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Laverne & Shirley Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Society Party

First aired: Jan/27/1976
Writer: Bob Brunner
Director: Garry Marshall
Guest star: Henry Winkler (Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli), Kathryn Ish (Mrs. Stewart), Lyman Ward (Tom Shotz), Bobby Ball (The Butler), Mary Treen (Nana Shotz), Richard Stahl (Marshall Stewart)

Laverne feels degraded when she discovers that she and Shirley were only invited to a swanky dinner party at the home of the Shotz Brewery boss, by Tad Shotz so he could receive a promotion.



2 :01x02 - The Bachelor Party

First aired: Feb/03/1976
Writer: Lowell Ganz, Mark Rothman
Director: Jerry Paris
Guest star: Henry Winkler (Arthur Fonzarelli), Paul Linke (Milo), Harry Shearer (Announcer (V.O.)), Tim Thomerson (Silky Mulcheck (as Timothy Thomerson))

The girls discover they are over their heads after allowing Fonzie to have a bachelor party at the Pizza Bowl, in which they have been left in charge of while Mr. DeFazio is away for the weekend.



3 :01x03 - Bowling For Razzberries

First aired: Feb/10/1976
Writer: Marty Nadler
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Peggy Doyle (Milwaukee Mercy Mission Lady), Randolph Powell (Doctor)

Laverne is determined to exact revenge on her old rival at this year's annual Shotz bowling tournament. But when the day arrives Laverne is found to be sick, and Shirley does all she can to make sure she can't leave their apartment for the bowling lanes.



4 :01x04 - A Nun's Story

First aired: Feb/24/1976
Writer: William S. Bickley, Michael Warren
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Rochelle Richelieu (Anne Marie), Greg Antonacci (Hector)

Laverne and Shirley reminisce about the good old days when they were in high school after receiving an invitation for their reunion. The one person they can't wait to see is crazy Anne Marie, only to discover that she has since become a nun.



5 :01x05 - Falter at the Altar

First aired: Mar/02/1976
Writer: Arthur Silver
Director: Jay Sandrich
Guest star: Al Molinaro (Father Delvecchio), Paul Sylvan (Sal Malina)

Laverne's boyfriend Sal Malina is about to leave for the Navy, which causes Laverne to feel like it's time they get married.



6 :01x06 - Dog Day Blind Dates

First aired: Mar/09/1976
Writer: Dale McRaven
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Fred Willard (Charles), Guich Koock (Buck), Bo Kaprall (Officer Norman Hughes)

Laverne and Shirley's are unaware that their dates are freshly released from prison and are planning on knocking off the bank next door to the Pizza Bowl.



7 :01x07 - Once Upon a Rumor

First aired: Mar/16/1976
Writer: Holly Mascott
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Charles Frank (Jerry Callihan)

Lenny walks in the Shotz lunchroom as Squiggy is helping Shirley with a stuck zipper on her dress, and begins rumors that Shirley is a floozy.



8 :01x08 - One Flew Over Milwaukee

First aired: Mar/23/1976
Writer: William S. Bickley, Michael Warren
Director: Michael Kidd
Guest star: Tabi Cooper (Joanne), Doris Hess (Dolores)

Shirley is incensed when her pet canary Dwayne, escapes his cage due to Laverne's error.



9 :01x09 - Dating Slump

First aired: Mar/30/1976
Writer: Arthur Silver
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Girl 'A'), Sande Lou Sanders (Rhonda), Marty Nadler (Butch), Michael McManus (Moose (as Michael L. McManus)), Mark Harmon (Victor), Robert Hays (Tom)

Laverne plans an evening out for fun after Shirley locks herself inside their apartment due to Carmine's news that he has a new, rich girlfriend.



10 :01x10 - It's the Water

First aired: Apr/06/1976
Writer: Greg Strangis
Director: Dennis Klein
Guest star: Greg Lewis (Wolfgang Gessler)

Laverne and Shirley want a promotion to beer tasters. Shirley receives the job despite the fact Laverne is more experienced, which makes the gang suspicious of her new bosses intentions.



11 :01x11 - Fakeout at the Stakeout

First aired: Apr/13/1976
Writer: Deborah Leschin
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Bo Kaprall (Officer Norman Hughes), Neil Thompson (Man)

The Milwaukee Masher is prowling around the area and has made his way into the girl's apartment.



12 :01x12 - Hi, Neighbor

First aired: Apr/27/1976
Writer: Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, David L. Lander
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Havenwurst)

Squiggy moves in with the girls after he has an argument with Lenny.



13 :01x13 - How Do You Say 'Are You Dead' in German?

First aired: May/04/1976
Writer: Bob Brunner
Director: John Thomas Lenox
Guest star: Brenda Verrett (Hildie), Peter Elbling (Eric)

The girls get a unexpected surprise from a deliveryman who doesn't speak English, when he faints inside their apartment, causing them to spring into their unusual nursing skills.



14 :01x14 - From Suds to Stardom

First aired: May/11/1976
Writer: Buz Kohan
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Jerry Belson (Mr. Wardcraft), Leland Palmer (Gloria Lubitz), Ogden Talbot (Wilbur)

Having lost the last four talent contest at Shotz Brewery, the girls decide it's time they do something to change their luck. This year they decide to do a Cabana act.



15 :01x15 - Mother Knows Worst

First aired: May/18/1976
Writer: Arthur Silver
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Havenwurst), Pat Carroll (Mrs. Feeney)

Shirley's mom comes for a visit and causes a ruckus by her complaints and criticism over her friends and the way she lives her life.



16 :02x01 - Drive! She Said

First aired: Sep/28/1976
Writer: Jack Winter
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Bo Kaprall (Officer Norman Hughes)

Laverne is too embarrassed to admit she has a secret she's been hiding, she doesn't know how to drive. Shirley assures Laverne that she can teach her how with lessons.



17 :02x02 - Angels of Mercy

First aired: Oct/05/1976
Writer: Michael Warren, William S. Bickley
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Jack Perkins (Patient), Chanin Hale (Nurse), Charles Frank (Jerry Callihan)

The girls become volunteers at the hospital as candy stripers in their free time.



18 :02x03 - Bachelor Mothers

First aired: Oct/19/1976
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Henry Winkler (Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Udana Power (Louisa Corrigan)

Fonzie asks a favor of the girls, watching his infant godson so he can go out on a date. The girls are happy to do him a favor since they have no dates themselves, that is until a date comes along. Now only one can go out while the other stays behind to watch the baby.



19 :02x04 - Excuse Me, May I Cut In?

First aired: Oct/26/1976
Writer: Fred Fox, Jr.
Director: John Thomas Lenox
Guest star: Stephanie Faracy (Debra Lee), Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Anson Williams (Warren 'Potsie' Weber)

The girls enter a dance contest in order to win a new television set now that theirs has blown up. Shirley gets a date with Ritchie Cunningham as her partner.



20 :02x05 - Bridal Shower

First aired: Nov/09/1976
Writer: Judy Skelton, Paula A. Roth
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Abbe Kanter (Elinor Stefanick), Barbara Brownell (Crystal), Valorie Armstrong (Cookie)

Laverne and Shirley are afraid to to attend a bridal shower when the discover they would be the only guests who are unmarried.



21 :02x06 - Look Before You Leap

First aired: Nov/16/1976
Writer: Deborah Leschin, David W. Duclon
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Valorie Armstrong (Cookie), Barbara Brownell (Crystal), Abbe Kanter (Elinor Stefanick), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum)

Laverne fears she may have gotten pregnant after attending a party at the Shotz Brewery and awaking remembering nothing and wearing a man's boxer shorts. But when she begins feeling ill is what makes her wonder what she did the night before.



22 :02x07 - Dear Future Model

First aired: Nov/23/1976
Writer: Barbara Robles, Judy Skelton
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Sandra Wirth (Lucille), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Rebecca Dianna Smith (Lenore), Billy Sands (Holms), Michael Mann (Photographer), Deborah Harmon (Receptionist), Sandra Will (Monika)

Laverne and Shirley receive a chance to become fashion models by attending classes.



