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Line 2: [[File:laverne_n_shirley_320x240_7078.jpg\|frame]] ''[['''Laverne ~~and~~& Shirley]]''''' is a [[Sitcom]] spun off from ''[[Happy Days]]'', centering on two acquaintances of the Fonz who, as the series began, worked at a Milwaukee brewery. Co-created by Garry Marshall, the show starred his sister Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as her roommate Shirley Feeney. The most popular supporting characters were [[Wacky Guy\|Wacky Guys]] Lenny and Squiggy, played by Michael McKean and David Lander; other supporting characters included Laverne's dad Frank (Phil Foster) and Shirley's sometime boyfriend Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa (Eddie Mekka). The series ran on [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] from 1976 to 1983. There was also a short-lived (13 episodes) animated adaptation in 1981 loosely based on the two-part episode "You're in the Army Now", except the pair ''actually'' join the army, and find that their immediate superior is an anthropomorphic pig - with a bad attitude - named Sergeant Squealy. Among other weird things like werewolves and robots. ([[Hanna-Barbera]] was going through a "weird stage" at the time...) ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Animated Adaptation]]: ''Laverne and Shirley Join the Army'', although on-screen it simply read ''Laverne & Shirley''. Line 42 ⟶ 43: * [[Planning with Props]]: In "The Bardwell's Caper", Laverne and Shirley planning to get a nasty letter out of their boss' office. * [[Politically-Correct History]]: Inverted. The real Milwaukee of the 1950s was in the midst of a mass-migration of African-Americans who came (and often were recruited) specifically to work at the city's breweries. Yet despite the titular characters working at a brewery (and the show's creation [[The Seventies\|at a time]] when [[Token Minority\|interracial casts]] were en vogue), the show featured no African-American characters. ** [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: The final episode (in syndication order) ~~is a PDP that~~ has Carmine going off to NY to become a Broadway Star. * [[Present Day Past]] * [[Put on a Bus]]: The last season had Shirley marrying an Army medic and going overseas with him. Line 66 ⟶ 67: Five, six, seven, eight, [[The Millstone\|Schlemiel]], [[Butt Monkey\|schlimazel]], [[~~Bugs Bunny~~w:Hasenpfeffer\|~~Hassenpfeffer~~Hasenpfeffer]] incorporated! }} ** Not too far-fetched,; quite a few Jews live in the Milwaukee area. * [[Your Favorite]]: For Laverne -, Milk and Pepsi. Together. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Laverne and Shirley~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:The Seventies]] [[Category:Saturday Morning Cartoon]] [[Category:Buddy Picture]] [[Category:American Series]] ▲[[Category:Laverne and Shirley]] [[Category:TV Series]] [[Category:The Hub]] [[Category:Live-Action TV of the 1970s]] [[Category:Live-Action TV of the 1980s]]