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* [[Irrevocable Message]]: A two-part episode ("The Bardwell's Caper") involved the duo trying to retrieve a nasty letter they had written to their boss. |
* [[Irrevocable Message]]: A two-part episode ("The Bardwell's Caper") involved the duo trying to retrieve a nasty letter they had written to their boss. |
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* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Lenny and Squiggy. |
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Lenny and Squiggy. |
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* [[Knife-Throwing Act]] |
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Rhonda (Leslie Easterbrook), a sexy blonde added as a ratings-boosting gimmick when the show moved to L.A. |
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Rhonda (Leslie Easterbrook), a sexy blonde added as a ratings-boosting gimmick when the show moved to L.A. |
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** To some extent Laverne herself became this in the final season. |
** To some extent Laverne herself became this in the final season. |
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** Justified with Laverne and her father: they grew up in New York. |
** Justified with Laverne and her father: they grew up in New York. |
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* [[Planning With Props]]: In "The Bardwell's Caper", Laverne and Shirley planning to get a nasty letter out of their boss' office. |
* [[Planning With Props]]: In "The Bardwell's Caper", Laverne and Shirley planning to get a nasty letter out of their boss' office. |
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* [[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. |
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** The final episode (in syndication order) is a PDP that has Carmine going off to NY to become a Broadway Star. |
** The final episode (in syndication order) is a PDP that has Carmine going off to NY to become a Broadway Star. |
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* [[Present Day Past]] |
* [[Present Day Past]] |
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* [[Ruptured Appendix]]: "Shirley's Operation." |
* [[Ruptured Appendix]]: "Shirley's Operation." |
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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). |
* [[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). |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: The opening credits were spoofed by Wayne and Garth in ''[[Waynes World]]''. |
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* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: To levels that only [[Lucille Ball]] matched. |
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: To levels that only [[Lucille Ball]] matched. |
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* [[Syndication Title]]: ''Laverne and Shirley and Friends'', ''Laverne and Shirley and Company''. |
* [[Syndication Title]]: ''Laverne and Shirley and Friends'', ''Laverne and Shirley and Company''. |