together after they break up when Edna's ex-husband comes to town.

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Season 4 (1978)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Festival (1)
1978-09-05

The girls go to New York to visit all of Laverne's relatives and to attend the Italian festival. Laverne's Grandmother, Frank's mother takes a liking to Squiggy and treats him like a son.

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Episode 2: Festival (2)
1978-09-12

Frank tries to win the climbing the greased pole contest so he can win a trip to Italy for his mother.

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Episode 3: Playing the Roxy
1978-09-19

Laverne comes out the bedroom wearing only her slip and reading a magazine about a stripper named Roxy's adentures. It turns out that Shirley has read the article and when Laverne is about to go outside to collect the mail, Shirley gives Laverne a telling off for wearing only her slip outside. So she goes to collect the mail. Lenny and Squiggy appear wearing their new lodge hats, The Order Of The Bass, and then tell Laverne that Shirley is taking a nap outstide at the bottom of the stairs. Shirley has fallen and hit her head and now thinks she is Roxy from the magazine. She then shows a complete change in her persoanlity as she practices bumps and grinds. Carmine thinks he'll have more luck with Roxy and chats her up just as Laverne tells him to leave. Later when Shirley/Roxy is all alone, Lenny and Squiggy arrive and try to get Roxy to strip. She says she will if it's at a mens club and she gets paid, so they arrange for her to strip at their lodge's big party. Laverne comes home late

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Episode 4: The Robbery
1978-09-26

Out for kicks, Laverne teams up with a tough guy who commits a crime. Laverne's date with Jake of the Purple Fiends goes sour when he robs a grocery store.

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Episode 5: The Quiz Show
1978-10-10

The gang attend ""Be Silly For Dollars"". Carmine got the tickets & wanted to be a contestant. Shecky the host comes to the audience to select contestants. He first picks Lenny & Squiggy who aren't too interested. Then as he's about to select Carmine, Laverne & Shirley start jumping up & down & he selects them instead. On the game show, Lenny & Squiggy appear first. They answer a hard stumper correctly & model Irma comes out displaying a salami they won. Shecky tempts them with living room furniture, but they decide to take the salami! Laverne & Shirley appear next. They miss the question & have to do a silly stunt. They had two minutes to dress each other blindfoldedly which they succussfully do. Irma tells them they won a trip to Appliance Street! Shecky tells them they could either take the oven or appliance potpourri. After squabbling & arguing, the lucky buzzer sounds! Shecky invites them back next week. At home, Laverne's father wants them to wear some silly clothing pr

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Episode 6: Laverne and Shirley Go to Night School
1978-10-17

Shirley wants to become a medical assistant, and wants reluctant Laverne to go to night school with her.

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Episode 7: Date with Eraserhead
1978-10-24

Shirley has a blind date with Eraserhead and it isn't quite what she had in mind.

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Episode 8: The Bully Show
1978-10-31

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.

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Episode 9: A Visit to the Cemetery
1978-11-14

Laverne comes to accept the death of her mother and visits her grave for the first time.

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Episode 10: Chorus Line
1978-11-21

Laverne dreams of going to Broadway when she auditions for West Side Story in Chicago.

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Episode 11: Laverne and Shirley Move In
1978-11-28

Shirley recalls how she and Laverne first moved in together.

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Episode 12: Dinner for Four
1978-12-05

The girls meet two guys in Frank's Pizzabowl. When they get chatting, the girls think that the guys are inviting them for dinner at their posh flat, but in reality all the guys want is to hire them to be maids for the evening to them and their posh girlfriends.

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Episode 13: It's a Dog's Life
1978-12-12

Shirley handcuffs herself to a homeless dog at the pound to protest the scheduled death of the dog. Carmine comes to the rescue in the end by finding homes for all the abandoned dogs as he gives a free dance lesson to anyone who'll adopt a dog.

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Episode 14: Oh, Come All Ye Bums
1978-12-19

Laverne and Shirley are decorating their Christmas tree, when a bum called Rags knocks at the door and tells Laverne and Shirley that he's bringing 36 of his bum friends with him to Frank's annual Hobo Christmas Dinner at the Pizzabowl. Next we see Lenny and Squiggy dressed as an elf and a fairy working in a department store as Santa's helpers. They're being pestered by an obnoxious little boy. Frank DeFazio whose taken the job of Santa Claus, comes in to help raise money to pay for the Hobo's dinner. The Pizzabowl has been doing bad business and he can't afford to pay for the dinner this year, hence the Santa job. Laverne and Shirley comes in after having fought a large crowd over Christmas bargains. When they see Lenny and Squiggy they burst out laughing and they pull the brat away from Squiggy who has him in a choke hold. The rumpus causes the department stores manager to come out and when he sees the commotion, he fires Frank as Santa. Laverne recognizes her father's loud voice and

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Episode 15: Who's Papa?
1979-01-16

Shirley finds it odd that she is small and brunette when everybody else in her family is tall and blonde, so she takes it on herself to find out if she's adopted or not. In the end, she get a speech from Laverne about ""does it really matter if you're adopted or not, when you're current family loves you"". Needless to say when Shirley opens the hospital medical records, she finds out that she's not adopted after all.