23 :02x08 - Good Time Girls

First aired: Nov/30/1976
Writer: Laura Levine
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Stephen Nathan (Kevin), Bruce Kimmel (Scott), Greg Antonacci (Hector), Fred Willard (man in bathroom)

The girls have no idea why they are getting flooded by calls for dates all the sudden. They discover Icky Hector, a man both have rejected dating, has written a derogatory comment about them on a bathroom wall in a pool hall. But erasing their names won't be an easy project.



24 :02x09 - Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing

First aired: Dec/07/1976
Writer: Bob Sand
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Bo Kaprall (Officer Norman Hughes), Frank Delfino (Charlie), Joe Bratcher (Dirk Sampson), Carl Ballantine (Lionel T. Zimmerman)

After being rejected by the girls for a date to the circus, Laverne and Shirley discover Lenny and Squiggy have left town to become part of the big top.



25 :02x10 - Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch (aka Oh, Hear the Angel Voices)

First aired: Dec/21/1976
Writer: David W. Duclon
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: David W. Duclon (Vincent Van Eagle), Roger Garrett (Pulper), Howard Hesseman (Dr. Grayson)

Carmine asks the gang to help put on a Christmas show with him for some needy people, but forgot to tell them it is at a mental hospital, which freaks Shirley out.



26 :02x11 - Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent

First aired: Jan/04/1977
Writer: Bob Sand
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Marilyn Redfield (Sherry), Louis Nye (Mr. Clark), John C. Moskoff (Store Detective), Jeannie Linero (Estelle), Bo Kaprall (Officer Norman Hughes), Barbara O. Jones (Toni)

It's up to Shirley to get Laverne sprung from jail after she is mistakenly picked up for shop lifting.



27 :02x12 - Anniversary Show

First aired: Jan/10/1977
Writer: Roger Garrett, Paula A. Roth
Director: John Thomas Lenox

The gang waits at the Pizza Bowl to throw Laverne and Shirley a surprise party, unaware that they are stuck in Canada awaiting a train. To pass the time the gang reminisce about the past as shown through a series of clips from past episode.



28 :02x13 - Playing Hooky

First aired: Jan/11/1977
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: John Thomas Lenox
Guest star: Kathy Ritzke (Melissa), Sheila Cameron (Francine Marcetti), Penny Krompier (The Mother), Archie Hahn (Bob), Victor Holchak (Ernie)

While taking a day off from work for a day of fun they are picked up by the police and accused of being prostitutes.



29 :02x14 - Guinea Pigs

First aired: Jan/18/1977
Writer: Jack Winter
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Bob Basso (Security Guard), Jack Lukes (Guy #1), Richard Young (Charles Warner), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Futoran), Kip Gilman (Dr. Sandor), Paddi Edwards (Receptionist), Harry Shearer (Harold)

Lenny and Squiggy turn the girls onto a way to make extra cash on the weekends, becoming test subjects for science. So, to afford new dresses and tickets to a swanky dance, Laverne and Shirley offer their bodies for a scientific experiment, unaware that the requirement is NO sleep.



30 :02x15 - Call Me a Taxi

First aired: Feb/01/1977
Writer: Paula A. Roth, Deborah Leschin
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Frances Peach (Mary), Julie Payne (Charmayne), Larry Hankin (Tall Dancer), Peter Elbling (Dancer)

A cutback at the Shotz Brewery has Laverne and Shirley searching for a new job. But they regret their choice when they become taxi dancers in a sleazy bar.



31 :02x16 - Steppin' Out

First aired: Feb/08/1977
Writer: Deborah Leschin
Director: Dennis Klein
Guest star: Ron Prince (Man On Phone), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum)

Many problems pop up when the girls try to get themselves dolled up for a date with a couple of big spenders.



32 :02x17 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?

First aired: Feb/15/1977
Writer: Eric Cohen, Monica McGowan Johnson, Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Scott Brady (Jack Feeney), Bill Fiore (Phil Franklin), Jack Perkins (Bartender)

Shirley's long-lost father has come to town and set up a date with his daughter to make up for time past. But when he fails to show up once again, Shirley heads out searching for him in every sleazy dive and bar she can find.



33 :02x18 - Honeymoon Hotel

First aired: Feb/22/1977
Writer: Monica McGowan Johnson, Eric Cohen
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Geoffrey Lewis (Mr. Gunther)

Shirley has won a weekend at a swanky hotel in a contest for newlyweds. Problem is she is not married. So in comes Carmine to the rescue, who poses as Mr. Feeney so that Shirley can receive her prize and share the weekend with her best friend Laverne.



34 :02x19 - Hi, Neighbor Book 2

First aired: Mar/01/1977
Writer: Michael McKean, David Landers
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Lynne Marie Stewart (Barbara), Gino Conforti (Waiter), Roger Til (Maitre D')

The girls step in a surrogate dates with Lenny and Squiggy when the boys are stood up by their dates which was to be at an expensive restaurant. Laverne and Shirley agree to go as long as no one ever finds out, which will be hard when Lenny's original date is spotted in the restaurant they were to go to.



35 :02x20 - Frank's Fling

First aired: Mar/08/1977
Writer: William J. Keenan
Director: Howard Morris
Guest star: Maureen Arthur (Veronica)

The girls ask Carmine, Lenny and Squiggy to pose as mafia toughies who want to skake down Frank, in order to scare away a gold-digging blond in which Frank DiFazio has fallen head-over-heels with.



36 :02x21 - Haunted House

First aired: Mar/22/1977
Writer: Andrew Johnson
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Shirley O'Hara (Mrs. Ramsdale), Mickey Morton (Bernie), Dan Barrows (Mrs. Ramsdale)

The gang heads to an old abandoned house in which Carmine informs the girls they could pick up a couch for free. But their friends seem to disappear one by one while inside the haunted mansion.



37 :02x22 - Lonely at the Middle

First aired: Mar/29/1977
Writer: Jack Winter
Director: James Burrows
Guest star: Holly Irving (Iris), Pat McCormick (Henry Wanda), Byron Webster (Warren Tompkins)

Shirley's promotion as a supervisor at the Shotz Brewery has gone to her head as she quickly alienates her friends with her new ideas for worker efficiency.



38 :02x23 - Citizen Crane

First aired: Apr/05/1977
Writer: Raymond Silver
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Ogden Talbot (Delivery Man), Michael Mann (Lackey), Severn Darden (Charles Pfister Krane)

Laverne and Shirley are on their way to becoming music stars under the tutelage of Charles Pfister Krane, Milwaukee's most famous and wealthiest show-biz impresario. He insists he can make anyone into a star and has dubbed the girl's new act as the Rosebuds.



39 :03x01 - Airport '59

First aired: Sep/20/1977
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Kit McDonough (Julie), Ed Peck (Packer Fan), Roy Stuart (Buzz Anderson)

Laverne and Shirley have never been on an airplane before and may never again after they are left alone to take the plane's controls after accidentally knocking out the pilot and co-pilot.



40 :03x02 - Tag Team Wrestling

First aired: Sep/27/1977
Writer: Marc Sotkin
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Judy Pioli (Terry Buttafucco)

Laverne is set to compete with her strong friend Terry, in a wrestling match for money. But on the way to work she is frustrated by a woman who cut her off while driving. Unknown to her, the same woman is part of the tag-team match she will be facing, and Shirley will be filling in as her partner since Terry can't make it.



41 :03x03 - The Pact

First aired: Oct/04/1977
Writer: Yvette Weinberger, Mike Weinberger
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Dale Robinette (Bart Andrews)

Shirley becomes upset when her new fella asks Laverne for a date. After a day of arguing the two make a pact to never fight again.



42 :03x04 - Robot Lawsuit

First aired: Oct/25/1977
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Bill McLean (Salesman), Richard Karron (Robert A. Markland), Billy Curtis (Roger Robot), George Pentecost (Cramer)

Laverne plans on suing a toy company after a large robot attacks her in a toy store.



43 :03x05 - Laverne's Arranged Marriage

First aired: Nov/01/1977
Writer: Emily Purdum Marshall
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Johnny Desmond (Nick Martino)

Laverne and her father have a falling out when she finds out he has given his blessing in an arranged marriage with a wealthy cheese manufacturer.



