• Air date: 13 Oct '81 22 episodes
      Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a fictitious Milwaukee brewery called "Shotz Brewery." The show was a spin-off from Happy Days, as the two lead characters were originally introduced on that series as acquaintances of Fonzie. Set in roughly the same time period, the timeline started in approximately 1958, when the series began, through 1967, when the series ended. As with Happy Days, it was made by Paramount Television, created by Garry Marshall, and executive produced by Garry Marshall, Edward K. Milkis, and Thomas L. Miller.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. The Most Important Day Ever

      13 Oct '81
      Laverne and Shirley appear on television as part of a Latvian acrobatic act in an effort to help Lenny and Squiggy's new talent agency.
    • 2. It Only Hurts When I Breathe

      27 Oct '81
      Laverne and Shirley recall their high school days only to find themselves embroiled in a slugfest that leaves Laverne with a broken jaw.
    • 3. I Wonder What Became of Sal?

      03 Nov '81
      Laverne's old boyfriend Sal, comes to California looking for her. Now Sal is a succesful millionaire businessman and he once again proposes to Laverne.
    • 4. Teenage Lust

      10 Nov '81
      The girls attend a wild fraternity party and find out they're not as young as they used to be.
    • 5. The Defiant One

      17 Nov '81
      Shirley finds herself mistakenly handcuffed to a bankrobber who is forced to take her with him when he escapes from the police.
    • 6. Night at the Awards

      24 Nov '81
      When Lenny and Squiggy invade the backstage of a televised awards show, they suddenly find themselves in the middle of the stage with Joey Heatherton.
    • 7. Some Enchanted Earring

      01 Dec '81
      Laverne accidentally loses one of her mother's diamond earrings.
    • 8. Moving In

      08 Dec '81
      Laverne moves in with her new boyfriends but after having a talk with Lenny, she begins to have second thoughts. Laverne's new boyfriends asks Laverne to move in with him. Laverne tells Shirley she's moving out and this prompts a speech from Shirley seeing as Laverne isn't marrying the guy just living with him. Laverne convinces Shirley she really want to go, but asks Shirley to cover for her with her father. Needless to say not long after Laverne leaves, Frank turns up looking for Laverne. Shir
    • 9. Friendly Persuasion

      15 Dec '81
      While wrapping in Bardwell's one day, Charles Grodin comes in and chats to the girls. Laverne mistakingly thinks he's asking her out and she invites him over for dinner. That night at dinner all the gang are there and Charles arrives. Shirley thinks he's after their gift wrapping jobs at Bardwell's so she is mean to him, and Lenny and Squiggy are there arguing with Laverne and Shirley becuase there was no water to rinse Squiggy's hair. Shirley and Carmine are arguing because she's tired of Carmi
    • 10. I Do, I Don't

      05 Jan '82
      Shirley tries to get Carmine to marry her after she is provided with a free wedding reception. Shirley talks Laverne into going to a promotional evening for brides to be. When she gets there, she discovers that a woman who has paid for an all frills wedding has to cancel, and she tells the organiser to give her wedding package to the next needy soul. Shirley promptly tells the woman that she is the needy soul she's looking for. Now that Shirley has a free wedding coming, she needs to talk Carmin
    • 11. Love Is the Tar Pits

      12 Jan '82
      Squiggy is jealous of Lenny's new girlfriend. While out at the local tarpits, Lenny sees a nice girl reading on the lawn. A guy starts to hassle her so he tells him to leave her alone. Lenny then asks her out on a date, and this starts to make Squiggy feel that he's being left out. Three weeks later Lenny and Karen are still together and Squiggy is sure that Karen is out to break Lenny and Squiggy up. Lenny and Squiggy have an argument over Karen and Lenny leaves in a huff. Later at Cowboy Bills
    • 12. Watch the Fur Fly

      19 Jan '82
      After Shirley yells at Rhonda for wearing a coat made of animal fur, Laverne unknowingly sets Shirley up on a date with a furrier.
    • 13. Rocky Ragu

      26 Jan '82
      Carmine is in the girls apartment getting Laverne to sew his pants after a dog took a bite out of them, when Rhonda comes in saying that she's just landed a lead role in a new movie/musical about the life of a famous ex-boxer. Rhonda says that Carmine should try out for the lead role as he would make an excellent Rocky. Carmine agrees to meet Rhonda at Cowboy Bills to rehearse a scene. Later at Cowboy Bills, Laverne walks in on Carmine and Rhonda as they're rehearsing a tender moment. Laverne th
    • 14. Star Peepers

      02 Feb '82
      The girls vow to get revenge on a rude, obnoxious singing star who was extremely rude to them at Bardwell's. They figure the way to get revenge is to take some incriminating pictures of him and sell them to a tabloid.
    • 15. An Affair to Forget

      09 Feb '82
      Laverne is dating a guy but she doesn't know that he is married. When he takes her to a restaurant for dinner, his wife shows up. Not wanting his wife to know he is there on a date he throws Laverne in the big aquarium which is set up in the restaurant.
    • 16. Class of '56

      16 Feb '82
      Laverne, Shirley and Carmine go back to Milwaukee to attend their high school reunion. What they don't know, however is that the gang back home thinks that the girls are famous movie stars and that Carmine is a famous Las Vegas singer. Lenny and Squiggy write to the gang back in Milwaukee that Carmine, Laverne and Shirley have all made it big in Hollywood. Feeling slightly insecure about how they measure up the rest of their old classmates' successes, the trio agree to go along with the story. L
    • 17. Ski Show

      23 Feb '82
      Laverne and Shirley decide that they must change their usual habits for meeting guys because they're not getting anywhere going around the single bars. Rhonda comes in and shows the girls her new ski outfit. This gives Laverne the idea that they should go to a ski resort to meet new guys. Shirley reluctantly agrees. Next we see them trying to ski and failing miserably, especially Shirley. Along comes a chairlift guy who Laverne wants to impress so she lies about being a novice and pretends she k
    • 18. Helmut Weekend

      02 Mar '82
      Squiggy's long lost father suddenly shows up and wants to spend time with his son.
    • 19. That's Entertainment

      09 Mar '82
      Frank and Carmine argue about whether today's music is better or worse than the music of yesteryear.
    • 20. Lightning Man

      16 Mar '82
      Carmine finds fame after being struck by lightning.
    • 21. Crime Isn't Pretty

      04 May '82
      Frank and Carmine set up booby traps in the girl's apartment to try and catch a burglar who has been breaking into the apartment and stealing things.
    • 22. Perfidy in Blue

      11 May '82
      When Shirley loses Laverne's favorite purse, she is afraid to tell her because she didn't ask if she could borrow it. When Laverne asks Shirley if she knows where the purse is, she lies and says no. Shirley then goes to sleep and dreams that Laverne is trying to kill her because she knows that Shirley lost her favorite purse and lied to her about it.