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Episode 16: The Third Annual Shotz Talent Show
1979-01-30

In the third annual Shotz talent show, Laverne and Shirley perform as human puppets.

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Episode 17: Supermarket Sweep
1979-02-06

Laverne wins three minutes of free shopping and everyne want something. Everybody wants something all right: Lenny and Squiggy are constantly telling them to get Bosco, Carmine is out taking orders from the neighborhood. When the day comes, due to the girls' greed all they end up with is one measly item each.

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Episode 18: Lenny's Crush
1979-02-13

Lenny falls in love with Laverne after misunderstanding what she told him.

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Episode 19: Fire Show
1979-02-20

One of the firemen who comes to put out the fire in their apartment falls for Laverne. Unfortunately, Shirley falls for him too which leads to the girls' friendship being tested to the limits.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Squiggy in Love
1979-02-27

Laverne and Shirley try to help Squiggy by pointing out to him that his latest great looking girlfriend is just using him to help move into and decorate her flat. When they finally confront Squiggy with the news, he tells them he knows he's being used but what chance does a guy like him have with a beautiful girl like that. Of course he does the right thing thanks to his friends and tells the golddigger to get lost.

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Episode 21: The Feminine Mistake
1979-03-06

Laverne asks Shirley if she can make her more feminine to impress Joey. This leads to Laverne acting 'froo-froo' and doing impressions of a southern belle.

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Episode 22: The Tenants Are Revolting
1979-03-13

The girls believe they are doing a good deed by calling in a building inspector to make repairs, until Mrs. Babish is given a deadline to fix it or pay a fine.

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Episode 23: Spy in My Beer
1979-05-08

No one believes Laverne saw an industrial spy in the brewery. So she takes it upon herself to prove everyone wrong. She drags Shirley back to the brewery late that evening and they lie in wait for the spy. Both girls after arguing with each other end up soaking wet in a huge vat of beer. When the spy appears the girls confront him. Moments later, the security guard comes in and the girls try to convince the guard about the spy. The spy spins a tale to the guard who is now unconvinced so Laverne pulls of his trousers revealling the stolen microfilm in his sock suspenders.

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Episode 24: Shirley and the Older Man
1979-05-15

Shirley's friendship with a rich older man is resented by Carmine, who is jealous, and the man's daughter is suspicious of Shirley's intentions.

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Season 5 (1979)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Shotgun Wedding (II)
1979-09-13

The girls get engaged to Richie and Fonzie to avoid a shotgun wedding. The crossover starts on Happy Days S07E01 Shotgun Wedding (I).

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Episode 2: One Heckuva Note
1979-09-20

Shirley finds an old love note written to Laverne from Carmine. This practically ends the girls friendship.

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Episode 3: Fat City Holiday
1979-09-27

The girls get jobs at a weight loss camp.

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Episode 4: Upstairs, Downstairs
1979-10-04

A fight over returning a wrongly issued check sets the girls to dreaming about Shirley in heaven and Laverne in hell.

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Episode 5: What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?
1979-10-18

Shirley's brother returns home from the Navy, an alcoholic.

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Episode 6: You've Pushed Me Too Far
1979-10-25

Lenny refuses to have anything to do with Squiggy after he pushes him into a garbage can from their second floor apartment window. Laverne and Shirley get the two friends to make up in Squiggy's uncle's wax works museum.

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Episode 7: The Wedding
1979-11-01

Edna accepts a marriage proposal from Frank, who waited to the last minute to ask her. Laverne and Shirley end up singing at their wedding in an all-black gospel choir.

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Episode 8: Bad Girls
1979-11-08

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Episode 9: You're in the Army, Now (1)
1979-11-15

Laverne & Shirley enlist in the W.A.C.s to get even for a missed promotion.

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Episode 10: You're in the Army, Now (2)
1979-11-15

Laverne & Shirley regret joining the Army.

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Episode 11: Take Two, They're Small
1979-11-22

Lenny and Squiggy fix Laverne and Shirley up with computer dates, who turn out to be midgets.