44 :03x06 - Cruise (1)

First aired: Nov/08/1977
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Scott Casto (Master Lawrence), Phillip Clark (Ensign Benson), George Memmoli (Uncle Tom), Sandy Rovetta (Mrs. Anderson)

The girls take a part-time job at a shoe store as a means of raising $50, when they discover they are short on having enough for the tickets to go on a cruise they have been planning.



45 :03x07 - Cruise (2)

First aired: Nov/15/1977
Writer: Barry Lange, Babaloo Mandel
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Robert Markland (Man in Blue Suit), Phillip Clark (Ensign Benson)

After Lenny and Squiggy drive the girls to the ship for their cruise, they decide to look around for awhile and become stowaways when the ship leaves the docks. Meanwhile, Ensign Benson has fallen for Shirley, who begs everyone to never leave her alone with him for fear that he will ask her for her hand in marriage.



46 :03x08 - Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian

First aired: Nov/22/1977
Writer: Paula A. Roth
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Fabian (Himself), Fred Fox, Jr. (Freddie the Bellhop), Ken Lerner (Pete), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum)

The girls make a bet with big mouthed Rosie that they can get their picture taken with Fabien while he is in Milwaukee for a concert. only problem is the girls don't have any tickets for the sold out show.



47 :03x09 - The Stakeout

First aired: Nov/29/1977
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Michael McManus (Herb Prange), Mel Scott (Ronald Williams)

The FBI have taken over Laverne and Shirley's apartment for a stakeout so they can keep watch on Carmine, who they suspect is a counterfeiter.



48 :03x10 - Shirley's Operation

First aired: Dec/06/1977
Writer: David W. Duclon
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Joseph Hacker (Dr. Lawler), Michele Bernath (Nurse Hoblit)

Shirley is afraid to have an operation to remove her appendix and is hiding in the hospital. But the doctors warn Laverne that if they don;t find her soon, her appendix may burst and she could die.



49 :03x11 - Take My Plants, Please

First aired: Dec/13/1977
Writer: Marc Sotkin
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Cisse Cameron (Dolores), Janice Carroll (Mrs. Lasagna), Ralph James (Unknown), Virginia Peters (Hilda)

After being laid off from Shotz Brewery, Laverne and Shirley go to work as door-top-door saleswomen peddling flowers and plants.



50 :03x12 - New Years Eve 1959

First aired: Dec/27/1977
Writer: Marc Sotkin
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Craig Littler (Pete)

New Years 1960 doesn't look any better than last year as Laverne's date cancels, Shirley is stuck at home with a bad cold and Squiggy attempts the human fly trick as the New Years countdown takes place.



51 :03x13 - The Mortician

First aired: Jan/10/1978
Writer: Laura Levine
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: John Fink (Stan)

Laverne has a crush on a mortician, but seems only interested in his work. So Laverne asks Shirley to pretend she has a fatal illness and is looking for a funeral home to hold her services at.



52 :03x14 - The Horse Show

First aired: Jan/17/1978
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Bob McClurg (Unknown), Robert Casper (Max Gruber)

Animal lover Shirley rescues a horse which is scheduled to be sent to a glue factory. But her plans on housing him in the girl's apartment doesn't sit well with Laverne. Although she does attempt to help Shirley find a home for Buttercup before she is destroyed.



53 :03x15 - The Slow Child

First aired: Jan/24/1978
Writer: Dan E. Weisburd
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Linda Gillen (Amy Babish)

Mrs. Babbish brings her mentally challenged daughter, Amy, to stay with the girls while she goes out for awhile. When Lenny sees Amy, he falls head over heels in love with her. But Edna doesn't believe her child knows what love is or a relationship with a man is all about. Neither Amy or Lenny can understand why no one can see they are in love.



54 :03x16 - The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show

First aired: Jan/31/1978
Writer: Paula A. Roth
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Frances E. Williams (Mrs. Bellini), Harry Shearer (Max Shotz), Marjorie Marshall (Mrs. Ward), Ed Greenberg (Max Shotz Jr.), Marvin Braverman (Marvin)

It's time for another talent show for the employees at Shotz Brewery, and this year Mr. Shotz wants Laverne and Shirley to find a place for his talentless son in the show, and make him look good.



55 :03x17 - The Dentist

First aired: Feb/07/1978
Writer: Babaloo Mandel
Director: Alan Rafkin

Shirley asks Laverne a painful favor when she wants her to have cousin Mikey fix her chipped tooth as his final test in dentistry class. only problem is Mikey is a lousy dentist and Laverne can show no signs of pain since his instructor will be watching closely.



56 :03x18 - Bus Stop

First aired: Feb/14/1978
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Harry Shearer (Interviewer), Tom Leopold (Larry Ryan), Christopher Guest (Greg Harris), Carl Gottlieb (Station Master), Peter Elbling (Bum)

The girls go on a bus trip to visit two guys they met, only to be left at the depot with no way home.



57 :03x19 - The Driving Test

First aired: Feb/21/1978
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Alan Rafkin

Squiggy needs help studying for his driving test so he can remain a driver for Shotz Brewery. He has no trouble with the driving portion of the test, but he must first pass the written part.



58 :03x20 - The Obstacle Course

First aired: Feb/28/1978
Writer: Arthur Silver
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Mickey Deems (Capt. Schmidt), Bo Kaprall (Officer Norman Hughes)

Shirley wants to become a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary for the Milwaukee Police, but will need help from Laverne if she wants to pass the obstacle course section.



59 :03x21 - The Debutante Ball

First aired: May/09/1978
Writer: Paula A. Roth, Judy Pioli
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Patricia Stich (Evelyne)

Lenny asks Laverne to accompany him to the debutant ball, and discovers he is now listed 89th in the line to sit on the throne of Poland.



60 :03x22 - 2001: A Comedy Odyssey

First aired: May/16/1978
Writer: Chris Thompson, Marc Sotkin
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.

Laverne has a dream (or maybe a nightmare) that it is now the 1980's and none of the gang is married. So, Lenny and Squiggy marry Laverne and Shirley so they can now vode-doe-doe.



61 :03x23 - The Dance Studio

First aired: May/23/1978
Writer: Nicholas DeMarco
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Gerrit Graham (Nathan), Gary Goodrow (Mr. Caulley)

Carmine needs help to raise enough money so he can open his own dance studio and asks Laverne and Shirley for assistance.



62 :03x24 - Breaking Up and Making Up

First aired: May/30/1978
Writer: Phil Foster, Marion Zola
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Dale Robinette (Unknown)

When Edna's ex-husband comes back to town, she and Frank break up causing Laverne and Shirley to try and bring them back together again.



63 :04x01 - Festival (1)

First aired: Sep/05/1978
Writer: Paula A. Roth, Marc Sotkin
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Ogden Talbot (Cabbie), William Sumper (Concessionaire), Penny Santon (Grandma), Betty Lou Robinson (Neighbor), Rick Podell (Gino), John Lansing (Anthony), Bernie Kuby (Judge)

Laverne and Shirley accompany the gang on a bus trip to New York to visit the DeFazio relatives and celebrate the Italian festival.



64 :04x02 - Festival (2)

First aired: Sep/12/1978
Writer: Marc Sotkin, Paula A. Roth
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: John Lansing (Anthony), Rick Podell (Gino), Penny Santon (Grandma)

Frank enters a greased pole contest at the Italian festival so he can win his mother a trip back to Italy. Meanwhile, Laverne falls for a local fellow.



65 :04x03 - Playing the Roxy

First aired: Sep/19/1978
Writer: Stephen Nathan, Paul B. Price
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Timothy Jerome (Dr. Schoenbroom), Howard Mann (The Grand Bass)

Laverne comes to the rescue when Shirley comes down with a case of amnesia due to a bump on her head, and now believes she is a stripper named Roxy, which Lenny and Squiggy take advantage of by booking her to strip at a lodge function.



