Laverne & Shirley (1976)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United States

Length

8 seasons, 178 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 71 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two best friends and roommates work as bottle-cappers at a brewery in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They hang out with their neighbors and deal with everyday adventures in Milwaukee.

lightheartedenergeticphysical comedyupbeatnostalgicbouncygoofywarmfast-paced

What happens

Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s to early 1960s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California. Michael McKean and David Lander co-star as their friends and neighbors Lenny Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman, respectively; along with Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa, Phil Foster as Laverne's father Frank DeFazio, and Betty Garrett as the girls' landlady Edna Babish. Featuring regular physical comedy, Laverne & Shirley became the most-watched American television program by its third and fourth season. It received six Golden Globe nominations and one Emmy nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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