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Episode 12: The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show
1979-12-06

Laverne and Shirley are in charge of selecting the acts for the 4th annual Shotz talent show. It starts off with Frank auditioning in Laverne and Shirley's apartment showing them his ventriloquist act. He produces a Laverne doll which cracks Shirley up but Laverne is none too impressed until Frank produces a Shirley doll which Laverne starts laughing at, but now Shirley doesn't find it so funny. They convince Frank that his act is just too good for the show and that he should MC it as usual. He agrees as he doesn't want to show up all the other acts. We then see Laverne and Shirley auditioning acts at Shotz. Upon the end of each act when Laverne and Shirley ask the never seen Mr.Shotz what he thought he of the last act, all we hear is a raspberry. Lenny and Squiggy sings a number called ""I Knew I Should Have Listened To Momma"" which also gets a raspberry. Carmine and Edna come in singing ""Yankee Doodle"" and tap dancing. Mr.Shotz loves this and tells the girls that he wants this year's

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Episode 13: Testing, Testing
1979-12-13

Shotz hires a psychiatrist to evaluate job aptitudes. The gang are all terrified that some deep dark secret, or that all their inadequacies are going to be revealed when they visit the company shrink.

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Episode 14: Not Quite South of the Border
1980-01-07

The girls can't wait to go on a vacation to Mexico. Unfortunately when they get there, they find half of their hotel room missing and that they have to share the room with another woman.

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Episode 15: You Oughta Be in Pictures
1980-01-14

The girls jump at the chance to be the stars in a movie, unaware that the film they will be starring in is an Army hygiene film. Shirley begs Laverne to come and tryout for an acting part in a movie. Laverne agrees and they get to the studio. They subsequently get cast as the two stars of the feature. They have to go and get fitted for wardrobe and when they come out they're wearing cheap, gaudy costumes that Laverne immediately asks if they can keep. They're introduced to their leading men, upon which Shirley finds out that her leading man is gay. The director starts filming the movie and only then the girls find out they're playing hookers in an army hygiene film. When it's all over, we find Laverne and Shirley miserable at home. Then Lenny and Squiggy enter telling them they've just been to see the premiere of the film. Laverne and Shirley asks if anyone recognized them as the hookers. Lenny tells them not to worry, as no one recognized them, but he had to tell everybody it was the

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Episode 16: The Beatnik Show
1980-01-21

Shirley is turned on to Beatnik culture, while visiting a local coffee house one evening. She soon begins wearing black, and moping around the apartment, complaining that nothing in her life is ""cool"" anymore. Laverne then tries to snap her friend out of this Beatnik mindset, so she can go back to being her old self again.

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Episode 17: The Right to Light
1980-01-28

To protest a false bill, the girls chain themselves insde the gas company building, little knowing that another disgruntled customer has planted a bomb in the building. Because the girls are chained to the wall, they can't get out.

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Episode 18: Why Did the Fireman . . .
1980-02-04

Laverne falls for a fireman who is always being called to duty. Before he gets a chance to propose to Laverne, he dies in the line of duty saving many lives.

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Episode 19: The Collector
1980-02-11

The girls try to talk Carmine out of going to work for a loan shark.

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Episode 20: Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)
1980-02-26

The girls are riding the Moose Jaw Express when a murder victim enters their compartment.

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Episode 21: Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)
1980-03-04

Laverne and Shirley try to find out who the murderer is.

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Episode 22: Survival Test
1980-03-11

Sargeant Alvina Plout takes the girls on a survival test against the men.

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Episode 23: The Duke of Squiggmann
1980-03-25

Squiggy sleepwalks thinking he is a rich duke.

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Episode 24: Antonio, the Amazing
1980-04-01

Laverne and Shirley are returning from a friend's wedding to find a strange man lying asleep on their sofa. Laverne arms herself with a baseball bat and is about to hit the guy when he turns over and she can't bring herself to hit him as she thinks he's gorgeous. She's just about to kiss him to wake him up when Frank and Edna informs the girls that this is Laverne's cousin from Italy called Antonio. Laverne is miserable that she can't date her cousin, but Shirley exclaims ""He's not my cousin"" and goes for it, only to be reminded by Edna that she's got Carmine. Anotnio greets everybody and announces he's come to America to make his fortune. Antonio is exercising with Lenny and Squiggy, who are teaching him some bad habits, like biting your palm if you like something. The boys leave to go collect hair from the local barber shop and Carmine comes in. Carmine is letting Antonio stay with him while he's in Milwaukee and gives Antonio a t-shirt to wear advertising his dance studio on the bac

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Episode 25: The Diner
1980-05-06

Lenny inherits a greasy spoon diner called 'Laslo's Place', they immediately rename it ""Dead Laslo's Place"". Because Laverne and Shirley are desperate for work, they get hired to cook and waitress the diner. The girls get run off their feet and Shirley ends up running out of the diner screaming in frustration. Frank offers to buy the restaurant from Lenny, which he does, so now Frank has 2 restaurants.