66 :04x04 - The Robbery

First aired: Sep/26/1978
Writer: Marc Sotkin
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Larry Bishop (Jake)

Laverne is bored with the guys she has been dating recently and has her sight set on Jake, the leader of the Purple Fiends motorcycle gang. Unknown to Laverne is that Jake has a plot in store to perform a robbery while on their date.



67 :04x05 - The Quiz Show

First aired: Oct/10/1978
Writer: Monica McGowan Johnson
Director: Howard Storm
Guest star: Kip Gilman (Chickie Gale), Sabra Jones McAteer (Irma)

The girls get chosen out of the audience to appear on the game show "Be Silly for Dollars." Laverne and Shirley wind up tied back to back in chairs during a chair toss for the "World of Luxury" prize.



68 :04x06 - Laverne and Shirley Go to Night School

First aired: Oct/17/1978
Writer: Marc Sotkin
Director: Lowell Ganz
Guest star: Hans Conried (Lloyd Wilner)

Shirley begs Laverne to join her as she goes to night school to learn how to become a medical assistant. The girls become flustered by their militaristic German professor Wilner, causing them to break the class skeleton.



69 :04x07 - A Date With Eraserhead

First aired: Oct/24/1978
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Linda Gillen (Denise), Terence Goodman (Ernie McGlonnis), Lynne Marie Stewart (Muriel), Paul Willson (Warren 'Eraserhead')

Shirley accepts a date with a creepy guy from their high school days who was known as "Eraserhead," as a means of making Carmine jealous. But the date turns out better than she had expected.



70 :04x08 - The Bully Show

First aired: Oct/31/1978
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Dennis Klein
Guest star: Larry Hankin (Biff)

Lenny and Squiggy get threatened at work to arrange a date between Laverne and the tough guy at Shotz Brewery, Biff, but find their guilt weighing on their minds and come to her rescue.



71 :04x09 - A Visit to the Cemetery

First aired: Nov/14/1978
Writer: Deborah Leschin, David W. Duclon
Director: Dennis Klein

Laverne has never gotten over having lost her mother at a young age and has never been to the cemetery to visit her grave. But Frank believes now is the time and is determined that she take the journey before the week ends.



72 :04x10 - Chorus Line

First aired: Nov/21/1978
Writer: Marc Sotkin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Toni Basil (Choreographer)

Laverne heads to Chicago with Lenny and Squiggy in hopes of landing a part in "A Chorus Line." But reality sets in after giving her audition and the boys give a unusual act themselves.



73 :04x11 - Laverne and Shirley Move In

First aired: Nov/28/1978
Writer: Paula A. Roth
Director: Joel Zwick

The girls reminisce about the day in which they first moved in together. Through a series of flashbacks the girls remember what it was like being on their own for the first time and getting acclimated to living with each other.



74 :04x12 - Dinner For Four

First aired: Dec/05/1978
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Timothy Blake (Veronica), Denny Evans (Rob), Jeffrey Kramer (Jeff), Robin Menken (Christine)

The girls are on cloud nine when asked by two handsome men if they could come to their home for dinner, unaware that they wanted them to cook the meal and serve it to their real dates.



75 :04x13 - It's a Dog's Life

First aired: Dec/12/1978
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Jack Somack (Officer Newman), Walt Robles (Customer), Wayne Powers (Officer Bagatelle), Murphy Dunne (Reporter)

Shirley becomes a media darling after she handcuffs herself to a dog who is scheduled to be sent to the gas chamber at the pound.



76 :04x14 - Oh, Come All Ye Bums

First aired: Dec/19/1978
Writer: Stephen Nathan, Paul B. Price
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Lynne Marie Stewart (Sister Sarah), Wayne Powers (Officer Bagatelle), Paul Micale (Store Manager), Scott Marshall (Kid), Rusdi Lane (Santa Claus), Mickey Fox (Fat Lady), Hamilton Camp (Mr. Burns)

Each year Frank DeFazio serves up a lavish Christmas meal to the homeless. But this year business has been bad and he cannot afford the dinner. Even his attempts to raise money as a store Santa Claus turns out bad when his grumpiness makes him the worst Kris Kringle ever.



77 :04x15 - Who's Papa?

First aired: Jan/16/1979
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Maurice Bar-David
Guest star: Devera Marcus (Reception Nurse), Rance Howard (Doctor), Wendy Cutler (Mrs. Plout), Lindsay Bloom (Nurse Krevsky), Ed Begley, Jr. (Robert Feeney)

Shirley becomes suspicious to whether she was a true Feeney after seeing herself next to her seafaring brother, in town for a visit. Now she has set out to prove whether she was born a Feeney or really adopted.



78 :04x16 - The Third Annual Shotz Talent Show

First aired: Jan/30/1979
Writer: Stephen Nathan, Paul B. Price
Director: Joel Zwick

Lenny and Squiggy have been named directors to this years talent show at the Shotz Brewery, making the girls certain that this years show will be a bust. Laverne and Shirley are unhappy with their "human puppet" routine...will this show survive?



79 :04x17 - Supermarket Sweep

First aired: Feb/06/1979
Writer: Ron Leavitt
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Jack Lukes (Security Guard), Byron Webster (Mr. Slotnik)

Laverne and Shirley win a chance to grab as much food as they can from a grocery store in a five minute time limit. But the whole gang has a list of items they should grab and an idea of how to run the contest, causing nothing but confusion.



80 :04x18 - Lenny's Crush

First aired: Feb/13/1979
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Carl Gottlieb
Guest star: Tom Brunelle (Rusty Grogan)

Shirley's pity towards a heartbroken Lenny gives him the idea that she is really in love with him.



81 :04x19 - Fire Show

First aired: Feb/20/1979
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Anne Ramsey (Lady), Lawrason Driscoll (Ted Nelson)

A fire in the girl's apartment has Shirley falling for one of the firemen, but he has his eyes set on Laverne instead.



82 :04x20 - Squiggy in Love

First aired: Feb/27/1979
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Penny Marshall
Guest star: Cynthia Harrison (Vivan McCafferty)

Laverne and Shirley try to warn Squiggy that a beautiful woman, Vivian, is using him to help her get her furniture moved to her new home.



83 :04x21 - The Feminine Mistake

First aired: Mar/06/1979
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Jay Leno (Joey Mitchell), Jack Perkins (Bum)

Laverne turns to Shirley for help when she falls for a guy named Joey, who only sees her as one of the guys.



84 :04x22 - The Tenants Are Revolting

First aired: Mar/13/1979
Writer: Rob Harris
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Richard Libertini (Dr. Rex Romano), Rose Michtom (Mrs. Kolcheck)

Laverne and Shirley get their apartment inspected behind Mrs. Babbish's back, and when he finds a number of things wrong, winds up getting Mrs. Babbish a citation and a deadline on getting the building up to code.



85 :04x23 - Spy in My Beer

First aired: May/08/1979
Writer: Julie Mishkin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Dick Yarmy (Ludwig Stenger), G. W. Bailey (Rocko)

Laverne believes she has seen an industrial snoop at the Shotz Brewery, but no one will take her seriously. She convinces Shirley to hide in the foray to help catch the creeping man.



86 :04x24 - Shirley and the Older Man

First aired: May/15/1979
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Robert Alda (Monroe Harrison), Susan Barnes (Adele Harrison), Helene Heigh (Mother Harrison), Morgan Upton (Donald)

Laverne and Carmine are both weary of Shirley spending her time with an old millionaire, Monroe Harrison. Harrison's daughter is sure that Shirley is a gold-digger.



87 :05x01 - Shotgun Wedding (2)

First aired: Sep/13/1979
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Henry Winkler (Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli), F. William Parker (Vernon), Will Hunt (The Preacher), Vicki Frederick (Helga), April Clough (Inga)

As a tie in with lead-in series Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley pretend to be married to Fonzie and Ritchie so that a madman farmer won't force them to marry his daughter's which he caught the boys kissing.



88 :05x02 - One Heckuva Note

First aired: Sep/20/1979
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Joel Zwick

A love note in Carmine's handwriting nearly ends Laverne's friendship with Shirley after she finds it hidden behind the stove.



89 :05x03 - Fat City Holiday

First aired: Sep/27/1979
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Susan Kellermann (Bambi), Rosemary Prinz (Mrs. Latimer), Donovan Scott (Rollo)

The girls become counselors at a camp for overweight people.



