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''[[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 [[ABC]] from 1976 to 1983.
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* [[Diagonal Billing]]: Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams in the opening titles.
* [[Drink Order]]: Milk and Pepsi for Laverne.
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* [[The Fifties]] / [[The Sixties]]: With [[The Seventies]] and [[The Eighties|Eighties]] often [[Anachronism Stew|bleeding through]].
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Shirley's beloved "Boo Boo Kitty".
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* [[Screwed by the Network]]: In the series' third and fourth seasons, ''Laverne & Shirley'' was #1 in the Nielsens, even surpassing ''[[Happy Days]]''. ABC moved it from Tuesdays at 8:30 to Thursdays at 8:00, and it became '''''[[Epic Fail|#38]]''''' in the Nielsens, and never really recovered, even after being moved back (the highest it was afterward was #20).
* [[Shout-Out]]: The opening credits were spoofed by Wayne and Garth in ''[[Wayne's World]]''.
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: To levels that only [[Lucille Ball]] matched.
* [[Syndication Title]]: ''Laverne and Shirley and Friends'', ''Laverne and Shirley and Company''.
* [[Thematic Theme Tune]]: "Making Our Dreams Come True". The song, performed by Cyndi Grecco, was issued as a single and reached the ''Billboard'' Top 30.
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[[The Millstone|Schlemiel]], [[Butt Monkey|schlimazel]],
[[Bugs Bunny|Hassenpfeffer]] incorporated! }}
** Not too far-fetched, quite a few Jews live in the Milwaukee area.
* [[Your Favorite]]: For Laverne - Milk and Pepsi. Together.
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