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Episode 26: Seperate Tables
1980-05-13

Shirley is building a lollipop stick model of her dream house. Laverne walks in wanting to go to the movies, but Shirley just wants to build her house in peace. Laverne starts to muscle in on Shirley's model and Shirley tells Laverne to go to see the movie on her own. Laverne doesn't want to and this prompts Shirley to ask Laverne is she's afraid to go on her own. Laverne says she's not afraid of nothing, and storms out. later she comes back and tells Shirley how good the movie was. Shirley thinking she went on her own, congratulates Laverne, Mrs. Kolchek walks in and it turns out that Laverne dragged the old woman from her bed to go to the movie with her rather than go on her own. Shirley tells Laverne she has a problem, and that she's probably very insecure. Laverne realizes Shirley is right, so Shirley books them both a table at a new Chinese restaurant where they'll both be eating at separate tables to try to cure Laverne of her monophobia. The next day we see Shirley being seated

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Season 6 (1980)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Not Quite New York
1980-11-18

After being fired from the brewery, the girls decide to pack up and move out to California. The only way they can afford to get out there is to have Lenny and Squiggy drive them there in an old ice cream truck.

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Episode 2: Welcome to Burbank
1980-11-25

The girls are ready to return to Milwaukee after experiencing an earthquake on their first night in California.

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Episode 3: Studio City
1980-12-02

The girls are hired to play stunt women in a Troy Donohue movie.

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Episode 4: Grand Opening
1980-12-09

In order to pay Shirley back some of the money she owes her, Laverne agrees to be the target in Sonny's knife throwing act at Cowboy Bill's grand opening. When Sonny breaks his arm and is unable to do the act, Shirley takes over throwing the knives at Laverne, which makes Laverne extremely nervous since she knows that Shirley is already upset with her.

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Episode 5: Candy is Dandy
1980-12-16

The girls finally get a job in California in the gift wrapping department at Bardwell's Department Store. On their first day on the job, Laverne gets tipsy after eating candy laced with alcohol.

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Episode 6: The Dating Game
1980-12-30

Lenny and Squiggy appear in on the television show, The Dating Game.

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Episode 7: The Other Woman
1981-01-06

Shirley finally gets to date a Doctor. The trouble is she looks exactly like his old wife.

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Episode 8: The Road to Burbank
1981-01-13

There is a dispute over who should pay the bill when Lenny and Squiggy trash a hotel room on their way to California and try to blame it on Laverne and Shirley. This leads to the telling of two different versions of what happened that night: one where Lenny and Squiggy are chasing the girls all night, and the other where the girls are feeling feisty and chase the boys around the room.

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Episode 9: Born Too Late
1981-01-27

Lenny and Squiggy imagine that they are the stars in a whole series of flashback black and white silent movies.

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Episode 10: Love Out the Window
1981-02-03

After learning that Laverne fears for his safety, Sonny quits his job as a stuntman and takes a job selling insurance.

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Episode 11: Malibu Mansion
1981-02-10

The girls are hired to house sit at the Malibu beachfront mansion of the owner of the Cowboy Bill's chain of restaurants. While he is away for the weekend, the girls throw a beach party which gets gate crashed by a gang of bikers. The girls manage to clean the place up just in time, but the owner's talking pet parrot threatens to spill the beans.

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Episode 12: To Tell the Truth
1981-02-17

Stuck at home on a rainy night with nothing to do, the gang decides to play a game of truth or dare. Within minutes, everybody ends up arguing with each other.

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Episode 13: I Do, I Do
1981-02-24

The girls almost marry tow rock stars from Britain after eating some brownies laced with marijuana.

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Episode 14: But Seriously, Folks . . .
1981-03-03

Carmine's new stand up comedy act is not such a big hit with his friends when he starts to make fun of them in turn.

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Episode 15: The Bardwell Caper (1)
1981-03-10

Disappointed after not receiving the customary tri-monthly $5.00 raise, Laverne and Shirley write a nasty letter to their boss. At the end of the day, it is revealed that they DID get a raise, after all, but also that the nasty letter is sitting, unopened, on the boss's desk - waiting to be read the next morning. Desperate to save their jobs, Laverne and Shirley go home and try to hatch a plan to get that letter back, before morning.

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Episode 16: The Bardwell Caper (2)
1981-03-17

The girls recruit Lenny, Squiggy, and Carmine to help them pull off this mission. Lenny and Squiggy will drive the getaway car, and act as lookouts, while Carmine, Laverne, and Shirley will sneak through the air vents, and make their way into the boss's office. They will carefully maneuver around the alarm system, retrieve the letter, and be on their way. No one shall be the wiser. Of course, when they try to put the plan into action, our heroes run into some obstacles along the way, and quickly realize that this isn't going to be as easy as they thought.