90 :05x04 - Upstairs, Downstairs

First aired: Oct/04/1979
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Dick Shawn (Unknown)

The girls have bizarre dreams after having an argument about a bounced check they issued.



91 :05x05 - What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?

First aired: Oct/18/1979
Writer: Gary H. Miller, Chris Thompson
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Julie Parrish (Frisco), Ed Begley, Jr. (Bobby Feeney), Dennis Haysbert (Shore Patrolman), Lynne Marie Stewart (Barbara)

Shirley's brother has made his return from seas with the Navy, and Shirley believes he has become an alcoholic since she last saw him.



92 :05x06 - You've Pushed Me Too Far

First aired: Oct/25/1979
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Joel Zwick

The girls come to the rescue when Lenny and Squiggy have a fight after Lenny gets pushed into a garbage can by Squiggy.



93 :05x07 - The Wedding

First aired: Nov/01/1979
Writer: Paula A. Roth
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Don Bexley (Reverend Larry)

Frank DeFazio has proposed marriage to Enda, and she gleefully accepts his offer, but the late timing ends up making a quick ceremony with the girls singing in an all-black choir.



94 :05x08 - Bad Girls

First aired: Nov/08/1979
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Tracy Reiner (Carole), Judy Pioli (Terry), Michele Greene (Vicki), Elizabeth Daily (Rita)

The girls have a reunion with their old club, the Deb's, only to discover they now are a group of toughies who are into stealing.



95 :05x09 - You're in the Army, Now (1)

First aired: Nov/15/1979
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Beth Nufer (Red Team), Julie Payne (Colonel Turner), Frances Peach (Red Team), Ruth Silveira (Blue Team), Diane Sommerfield (Blue Team), Carol-Ann Williams (Blue Team), Paula Marie Moody (Blue Team), Joie Magidow (Blue Team), Vicki Lawrence (Sgt. Alvinia T. Plout), Doris Hess (Sergeant Shannon), Donna Garrett (Red Team), Jeannie Epper (Red Team), Jadie David (Red Team), Janet Brady (Red Team), Susan Barnes (Blue Team)

When the girls are left off a list for a promotion at Shotz Brewery, they leave their jobs and join the Army.



96 :05x10 - You're in the Army, Now (2)

First aired: Nov/15/1979
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Julie Payne (Colonel Turner), Vicki Lawrence (Sgt. Alvinia T. Plout), Doris Hess (Sergeant Shannon), Woody Eney (Colonel Henderson)

Laverne and Shirley find out that being in the Army is not an easy or glamorous occupation as they had believed.



97 :05x11 - Take Two, They're Small

First aired: Nov/22/1979
Writer: Paula A. Roth, Judy Pioli
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Jimmy Briscoe (Lance), Bruce Kimmel (The Organist), Tommy Madden (Brent), Deborah White (Claudette)

The girls allow Lenny and Squiggy to fix them up with a couple of nice guys, who turn out to be little people.



98 :05x12 - The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show

First aired: Dec/06/1979
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: William Sumper (Milo), Valorie Armstrong (Bernice), W. G. 'Snuffy' Walden (The Squigtones)

Laverne and Shirley are once again left in charge of organizing this year's Shotz Talent Show, which includes auditioning the pain staking acts.



99 :05x13 - Testing, Testing

First aired: Dec/13/1979
Writer: Chris Thompson
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Charles Thomas Murphy (Dr. Gentry)

The gang are worried when Mr. Shotz decides he will begin giving aptitude tests for all his workers, fearing they all have something in their pasts which will disqualify them for their job.



100 :05x14 - Not Quite South of the Border

First aired: Jan/07/1980
Writer: Susan Seeger, Deborah Leschin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Peter Elbling (Jose), Lu Leonard (Dottie), William Sumper (Lou), Neil Thompson (Mr. Frick)

Laverne and Shirley are set for a vacation in Neir, Mexico, but arrive to find that no room has been reserved for them and they are forced to stay in a room with a stranger.



101 :05x15 - You Oughta Be in Pictures

First aired: Jan/14/1980
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Bruce Kimmel (Director - T.P.), Harvey L. Kahn (Dickie), Steve Doubet (Johnny Pulse)

The girls sign up to be stars of a movie. Unknown to them, the film is for the Army concerning good hygiene.



102 :05x16 - The Beatnik Show

First aired: Jan/21/1980
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Doug Cox (The Birthday Boy), Art Garfunkel (The Mighty Oak), Paul Kreppel (Rafael), Sarah Lilly (Waitress), Shelly Lipkin (Poet)

Shirley's stop in a coffee shop has convinced her that she should become a beatnik.



103 :05x17 - The Right to Light

First aired: Jan/28/1980
Writer: Kenny Rich
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Richard Stahl (Clerk), Raymond Singer (Charles McClean)

A mistake on the girls gas and electric bill has them forming a protest by chaining themselves to the building, unaware that another disgruntled customer has planted a bomb inside.



104 :05x18 - Why Did the Fireman . . .

First aired: Feb/04/1980
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Ted Danson (Randy Carpenter)

Laverne has fallen in love with a fireman, so much so that she wants to marry the man. But tragedy strikes when he is killed in a fire before getting the chance to propose to her.



105 :05x19 - The Collector

First aired: Feb/11/1980
Writer: Frank Alesia, Jeff Young
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Billy Sands (Waldo)

Carmine, always in need of money, has gone to work as a toughie for a loan shark.



106 :05x20 - Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)

First aired: Feb/26/1980
Writer: Richard Rosenstock, Jack Lukes
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Charlene Tilton (The Girl at Bar), Charles Pierce (MacGuffin), Shelly Lipkin (The Dead Man), Conrad Janis (The Conducter), Scatman Crothers (Porter), Roger C. Carmel (The Waiter), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Colonel Kalaback)

The girls are taking a trip aboard a train known as the Moosejaw Express, when a murder victim falls into their compartment.



107 :05x21 - Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)

First aired: Mar/04/1980
Writer: Charlotte M. Dobbs, Jeff Franklin
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Charlene Tilton (The Girl at Bar), Charles Pierce (MacGuffin), Shelly Lipkin (The Dead Man), Conrad Janis (The Conducter), Scatman Crothers (Porter), Roger C. Carmel (The Waiter), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Colonel Kalaback)

The girls become sleuths as they try to uncover who the killer is aboard the Moosejaw Express.



108 :05x22 - Survival Test

First aired: Mar/11/1980
Writer: Roger Garrett, Al Aidekman
Director: Joel Zwick
Guest star: Gary Epp (Pvt. Duff), Vicki Lawrence (Sgt. Plout)

Back in the Army, Sgt. Alvinia Plout has the girls compete in a survival test against the men.



109 :05x23 - The Duke of Squiggmann

First aired: Mar/25/1980
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Penny Marshall
Guest star: Charles Thomas Murphy (Dr. Mathew Gentry), Shirley Kirkes (Sheri), Susan Barnes (Girl)

Lenny asks for help when Squiggy begins sleepwalking and believing that he is a foreign Duke.



110 :05x24 - Antonio, the Amazing

First aired: Apr/01/1980
Writer: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite
Director: Maurice Bar-David

Antonio, Laverne's cousin from Italy has come to America to make his fortune, but finds the going is tough.



111 :05x25 - The Diner

First aired: May/06/1980
Writer: Bob Perlow
Director: Linda McMurray
Guest star: Jack Lukes (Lou)

Lenny inherits a run-down, greasy spoon diner known as Laslo's Place, which he changes to Dead Laslo's Place. In need of a job, Laverne and Shirley decide they will work for the boys as waitresses.



112 :05x26 - Seperate Tables

First aired: May/13/1980
Writer: Deborah Raznick, Ria Nepus
Director: Frank Alesia
Guest star: Pat Morita (Mr. Wong), Rose Michtom (Mrs. Kolcheck), Julius La Rosa (Himself), Helena Carroll (Irene)

Laverne is afraid of spending time alone, a phobia in which Shirley is hoping to cure.



