This spin-off of the classic sitcom Happy Days focused on Milwaukee's Sweethearts, Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney, two lower class girls who shared an apartment and worked together at Shotz Brewery as bottle-cappers. The two girls were as different as night and day: Laverne was feisty, quick-tempered and man-hungry while Shirley was more naive and trusting and quite inexperienced when it came to romance. The two shared their apartment building with Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squigman, two wannabe greasers who always visited at the most inconvenient times and drove the girls insane. The girls hung out at the Pizza Bowl, a local pizza restaurant/bowling alley owned by Laverne's boisterous father Frank. The characters moved to Burbank, California during the show's sixth season, and Cindy Williams departed the series as Shirley during its eighth. The show remains a popular staple of syndication.
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wow what a blessing. My friend and I her name was Melanie. She and I were best friends when this show was popular and this boy on our bus used to call us Laverne and Shirley. Little did he know, because most bullies are stupid we didn’t take it as an insult. We never missed an episode.
Laverne & Shirley portrayed women ahead of their time, so he was just being ignorant. This was and is a terrific show. My one and only complaint is the laugh track, but they were incredibly popular at the time. I’ve always found them intrusive, but it doesn’t stop me from watching. I do wish some sound engineer could give a version without it. I can’t believe both of these daring and innovative women aren’t with us any longer. 😢. PS - Are/were you Laverne or Shirley? 😊
I still know this bully today, and he’s still and ignorant ignoramuses 😄😄 I completely looked up to them as role models back then. Oh how we were going to share an apartment and went on double dates. Too bad our wishes or dreams didn’t come true. Like it says in the song
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So sad Cindy passed recently. 😢
Indeed. She was one funny lady & she left us lots of good laughs.