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Episode 17: High Priced Dates
1981-04-07

The girls turn to Edna for advice when their dates expect ""rewards"".

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Episode 18: Fifth Anniversary
1981-04-14

The girls throw Frank and Edna a fifth wedding anniversary party at their trailor, which has a broken trailor jack.

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Episode 19: Out, Out Damned Plout
1981-05-05

Sgt. Plout goes AWOL and decides to hide out at the girl's apartment.

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Episode 20: Laverne's Broken Leg
1981-05-12

After she has to miss a party because of her broken leg, Laverne sits at home alone and falls asleep while watching It's A Wonderful Life on TV. She then dreams what life would be like for her friends and her family if she had never been born.

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Episode 21: Sing, Sing, Sing
1981-05-19

Laverne asks Carmine to give her singing lessons so that she can sing for Hoot Night at Cowboy Bill's.

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Episode 22: Child's Play
1981-05-26

Because of Squiggy's forgetfulness, Laverne and Shirley must play all the parts in Shirley's play ""Murder In Mother Goose Land"", which a Broadway producer attends.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 7 poster
Season 7 (1981)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Most Important Day Ever
1981-10-13

Laverne and Shirley appear on television as part of a Latvian acrobatic act in an effort to help Lenny and Squiggy's new talent agency.

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Episode 2: It Only Hurts When I Breathe
1981-10-27

Laverne and Shirley recall their high school days only to find themselves embroiled in a slugfest that leaves Laverne with a broken jaw.

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Episode 3: I Wonder What Became of Sal?
1981-11-03

Laverne's old boyfriend Sal, comes to California looking for her. Now Sal is a succesful millionaire businessman and he once again proposes to Laverne.

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Episode 4: Teenage Lust
1981-11-10

The girls attend a wild fraternity party and find out they're not as young as they used to be.

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Episode 5: The Defiant One
1981-11-17

Shirley finds herself mistakenly handcuffed to a bankrobber who is forced to take her with him when he escapes from the police.

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Episode 6: Night at the Awards
1981-11-24

When Lenny and Squiggy invade the backstage of a televised awards show, they suddenly find themselves in the middle of the stage with Joey Heatherton.

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Episode 7: Some Enchanted Earring
1981-12-01

Laverne accidentally loses one of her mother's diamond earrings.

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Episode 8: Moving In
1981-12-08

Laverne moves in with her new boyfriends but after having a talk with Lenny, she begins to have second thoughts. Laverne's new boyfriends asks Laverne to move in with him. Laverne tells Shirley she's moving out and this prompts a speech from Shirley seeing as Laverne isn't marrying the guy just living with him. Laverne convinces Shirley she really want to go, but asks Shirley to cover for her with her father. Needless to say not long after Laverne leaves, Frank turns up looking for Laverne. Shirley has to lie to him to keep him from suspecting the truth. Lenny turns up at Laverne's new apartment just in time to convince Laverne to re-think what she's doing. The boyfriend doesn't want to get married so Laverne realizes her mistake and moves back with Shirley.

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Episode 9: Friendly Persuasion
1981-12-15

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.

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Episode 10: I Do, I Don't
1982-01-05

Shirley tries to get Carmine to marry her after she is provided with a free wedding reception. Shirley talks Laverne into going to a promotional evening for brides to be. When she gets there, she discovers that a woman who has paid for an all frills wedding has to cancel, and she tells the organiser to give her wedding package to the next needy soul. Shirley promptly tells the woman that she is the needy soul she's looking for. Now that Shirley has a free wedding coming, she needs to talk Carmine into proposing to her. She tricks Carmine into asking her back at her flat and then rushes him out the door and says she'll meet him later at the hotel where the wedding ceremony will take place. Later when Laverne and Shirley and her two best men (Lenny and Squiggy) arrive at the hotel, the vicar is waiting along with all the guests and there's no Carmine. This prompts Laverne and Lenny and Squiggy to break into a few choruses of ""Lullaby of Broadway"" to entertain the crowd. Eventually Carmin

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Episode 11: Love Is the Tar Pits
1982-01-12