113 :06x01 - Not Quite New York

First aired: Nov/18/1980
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: John Tracy
Guest star: Fred Dryer (Lifeguard), Mitchell Laurance (Ray), Don Potter (Big Hollywood Producer), Jeff Severson (The Doctor)

The girls decide to head out to California to be with Mr. DeFazio, now that they lost their jobs at the Shotz Brewery.



114 :06x02 - Welcome to Burbank

First aired: Nov/25/1980
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: John Tracy

The girls first night in their California apartment is filled with meeting their new neighbors and feeling a real earthquake.



115 :06x03 - Studio City

First aired: Dec/02/1980
Writer: Richard Rosenstock
Director: John Tracy
Guest star: Doug Cox (Zwick), Troy Donahue (Himself)

Laverne and Shirley get a chance to play a bit role in a movie but are a little uncooperative when it comes to being lifted up on top of some rock formation. If they play their cards right they may get to meet Troy Donohue.



116 :06x04 - Grand Opening

First aired: Dec/09/1980
Writer: Ruth Bennett
Director: John Tracy
Guest star: Becky Gonzalez (Rosita)

Laverne has agreed to be a part of Sonny's knife throwing act at Cowboy Bill's, but when Shirley steps in as Sonny's replacement because of a broken arm, Laverne has second thoughts.



117 :06x05 - Candy is Dandy

First aired: Dec/16/1980
Writer: Joanne Pagliaro
Director: John Tracy
Guest star: Norman Bartold (Mr. Hildebrand), Rene Lamart (Sean)

Laverne and Shirley have finally found a job they can handle in California as gift wrappers at Bardwell's Department Store. But Laverne may blow the deal when she consumes some alcohol laced candy.



118 :06x06 - The Dating Game

First aired: Dec/30/1980
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Penny Marshall
Guest star: Frank Ashmore (Bob Gatenby), Ilene Graff (Monique), Jim Lange (Himself)

Lenny and Squiggy have been asked to appear on the Dating Game TV show.



119 :06x07 - The Other Woman

First aired: Jan/06/1981
Writer: Joanne Pagliaro
Director: Arthur Silver
Guest star: Keith Coogan (Bobby McKenzie), Paul Tulley (Mark McKenzie)

Shirley has finally caught herself a doctor, but then realizes that he is dating her because she resembles his ex-wife.



120 :06x08 - The Road to Burbank

First aired: Jan/13/1981
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Frank Alesia
Guest star: Larry Gelman (Chuck Malone), Becky Gonzalez (Rosita)

While on their way to California, Lenny and Squiggy leave a hotel room in ruins and try to blame Laverne and Shirley for the mess.



121 :06x09 - Born Too Late

First aired: Jan/27/1981
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Alan Myerson
Guest star: Sarah Kennedy (Attractive Girl)

Lenny and Squiggy dream they are silent film stars of the black and white era.



122 :06x10 - Love Out the Window

First aired: Feb/03/1981
Writer: Ruth Bennett
Director: Linda McMurray
Guest star: William Sumper (Policeman)

Sonny quits his stuntman job after discovering that Laverne is worried he will be seriously injured, and gets himself a job as an insurance salesman.



123 :06x11 - Malibu Mansion

First aired: Feb/10/1981
Writer: David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco
Director: Frank Alesia
Guest star: Richard Moll (biker), Stubby Kaye (Cowboy Bill), Donna Ponterotto (Ebbtide)

The girls are left in charge of the home belonging to the franchise owner of Cowboy Bill's. They decide to hold a small party which grows out of control, and is finally crashed by a motorcycle gang who trash the place. Although the girls manage to clean up the mansion in time for the owner's return, his pet parrot may tell im what went on this weekend.



124 :06x12 - To Tell the Truth

First aired: Feb/17/1981
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Jack Winter
Guest star: Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques)

The gang get down to a game of Truth and Dare on a lazy, rainy night, but tempers soon begin to flare.



125 :06x13 - I Do, I Do

First aired: Feb/24/1981
Writer: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite
Director: Phil Perez
Guest star: Peter Noone (London), Stephen Bishop (Malcolm), Eric Idle (Derek DeWoods), Kathryn Fuller (Ernestine), Benny Baker (Reverend Ernie)

Some laced brownies have Laverne and Shirley at the alter ready to marry a pair of British rock musicians.



126 :06x14 - But Seriously, Folks . . .

First aired: Mar/03/1981
Writer: Jeff Franklin
Director: Penny Marshall
Guest star: Marvin Braverman (Emcee), Frances Peach (Heckler)

The gang all come down to support Carmine as he tries out a stand up comedy act, but ends up alienating his friends by using them as the butt of his jokes.



127 :06x15 - The Bardwell Caper (1)

First aired: Mar/10/1981
Writer: Tony DiMarco, David Ketchum
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Norman Bartold (Mr. Hildebrand), Susan Barnes (Miss Peters)

Believing they didn't get their usual tri-monthly raise, Laverne and Shirley write their boss a nasty letter. But after finding out it was only a mistake, the girls must now get the letter back to keep their jobs.



128 :06x16 - The Bardwell Caper (2)

First aired: Mar/17/1981
Writer: David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Norman Bartold (Mr. Hildebrand), Susan Barnes (Miss Peters)

With the help of Carmine, Lenny and Squiggy, the girls attempt to get back a nasty letter they wrote to their boss.



129 :06x17 - High Priced Dates

First aired: Apr/07/1981
Writer: Charlotte M. Dobbs
Director: Jack Winter
Guest star: Murray Korda (Violinist), Andre Landzaat (Waiter), Jack Lukes (Ryan), Neil Thompson (Steve)

The girls ask Edna's advice when their dates expect them to go all the way after their date is over.



130 :06x18 - Fifth Anniversary

First aired: Apr/14/1981
Writer: Winifred Hervey, Cheryl Alu
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Mitchell Laurance (Director), Merie Earle (Lady #1), Timothy Blake (Hillary Hinkle)

Frank and Edna are celebrating their fifth anniversary and the girls want to give them a party.



131 :06x19 - Out, Out Damned Plout

First aired: May/05/1981
Writer: Paula A. Roth
Director: Marlena Laird
Guest star: Dewayne Jessie (M.P.), Vicki Lawrence (Sgt. Alvinia T. Plout), Hector Maisonette (Bouncer), Brad Sanders (The Emcee)

Sgt. Plout has had enough of the army and goes AWOL to see what civilian life is like. Her first stop is to Laverne and Shirley's apartment for a place to stay.



132 :06x20 - Laverne's Broken Leg

First aired: May/12/1981
Writer: David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco
Director: Ray DeVally, Jr.
Guest star: Richard Dano (Mailman / Policeman), Jeffrey Kramer (The Angel)

Laverne is depressed after breaking her leg, which causes her to miss a party. While watching It's a Wonderful Life on TV, she falls asleep and dreams about what life would be like if she was never born.



133 :06x21 - Sing, Sing, Sing

First aired: May/19/1981
Writer: Deborah Raznick, Ria Nepus
Director: Cindy Williams

Laverne wants to surprise the crowd at Cowboy Bill's and asks for Carmine's help in giving her voice lessons so she can sing at "Hoot Night."



134 :06x22 - Child's Play

First aired: May/26/1981
Writer: Dana Olsen, Jeff Franklin
Director: Gary Menteer
Guest star: Roxane St. Claire (Peaches), Dick Patterson (Michael Merrit), John Miranda (Man)

Laverne and Shirley have written a play for children, but Squiggy forgets when they were to put the show on. Now the girls must handle all the parts to Murder In Mother Goose Land, in front of a Broadway producer.



135 :07x01 - The Most Important Day Ever

First aired: Oct/13/1981
Writer: Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Antoni Blaszczyk (Yanos)

Lenny and Squiggy are running their own talent agency and asks Laverne and Shirley to be part of a Latvian acrobatic act on TV.



136 :07x02 - It Only Hurts When I Breathe

First aired: Oct/27/1981
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Tom Trbovich

Laverne winds up with a broken jaw after a day of reminiscing about their high school days gets Laverne and Shirley embroiled in a fist fight.



137 :07x03 - I Wonder What Became of Sal?

First aired: Nov/03/1981
Writer: Mark Rothman
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Dan Barrows (Carlisle), Paul Sylvan (Sal Malina)

Sal, Laverne's old boyfriend, shows up in California in a search for her, but now he is a millionaire.



138 :07x04 - Teenage Lust

First aired: Nov/10/1981
Writer: Dana Olsen
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Tracy Reiner (Tracy), Kathleen Marshall (Kathi), Wendy S. Hallin (Wendy), Penny Lee Hallin (Penny Lee), Judy Hallin (Judy), Jim Greenleaf (Lyle), Joshua Cadman (Goodrich), Thomas Byrd (Mike)

While attending a wild fraternity party, the girls come to a conclusion that they are no longer as young as they once were.



139 :07x05 - The Defiant One

First aired: Nov/17/1981
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Archie Hahn (Worker), Jed Mills (Policeman), Richard Moll (Louis Armstrong)

Shirley accidentally becomes handcuffed to a bank robber, who's only escape would mean she would have to go along with him.



140 :07x06 - Night at the Awards

First aired: Nov/24/1981
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Kim Sudol (Bridget), Joey Heatherton (Herself), John Edwards (Stage Manager)

Lenny and Squiggy wander backstage at an awards show which is being televised, and suddenly find themselves standing next to Joey Heatherton.



141 :07x07 - Some Enchanted Earring

First aired: Dec/01/1981
Writer: David Lerner, Bruce Ferber
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Harvey Skolnik (Willie Marsh)

Laverne becomes upset when she loses one of her late mother's diamond earrings.



142 :07x08 - Moving In

First aired: Dec/08/1981
Writer: Terry Hart
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Paul Sand (David)

Laverne is all set to move in with her boyfriend, but a chat with Lenny makes her change her mind.



143 :07x09 - Friendly Persuasion

First aired: Dec/15/1981
Writer: Wally Dalton
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Robin Bach (Mr. Pennington), Charles Grodin (Himself)

Barwell's Department Store gets an unexpected customer when a depressed Charles Grodin walks in searching for some Christmas cheer. But the girls believe he is there for a different reason. Laverne is convinced he is hitting on her for a date, while Shirley is thinking he wants a job at the store.



144 :07x10 - I Do, I Don't

First aired: Jan/05/1982
Writer: Lesa Kite, Cindy Begel
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Mary Tiffany (Mrs. Dorfman), John Miranda (Minister), Carole Cook (Mrs. Harmon)

Shirley has a chance for a free wedding reception, now all she must do is convince Carmine to be her groom.



145 :07x11 - Love Is the Tar Pits

First aired: Jan/12/1982
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Maggie Roswell (Karen Caldwell), Robert Arcaro (Man)

Squiggy is feeling lonely now that Lenny has been seeing a girl at their favorite spot, the La Brea tar pits.



146 :07x12 - Watch the Fur Fly

First aired: Jan/19/1982
Writer: Bob Howard
Director: Jack Winter
Guest star: Thomas Callaway (Harold), Jeff Goldblum (Jeffrey), Wolf Muser (Heinrich)

Animal lover Shirley gives Rhonda a piece of her mind when she sees her wearing a fur coat. Meanwhile, Laverne is unaware that the man she has set Shirley up with is a furrier.



147 :07x13 - Rocky Ragu

First aired: Jan/26/1982
Writer: Al Goodman
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Ric Mancini (Rocky Manicotti), Tony Longo (Tank Malone), Julie Brown (Secretary)

Carmine is convinced by Rhonda that he is right for the part in a movie as an ex-boxer.



148 :07x14 - Star Peepers

First aired: Feb/02/1982
Writer: Barry O'Brien, Larry Levinson
Director: Jack Winter
Guest star: Frank Alesia (Marty), Harry Shearer (Tidmore), Harry Dean Stanton (Johnny Velvet)

While at Bardwell's Department Store, the girl's get treated rudely by a singing sensation, and plan on taking some incriminating pictures to sell to a tabloid as their revenge.



149 :07x15 - An Affair to Forget

First aired: Feb/09/1982
Writer: Steve Grant, Mel Sherer
Director: Jack Winter
Guest star: Anjelica Huston (Geraldine), Jim Greenleaf (Lyle Nowicki), Larry Breeding (Hank)

Laverne is unaware that her new boyfriend is married, that is until his wife walks in to the same restaurant they are at during a date.



150 :07x16 - Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?

First aired: Feb/16/1982
Writer: Paula A. Roth
Director: Phil Perez
Guest star: Lynne Marie Stewart (Louisa), Judy Pioli (Terry Buttafuco), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Paul Willson (Warren 'Eraserhead')

During a trip back to Milwaukee for a class reunion, Lenny and Squiggy has all their friends believing that Laverne, Shirley and Carmine have become big Hollywood stars.



151 :07x17 - Ski Show

First aired: Feb/23/1982
Writer: Marc Sotkin, Judy Pioli
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Brant van Hoffman (Bennett), Michael Spound (Bob), William R. Long (Skier #1)

Since dating around the town has been a waste of time, Laverne and Shirley decide to look for guys on the ski slopes.



152 :07x18 - Helmut Weekend

First aired: Mar/02/1982
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Paul Barselou (Mailman), Carl Carlsson (Junko the Clown), Wynn Irwin (Helmut), Taaffe O'Connell (Blonde)

While Squiggy gets reunited with his long-lost father, Laverne and the gang become extras in a Broadway styled play.



153 :07x19 - That's Entertainment

First aired: Mar/09/1982
Writer: Larry Strawther, Etan McElroy
Director: Gary Menteer
Guest star: Gene B. Collens (Customer)

Carmine and Frank DeFazio have an argument over which music is better, that of today or yesteryear?



154 :07x20 - Lightning Man

First aired: Mar/16/1982
Writer: Jack Lukes, Shelly Goldstein
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Bo Sabato (Thug), Noah Hathaway (Kevin Swisher), Murphy Dunne (Del Diamond), Warren Berlinger (Mr. Henshaw), Dottie Archibald (Mrs. Swisher)

With Squiggy acting as Carmine's agent, he does a gig as "Lightning Man."



155 :07x21 - Crime Isn't Pretty

First aired: May/04/1982
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Gary Dontzig (Priest), Richard Locke (Policeman #1), Bob McClurg (Policeman #3)

The girl's apartment has been hit by robbers, so Mr. DiFazio and Carmine want to set up a trap.



156 :07x22 - Perfidy in Blue

First aired: May/11/1982
Writer: Laurie Gelman
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Paul Barselou (Eulogist), Harvey L. Kahn (Narrator)

Shirley's conscience is working overtime after she borrows and loses Laverne's favorite purse without asking permission first. Now she dreams that Laverne is out for revenge.



Laverne & Shirley Together Again

First aired: May/07/2002
Director: Miguel Enciso
Guest star: Penny Marshall (Herself), Cindy Williams (Herself), David L. Lander (Himself), Michael McKean (Himself), Eddie Mekka (Himself)

An Entertainment Tonight special in which interviews are held with the actors who appeared on the series.



157 :08x01 - The Mummy's Bride

First aired: Sep/28/1982
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Richard Stahl (The Chaplain)

Shirley falls in love with a man named Walter Meeney while at the Veterans Affairs hospital, and after a short courting has decided to marry him, which means she will soon be moving away from Laverne.



158 :08x02 - Window on Main Street

First aired: Oct/12/1982
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Larry Breeding (Mike), Charles Thomas Murphy (Hal Dawson), Norman Bartold (Mr. Hildebrand)

Bardwell's department store is hosting a "House of the Future" display in their window, and Laverne and Shirley have agreed to live there for the weekend.



159 :08x03 - The Note

First aired: Oct/19/1982
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Gabrielle James
Guest star: Julie Brown (Patti), Kathryn Fuller (Bag Lady), Ronny Hallin (Maxine), Tom Trbovich (Tom)

Laverne is crushed and hurt when Shirley rushes off overseas to be with her husband and only left a short note after years of friendship. The gang try to find Laverne a new roommate and cheer her up to get her out of the depression which has set in.