Squiggy is jealous of Lenny's new girlfriend. While out at the local tarpits, Lenny sees a nice girl reading on the lawn. A guy starts to hassle her so he tells him to leave her alone. Lenny then asks her out on a date, and this starts to make Squiggy feel that he's being left out. Three weeks later Lenny and Karen are still together and Squiggy is sure that Karen is out to break Lenny and Squiggy up. Lenny and Squiggy have an argument over Karen and Lenny leaves in a huff. Later at Cowboy Bills, Lenny learns that Karen has been accepted for a university in New York and she leaves in 2 days. Lenny thinks she's breaking up with him because he's too dumb, and tells Frank he's going back to the tarpits for a last farewell. Squiggy hears this from Frank and thinks Lenny is going to kill himself. He rushes to the tarpits to find Lenny waste deep in the tar, jumps in to save his life and after a heartfelt chat Squiggy apologizes and they leave best friends again. It was discovered that Lenny

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Episode 12: Watch the Fur Fly
1982-01-19

After Shirley yells at Rhonda for wearing a coat made of animal fur, Laverne unknowingly sets Shirley up on a date with a furrier.

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Episode 13: Rocky Ragu
1982-01-26

Carmine is in the girls apartment getting Laverne to sew his pants after a dog took a bite out of them, when Rhonda comes in saying that she's just landed a lead role in a new movie/musical about the life of a famous ex-boxer. Rhonda says that Carmine should try out for the lead role as he would make an excellent Rocky. Carmine agrees to meet Rhonda at Cowboy Bills to rehearse a scene. Later at Cowboy Bills, Laverne walks in on Carmine and Rhonda as they're rehearsing a tender moment. Laverne thinks Carmine is two timing Shirley and slaps him in the face, and storms out. Squiggy then enters and offers to represent Carmine at the audition. When Lenny, Squiggy and Carmine get to the audition, there are loads of guys waiting to try out for the part. Squiggy gets rid of the secretary and Lenny ducks into the main office. He comes out a minute later with a bandage on his head and tomato ketchup dripping from his bandage, telling all that he had never taken such a beating and that he was onl

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Episode 14: Star Peepers
1982-02-02

The girls vow to get revenge on a rude, obnoxious singing star who was extremely rude to them at Bardwell's. They figure the way to get revenge is to take some incriminating pictures of him and sell them to a tabloid.

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Episode 15: An Affair to Forget
1982-02-09

Laverne is dating a guy but she doesn't know that he is married. When he takes her to a restaurant for dinner, his wife shows up. Not wanting his wife to know he is there on a date he throws Laverne in the big aquarium which is set up in the restaurant.

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Episode 16: Class of '56
1982-02-16

Laverne, Shirley and Carmine go back to Milwaukee to attend their high school reunion. What they don't know, however is that the gang back home thinks that the girls are famous movie stars and that Carmine is a famous Las Vegas singer. Lenny and Squiggy write to the gang back in Milwaukee that Carmine, Laverne and Shirley have all made it big in Hollywood. Feeling slightly insecure about how they measure up the rest of their old classmates' successes, the trio agree to go along with the story. Laverne is supposedly dating Marlon Brando and Shirley Paul Newman, when Rosie starts asking questions about Marlon and the girls start giving contradictory answers, they soon get found out. Shirley then tells the truth and Terri Buttafuco asks them to leave for lying. The girls get out the doors and Laverne comes back in telling off all her old friends for only being nice to them because they thought they were famous. This lays a heavy guilt trip on their old friends and all is forgiven.

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Episode 17: Ski Show
1982-02-23

Laverne and Shirley decide that they must change their usual habits for meeting guys because they're not getting anywhere going around the single bars. Rhonda comes in and shows the girls her new ski outfit. This gives Laverne the idea that they should go to a ski resort to meet new guys. Shirley reluctantly agrees. Next we see them trying to ski and failing miserably, especially Shirley. Along comes a chairlift guy who Laverne wants to impress so she lies about being a novice and pretends she knows how to get on the ski lift. Of course she doesn't and the next few scenes are pictures of the girls trying and failing to mount the ski lift. Eventualy they manage only to have the ski lift breakdown while they're half way up a mountain. The girls are up there for hours, but eventually they get back to the ground. We find them sitting on a rock, shivering and hugging among themselves about whose great idea it was to come skiing when along comes two mountain rescue guys Bob and Bennett who

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Episode 18: Helmut Weekend
1982-03-02

Squiggy's long lost father suddenly shows up and wants to spend time with his son.

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Episode 19: That's Entertainment
1982-03-09

Frank and Carmine argue about whether today's music is better or worse than the music of yesteryear.

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Episode 20: Lightning Man
1982-03-16

Carmine finds fame after being struck by lightning.

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Episode 21: Crime Isn't Pretty
1982-05-04

Frank and Carmine set up booby traps in the girl's apartment to try and catch a burglar who has been breaking into the apartment and stealing things.

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Episode 22: Perfidy in Blue
1982-05-11

When Shirley loses Laverne's favorite purse, she is afraid to tell her because she didn't ask if she could borrow it. When Laverne asks Shirley if she knows where the purse is, she lies and says no. Shirley then goes to sleep and dreams that Laverne is trying to kill her because she knows that Shirley lost her favorite purse and lied to her about it.

Runtime: 30 min
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Season 8 (1982)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Mummy's Bride
1982-09-28

Shirley marries Walter Meeney.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Window on Main Street
1982-10-12

The girls agree to live in Bardwell's main show window for a weekend in order to demonstrate the 'House Of The Future'

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Note
1982-10-19

Laverne gets depressed and then angry after she finds a very short note from Shirley saying that she has left to go overseas with her husband who was just transferred there. Laverne just can't believe that Shirley would leave and only write a few words to say goodbye. To try and help cheer her up, each of the gang tries to find Laverne a new roommate. But things turn out okay after Laverne finds the rest of Shirley's note which had fallen under the bed.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Lost in Spacesuits
1982-10-26

The show starts in Laverne's apartment, where she's trying to put together a load of her stuff to sell as she's desperate for money now she's out of a job. In comes Frank with an old army buddy whose life he saved during the war. This army buddy offers Laverne a job at Ajax Aerospace. Laverne's delighted and is told to report for work Monday morning. Come Monday, we see Laverne at her new job which is testing gravity boots. She soon finds this more boring than bottling beer in her old Milwaukee job. When everyone goes for lunch, there's only her and a weird guy called Chuck left in the room. To make things more exciting, Chuck gets Laverne to try on a secret experimental anti-gravity spacesuit. Laverne comes out wearing the the suit and helmet and Chuck who has the remote control soon has Laverne doing acrobtaics in mid-air. The problems start when Chuck can't get Laverne down, Laverne suggests she put on a pair of gravity boots which brings her back down to earth, however she can't ge

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Episode 5: The Playboy Show
1982-11-09

Laverne is waiting tables at Cowboy Bill's when Rhonda comes asking if Laverne would be kind enough to go downtown to pick up a Playboy Bunny application form for her as she's busy trying out for her new play. Rhonda suggests Laverne should pick up an application for herself at the same time. Laverne is reluctant to go and even more reluctant to get an application for herself because of her 'chicken ankles'. Next we see loads of beautiful girls at the Playboy auditions when Laverne walks in, the woman in charge is a hypochondriac and says she has a fever coming on so Laverne starts handing out the application forms for her. Laverne becomes friendly with a woman named Kathy. Laverne decides to apply after Kathy (Carrie Fisher) tells her to try after all what's she got to lose. Back at the flat, Laverne is eagerly waiting for a phone call from the Playboy auditions to see if she's allowed to attend ""Bunny Training"". She gets the call and she in. Laverne tells Frank that she's going to tr

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Episode 6: Death Row (1)
1982-11-16

Laverne makes friends with a group of people that she doesn't know are really a gang who plan to rob a bank. When she goes to the bank with them she thinks it is only to get new dishes that the bank is giving away with every new account that is opened. When she realizes what is actually happening it's too late because the police have already arrived. Laverne is handcuffed along with the rest of the gang and they are all carted off to jail.

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Episode 7: Death Row (2)
1982-11-23

While waiting to be booked at the police station for the bank robbery, Laverne and her new 'friend' are mistaken for murderers who were on the run. They are both sentenced to be executed at midnight that night.

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Episode 8: Jinxed
1982-11-30

When Laverne is convinced that she is jinxed after refusing to answer a chain letter, her friends send her a ""gypsy"" to help her.

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Episode 9: Of Mice and Men
1982-12-07

Laverne's plan to restore her cowardly boyfriend's self-confidence backfires.

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Episode 10: The Gymnast
1982-12-14

Laverne is convinced that the former trapeze artist she's been dating is out to kill her.

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Episode 11: The Monastery Show
1983-01-04

Laverne, upset with the way her life has been going, asks if she can stay at a convent for a couple of weeks to try and sort things out. The Mother Superior lets her stay but then asks her to leave when she has trouble keeping the vow of silence that all the other Sisters have taken.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Defective Ballet
1983-01-11

Squiggy is mistaken for a Russion ballet dancer who is trying to defect to the United States.