160 :08x04 - Lost in Spacesuits

First aired: Oct/26/1982
Writer: Barry Rubinowitz
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Charles Fleischer (Chuck), Raleigh Bond (Bill Ajax), Robert Hogan (Bullets)

Laverne takes a job at Ajax Aerospace after running low on money. After becoming bored, Laverne puts on an experimental anti-gravity suit from the laboratory and can't seem to keep her feet on the ground.



161 :08x05 - The Playboy Show

First aired: Nov/09/1982
Writer: Ed Solomon
Director: Michael McKean
Guest star: Carrie Fisher (Cathy), Hugh M. Hefner (Himself), Marcia Rodd (Hillary)

Laverne is asked to try out as a Playboy bunny while at the Playboy club, getting an application for Rhonda. After passing the first test, Laverne is asked to attend bunny training course which she finds is harder than it looks.



162 :08x06 - Death Row (1)

First aired: Nov/16/1982
Writer: Robert Neil Parlow, Gene Braunstein
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Francis T. Perry Williams (Policeman), Timothy Stack (Bank Teller), Ben Powers (Aaron), Doris Hess (Kluger), Gary Goodrow (Bank Manager), Laraine Newman (woman)

Laverne gets herself mixed up with bad company when her new friends bring her to a bank for what she believes is to pick up new dishes, unknown that they are bank robbers. Now she is arrested with them and taken to jail.



163 :08x07 - Death Row (2)

First aired: Nov/23/1982
Writer: Neil LaRose
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Laraine Newman (Woman), Ernie Lee Banks (Priest), Doris Hess (Kluger), Tom Newman (Judge), Anne Ramsey (Killer)

While waiting to be booked into jail, Laverne and her gang are mistaken for a group of murderers and are sentenced to be executed. With no one knowing she is in prison, Laverne's goose seems to be cooked. That is until Squiggy stops by the prison as he does every Saturday night and notices Laverne in there.



164 :08x08 - Jinxed

First aired: Nov/30/1982
Writer: Tony DiMarco, David Ketchum
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Charles Fleischer (Chuck), Jack DeLeon (Monty Shore (as Christopher Weeks)), Carol Kane (Olga)

Laverne is sent to see a gypsy after breaking a chain letter and then going through a run of bad luck.



165 :08x09 - Of Mice and Men

First aired: Dec/07/1982
Writer: Ed Solomon, Jill Gordon
Director: Paul Sills
Guest star: Jim Belushi (Wheezer), Charles Bartlett (Wally), Murphy Dunne (Gonzague), Irwin Keyes (Lou), DeLee Lively (Suzi), Ian Rosenberg (Biff), Nicholas Worth (Lewis)

Laverne tries to restore her boyfriend's confidence, but her plan goes awry.



166 :08x10 - The Gymnast

First aired: Dec/14/1982
Writer: Monica McGowan Johnson
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Patrick O'Moore (Arthur), Devera Marcus (Esmerelda), Adam West (Edgar Garibaldi)

Laverne is dating a gymnast who's specialty is the flying trapeze. But she can't get passed a feeling that he is trying to kill her.



167 :08x11 - The Monastery Show

First aired: Jan/04/1983
Writer: Ed Solomon, Jill Gordon
Director: Garry Marshall
Guest star: Bill Morey (priest), Cristy Dawson (Foot Nun), Louise Lasser (Sister Margaret), Fran Ryan (Mother Superior), Carol Williard (Sister Teresa), Dawn Jeffory (Sign Language Nun)

Laverne can't shake her depression over the direction in which her life has been going and asks Mother Superior if she can move into the convent for awhile. But Laverne's big mouth may get her kicked out of the nunnery.



168 :08x12 - Defective Ballet

First aired: Jan/11/1983
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Paul Willson (Kovitch), Louis Welch (Clarke Montana), Wendy Cutler (Viviana), John Brent (Shasta), Victor Barbee (Ivan)

The Russian ballet is in town and a defector from the troupe is a dead ringer for Squiggy...except for the dancing part.



169 :08x13 - The Baby Show

First aired: Jan/18/1983
Writer: Judy Pioli
Director: Phil Perez
Guest star: Neil Thompson (Funeral Director), William Sumper (Morry), Julie Paris (Third Mother), Vicki Lawrence (Sgt. Alvinia T. Plout), Ted Chapman (The Doctor), Timothy Blake (Gail), Lynne Marie Stewart (Marsha)

Sgt. Plout is back, pregnant and needing a place to stay. So Laverne gives her a room as the two mothers-to-be contest and then head to a funeral for an old friend of Mr. DeFazio. While at the proceedings Sgt. Plout goes into labor and has her baby...right there.



170 :08x14 - Rock 'n' Roll Show

First aired: Jan/25/1983
Writer: Jill Gordon
Director: Chris Thompson
Guest star: Charles Fleischer (Chuck), Jack Mack (Band), Bob Perlow (Promoter)

Laverne informs Chuck that if his band is going to make any money then they will need to learn to play rock 'n roll music. Unfortunately, they are going to need a lot of help.



171 :08x15 - The Fashion Show

First aired: Feb/01/1983
Writer: Marc Sotkin, Al Aidekman, Roger Garrett
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Mary Watson (Miss Rio De Janeiro), Michael Pataki (Mr. Dressner), Kit McDonough (Speaker), Joanna Kerns (Monique), Anjelica Huston (Miss Paris), Larry Breeding (Mike Bailey), Robert Arcaro (Guard)

Laverne's new boyfriend is a fashion photographer which makes her jealous over spending all day with beautiful models. So Laverne attends a fashion show in order to keep an eye on him and mistakenly ends up walking down the catwalk as a model.



172 :08x16 - Short on Time

First aired: Feb/08/1983
Writer: Jack Lukes
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: The Spinners (Themselves), Charles Fleischer (Chuck), Jo Ann Harris (Jane), Harry Waters, Jr. (Lamar)

Frank seeks condolences from Laverne after finding a note from Edna stating that she is leaving him. Because Laverne is in a hurry she asks her pop to watch Little Chucky, unaware that he is a chimp.



173 :08x17 - Ghost Story

First aired: Feb/15/1983
Writer: Kenny Wolin, Barry Bleach
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Richard Karron (The Ghost), Jeanetta Arnette (Marianne Vimvoli)

Laverne believes her apartment is being spooked by a ghost and holds a seance along with the gang in order to exorcise it off her residence.



174 :08x18 - Please Don't Feed the Buzzards

First aired: Feb/22/1983
Writer: Andy Goldberg
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Wayne Powers (Gus)

Lenny and Squiggy believe they have found a treasure map and go searching for the riches along with Carmine and Frank.



175 :08x19 - How's Your Sister?

First aired: Mar/01/1983
Writer: Roger Garrett
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Jineane Ford (Terri), Catherine Gilmour (Patti), Ivana Moore (Sheila), Kelbe Nugent (Judy)

Squendelyn, Squiggy's weird sister has arrived in town for a visit and falls in love with Carmine.



176 :08x20 - Do the Carmine

First aired: Mar/15/1983
Writer: Jay Grossman
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: James Gallery (Dr. Knibble), Jay Leno (Bobby Bitts)

Carmine's singing career seems to be headed no where, until his record is heard by a record executive and offer's him a shot to appear on popular music show.



177 :08x21 - Councilman DeFazio

First aired: May/03/1983
Writer: Phil Foster, Dottie Archibald
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Shecky Greene (Clayton Pike), Dottie Archibald (Reporter), Francine Kessler (Leonetta), Wayne Powers (TV Anchorman), Connie Sawyer (Mother Pike)

When a councilman decides that a new high rise building should be built on the site of Cowboy Bill's, Frank DeFazio decides to through his hat in the ring and run for the job himself.



178 :08x22 - Here Today, Hair Tomorrow

First aired: May/10/1983
Writer: Susan Jane Lindner
Director: Tom Trbovich
Guest star: Ben Powers (Rick West), John Lansing (Director), Patricia Kimmel (Juanita)

Carmine has faced the realization that his career in California is dead and decides to head to New York and try out for a part in a Broadway show.