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Episode 13: The Baby Show
1983-01-18

Sgt. Plout once again shows up on Laverne's doorstep. This time she is pregnant and looking for a place to stay. Plout and Laverne enter a mothers-to-be contest and then go to a funeral home to pay their respect to one of Frank's buddies. While at the funeral home, Sgt. Plout goes into labor and delivers her baby.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Rock 'n' Roll Show
1983-01-25

Laverne talks her wacky friend Chuck into forming his own band after he plays Beethoven on his harmonica. Laverne is also on a special diet for her ulcer and back at the flat Carmine is trying to stop Laverne from eating all the wrong foods. Chuck shows Laverne his new band, a bunch of geeky looking guys enter and proceed to put Laverne to sleep with their classical playing. Laverne tells Chuck he has to play rock music if he wants to make big money. The guys trust Laverne so much that they've quit their jobs to become big musicians. Laverne tries to show them how to jazz up their act a little, but the results are still terrible. To make things worse, Squiggy has just gotten the band their first job. He tells them that they are to perform in 20 minutes. Laverne has to read out to the massive crowd that the Rolling Stones won't be performing and that instead her friend Chuck's band will be playing instead. Amazingly to everyone, the band plays extremely well and goes over a smash. It

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Episode 15: The Fashion Show
1983-02-01

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.

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Episode 16: Short on Time
1983-02-08

When Frank finds a note from Edna saying that she has left him, he goes to Laverne's to talk to her about it. Laverne, who doesn't know that Edna has left, asks her father to stay at the apartment and babysit Little Chucky who is a chimp, because she has gotten a chance to sing with The Spinners as Rhonda gave her the winning woman. While singing with the group, she feels guilty about leaving her father when he wanted to talk to her so she rushes back home and learns about Edna leaving. The show ends with Little Chucky waiting on tables at Cowboy Bills.

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Episode 17: Ghost Story
1983-02-15

Laverne and the gang hold a seance to rid her apartment of a ghost that has taken up residence there.

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Episode 18: Please Don't Feed the Buzzards
1983-02-22

Lenny and Squiggy find a treasure map and convince Frank and Carmine to go with them to search for gold.

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Episode 19: How's Your Sister?
1983-03-01

Squiggy's bizarre sister, Squendolyn, arrives for a visit and ends up moving in with Laverne and falling for Carmine.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Do the Carmine
1983-03-15

Carmine and Squiggy are sitting at Cowboy Bills, as Carmine complains that nobody likes his new record 'Do the Hotfoot', Squigy notices that sitting at the next table is Bobby Bitts, king of the hits. Squiggy tries to talk Bobby into playing Carmine's record on his show ""American Dance Band"" but Bobby's having none of it. Squiggy decides the only way to get Bobby to hear the record is for Carmine to sing it live there at Cowboy Bills. Carmine gets a few verses in and Bobby stops him, says it's ""Superrific"" and books him to sing on his next show. The title is changed to ""Do the Carmine"", and Carmine now fills his head with dreams of becoming a rich rock star, and he asks Laverne if she'll be in the audience of the show to hear him sing. Carmine sings his record and for 1 week he's a success, but some pious do-gooder hears his song and thinks it's rebellious and communist. So he confronts Bobby and demands that he not play Carmine's record or he'll have his group put pressure on the sta

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Episode 21: Councilman DeFazio
1983-05-03

Frank is making his usual contribution to his local councilman. After the guy has taken Frank's money he tells him that he plans to tear down Cowboy Bills and build a high rise on top of it. Frank chases the guy from the restaurant and heads down to see Laverne.Laverne is ill in bed, but Frank vents his frustrations to Laverne and decides the only way to stop him and beat city hall is to run against the current corrupt councilman and stop him that way. Next day back at Cowboy Bills, Frank is busy getting all his friends to help him campaign for him, the councilman walsk in with a camera crew in tow and he's telling them all about his plans for the area. Frank confronts the guy and tells the news crew that the other guy is crooked and that his family has all the companies that he gives the city's jobs too. The anchor woman for the TV station invites Frank to an open debate on tv to air his views against Counilman Pike. Later Frank confesses to Carmine that he's never spoken in public be

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: Here Today, Hair Tomorrow
1983-05-10

Rhonda enters Cowboy Bills to tell Frank that she suspects Carmine is about to commit suicide. She tells Frank that he's packed all his stuff, turned off the gas, and disconnected his phone. Just as the two of them are about to run to try to save Carmine, he walks in and tells them that he's decided he's getting nowhere fast and that he wants to move to New Yrok to try his luck on Broadway. Rhonda and Frank lend him money as he doesn't have quite enough to get there yet. He says his goodbyes to Frank and Rhonda and he goes to tell Laverne. When he walks into Laverne's apartment to tell her his news, Laverne tells him that after weeks of saving she can finally afford to buy a water bed that she's been after. Carmine then tells her that he's sick of being a singing telegram boy and that he's moving to New York but he's $100 short. At this point Laverne offers to loan Carmine the $100 from her bed money. Eventually he takes it and says goodbye to her, too. Carmine arrives in New York and

Runtime: N/A min

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